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Even if everything dies, there will still be a world narrated by the writer that will remain, and it will belong completely and forever to Maugham. The first complete collection of Maugham's short stories in the Chinese world, the first volume of the new translation is on the market! Short stories play an important role in Maugham's creation. Anthony Burgess once commented that he wrote "the best short stories in English literature." His novels such as "The Shackles of Humanity" and "The Knife's Edge" made Maugham famous all over the world, while his short stories won him more readers and became a global phenomenon with his exquisite skills in weaving stories and his keen insight into human nature and social life. There are many Chinese translations of Maugham's works, and most of his short stories are published in selected collections. The "Complete Collection of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories" (four volumes) planned to be launched this time will reproduce the complete picture of Maugham's short stories in wonderful translations for the first time. This book is the first volume.

This book tells the story of Sir Glenarvan, the owner of the Duncan cruise ship, who took Grant's two children to rescue Grant. After learning about the missing Scottish navigator Captain Grant two years ago, Lord Glenarvan asked the British government to send a ship to rescue him. The British government rejected his request. So Sir Glenarvan resolutely organized a small rescue team, consisting of the Glenarvan couple, Major MacNabbs, Captain Harry Grant's sons and daughters Mary and Robert, and the geographer Paganel, who was famous for his carelessness. He personally led the team to complete the task of finding Captain Harry Grant. They crossed the mountains and grasslands of South America along the 37th parallel of south latitude, traversed Australia and New Zealand, and circled the earth. Due to misinterpretations of documents, they encountered countless hardships along the way: earthquakes, floods, storms, vicious Maori and a conspiracy. But with incomparable perseverance and courage, they finally found Captain Harry Grant on the island of Maria Theresa in the Pacific.

The first draft of "Pride and Prejudice" was written from October 1796 to August 1797. It was originally called "First Impression". More than ten years later, it was rewritten and renamed "Pride and Prejudice" and published on January 28, 1813. This novel takes love entanglements as the main line and describes the emotional entanglements between Darcy, an arrogant single young man, and Elizabeth, who is prejudiced against him. It fully reflects the author's view on marriage and emphasizes the impact of economic interests on love and marriage. The plot of the novel is full of comedy and the language is witty and humorous. It is the most popular of Austen's novels. Austen once claimed that "Pride and Prejudice" was her "favorite child". The famous American literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) once said: "Over the past 100 years, there have been several taste revolutions in the history of British literature. The renovation of literary tastes has affected the reputation of almost all writers. Only Shakespeare and Jane Austen have endured." Austen's six novels have been praised by generations of readers after two hundred years of time, and all of them can be called excellent works. In particular, the popular "Pride and Prejudice" is a rare treasure in the world library. No wonder Maugham listed it among the top ten novels in the world.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a famous novel by Jonathan Swift, an outstanding British political commentator and satirical novelist in the eighteenth century. It occupies an extremely important position in the history of British and world literature. The work uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver to narrate his adventures in four countries - Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom - and criticizes the corruption and sins of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century with outstanding satirical art.

There are five novels in "Christmas Stories": "A Christmas Carol", "Church Bells", "The Cricket on the Fireside", "The Battle of Life", and "The Possessed Man". These Christmas stories were published between 1843 and 1848. In "A Christmas Story", Dickens used fascinating artistic techniques to publicize both the poor and the rich, asking for an improvement in the "destiny" of the poor and a transformation of the moral character of the rich. From a humanitarian perspective, the writer exposed the evils of the ruling class, expressed deep sympathy for the homeless and unemployed workers, and expressed great anger towards the oppressors.

The protagonist Charles in "The Moon and Sixpence" is an ordinary office worker. He is middle-aged, married, has a son, and earns a living in a down-to-earth manner. Suddenly one day, he responds to the call of his heart, leaves a note that dinner is ready, abandons everything and runs away from home. Determined to pursue his passion for painting, he went to Tahiti in the South Pacific to live with the indigenous people, despite poverty and illness, and never looked back. The wife said: Dream? His age will not last long, after all, he is forty years old, and he will be back with me soon. A friend asked him: Don't you think you have any responsibilities? Charles bravely became the unreasonable lunatic and obsessive fool in the eyes of others. Many people say that he is a fool, a waste of life, and even irresponsible, but only he knows his inner passion and the ideal he pursues. In real life, how many people just timidly look up at the moon, and then continue to lower their heads to chase the sixpence they depend on for food and clothing?

"The Milkmaid's Love Adventure" is a novella by the British writer Hardy, which tells the love story of the milkmaid Margery. On a foggy morning, the simple milkmaid Margery met a mysterious and melancholic baron. Since then, her life has changed dramatically. She obeyed the baron's words, but she drifted away from her fiancé Jim. In order to win back the heart of his sweetheart, what unexpected moves will Jim make? Will the melancholy Baron be tempted by the innocent Margery? Where did Margery's love end up... In this work, the baron's influence on the country girl Margery is just like the influence of bourgeois relations on "natural" life. Although there is no malice, it is like a devil's whisper, with the mysterious power to influence people.

In the British countryside at the end of the 19th century, the beautiful girl Tess was born in a poor family. Her father accidentally learned that she was a declining descendant of the ancient aristocratic family Deborah, and asked Tess to go to the house of a businessman named Deborah to recognize her relatives. Alley, the playboy of the d'Urbervilles, covets Tess's beauty and lures her into the jungle to be defiled. The humiliated Tess couldn't bear to stay with Alec, so she decided to go home and gave birth to a son, but the child died soon after. Tess came to work in the dairy factory and fell in love with Clay, the handsome and gentle son of a pastor. Tess has been trying to confess her past to Clay, but she has repeatedly lost opportunities due to fear and mistakes. It wasn't until the wedding night that I finally plucked up the courage to tell the secret. Clay could not forgive Tess and fled Brazil in grief. Forced by life, Tess went to work in more remote and barren places. She endured physical fatigue, mental pain, and the pressure of saving her family, and met Alec again...

The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student, who is poisoned by anarchist ideas, coupled with emotional tension and anxiety, and is full of resentment towards society. Later, forced to make a living, he killed the old woman who was a loan shark and her innocent sister, causing a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful inner struggle, he met Sonia, a girl with a holy soul - a prostitute who fell into prostitution for the sake of an unfortunate family. This eventually became his path to atonement and the dawn of new life...

"Night Boat on the White River" tells the story of a lovelorn female college student who happened to see a strange sight that only happens once in a century when she went to the riverside to relax in the company of her friends. In the hazy mist, she met her lover again from a distance. However, when the fog dissipated, she returned to a heavy and sad life. In "Night and Night Traveler", the story revolves around "my" brother and his two girlfriends. Before the young people understood why they loved or why they didn't love, their elder brother died in a car accident. "I" saw the child of my brother and his American girlfriend by accident. The protagonist of "An Experience" is actually a woman named Achun. "I" and Achun used to have a real triangle relationship, and the three of us even lived together. But after Achun died, "I" realized that Achun's significance in "my" life far exceeded that of that man. Under the arrangement of my current boyfriend, Shui Nan, "I" got help from a dwarf named Tanaka, who was similar to a wizard, and met Achun in a different space.

"Little Women" is based on the author Alcott's childhood experience, and adds touching creative plots. The various emotional experiences and life experiences of the March family described in the book have happened, are and will happen to every girl in the process of maturing. After the book was published, it touched countless American readers and became one of the must-read books for students. The four sisters Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy in the book live together in a family full of love and education. With the support of their parents and friends, they spent a happy childhood and adolescence. They have ideals, are confused, and occasionally make mistakes, but they are always growing. In the end, each girl finds her own path in life and becomes a gentle beacon in the path of others.

Zhou Zuoren's articles are among the most interesting. His reputation is much higher than that of his contemporaries, and his intellectual power is no less than that of Lu Xun. He combined the thoughts of a thinker and the inspiration of an artist, and appeared in the form of essays, describing the world's longitude and latitude, and discussing the past events of the world, forming an independent writing style. "A Confused Man, a Pathfinder: Selected Essays by Zhou Zuoren", this book contains many classic essays, sketches, and talks by Zhou Zuoren such as "Hand of Glory", "Japanese Peep", and "Imprisonment in a Women's College". "Before the Flowers and Under the Moon, Green Threads and White Hair: Selected Prose Collection of Zhou Zuoren", this book contains Zhou Zuoren's "My Own Garden", "Bitter Rain", "Wooden Boat" and many other classic proses, essays and miscellaneous talks, each of which is exquisite. "Half a day of leisure can be worth ten years of dreams: Selected Translations of Zhou Zuoren", through the classic translations of Zhou Zuoren, a translator of the Republic of China, relive the leisurely and elegant beauty of Japanese literature and Greek literature.

Several young people came here on vacation and planned an elaborate prank: using eight clocks to wake up their companion who always seemed to be late. In the early morning, eight clocks rang one after another, but the poor companion could never wake up again. What's even more surprising is that there are only seven clocks left, and one was thrown out of the window! Immediately afterwards, a companion died mysteriously, and his last words turned out to be: "The seven-faced clock..." Miss Bondel, the owner of "Chimney Villa", is determined to find the truth. And the trustworthy Officer Battle, who appears many times in the Queen's works, seems unwilling to help this curious girl.

Between the two world wars, in the remote and desolate town of Red Branch, Tennessee, Marion Hilde, who was transporting bootlegging wine for profit, accidentally killed a man who hitched a ride with him and tried to rob him one night, and threw him into a pit in a roadside orchard. The orchard's old caretaker, Arthur Ownby, discovered the body and periodically cut a clump of branches over it over several years. A few years later, on another trip to transport wine, Marion's car broke down and overturned, and he was rescued by a little boy, John Wesley Ratner. Marion was John Wesley's father-killing enemy, but neither of them knew it. For John Wesley, who lost his father when he was young, Marion took on the role of his father when he was growing up and lived happily without knowing their relationship. As time goes by, this sense of happiness is inevitably eroded by death, decay, and modern civilization.

"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" is the most representative novel by the famous Japanese writer Mishima Yukio. The story is based on the actual arson incident that occurred in July 1950. Mizoguchi, a young man who was born with a stutter, was ridiculed by his classmates and the woman he loved, but his spiritual world was extremely fertile. After coming to the Golden Pavilion from a poor country to become a monk, he was obsessed with the beauty of the Golden Pavilion all day long, imagining the magnificent scene of dying together with the Golden Pavilion in the flames of war. However, this wish ultimately came to nothing. In despair, he resolutely burned the Golden Temple to the ground. It embodies Mishima's so-called "beauty of destruction".

Borges's first novel, published in 1935, tells the stories of "villains" from all over the world, including slave traders in the American South, gang leaders in New York, and British tramps who pretend to be children of noble families. They even include Kira Uenosuke, a courtesy official in Japan's Edo shogunate period who insulted Lord Ako and was eventually avenged, and Widow Zheng, a female pirate in China's Qing Dynasty. The real historical background is intertwined with the author's imagination, depicting the images of "anti-heroes" growing up in the chaotic corners of society.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a work created by American writer Mark Twain in the 1870s. It describes the life of an ordinary American small town along the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century, and is also a microcosm of American life at that time.

Jane Summers is an independent-spirited middle-aged woman with an enviable job in a fashion magazine and an upper-class social circle. After Jane lost her husband and mother, she questioned and thought about her original emotions and living conditions. By chance, Jane met the old man Modi, and the two women developed an extraordinary friendship and a relationship that changed each other's attitudes towards life.

For the first time introduced in translation into the Chinese world, Philip Roth's unique novel The Adventures of President Dixon continues the political satire tradition of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, and directly attacks the corrupt social and political phenomenon of the Nixon administration. The cover of this book is the inspiration for the collection of caricatures "Poor Richard" by contemporary artist Philip Guston. When Slippery feels confused or distressed at night under the weight of the presidency and cannot sleep, he will often get up, tiptoe through the White House, to the bomb-proof underground athletes' locker room, and then "go into battle" and put on his football jersey. Just like during the invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State University shootings, simply putting on shoulder pads, cleats, a helmet, pulling his comfortable shorts up over his leather lower body, then turning his head to look in the mirror and glancing at the number on his back over his broad shoulders was enough to fill him with confidence that the actions he was taking for the benefit of 200 million Americans were justified.

"The Blind Story" is one of the masterpieces of the Japanese literary master Junichiro Tanizaki's return to classical tradition. During Japan's Warring States Period, daimyo wars raged. The most beautiful woman in the Warring States Period, Oda Nobunaga's sister, Mrs. Aichi, was initially betrothed to Asai Nagamasa by Nobunaga. Soon Nobunaga and Nagamasa went to war, and Nagamasa was forced to commit suicide. The wife and her three daughters were displaced during the war, and later remarried Shibata Katsuie. In the end, they were defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and committed suicide in the castle tower. The situation is changing and the fate is unpredictable. In the chaos, there is only one blind musician who humbly and secretly loves his wife and always stays by her side...

"Heretic" Junichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece is the peak of his demonic period. It is a sincere struggle in an absurd life and a secret path leading to the self. Junichiro Tanizaki is a master of Japanese aesthetic literature and one of the representative writers of modern Japanese literature. In 1958, Yukio Mishima recommended Junichiro Tanizaki as a candidate for the Nobel Prize with his works such as "Polygon-Eating Insect". This book contains eight of Tanizaki Junichiro's early representative works: "Tattoo", "Kirin", "Boy", "Devil", "Devil (Continued)", "The Sorrow of the Heretic" and "The Tattered Light", which were created from 1910 to 1911. Over the past eight years, these early works earned him the title of "Demonist", and he was highly praised by Karika Nagai: "Junichiro Tanizaki fully possesses special qualities and skills that no one among the modern writers has."

"Snow" is a novel written by Junichiro Tanizaki, a representative writer of Japanese aesthetic literature. The whole book consists of three volumes: the first, middle and second volumes, totaling more than 400,000 words. "Snow" is a genre novel describing the love story between Japanese middle-class young men and women. The story follows Yukiko, the third of the four daughters of the declining wealthy Makioka family in Osaka, on a blind date as the main line, and the marriage and love experiences of the other three sisters as auxiliary lines. The time span is five years from 1936 to 1941. In the end, Yukiko's blind date was successful, and everything ended before the Pearl Harbor incident. This book describes a Japanese story against the background of war, but the war only appears in a few words in the background. The book slowly unfolds the customs, social events, foreign exchanges, etc. Of Japanese society at that time, presenting a detailed picture of the life of the middle and upper classes in the Kansai region of Japan. It is known as a superior genre novel with a classic style. "Snow" is not only the pinnacle of Tanizaki Junichiro's personal works, but also an outstanding representative work of the entire Showa literary world. The work has been translated into various languages ​​and has been adapted into many films and TV shows.

"In Praise of Shadows" is a collection of essays by Junichiro Tanizaki, a well-known Japanese writer. It includes eleven classic representative works such as "In Praise of Shadows", "The Story of Laziness" and "Memory of the Taste of Childhood". It condenses Junichiro Tanizaki's exquisite views on oriental aesthetics. Every small object appears interesting in his writing. Starting from everyday objects that can be seen everywhere, Junichiro Tanizaki narrates the unique charm of architecture, home furnishings, appliances, tea ceremonies, food, body, love, drama, etc. In elegant and simple language, he reveals the essence of Japanese aesthetics, discovers beauty in the trivial daily life, explores the power to heal people's hearts, and takes you to appreciate the beauty and calmness of the world.

Junichiro Tanizaki's demonic aesthetic masterpiece, a key opens the door of desire, the secret and tortuous love relationship between the sexes, and the undercurrent of an oriental family... "The Key" is a masterpiece by Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki. The text is based on the diaries of a middle-aged couple. It is equivalent to a record of a couple's life from a dual perspective. The privacy, speculation, inducement, and secret fighting between the couple, through the four-corner relationship joined by the daughter and the prospective son-in-law, finally lead to the conspiratorial ending of the husband's death due to stimulation. This diary-style novel is a plot designed for desire written by Junichiro Tanizaki in the 1950s. It has become a classic work depicting human desires. It is unique in terms of subject matter, structure, and dramatic tension of novel art.

"The Strange Case of the Labyrinth": Lanfang, located on the border, is in a state of depression. The county government hall is dusty and dilapidated, but the magistrate's residence behind the county government office is neat and clean. Why is it so strange? Why did a high-ranking official in Beijing with a reputation for integrity suddenly resolutely resign and spend his remaining years in seclusion in Lanfang? Everything is troubled, and suddenly it is heard that the barbarians are about to attack, but Duke Di's trustworthy soldiers are less than fifty, and Lanfang City is in danger... "The Strange Case of Ziyun Temple": A birthday greeting rosewood box bought from an antique shop, but there is a piece of paper asking for help. In one night, the fifty ingots of royal gold in the treasury were turned into a pile of lead bars. They were left hanging for a year without finding anything. The murderer was approaching step by step, and Judge Dee's assistant was almost killed twice. Why are temples that were so popular in the past now abandoned and desolate and become a stage for evil?

Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet was written in 1887. It was his first work to feature Sherlock Holmes as the protagonist. This story consists of two parts. The first part briefly introduces how Watson and Holmes met and the reason why they came into contact with the case; the latter part is Holmes' explanation of the ins and outs of the case - "another story". Holmes has a wide range of interests, is knowledgeable, and has strong logical analysis skills. "A Study in Scarlet" tells the story: One day, two detectives came to ask for help. A murder occurred in a suburban villa. The victim fell in a pool of blood, but there were no wounds on his body. The word "Revenge" was left on the wall. What was even more surprising was that there was a women's ring beside the deceased. Based on the information at the scene, Holmes deduced the general appearance of the murderer, and started with the women's ring to find the murderer. Another person was killed soon after, and the circumstances at the scene showed that the case was carefully designed by the murderer in order to enjoy the pleasure of revenge. With the help of the Bailey Street detective, the murderer Hope surfaced. The reason for all murders comes from one word: love. It turns out that Hope is from the western United States. Because his girlfriend was persecuted to death by the local Mormons, he went through all kinds of hardships and dangers to track the murderer and come to England to take revenge.

"Tokyo Tales" consists of five short stories: "The Accidental Traveler", "Hanalei Bay", "Wherever You May Be Found", "The Kidney-Shaped Stone Moving Every Day" and "Shinagawa Monkey". The famous Japanese director Daiji Matsunaga's new film "Hanalei Bay" is based on the original novel. Haruki Murakami personally serves as the screenwriter, as well as the producer of "Norwegian Wood", the photographer of "Shoplifters", and the soundtrack of "Mountains and Rivers", creating a beautiful and moving image poem. The full text was published in The New Yorker and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. As always, Haruki Murakami is still quietly tearing down the fences between reality and unreality, or the world here and the world beyond. He is still hovering over the realm of the subconscious like an eagle, looking for a deeper and darker bottom. He is still trying to strip soul information and human subtleties from the ordinary worldly life.

Haruki Murakami's first short story collection includes all the creative elements of "Murakami Universe" and depicts urban life intertwined with anxiety, loneliness and frustration in absurd and bizarre strokes. Seven stories filled with loss are also requiems for countless lost people. "The Boat to China" is not only the first short story written by Haruki Murakami, but also the forerunner of the "Chinese origin" in his future works. "The Tragedy of the New York Coal Mine": a story about people who died beforehand, a sentimental journey across reality, and a confused song that chews on the nihility of life. "The Last Lawn in the Afternoon": As I read it, I actually wanted to mow the lawn. (Lin Shaohua). "Sydney's Green Street": The classic character "Sheep Man" appears for the first time, an absurd and wonderful fairy tale for adults. This is Haruki Murakami's first short story collection, which includes seven works including the short story "The Boat to China". These works contain almost all elements of Murakami's next series of creations, from surreal creative techniques to writing themes such as "loneliness". This collection of short stories can be regarded as the mother of the author's creations.

"The Bakery Again" is the fifth collection of short stories written by Haruki Murakami in 1985 and published in 1986. It includes six short stories: "The Bakery Again", "The Disappearance of the Elephant", "Family Affair", "Twin Girls and the Sunken Continent", "The Collapse of the Roman Empire, the 1881 Indian Revolt, Hitler's Invasion of Poland and the Windy World", "The Wind-up Bird and the Tuesday Girls". The work describes several people on the fringes of mainstream society. The romance of youth and the impulse of youth are getting farther and farther away. After entering middle age, they have to face the trivial daily life and the burden of the world. The works in the book are closely related to long-form masterpieces such as "Pinball 1973", "The Journey of Strange Birds", and "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland". Among them, "The Attack on the Bakery Again" and "The Disappearance of the Elephant" are regarded as classics among Murakami's short stories.

This is one of Murakami's best short stories that is worth reading over and over again. The protagonists of Murakami's novel, the twin sisters and the goat boy, appear like Easter eggs. The little feelings of life are composed with a few strokes by Murakami, making you involuntarily transported into the mysterious "Fire Cloud in the Mirror". The first collaboration between writer Haruki Murakami and Xi'an Suimaru, Suimaru's imagination and Murakami's sense of humor "make people feel that things that have been static are about to move again." At the end of the volume, there is a playful conversation between the two masters, recalling the unknown interesting stories in Murakami's creation - it turns out that Murakami also asks for help, urges manuscripts, and even releases cats to monitor Anzai... In the heart-catching gossip, get a glimpse of Murakami's private corner of life and writing - he writes with a dream-like pen made of human spine, his way of drinking coffee and the best place to read Updike. This book is composed of 13 stories, all of which are the author's whimsical ideas, and the writing style is humorous and interesting. At the end of the book, there is a conversation between the two writers and the painter, telling anecdotes about their collaboration. This book is the first collaboration between writer Haruki Murakami and painter Xi'an Suimaru.

In the second year of Genroku (1689), Basho left Edo, accompanied by his disciple Kawai Soryo, and traveled around Ou and Hokuriku on foot for 5 months, covering a distance of about 2,350 kilometers, and finally arrived in Ogaki. He recorded what he saw, heard, felt, and realized in exquisite writing, and compiled it into a book - "Oshu Trail" in the form of prose and haiku. It pushes the theory of "not easy to become popular" advocated by Matsuo Basho to the extreme, and is also the pinnacle of ancient Japanese travel literature.

"Walden" is a famous collection of essays written by American writer Henry David Thoreau. In the book, Thoreau describes in detail the life he spent for more than two years in a regenerated forest on the shores of Walden Pond and many of his thoughts during that period. Everything from the scenery changes caused by the alternation of the four seasons to the fight between two ants are vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen.

"Chao Sao" is based on the ancient Greek pastoral romance novel "Daphnis and Heroa": 18-year-old fisherman Shinji meets the beautiful and lively girl Hatsue, the daughter of the ship owner who has just returned from overseas. They fell in love unconsciously. Unexpectedly, rumors spread around this time, and the girl's father became furious when he heard about it and objected to their meeting again. Later, while fishing in a boat, the young man risked his life and saved a boat belonging to Chujiang's father from the stormy waves, and was praised by the boat owner. In the end, he won the beauty with his bravery and tenacity. "Chao Sao" brings the purity of youth and love to the extreme. The love story of Shinji and Hatsue, apart from noble emotion and pure love, does not involve any distracting thoughts. After the balance between soul and body is broken, it embodies another kind of beauty: removing the ugly obscenity from love and carnal desire, returning to nature, and absolutely purifying love. The novel runs through the beauty of nature and humanity, placing the characters' lives, work, thoughts, and feelings in the infinite sea and infinite nature, creating a Japanese-style natural beauty - the unity of life, vitality, and body.

Japanese contemporary novel, Keigo Higashino's emotional suspense masterpiece, sold an average of one copy every 15 seconds in Japan for 56 consecutive days, breaking the sales record of Keigo Higashino's novels, and won the first best-selling novel of the year in Japan, the first place in Japan's Kinokuniya Bookstore, and the 43rd New Style Award. Kazuya Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, Erika Toda, and Tomokazu Miura starred in the Japanese drama of the same name, which won 8 awards. Keigo Higashino said: "The novel "Meteor Link" was not written by me, but by the characters in the story themselves." Yokosuka, summer night. Three brothers and sisters in elementary school secretly watched the meteor shower. When they returned home in the middle of the night, they found their parents lying in a pool of blood, and a strange man ran out of the back door and disappeared. The life trajectories of the three brothers and sisters completely changed from this moment on. The case remained unsolved and was gradually forgotten. When they were young, they were homeless and came to an orphanage. They depended on each other and lived a difficult but warm life. They grew up day by day, and they could never forget the night they watched the shooting stars. Fourteen years have passed, and the expiration date of the case is getting closer and closer. The three brothers and sisters accidentally discovered the person they saw on the night of the murder.

This book, also known as "New Harmony", is a collection of notes and novels, as well as a collection of strange things that the author deliberately created. There are many editions of this book, including the Suiyuan self-engraved edition in the 53rd year of Qianlong's reign, the engraved edition of Meidetang in the 20th year of Jiaqing, and the lithographed edition of Shanghai Jinjiang Bookstore in the third year of the Republic of China. This time, Suiyuan's own edition was used as the basis, and other editions were used for proofreading, and several errors were corrected. In order to popularize this book, the school notes will not be published. Considering the readership of this book, some chapters have been deleted and only the titles have been retained.

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway. Summary of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro": The Snows of Kilimanjaro - this is one of the most famous and beautiful novel titles in the world. This is also one of the most famous and best short stories in the world. This is Hemingway at his best: precise, restrained, mysterious, melancholy-perfect. This is the pinnacle of his literary empire-his Mount Kilimanjaro.

"King, Queen, Jack" is an early masterpiece by the novel master Nabokov, first published in 1928. Starting from this work, Nabokov began to frequently use multiple languages ​​​​in his works, play word games, and create many surrealist characters and images. This unique "Nabokov style" has also become one of the important reasons for his long-term foothold in the literary world. As the title of the novel suggests, the image of playing cards appears throughout the work. Franz, an inexperienced and ambitious young man, came to Berlin to seek refuge with his wealthy businessman uncle Dreher, and then was seduced into becoming the lover of Dreher's wife Martha, and the two conspired to kill Dreher. But when Martha learns that Dreyer is about to make a fortune, she suddenly changes her mind, and the conspiracy ends abruptly in an unexpected way... Elements such as derailment, deception, and murder are cleverly integrated into this triangular card game, making people appreciate the absurdity and darkness of human nature, but they are also unable to extricate themselves from the wonderful details created by the wordsmith.

In 1945, Maugham responded to the request of "Red Book" magazine to list what he considered the world's top ten novels, and attached ten thoughtful reasons for the recommendations. Shortly after the book list was published, it aroused enthusiastic responses from readers, and "Ten Novels and Their Authors" was born. More than seventy years later, Maugham's recommendation of the top ten novels in the world has become an immortal classic in the literary palace, and this collection of reviews written by him has also maintained its enduring charm and has been regarded as an introductory guide to literary reading by generations of readers.

"The Name of the Rose" is Umberto Eco's masterpiece. The story takes place in a monastery in medieval Italy. The Franciscan friar William and his disciple Adso went there to prepare for the mediation between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope. As soon as the two arrived, a murder occurred in the monastery. William, who was good at reasoning, was entrusted by the abbot to investigate. The murders have not stopped, one person dies every day. The labyrinthine monastery holds many secrets. When the secret is revealed, the truth about the murder is also revealed. The monastery was destroyed in a fire.

Junichiro Tanizaki, the master of Japanese aesthetic literature, writes about his creative experience for future writers, unlocking the key to writing "Praise to the Shadows", "Fine Snow" and "Haru Kotoso". "Article Reader" is a famous work by Japanese aesthetic master Junichiro Tanizaki that discusses article reading and writing skills. It is like three in-depth and simple writing lessons. After the book was published in Japan, it aroused great repercussions. Writers such as Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata wrote books under the title "Article Reader" to discuss their own views on literary creation. With the perspective of a literary master, the author starts from the characteristics of Japanese language, characters and culture, focusing on "what is an article", "how to improve writing" and "what are the six major elements that constitute an article". Taking examples from Eastern and Western classics as evidence, the author discusses how Japanese language and characters can give full play to their advantages in creation so that they can express their ideas smoothly and brilliantly. Among them, "The Great Learning" and Tang poetry are quoted many times to analyze the works of Chinese literati and emphasize the implicit beauty of literature. This book is translated by the famous Japanese translator Lai Mingzhu. Together with Tanizaki's masterpiece "Ode to Shadow", it forms a complete puzzle of Japanese aesthetics.

In "Tagore's India", Tagore outlines the simple trajectory of India from ancient times to the present, explores the profound connotation of ancient Indian classics; shows the true historical pictures of modern India; analyzes major social issues with sharp strokes; expresses his profound insights into India's marriage system, social ills, customs and rituals and celebrations. By reading his poetic discussion, you can not only understand the unique behavior and customs of the Indian people, but also enjoy the beauty. This book is compiled by Bai Kaiyuan.

While engaged in literary creation, Tagore wrote a large number of literary reviews, covering epics, poems, novels, dramas, essays and comparative literature. These essays not only elaborate on the aesthetic theories he followed in literary creation, express his wise insights on various works, but also summarize his deep understanding and aesthetic experience. Tagore's literary theory will help Chinese readers and foreign literature researchers understand and study his works in depth. "Literature under Rabindranath Tagore" was compiled by Bai Kaiyuan.

Tagore regarded the development of national education as an important way to save the country. He emphasized that schools should be a pure land and strived to establish a new teacher-student relationship that transcended money in the school he founded. In decades of educational practice, he attaches great importance to cultivating students' imagination and image thinking abilities, and has created unique educational methods. His incisive discussion of education still has practical significance. "Education in Rabindranath Tagore" edited by Bai Kaiyuan is helpful to our country's educational circles in studying Tagore's educational thoughts, and has some enlightenment for our country's educational reform.

The biographies of famous people include three volumes: Beethoven's biography, Michelangelo's biography, and Tolstoy's biography. "The Biography of Beethoven" Beethoven was born in an era when "breaking" and "establishing" were in conflict. He is talented and has composed one song after another that has been handed down from generation to generation; despite his ill-fated fate, he has gone through hardships and still adheres to his original intention of "being devoted to good, loving freedom more than anything else; and never betraying the truth under any circumstances." In this biography, the author not only tells the legendary life of music master Beethoven in beautiful language from different perspectives, but also reveals a great soul to readers. At the same time, Romain Rolland also compiled Beethoven's will and letters into a collection. "The Biography of Michelangelo" Michelangelo has a powerful power that can influence an era. Before him, the artistic sky in Florence was dull and lacked vitality. His appearance blew away the dark clouds hanging over it like a sudden storm. After him, Michelangelo's style influenced artists for almost three centuries. This biography mainly consists of three parts: the first part "Battle", the second part "Abandonment" and the epilogue. The author highly praises Michelangelo's artistic achievements and analyzes his inner world, thus revealing to readers a Michelangelo who is both ordinary and extraordinary, with unparalleled artistic talent and creativity. "The Biography of Tolstoy" Romain Rolland regarded Tolstoy as his spiritual mentor, and Toon's humanitarian feelings deeply moved him. Therefore, studying Toon's artistic creations, letters, and even the reminiscences of his contemporaries became the medium for Romain Rolland to express his admiration for Toon. Thus, an immortal "The Biography of Tolstoy" was born. The author's detailed research on Tolstoy has become the solid foundation of this work. With his extraordinary insight, Romain Rolland shows readers all the important aspects of the creative personality of a generation of literary giants.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding satirical novel in the form of travel notes. The author used rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of Britain at that time. This book is written in the form of Captain Gulliver's autobiography. It mainly describes Captain Gulliver's strange experiences in Lilliput, Adult, Flying Island and Houyhnhnm. Through the form of a novel, the author comprehensively satirizes and criticizes the British social life in the first half of the 18th century, with distinctive democratic ideological characteristics.

The collection of three biographies, "The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo" and "The Biography of Tolstoy", written by Nobel Prize winner Romain Rolland, is a model work in the world of biographical literature. In his works, Romain Rolland focused on depicting the mental journey of three art masters who endured hardships and setbacks without changing their original intentions in the troubled life journey, highlighting their noble personality, fraternal emotions and broad mind, and composed a magnificent and shocking "heroic symphony" for people.

"Celebrities" describes three extremely talented and accomplished figures in human history. However, Romain Rolland did not stick to a detailed examination of the lives of the characters, nor did he make a general trace of their works. Instead, he firmly grasped the commonalities of these three artists in different fields and focused on depicting their troubled life experiences and their tireless pursuit of loneliness and pain, in order to highlight their pure personality, philanthropic emotions and broad mind.

"The Education of Love" is a work by Italian writer Amicis. It is a famous children's literature work. It is considered one of the ten must-read novels for Italians and an enduring masterpiece in the history of world literature. "The Education of Love" was first published on October 18, 1886, with a total of 100 articles, mainly composed of three parts: the ten-month diary of Italian fourth-grade primary school student Enrico; the admonishing and inspiring articles written by his parents in his diary; and ten short stories read by teachers in class. The content of the diary describes every bit of the little protagonist's life, as well as the trivial matters of his classmates' lives. It is a very loving work.

From the origin of mankind to modern society, the author puts people as the center and writes the history of mankind, covering politics, religion, science, business, art and other fields. The writing is smooth and humorous, and the exposition is penetrating, summarizing the development history of human society in a simple and profound way.

"The Opium War: Chen Shunchen Talks about the History of the Late Qing Dynasty" is a popular book specially written by Chen Shunchen for Japanese readers to understand this history. It has since become an important reference book for Japanese scholars to study the history of the Opium War. This book takes the Opium War, the beginning of China's modern history, as a clue, and comprehensively describes the situation of China and the world in the second half of the 19th century from politics, economy, people's livelihood, culture, etc.