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This book contains 26 works by Albert Camus. The selected beautiful articles are simple and lively, simple and elegant, and have unique style. The work contains the author's serious thinking about life and is filled with the artist's strong passion.

In 1945, Maugham was invited by the American "Red Book" magazine to draw up a book list, enumerating what he considered the world's top ten novels, and wrote a series of book reviews for it, commenting on the writing process, writing techniques, and artistic features of these masterpieces one by one, thus creating this book "Masters and Masterpieces." The ten novels and their authors are: Fielding and "Tom Jones", Austen and "Pride and Prejudice", Stendhal and "The Red and the Black", Balzac and "Petro Goriot", Dickens and "David Copperfield", Flaubert and "Madame Bovary", Melville and "Moby-Dick", Emily Brontë and "Wuthering Heights", Dostoevsky and "The Brothers Karamazov" and Tolstoy and "War and Peace". Maugham's way of commenting on these ten novel masters is very simple, that is, "knowing people and judging the world." Maugham did this not intentionally to sing a different tune or to sensationalize, but to remove all pretense and use his profound insight into human nature and his rich experience as a novelist to truly consider the writers and works he reviewed, leading readers to taste and appreciate them. As a result, this review by a great novelist about his own great novelist has become a classic of literary criticism and a unique literary guide for ordinary readers.

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The Crescent Moon (1903) is mainly translated from the Bengali poetry collection "Children's Collection" published in 1903, and some are directly created in English. In the collection of poems, the poet vividly describes children's games, skillfully expressing children's psychology and their lively imagination. Its special and timeless artistic charm brings us to a pure world of children and evokes our beautiful memories of childhood life. This book is the pinnacle work of a saint in poetry, an immortal piece of maternal love and innocence, and a gorgeous picture of intertwined dreams and reality.

"The River War" is Churchill's second book. The book records the second war launched by Britain against the Sudan. It describes the battles large and small in detail and contains Churchill's comments on political and other social events. "River War" is not only a description of the war, but also a story about the fate of the people in the area. With powerful insight, Churchill recounted how the war changed the destinies of the peoples of Britain, Egypt, and Sudan.

This volume is Goethe's novel "The Studying Times of Wilhelm Meister". William Meister is a passionate young man full of ideals and vitality. He was born in a citizen class family, but he is dissatisfied with the mediocrity and profit-seeking of the citizen class. He hopes to transform society through dramatic art and aesthetic education, and falls in love with the actress Mariana. After a misunderstanding with Mariana, William wanders around and meets all kinds of people. William initially sought the art of drama, but eventually acquired the art of life, becoming a seeker who constantly pursues the perfection of human nature and lofty social ideals.

Collecting articles from Pamuk's Norton Lectures at Harvard University, the author discusses his creative process as a novelist, the relationship between fiction and reality in novels, the way novels produce effects on readers, and other topics. The title comes from Schiller's classic distinction between two different literary styles: "naive" and "sentimental." Pamuk came to his own conclusion in a dialogue with Schiller's literary concepts: Novelists are both naive and sentimental, and novel creation is to achieve a certain balance between that intuitive, simple naivety and reflective, deconstructive sentimentality. Pamuk also elaborated on a point throughout the book in these articles, that is, the difference between modern novels and ancient literature (such as epics) is that novels must have a center, and all the details in the book should point to this center. This center is the meaning of the novel, or the meaning of life itself, that can be slowly approached and experienced during reading.

An interview with Nabokov, the master of novels, full of witty words, Lolita, butterflies, creative cards, memory, death, inspiration, Russia... Everything about Nabokov. Interviewed by well-known media such as "Paris Review", "Playboy", "Time", "New York Times", BBC Radio, etc., With vicious tongue + charming + wisdom, a true self-narration. "On My Own" is a self-edited collection of essays by Nabokov, the author of "Lolita" and the master of novels. It is based on interviews from well-known media such as "The Paris Review", "Time", "The New York Times", "Playboy", and BBC Radio. 22 Interviews, 11 letters to the editor, and 14 essays outline a clear and firm self-portrait. Different from other works of fiction, "Expressing My Own Opinions" is a true self-narration; most of the classic "venomous tongue" quotations circulating in the world with a unique Na-style style come from this book. Facing various tough questions raised by the media, Nabokov put forward a series of firm opinions on life, literature, education, movies and other topics: how "Lolita" almost burned down; how he was obsessed with butterflies for a lifetime; what is the most ideal way of travel; what is the ultimate standard of translation and creative art... He ignored the mediocre people who could not understand his works and was happy to slaughter those sacred cows in the literary world that he did not agree with. Readers can understand Nabokov through these sparkling words and embark on the charming, dangerous and challenging spiritual island in his mind.

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a novel written by Soviet writer Ostrovsky in 1933. The novel uses the experience of the protagonist Paul Korchagin as a clue to describe a generation of young people who have gone through a series of hardships such as hard life, revolutionary wars, and post-war reconstruction. They were eventually tempered into steel and became outstanding proletarian revolutionary heroes. This is a youth hymn that praises the great spirit and has become a spiritual model for countless young people to learn from.

Goethe is an outstanding poet, writer and thinker in modern times. The world recognizes him as the most outstanding representative of Western spiritual civilization after Dante and Shakespeare, and occupies an important position in the history of world literature. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is his most important early work. This is an epistolary novel written in the first person. The author was only twenty-five years old when he wrote it. The novel describes the experiences and feelings of progressive young people about the despicable German society at that time, and expresses the author's reaction to the feudal moral hierarchy and his strong demand for individual liberation: the young Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte, who was already engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther devastated. Later, Werther committed suicide because he was incompatible with feudal society and felt that his future was hopeless. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" came out in 1775. Its publication was considered an epoch-making event in the history of German literature; it shocked the hearts of an entire generation of young people in Germany and even Europe.

"David Copperfield" is an important representative novel by Dickens. It is a great crystallization of the author's personal experience, observations and rich imagination. This book is narrated in the first person, telling the story of the protagonist working as a child laborer, learning shorthand, interviewing congressional debates, diligently self-study, and becoming a writer. It has a lot of autobiographical elements.

"Money" is the nineteenth novel in the French writer Zola's masterpiece "The Rougon-Macquart Family". Published in 1892, it occupies an important position in Zola's entire creation due to the significance of its subject matter and the success of its artistic depiction. It uses vivid and rich images to express a series of major social phenomena in the early days of modern capitalism: new problems in the financial market, the role of capital, social speculative psychology, and the human tragedies and comedies that occurred around these. "Money" expresses the role of money in social life from a sociological perspective, highlighting a special form of activity and role of money capital in social life under capitalism. That is, once money capital is formed, it will inevitably turn into financial speculation, and the exchanges that carry out such speculative activities have become the focus of "Money".

"The Diary of Anne Frank" is a diary written by Anne Frank, a German Jew. It is a record of her life and emotions while hiding in a secret room. As a growing teenager, she confided in her diary the confusion of constant conflicts with her mother and her sexual curiosity. At the same time, the record of 25 months of hiding and terror-filled life in a secret room also makes "Annie's Diary" an eyewitness report on the suffering life of the people under German occupation. The last entry in Anne's diary is dated August 1, 1944. After the war, Anne's father Otto Frank decided to fulfill his daughter's long-cherished wish and publish the diary.

The protagonist of the novel, David Copperfield, is an orphan. He is smart and diligent. He studies hard and overcomes many difficulties with the help of kind-hearted people around him. Finally achieved career success and became a famous writer. The lines of the novel reveal Dickens's ideal of a life filled with kindness, justice, humanity, and fraternity, which he called his "most beloved child." The character "Micawber" has now been included in the common English dictionary as a word.

"Walden" is a record of the American writer Thoreau who lived alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. The first feature that distinguishes this work from previous literary works is its detailed description and extension of nature. The changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons, as small as the fight between two ants, are all vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen, and the descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist.

This book tells the story that the story took place four to five hundred years ago, when the age of chivalry in Europe was over. However, the protagonist of the book, Mr. Don Quixote, became obsessed with reading chivalry novels and became obsessed with it. He found the armor, spears and shields that his great-grandfather had used, dressed up as a knight, and rode out to travel around the world. He believed that he was the greatest knight in history, and he was dedicated to eradicating violence and fighting injustice for the people and the country. He was not afraid of hardship and strong enemies, and fought bravely and tenaciously against the monsters he thought were monsters...

This book mainly tells the story of the submarine Nautilus traveling around the world on the bottom of the sea. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" depicts various adventures. Sometimes there are dangers and critical moments, and sometimes the scenery is beautiful and intoxicating. The whole book is full of exotic sentiments, as colorful as a myth, and embodies mankind's longing for heaven and earth, and the dream of flying freely since ancient times.

"Wuthering Heights" is the work of Emily Brontë, one of the Brontë sisters, a British female writer. It is one of the representative works of British literature in the 19th century. The novel describes the gypsy abandoned child Heathcliff who, after being adopted by the old owner of the villa, went out to get rich due to being humiliated and frustrated in love. After returning, he found that his girlfriend Catherine had married the landowner Linton, and a story of revenge against the landowner and his children followed. The whole novel is filled with a strong fighting spirit against oppression and seeking freedom, and is always enveloped in a bizarre, tense and romantic artistic atmosphere. At first, the work was called 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 phenomena in Britain at that time, it was soon highly recognized by critics and warmly welcomed by readers.

The wise and clever Elizabeth said, "Even if I can't find a man in my life, I would never want me to marry you." But the handsome and indifferent Mr. Darcy said, "I found out that I fell in love with you only when I couldn't help myself." One of them is prejudiced, the other is arrogant, and they stay away from each other in every contact, which makes the little spark of love flicker. In the end, the misunderstanding was solved, Darcy married Elizabeth as he wished, and Elizabeth broke away from prejudice and became Mrs. Darcy, which confirmed the saying "You can't get married without love." The story style of the novel is relaxed and humorous, and the scene descriptions are beautiful and charming. It explains four different views on marriage and love through the marriage experiences of four pairs of men and women. It is a love and marriage novel that is still very attractive and realistic even after two hundred years.

This book selects 24 short stories and short stories by Mark Twain, all of which are popular works, including "Running for Governor", "The Stolen White Elephant", "Millions of Pounds", "The Man Who Corrupted Hedleyburg", etc. Mark Twain was famous for his humor and vividness. His stories always made people excited and made them laugh. After laughing, they would think deeply again. The stories he wrote are not only pistachios of life, but also full of simple and noble emotions. Because of this, he is called "a source of the American spirit." Readers can not only enjoy the beauty, but also get spiritual sublimation.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" depicts such an interesting world to children through a fantasy and absurd plot: the little girl Alice saw a white rabbit that could talk, tell time, and wear clothes. In order to keep up with this strange rabbit, she accidentally fell into the rabbit hole and came to a wonderful place. Here she meets the Cheshire Cat who is always grinning, the crazy March Hare, the Queen of Hearts who likes to chop off other people's heads... Here, Alice seems to be the only sane person. She continues to explore, learn about herself, grow, and finally becomes a "big" girl. Next, can Alice return to her home?

This book is set in Paris and London during the French Revolution. It revolves around Dr. Manet's family in Paris and the Saint-Antoine district of Paris, headed by the Defage couple. It tells the story of Dr. Manet who was imprisoned for 18 years for writing a letter to the court to report the marquis brother's indiscriminate use of human life. However, Charles Da, the nephew of the marquis who hated his family's sins, However, Nye fell in love with Lucy, the daughter of Dr. Manette; Dr. Manette repaid evil with kindness. For the happiness of his daughter, he suppressed his hatred of the Evermond family in his heart, and accepted Charles Darnay as his son-in-law with tolerance and forgiveness. Carton, who loved Lucy deeply, went to the guillotine in place of Charles Darnay for Lucy's happiness. This book has a rigorous structure, twists and turns, drama, and vivid characters. It profoundly reflects the class antagonism and human conflicts during the French Revolution, embodies the author's humanitarian thoughts against violence, and can be called the pinnacle of Dickens's twilight years.

The story takes place in France in the seventeenth century. The queen accidentally transferred the jewelry given to her by the king to her lover, the Duke of Buckingham. Minister Richelieu discovered this and regarded it as a great opportunity to display his ambitions. At the same time, d'Artagnan, who had practiced swordsmanship as a fledgling, came to Paris to join the musketeer captain Treville. He met the three musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis unexpectedly, and they formed an irreversible friendship without fighting. D'Artagnan meets the queen's maid by chance and falls in love with her at first sight, but unexpectedly learns that Richelieu, the powerful red-coated leader, wants to sow discord between Britain and France for his own plan to destroy the country, intending to create a royal scandal and cause King Louis XIII to misunderstand the queen. In order to fight against the evil conspiracy of the red-dressed leader and protect the queen's innocence, the people with a sense of justice started a battle of wits and courage with the enemy...

Dickens (1812-1870) was a famous British realist novelist in the 19th century. "David Copperfield" is his semi-autobiographical novel. It depicts a broad social picture through the narration of the unfortunate experience of an orphan. It creates a series of typical characters with superb skills and shows the author's generous and broad humanistic feelings. It was once praised by the literary giant Tolstoy as the best British novel.

An old man named Geppetto had no children. He carved a puppet out of wood and named him Pinocchio. Although Pinocchio always wanted to be a good boy, he could not change his bad habits. He skipped school, lied, made bad friends, was fooled several times and refused to change his ways. Later, a fairy taught him that every time he lied, his nose grew longer. He lied three times in a row, and his nose grew so long that it was impossible for him to even turn around in the room. At this time, Pinocchio began to wake up, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of the bad boys and followed them to the "Land of Toys" again. A few months later, a pair of donkey ears sprouted from Pinocchio's head, and he soon became a full-blown donkey and was sold to a circus. Soon, Pinocchio broke his leg during the performance, and was sold by the circus owner to a businessman to skin the drum heads. At the critical moment, it was the fairy who rescued him. Pinocchio decided to change his ways and finally one day became a child of flesh and blood.

"Dead Souls" tells the story of a speculative liar Chichikov who buys and sells dead souls. He first went to a certain city to clear up relations with officials, and then went to the outskirts of the city to buy dead serfs from landlords who had not yet canceled their household registrations. He wanted to mortgage them as living serfs to the supervisory committee in order to defraud a large deposit. He visited many landowners and bought a large number of dead serfs. When he went through the legal transaction procedures with the help of his long-established relationship, his dirty deeds were exposed. The prosecutor was frightened to death by the rumors, and Chichikov had to escape in a hurry. This novel depicts an ugly and decadent picture of autocratic serfdom, and bitterly satirizes the greed and cruelty of human nature.

"Insect Diary" is a work about insects written by French entomologist Fabre based on his lifelong experience and achievements in insect research. Fabre used human nature to observe the nature of insects, and used prose style to truly record the instincts, habits, labor, marriage and love, reproduction and death of various insects in the book. The whole book is permeated with the author's love and awe for life, and reflects the author's meticulous and tireless scientific exploration spirit. This work is not only a popular science book on entomology, but also a literary masterpiece describing insects. It is a model of the perfect combination of science and literature.

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"The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years" by Wu Jianren of the Qing Dynasty is one of the four major condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Through the protagonist's experiences and experiences in the 20 years from his "narrow escape" from attending the funeral of his father to his failure in business, it reveals countless strange current situations in China's officialdom, shopping malls, and foreign affairs from the Sino-French War to the early 20th century. Wu Jianren satirized the "strange current situation" in the intellectual world, especially the literati and famous celebrities in the foreign market, which was extremely successful. He rationally realizes that "business is the foundation of financial management", but still cannot forgive the intrigues in shopping malls; he describes many scandals of fratricide and tragic changes in human relations within the family, revealing the destruction of ethics and morality; in particular, he successfully creates a negative example throughout the book - Gou Cai (Gou Cai). By describing his extremely shameless history of fortune, he portrays the dirty soul of a corrupt official. In short, in one hundred and eight chapters, Wu Jian showed readers a historical picture of the imminent collapse of the feudal society at the end of the world.

On the map of Arai, there is an orange horizontal line, which is the JR Chuo Line railway track. The Chuo Line starts in Tokyo and runs through the city in an inverted S-shape, from Shinjuku to the west to Takao. Kanda Station\u002F Try the soba shop "Matsuya" and the dessert shop "Takemura" frequented by Shotaro Ikenami. Ochanomizu Station\u002F On the Jimbocho used bookstore street with a history of 100 years, there is the Uchiyama Bookstore Musashi Sakai Station where Lu Xun often visited\u002F The public bath "Ziboyu" is " Takao Station is the inspiration for the "Abura" in "Spirited Away" \u002F Although it is the terminal station, take the Chuo Main Line from Takao, and the next stop is Kanagawa Prefecture in "Slam Dunk"... After reading this book, as long as you buy a ticket, you should be able to discover your own Chuo Line, your own personalized Tokyo!

"A Simple Heart" contains the novellas "Memories of a Madman" and "Autumn Rhythm" and the short story "A Simple Heart" by the famous French writer Flaubert. "Memories of a Madman" and "Autumn Rhythm" are his early works. "Memories of a Madman" describes the passion and melancholy of a young man who is silently in unrequited love and obsessed with love. "Autumn Rhythm" tells the story of a lonely, depressed young man who eagerly desires to experience the taste of love, but ends up dying of melancholy because of love. "A Simple Heart" writes about the ordinary and touching life of a maid. Through the details of daily life, the author creates a simple and touching image of a working woman, showing her beautiful and kind heart and brave and witty qualities.

The publication of "Ball of Suet" in 1880 made Maupassant famous in one fell swoop, which represented Maupassant's outstanding achievements in short story creation. The author compares "Ball of Suif", a prostitute who is at the bottom of society and is discriminated against, with all kinds of sanctimonious so-called upper-class figures, fully showing the former's beautiful soul with a strong sense of justice and compassion and the latter's extremely selfish, shameless and ugly soul.

"China in the Eyes of Tagore" is a collection of speeches and talks given by the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore in Beijing, Shanghai and other places when he came to China in 1924. The topics of the speeches include the career of the poet, the ideal of freedom, the value of spiritual civilization, the friendship between China and India, the unity and development of Asia, the concept of education, etc. Some of the articles were translated by Xu Zhimo, who was the accompanying translator at the time. The language of this book is approachable and rich in philosophy, reflecting Tagore's deep friendship for China and his pursuit of love, beauty, peace and freedom.

"Point of View" is the last collection of essays published by the famous British writer and "story master" Somerset Maugham during his lifetime. It is not only a collection of brilliant essays, but also a collection of literary criticism that is knowledgeable and considerate about the world. The characters and themes involved range from the novels of the great poet Goethe to the spiritual cultivation and life story of a Hindu sage, from the self-centeredness and sharpness of three French writers famous for their diaries. The acrimony is reflected in the generosity and kindness of the British theologian and archbishop Tillotson, as well as his plain and natural style. In particular, through the interpretation of the life experiences and artistic characteristics of several short story masters he admired, including Edgar Allan Poe, Kipling, and especially Maupassant, Chekhov and Mansfield, this book provides a wonderful and in-depth discussion and analysis of the short story, a literary form for which he himself is a master. Maugham used his insight in shaping novel characters and his superb story-telling skills to vividly paint a group of images of literati from different eras, different countries, and different fields, and then penetrate into their literary world and inner soul. What he finally opened up is the universal human nature and human heart - from "literary heart" to "human heart".

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We always think that "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is a children's book, a story that children read. But when you get this version of the manuscript, you will find that this is a book suitable for ages 7 to 99! It's useless to just listen to what I say, you must read the book to have the same experience! 150 Years ago, a white rabbit passing by in a hurry aroused Alice's curiosity. The girl decided to follow the rabbit into the hole and start an adventure for 150 years. Surreal characters such as the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat have been around for 150 years.

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"Jane Eyre" is the masterpiece of the famous British female novelist Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre, who was born into poverty, lost her parents at an early age and was bullied by others. The hard life in boarding school made her stubborn and strong. When she was working as a governess in Thornfield, she fell in love with the eccentric male master Rochester. And just as they were holding their wedding, she discovered that Rochester also had a wife who suffered from genetic mental illness and had been locked in the attic. Desperate Jane Eyre left Thornfield, and when she faced her heart again and returned to Thornfield, she found that the place was in ruins.

"Les Misérables" is one of the most famous "Trilogy of Destiny" by Victor Hugo, a famous French writer and representative of world romantic literature. This book deeply exposes and criticizes the decadent nature and evil phenomena of French feudal autocratic society in the 19th century by describing the tragic experiences of Jean Valjean and others and a series of touching deeds performed by Jean Valjean after he was inspired by Bian Furu. It also expresses deep sympathy for the miserable lives of the poor people under feudal oppression. Hugo's passionate writing outlines a group of vivid little characters. Noble moral sentiments such as living with dignity, benevolence, righteousness, and kindness run through the entire book, making it soul-stirring to read.

"The Collected Works of Alain de Botton (set of 13 volumes in total)" includes: "Falling in Love with Romance", "The Consolation of Philosophy", "Embracing Lost Time", "The Charm of Boring", "A Little Trip in the Airport", "Status Anxiety", "The Architecture of Happiness", "For Atheists", "Ode to Work", "The Art of Travel", "Kiss and Tell", "Love Notes", "The Turmoil of the News" and "Falling in Love with Romance".

This book contains 11 articles on legends, with a special focus on the One-Eyed God. In "The One-Eyed Monk", he proposed that in ancient sacrifices, in order to distinguish the god from ordinary people, the god was left with only one eye and one foot, and his resentful spirit wandered in the mountains and fields, eventually forming the image of the one-eyed monk as a monster today. Other chapters also discuss the origins of Japanese folklore such as the Bridge God, the Fish King, and the Giant.

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Shakespeare is a universally recognized drama master. His plays contain rich philosophy of life, profound knowledge and endless profound thoughts. "Shakespeare's Comedies" is a collection of Shakespeare's comedy works, including the famous works "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Nothing to Worry". Among them, the first four are called the "Four Comedies". In 1985, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was selected into the list of "Best Books in Human History" recommended by the American "Life" magazine.

Hans, a college student, came to the Alpine Lung Disease Sanatorium to visit his cousin Joachim. Unexpectedly, he also contracted the lung disease and had to stay for treatment. The people in the sanatorium came from all over the world, with different personalities and ideas. Hans was an ideal young man, but after interacting with these people, his thoughts became confused and his spirit became depressed. The Russian woman Clavgia made him even more fascinated. He forgot about his career and important responsibilities, and the mountain became a "magic mountain" from which he could not extricate himself. Seven years passed in the blink of an eye. His cousin died of illness, Clavgia left, and those close friends also went their separate ways. Life shattered his fantasies one by one, making him feel painful and lonely. The artillery fire of the World War woke him up. Looking back on the past, Hans felt that he had been sleeping on the "Magic Mountain" for seven years, so he resolutely embarked on a journey to the front line.

Buck was originally a pet dog of Judge Miller's family. After being civilized, he has been living in a warm valley in southern California. He was later sold to the cold, remote and gold-rich Alaska in the northern United States and became a sled dog.

A swift and violent autumn wind howled in the woods outside the door. Countless dead leaves clinging to the big trees were pitifully blown off by the wind, and then lifted up into the clouds, flying all over the sky. The hunters finished their dinner without taking off their leather boots. Their faces were flushed and they were in high spirits. These people were half nobles, half squires, and half farmers from the province of Normandy. They were wealthy, physically strong, and strong enough to break the horns of cows squatting in the market. They had spent a whole day hunting in the mountain farm owned by Bailong Duier, the village chief of Aiba Township, and were now eating around a big table in the villa-like farm. The owner of the farm was their host. They roared and talked, laughed like wild animals, stretched out their necks without restraint, rested their elbows on the tablecloth, their eyes wide open under the lamplight, and their bodies were heated by a huge furnace that spit out a bloody gleam to the ceiling; all they talked about was hunting and hunting dogs.

This book is a record of the life and emotions of the little Jewish girl Anne Frank when she hid in a secret room two years before her death during World War II. Anne originally lived in Frankfurt, Germany. After the rise of the Nazis, she and her family took refuge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the 25 long months, she used her pen and her dreams to write down every day's events and her own growth. As a growing girl, Anne expressed her views on the adult world, her enthusiastic and lively nature, her unknown writing talent and her first love in "Annie's Diary".

"The Great Gatsby" is Fitzgerald's masterpiece. The novel describes how Gatsby, who was born in poverty, used all means to acquire wealth, and transformed from a pauper into a "great" rich man in people's hearts. No one knew Gatsby's past. Some said he was a spy, others said he ran an illegal business and became rich overnight. He bought a luxurious mansion and played every night. He doesn't care about rumors, he only cares about a love that doesn't belong to him...

Interviews with the famous Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, a collection of thirty important interviews in his life from 1927 to 1936. In these interviews, Lorca talks about his poetry and drama, his creative plans; about childhood and the countryside, about daily life and friendship with friends; about travel experiences, about cities; about his understanding of the nation and the world; about his social commitment and participation, and about the mission of an artist... The interviews unfold a life that is different from biographical narratives - a narrative that is discontinuous, sometimes contradictory, obscured, and contains attempts and regrets. These fragments, accompanied by the poet's voice, form an outline called Lorca, on which his creation, his life, and his character shine.

The story of "Carmen" takes place in Spain. The protagonist Carmen is a smart, beautiful, independent, and very willful gypsy girl. She is a woman with a strong personality who demands freedom. She has evil characteristics and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, but the most important thing is her sincerity, frankness, and perseverance. She despises the moral laws of capitalist society and uses bad habits to resist society. She is a rebel in society.