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This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Tragedies Volume One" contains three of Shakespeare's tragedies. "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's famous dramas. The story tells the story of two people who fell in love at first sight at a dance and then learned each other's identity. In order to be together, Juliet first took fake poison and woke up to find Romeo committing suicide, and he also committed suicide one after another. "Hamlet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. The play tells the story of uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, usurped the throne, and married the king's widow; Prince Hamlet therefore avenged his father's death on his uncle. "Othello" is a tragedy written by Shakespeare around 1603. Among Shakespeare's four major tragedies, "Othello" may have the most rigorous dramatic structure, so it can also be said to be the most perfect in terms of artistry.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Historical Drama Volume 2" contains three English historical plays written by Shakespeare. "Henry VI" is Shakespeare's first work, written around 1590-1592. Henry VI had a 14-year history in which the British feudal rule suffered a series of major blows. In France, the Anglo-French war was still going on; in England, the Royal House of Lancaster and the Royal House of York launched the protracted "War of the Roses." "Richard III" is a work by the British playwright William Shakespeare. It realistically describes the short reign of Richard III. The play is believed to have been written around 1591. After Shakespeare completed "Henry VI", he understood that the audience expected a beginning and end of the War of the Roses on the stage, so he wrote "Richard III" following the historical trajectory of "Henry VI". "Henry VIII" is a historical drama created by Shakespeare in his later years after the legendary plays. It is different from his early historical dramas. It has no bloodshed of revenge, no conspiracy to riot, no coup, no war. Some Shakespeare scholars call it "a historical drama without corpses."

"Of Mice and Men" is a novella written by Steinbeck. It tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two impoverished but dependent American migrant agricultural workers during the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s, from having dreams, chasing dreams, getting close to dreams, to having their dreams shattered. The story reveals that in the United States, where the rich and the poor are divided and money is paramount, the loneliness of workers is eternal, the friendship between workers is sincere, and the workers' hope for happiness can only be a straw.

This book takes the protagonist David's growth experience as the main line and describes the ups and downs and joys and sorrows of a large number of characters. It reveals the true face of society at that time on multiple levels and highlights the corrosion of money on marriage, family and society. The author also reveals the corruption of the British education system and the cruelty of the child labor system through David's half-life experience.

After one of the most famous works of the famous 19th century British writer Emily Bronte. The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, an abandoned gypsy boy who was adopted by the old owner of the mountain villa. Due to humiliation and failed love, he went out to get rich. When he came back, he took revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole novel is filled with a strong fighting spirit against oppression and striving for happiness, and is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere. It was initially regarded as a naive fantasy of a young female writer that was divorced from reality. However, combined with the fierce class struggle in the region it describes and the social phenomenon in Britain, it was soon highly recognized by critics and warmly welcomed by readers. The film and television works adapted from this novel have been popular for a long time.

The works of "Oliver in the Twist" have been selected according to the reading lists specified in the new Chinese curriculum standards, embodying the spirit of the new Chinese curriculum standards. Taking into account the fact that the majority of primary and secondary school students have limited study time, and that many world literary masterpieces are voluminous and inconvenient for primary and secondary school students to read, we have referred to and learned from many advantages and strengths of previous translations, and highly condensed them while remaining faithful to the original works, maintaining the outline of the original works. And essence, and adds an introduction before each work to introduce the author's life, the background of the time when the book was written, etc., And indicate the characteristics of the work, its impact on the world, and its position in literary history.

If you are tired of the same life, welcome to Gulliver's world! In the history of human literature, Swift used his advanced thinking to fill "Gulliver's Travels" with novel imagination and became the source of inspiration for countless fantasy novels! The source of inspiration for works such as "The Jungle Book", "Animal Farm", "1984", "Castle in the Sky" and "Harry Potter"! Selected as a recommended must-read for the new curriculum standards and a recommended reading series for "Chinese Language" compiled by the Ministry of Education! "Gulliver's Travels" has been published for nearly three centuries, has been translated into 51 languages, and is widely circulated around the world! Maugham and George Orwell praised this book! Five major features of the new color-illustrated and detailed annotated edition of "Gulliver's Travels": (1) A brand-new translation specially revised by well-known translators Baima and Gemu. The editor has carefully edited and edited it without deleting a word! (2) New detailed annotations! It contains 160 annotations written by two translators for the new edition of "Gulliver's Travels". (3) Special inclusion of translation postscript! Well-known translator Mr. Baima carefully writes and explains Swift's life story in detail! This time, you can read "Gulliver's Travels"! (4) Original new color adventure maps and illustrations, restoring the classic scenes of the Four Kingdoms, making you feel as if you are actually there! (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Four sea adventures, four fantastic and magnificent countries, and four bizarre journeys, let Gulliver take you to temporarily escape from the same life!

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. William Faulkner called him "a truly American writer from whom we all descend." "Mark Twain Short Stories (Hardcover Collection)" collects Mark Twain's famous short stories. These popular short stories are humorous in writing and pungent in language. They sharply satirize and expose the speculation, money worship, and dark social reality that are prevalent in the United States like a plague.

This book includes three biographies: "The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo" and "The Biography of Tolstoy". The work emphasizes the spirit of freedom and allows the world to "breathe the breath of heroes." The three biographies of this book are all extremely talented and great figures in human history. Their lives are rich and colorful, their works are profound and magnificent, and their influence lasts for generations. Romain Rolland firmly grasps these three artists in their respective fields. The similarities between them are focused on depicting their mental journeys of enduring hardships and ups and downs without changing their original intentions in the troubled life journey, highlighting their noble personality, fraternal emotions and broad mind, thus composing another "heroic symphony" for us.

"Millions of Pounds" was selected as a must-read series for the new curriculum standards. It is a novel by the famous American writer Mark Twain. It tells the story of Henry, a poor clerk, and his adventures in London. Two wealthy brothers in London made a bet to see how Henry would end up within a month by lending him a million-dollar note that could not be cashed. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only did not starve to death or be arrested, but instead became a rich man and won the heart of a beautiful lady. Mark Twain used a slightly exaggerated approach to humorously satirize and attack the money worship that was popular in society at that time. This book also contains many satirical and legendary novels such as "Running for Governor" and "The Mysterious Stranger". With the help of vivid paintings of the world, it analyzes the weaknesses of human nature such as desire, greed, hypocrisy, suspicion, etc. It serves as a warning to the world, makes people think, and allows us to understand ourselves more objectively, treat our own weaknesses correctly, and then establish a correct outlook on life and values.

This book tells the story of a poor farmer who was sentenced to a heavy sentence for stealing a piece of bread. When he was released from prison nineteen years later, his heart was full of hatred for this unfair society and a strong desire for revenge. But a kind-hearted bishop influenced him with love. From then on, he determined to be a good person and do good deeds, live with dignity and value, and also use love to influence others. The humanitarian spirit of supremacy of benevolence runs through the central idea of ​​the book.

The novel "Ulysses" is a representative work of stream-of-consciousness novels and is known as "the first of the 100 best English novels of the 20th century". In chronological order, "Ulysses" describes the various daily experiences of Bloom, an advertising salesman, in Dublin during one day and night on June 16, 1904. Joyce compares Bloom's day wandering the streets of Dublin to Odysseus's ten years of wandering overseas, while simultaneously portraying the psychology of his unfaithful wife Molly and Stephen's search for his spiritual father. The novel makes extensive use of detailed descriptions and stream-of-consciousness techniques to construct an intertwined and messy time and space, forming a unique style in language.

This book occupies a very important position in the history of Russian and even world literature, and is also one of the most influential foreign literary works in China. The protagonist of the novel was originally an ordinary working woman who was resigned to the situation. Under the influence of her son Baweier, who was engaged in the revolutionary cause, her thoughts matured rapidly and she gradually grew into a proletarian revolutionary warrior. For the first time, this novel profoundly reflected the mass revolutionary struggle under the leadership of the proletarian party in the early 20th century, and reflected the historical process of the workers' movement from spontaneousness to consciousness. For the first time, the novel created the image of a proletarian hero with socialist consciousness. Lenin once praised it as "a very timely book."

This book artistically reproduces the historical reality of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago, how the court and the church colluded to oppress the people, and how the people fought heroically against the two forces. This book is set in France in 1482. It focuses on the relationship between the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the young and handsome guard captain, the sanctimonious archdeacon, and the deformed and ugly bell ringer. It enthusiastically praises the noble humanity of the gypsy girl and the bell ringer, and deeply denounces the hypocrisy and despicability of the guard captain and the archdeacon. The novel embodies Hugo's artistic expression principle of "contrast between beauty and ugliness". Its publication broke the shackles of pseudo-classicism and marked the complete victory of romanticism.

Maupassant was a great French critical realist writer and short story writer at the end of the 19th century, and an outstanding representative of the naturalistic literary school. Together with Chekhov and O. Henry, he was called "the three kings of short stories in the world". With his exquisite artistic skills, flowing natural writing style, and pure language, Maupassant's novels have become models that showcase the charm of French and occupy an irreplaceable position in the history of French and even world literature. His works have been translated into more than a hundred languages ​​and are still popular today.

On the surface, the novel tells the story of an amateur chess player defeating the world chess champion on a ship from New York to South America. In fact, it tells the story of the torture and destruction of the human soul by Nazi fascism. As a humanist, Zweig used this novel to express his hatred of Nazi fascism. This book also includes several other famous novels by Zweig, such as "Letter from a Strange Woman".

"Treasure Island" is the most widely circulated masterpiece among all Stevenson's works. Its storyline originated from a map drawn by the author. The novel describes the process of Jim Hawkins, a daring, witty and lively young man, discovering a treasure map and how he outsmarts pirates. After going through many hardships, he finally finds the treasure and returns victoriously. It is said that everyone who reads this book, especially boys, wants to go on an adventure trip to find Treasure Island.

The novel "Heart of Darkness" deeply explores many issues related to imperialism from multiple levels and perspectives. The protagonist, Mr. Marlowe, wants to go from the outer railway station to the central railway station, and then ford a river to reach the inland railway station. During the entire journey, Mr. Marlowe saw many scenes of torture, appreciated the cruelty of human nature, and witnessed with his own eyes a society that was close to slavery. The detailed descriptions of the places where the events took place all provide brutal pictures and reveal the darkness of colonial rule. ...

Manette, a young doctor, never dreamed that late that night, he would witness a murder of a powerful man. He was determined to seek justice for the victims, but what awaited him was an unexpected prison sentence. Manette disappeared out of thin air, and his wife was struck down by pain. Before her death, she entrusted her friends to raise their daughter Lucy. Eighteen years later, when Lucy grew up, she suddenly received news about her father. She rushed from London, England to Paris, France, and finally met Manette. On the way back to London, the Mannettes and their daughters met the young man Dani and received his careful care. Dani and Lucy accompany each other all the way, and their love gradually grows. However, Dani happens to be the son of the powerful man who framed Manette. The real test has just begun...

"The Woman Who Stirred the Water", a novel with inheritance dispute as the main plot, can be regarded as one of the most thrilling scenes in "Human Comedy". The two sides in the fight are Max Gillet, the leader of the local "Easy Riders" gang of idle scoundrels, and Philippe Bridoux, a very scheming soldier. The former is the lover of the troubled woman who firmly controls the rich man Lu Jie, and the latter is Lu Jie's new nephew. Both were once extraordinary officers in Napoleon's old army, experts in leading troops and ambush. The two devils used their bravery and resourcefulness to fight for a considerable fortune. Needless to say, this contest was going to be fierce and intense...

"A Study in Scarlet" is a novella by the famous British detective novelist Conan Doyle. It tells the story of Dr. Watson, who was injured and retired from the battlefield in Afghanistan, and Sherlock Holmes shared an apartment at 221 Baker Street in London. Soon, he discovered that this person had the power of careful observation and extraordinary reasoning and analysis ability beyond ordinary people. At the same time, there were often some mysterious visitors coming in and out of their apartment. Until one day, they were involved in a murder case...

"Gone with the Wind" is set on a manor in the southern United States and tells the story of the ups and downs of Scarlett Hao, the daughter of the manor owner during the Civil War. Scarlett Scarlett, the rich daughter, is proud and charming. She originally enjoyed being surrounded by boys like stars. However, overnight, the peaceful pastoral time was annihilated in the flames of war, and her wealthy life turned into a constant struggle for survival with death. Faced with the destruction of her home, the death of her loved ones, and the turbulent current situation, how will she get out of the predicament? Where will the love between her and the two most important men in her life go...

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It was first published in 1859. The story connects the two big cities of Paris and London, and revolves around the family of Dr. Manmanet and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The "Twin Cities" in the book's title refer to Paris and London. During the French Revolution, the famous doctor Manette accidentally witnessed the atrocities committed by the feudal aristocrats Evremonde brothers who took human lives indiscriminately. Because of their injustice, he was thrown into the Bastille and imprisoned for eighteen years. "A Tale of Two Cities" has a strict structure and concise language. Dickens's in-depth thinking on revolution and human nature and his breathtaking writing talent are vividly demonstrated in it.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a fantastic and thrilling travel masterpiece, and it is also a fairy tale where reality and fantasy are intertwined. An ordinary person who loves adventure went on four voyages and visited four magical countries, which opened the eyes and made people laugh while causing many sighs. This fictitious fairy tale-like magical world is like a sharp dagger, striking directly at the darkness and absurdity of reality.

"Bleak House" is a novel (very long) written by Dickens in 1852. The novel focuses on exposing the decadence of British law and the corruption of the judiciary. The novel begins with a description of the heavy fog in London, which symbolizes the filth and darkness of the Supreme Court. The dead atmosphere during the court session, the mummy-like figures in the court, and the empty rituals all highlight the outdated, useless, and parasitic nature of the court.

Maupassant's works have a spicy style, and are good at capturing and discovering typical fragments of ordinary and trivial life, reflecting reality from small perspectives, and describing the human world. In addition, his novels are unique in their conception and layout, and their character language and story endings are unique, making people endlessly memorable. This book selects 19 classic short stories by Maupassant, including his representative works "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules".

"Madame Bovary" uses delicate brushwork to reproduce the social scene of France in the mid-19th century through the experience of the peasant girl Emma. Emma received an aristocratic education in a monastery, read many romantic novels, and dreamed of legendary love. After she married the rural doctor Charles Bovary, her life was dull and she turned to having an affair to fill the hole in her soul. The two affairs did not bring her happiness, but made her the target of exploitation by loan sharks. In the end, she had so much debt that she couldn't repay it, and she had no choice but to commit suicide. The artistic form of "Madame Bovary" makes it a new turning point in modern novels, and is known as "a milestone in the history of French literature", "a new artistic code" and "a perfect novel". Li Jianwu's translation is a model, concise and powerful, faithfully reproducing the "Lianzi" style of Flaubert's original text, and is the exclusive copyright of our company.

John Christopher, who was born into a poor family, had amazing musical talent since childhood. However, after his grandfather passed away and his father became an alcoholic, the entire burden of the family fell on his weak shoulders. As an adult, Christophe went to Paris alone, eager to defeat fate with his talent and hard work, but the fist of fate knocked him to the ground again and again. Broke out of love three times, suffered repeated humiliation; lost a close friend, lost a close friend; was isolated and slandered; suffered ridicule and cold treatment... Is there fairness in the world? What is the meaning of life? John-Christophe stumbled and was bruised all the way. He finally recognized the cruelty of fate, and his love for life became more and more surging.

"Life" describes the life of an aristocratic woman who pursues happiness but cannot obtain it. The protagonist Yona was born into a declining aristocratic family. Influenced by her parents, she loves fantasy and has all kinds of beautiful dreams and longings for the future, but the cold and ruthless reality shatters her dreams one by one...

The story of the novel takes place in an ordinary town along the Mississippi River in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. The protagonist Tom Sawyer is innocent and lively, daring to explore, and pursues freedom. He cannot bear the boring life that restricts his personality and dreams of doing a heroic career. The novel is set before the Civil War, and although it is written in the small town of St. Petersburg, the town can be said to be a microcosm of American society at that time to some extent. Through the adventures of the protagonist, the novel satirizes and criticizes the hypocritical and vulgar social customs, hypocritical religious rituals and rigid and outdated school education in the United States, and describes the free and lively hearts of young children in a cheerful style.

"A Woman of Thirty" is an important work in Balzac's "Human Comedy". This book is actually a combination of six short stories published at different times. When included in "The Human Comedy", the author unified the names of the protagonists of the six stories and changed the overall title to "A Thirty-Year-Old Woman". In this book, for the first time, the author connects private customs with the era of characters' lives. The conflicts in private life and the conflicts in social life are integrated and complementary to each other. Love life, family life and public life are interdependent and harmonious with each other. In addition, this book also includes "The False Mistress".

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a semi-autobiographical novel that shines with lofty idealism. The novel successfully portrays the image of Paul Korchagin, a proletarian hero. It shows Paul Korchagin's life and emotional world with vivid and life-rich language and shocking spiritual power, and has become a literary classic that inspires generations of young people in China.

"David Copperfield" is the masterpiece of Dickens, the great British realist writer in the 19th century. The protagonist Copperfield is a posthumous son, and his stepfather abuses him and his mother. His mother died soon, leaving Copperfield an orphan. He found his aunt and started a new life under her guardianship. The world has changed, family and friendship are joyful, and turmoil and pain have tempered people. Copperfield finally became a successful writer and was happily married to his beloved. The work has humorous language, clear love and hate, twists and turns in the plot, and grand pictures, which reflect Dickens's consistent style.

There are 154 "Shakespeare's Sonnets". In the history of world literature, it is also known as "Sonnets" by Petrarch of Italy and "Sonnets of the Portuguese" by Elizabeth Barrett (Mrs. Browning) of England. It was created between 1592 and 1603. It is a group of thoughts. Poetry with profound and high artistic achievements covers religious emotions, personal life, historical events, social issues, etc., Covering all aspects of life, greatly expanding the field of expression of this poetic style, and opening up a broad path for the creation of poets such as Donne, Milton, and Keats. The first 126 original poems are dedicated to a beautiful young man, while the 127th to 152nd poems are mainly written to a "black girl". The two sets of poems have a strong narrative and are interrelated, which not only greatly enhances the readability of the work, but also leaves a lot of confusion for future generations to understand.

Although "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel, her writing skills are already quite proficient. Every plot in the story has been ingeniously conceived by the author. The superficial causal relationship and the underlying reasons hidden behind the scenes are all natural and reasonable. The heroine makes reasonable speculations and judgments based on superficial phenomena. Although careful readers may have various doubts from time to time, their thoughts will naturally develop with good observations. When the final result appears, it will be completely different from the superficial phenomena, resulting in an unexpected comedy effect. If you read it over again, you will find that the factors that lead to the inevitable result have already been seen between the lines. The plot of the novel revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, focusing on revealing the bad habit of using marriage as a way for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status in the British social trends at that time, and the ugly fashion of focusing on family status and ignoring women's feelings and human rights.

Robinson was born in the middle class. His father often taught him the philosophy of contentment and asked him to be satisfied with the status quo. But he still couldn't resist the temptation of the new world overseas. He went to sea several times and finally got trapped on a desert island. Twenty-eight years of living on an isolated island still failed to stop his adventurous spirit. With perseverance, he built houses, cultivated fields, planted food, and raised livestock on the desert island, and finally built a paradise on the desert island. Finally, he escaped from danger and returned to Europe.

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"The Old Man and the Sea" is one of the masterpieces of the American writer Hemingway. It was published in 1952 and was the last novel published by the author during his lifetime. In Hemingway's own words, this is "the best work he can write in his life. Other excellent and mature works are greatly inferior to it." Hemingway created many "tough guy" images in his works, among which Santiago in "The Old Man and the Sea" is a representative one. The old man Santiago fought with the big fish at sea, adhering to his life motto "A person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated." It was a duel between the strong and the strong, and only in this duel can the "tough guy" spirit become more dazzling. In the end, the old man dragged the fish bones back home. He failed, but he became an out-and-out hero.

Alexandre Dumas, a famous French popular historical novelist. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is his masterpiece. Dantès, the first mate of the Pharaoh, was young and promising, and had a beautiful woman in his heart. Unexpectedly, he was hated by others and was framed and imprisoned. Dantès, who suddenly lost everything, fell into the abyss of despair. Fortunately, he met the prisoner Father Faria, and learned from him the secret of the treasure on Monte Cristo Island. Dantès found the treasure after escaping from prison and became extremely rich. However, after fourteen years, things have changed: the enemy has become famous, and the lover has married someone else. Dantès transformed into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, stepped into Paris's upper class society, and launched an act of revenge. This book is full of romantic legend, and the chapters are unique, novel and fascinating.

More than four hundred years ago in Spain, a writer named Cervantes wrote a novel called "Don Quixote". The protagonist Don Quixote in the book is a poor country squire. He has a whimsical idea and calls himself a knight errant. He rides on a skinny horse and takes a squire with him. He travels around various places, doing chivalry and fighting injustices. After the publication of this book, the story of Don Quixote spread throughout Spain. No matter the nobles, gentlemen, or servants and vendors, the whole country fell in love with this book like crazy.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an eighteenth-century travel satirical novel. The whole novel is divided into four parts, which respectively tell the adventures of the protagonist Gulliver in the Kingdom of Lilliput, the Kingdom of Adults, the Kingdom of Flying Islands and the Kingdom of Houyhnhnms. The storyline is interesting, fantastic and thrilling. At that time, the British Empire was bathed in the glory of "the sun never sets", and advocating personal adventure and encouraging the pursuit of wealth became the trend and social orientation of the times. "Gulliver's Travels" profoundly reflects such characteristics of the times. Gulliver is tolerant and modest, tolerant, tenacious, and brave. He not only pays attention to the living conditions of the upper class and the lower class people, but also reflects on the essential relationship between science, philosophy, literature, politics, and people's lives. While describing what Gulliver saw and heard, author Jonathan Swift also revealed the ugly nature of the greedy exploiters and cunning power-seekers in British society at that time.

Maupassant is one of the world's leading short story masters. The publication of "Ball de Suif" in 1880 made him famous in one fell swoop. The story has also become a classic in the history of world literature.

The theme of "David Copperfield" is very clear: the powerful bully the weak and helpless. The powerless also bully the weak and helpless. The author Dickens focused his writing on orphans, women and mentally ill patients in order to deeply explore this profound theme. At that time, Britain was in the so-called "industrial age". Not only did society show no mercy and sympathy to orphans, women and the mentally ill, but it also exploited them as much as possible. Dickens wrote about his tragic childhood experiences to tell readers about the various inhumanities and injustices in society towards child labor. Dickens describes in detail the private prisons set up by creditors to hold debtors. Many characters in the novel have suffered harsh punishments from their creditors, although Dickens sympathetically points out that not all creditors are bad. The most moving part of the novel is the description of the scenes in which innocent people suffer a tragic fate.

"The Insulted and Injured" is a social psychological novel. The book was written by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and first published in 1861. Through complex character relationships and profound psychological description, the novel shows the suffering of the people at the bottom of society and the struggle of human nature. The story revolves around two main lines, one is the tragic fate of Nellie's family, and the other is the misfortune of Natasha's family. The culprit who destroyed these two families is Duke Volgovsky. He abducted Nellie's mother, defrauded Nellie's grandfather of all the family property, and finally caused three generations of Nellie's family to die out of hatred. He also falsely accused Natasha's father and bankrupted his family. Natasha was also deceived by the Duke's son. The work profoundly describes the painful life and tragic fate of civilians in Russian cities under the Tsarist autocratic system, and sharply raises the issue of the shameless behavior of the upper class and the happiness of ordinary people. It reflects the irreconcilable contradictions between the nobility, bourgeoisie and common people at that time, intertwining the writer's two thoughts and feelings of sympathy and exposure.

"Jack London Short Stories" collects Jack London's classic short stories. His works depict a cruel and merciless external world to readers, in which people live in extremely difficult and dangerous situations. Only with a persevering and tenacious spirit can survive in the world. Jack London's novels have distinctive characters, compact plots, concise and vivid writing, and are quite contagious. These novels embody his unique philosophy of life - remain tolerant while being firm, and remain perseverant while being tolerant.

The story takes place on a seaside street in Monterey Bay, California before World War II. In the early 1940s, the production of canned sardines was the main feature here, so it was called Cannery Row. The central character of the novel is a marine biologist named "The Doctor". Being highly educated, he did not look down on his neighbors - gamblers, traders, prostitutes, and homeless people. In his eyes, these people were "very healthy and surprisingly clean." Another group of characters, Mark and his friends, are a group of penniless vagrants with no ideals or pursuits. They live happily in Cannery Row. Their lives are simple. They neither hide their desires nor let money corrupt their souls. They are sincere and helpful. The 1930s and 1940s were a turbulent decade in American history. The sudden economic crisis put pressure on all social strata and shook Americans' cultural values. The entire society fell into a spiritual crisis. This ideal state of life in "Cannery Row" is the value system established by Steinbeck for Americans in crisis. "Cannery Row" was first published in 1945 and is one of John Steinbeck's masterpieces. It shows the mental outlook of the lower class in Monterey during the Great Depression.

"Gone with the Wind" is a novel that takes Atlanta and a nearby plantation as the story setting, depicting the life of American southerners before and after the Civil War. The work depicts the images of many southerners of that era, of which Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie and others who occupy the central position are typical representatives. Their customs and etiquette, words and deeds, spiritual concepts, and political attitudes, through the love entanglement of Scarlett and Rhett Butler as the main line, successfully reproduced the Civil War led by Lincoln and the social life of the southern United States.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is one of the works by the British writer Dickens with the most twists and turns, the most thrilling storyline. The novel takes the French Revolution as the background, with Paris and London as the places where the story takes place. It tells the story of the French aristocrats, the Marquis Evremonde brothers, who almost killed her entire family in order to seize a beautiful peasant woman. Doctor Manette reported the matter to the authorities, but was framed by the Marquis brothers and imprisoned for 18 years. After being released from prison, the mentally disturbed Manette was picked up by his daughter Lucy. At that time, both Darnay and Carton were pursuing Lucy, and she chose Darnay. During the French Revolution, Darnay was arrested and sentenced to death after being accused by the Defarges. Lucy went to France to rescue her husband, but failed. At this time, Caton pretended to be a man and rescued Dardenne, and the Manette family returned to England secretly.

"The Old Regime and the Great Revolution" is a work by French historian Tocqueville. It discusses the French Revolution. The original feudal system collapsed due to corruption and unpopularity. However, the social unrest did not bring about the results expected by the revolutionary party. Both the rulers and the people were eventually swallowed up by mutual anger. The author conducts an in-depth study of documents, archives and historical events related to the French Revolution, and combines his understanding of freedom to answer the following questions: why the revolution first occurred in France; why the revolution was accelerated during the most prosperous period of the old system; why the centralization of power that emerged after the Great Revolution was a continuation of the old system, etc.