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"Mansfield Park", like the author's other novels, takes the love and marriage of young men and women as its theme. However, comparatively speaking, the plot of this book is more complex, the unexpected events are more concentrated, and the social satire is more intense. The novel ends with a happy marriage between Fanny and Edmund, but as the story develops, the author's satirical style is mainly directed at the British upper class represented by wealthy families, revealing their artificiality and absurdity.

On an island with a population of 1,400 people, 18-year-old young man Shinji meets a young girl named Hatsue. The young man has sincere eyes, strong and unrestrained. The girl's eyebrows are calm and bold. In summer, dreams are long, in autumn, days are short, and the two fell in love. But rumors spread throughout the village like the wind, and with the waves, it seemed that spring was coming to an end. Perhaps, everyone has a first love. We are all filled with innocence and enthusiasm for our first love. Like all good things, we have to make them happen.

In "Chao Sao", I finally experienced a love that has nothing to do with material things! The Japanese version of "Border Town" was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize three times and is a romantic work by the genius Yukio Mishima. On a small island far away from the hustle and bustle, the vast sea and lush green shrines protect everyone. As dusk grew darker on the beach, eighteen-year-old Shinji met the beautiful and lively girl Hatsue. In chance encounters again and again, pure and passionate feelings flourish... A romantic work that subverts Mishima's violent aesthetics, a pure and beautiful love song of youth. The restlessness, fatigue, and material burden you encounter in love will all be cured by "Chao Sao"!

The story begins in the Elizabethan era in the 16th century and ends in the "present day" when Woolf wrote in 1928, lasting four hundred years. Orlando was first an innocent aristocratic beauty who entered the court because he was favored by Queen Elizabeth. After King James ascends the throne, the Great Frost comes. Orlando meets a Russian princess and falls in love. As a result, he falls out of love and falls out of favor, and lives in seclusion in a country mansion. Orlando has been obsessed with literature and poetry since he was a child. The figure of Shakespeare is unforgettable for him. He manages to get acquainted with the slightly famous poet Green. Unexpectedly, he is teased again. In addition, he cannot bear the entanglement of the Grand Duchess of Romania, so he asks for a mission to Türkiye. After a fire in Constantinople, Orlando changed into a woman, left officialdom, and mingled among the Gypsies. Later, she returned to England, became a noble lady in the upper class, and met a group of famous literati at that time. Entering the Victorian era, in order to continue writing, Orlando could only compromise with the spirit of the times and marry a sea captain. By the end of the story, Orlando is already a prize-winning poet of the 20th century. She returns to the mansion that symbolizes tradition throughout the book, and comes under the big oak tree to review her eternal pursuit of literature and poetry.

Jiuga and Zi were young lovers. They reunited after many years of separation and experienced marriage, and their love was rekindled. However, just as the two were immersed in their hard-won happiness, Zi fell seriously ill. Whether to follow the original desire, or succumb to the pressure of the world; whether to live incomplete and painful, or to bloom and die with the wind. Azusa's choice may be another perfect answer...

Chunqin, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, is beautiful. She lost her sight due to eye disease when she was a child, but she has made great achievements in playing the shamisen. She has a noble nature and does not want to be looked down upon by others, and her personality has become increasingly eccentric. The person who takes care of her daily life is the servant Sasuke, who is four years older than her. He learns shamisen from Haruko, and gradually falls in love with her because of his contact with Haruko. Chunqin was disfigured in an accident. In order not to make Chunqin feel sad, Sasuke chose to blind his own eyes. The lady's eternal beauty remained in his mind. The two have lived together forever since then...

"Diary of a Mad Old Man" contains two representative novels by Junichiro Tanizaki, "Diary of a Mad Old Man" and "The Key". "Diary of a Crazy Old Man" depicts the twisted love of a "crazy" old man in his octogenarian years. The old man, who is physically exhausted, satisfies his inner desires through yearning for his daughter-in-law. This desire brought him to the verge of death, but his only wish was to rest forever under the tombstone with a rubbing of his daughter-in-law's foot.

Jiu Mujia, who works for a publishing house, feels that his family life is boring and his husband and wife are always polite. He accidentally met the elegant calligraphy teacher Rinko at the cultural center of his friend Yichuan, and Rinzi married an uninteresting doctor husband. Afterwards, the two sparked sparks through frequent interactions, and had trysts in Kamakura, Nikko and other resorts. In order to pursue the ultimate love, they finally chose to commit suicide by drinking poison when they were happy, and died embracing each other.

The beautiful Mary Panton lost her beloved libertine husband a year ago. Fortunately, her husband died early due to a car accident and left some property for her. With some precious jewelry on hand, she was able to live a leisurely life. After burying her husband and cleaning up the family property, Mary came to Florence and rented a beautiful antique villa on a hill in the suburbs to rest her body and mind. Sir Edgar, Mary's admirer for many years and the "builder of the British Empire", has been prospering for many years and is about to be appointed Governor of Bengal. Before being appointed, he came to Florence to propose to her. But late one night, Mary's temporary infatuation led to a nightmarish act of violence. At the critical juncture, she had no choice but to turn to the notorious lothario Lawley Flint for help, and through him, she finally realized that denying love - and all the passion and adventure involved in it, was tantamount to denying life and life itself. Maugham's most mature short novel, the story is fascinating, the characters are vivid and vivid, and the insight into human nature is even more penetrating.

As children, Sarah and Emily were two very different girls. In Emily's eyes, her rational sister is always superior. She is jealous of her sister's relationship with her father (who left them due to divorce) and her sister's seemingly happy marriage. Emily chose a path for herself that was not so safe and unconventional. All the romantic affairs could not really satisfy her. Although the bond that binds the sisters has always existed, the distance between them has grown further and further until, finally, a tragic event throws their relationship into the center of a storm...

"Modern Love and Infatuation" contains six sensual novels written by Tanizaki between his youth and middle age, all of which belong to the genre with high artistic achievements in his early creations. These works mainly revolve around "emotion", each exploring the abyss of human nature from a unique perspective, including the indulgence and indulgence of aestheticism, as well as the provocation and horror of sensual novels, forming a series of literary confessions that rebel against the times with desire. He also used this to add highly personal stylized creative practice and aesthetic experiments to the history of modern literature in Japan and the world. At the same time, this batch of works not only continues the fin-de-siècle aesthetics and "demonism" style of his early creations, but can also provide a glimpse of the theme types and prototypes of later classic novels: sensual pleasure and sorrow, the ravings and monologues of idiots in the floating world, the discovery of the existence of beauty in the gloom, and the display of the heat of life from the point of madness.

The relatives of the girl Sakurai Mikage left her one by one. When her only remaining relative, her grandmother, also passed away, she was left alone in the world. From then on, she could only sleep peacefully next to the refrigerator in the kitchen. At this time, Tanabe Yuichi, who had been cared for by her grandmother, and his transgender mother Eriko took her in. Through getting along day after day, she felt the warmth in this seemingly sick family. Starting from the kitchen, she slowly walked out of loneliness...

A number of bundles of letters were found in a cell in the old central prison. They were written by a woman, A'ida, to her lover in prison, Xavier. Ada's letter is full of longing for and longing for Xavier. They have the same ideals, but they can only share them through words. They love each other deeply, but they are not allowed to meet each other. Aida took the trouble to describe the daily trivial things that happened in the town - the townspeople's gatherings, the bugs on the trees, the music on the radio, the missiles that fell last week... In the seemingly ordinary and trivial things, we can vaguely smell people's anxiety about political oppression, and their inner panic about the turbulent war. At the same time, we can also read between the lines people's philosophy of no hesitation and their infinite desire for freedom and liberation. ─ No force can stop love and faith, and no violence can destroy the human heart.

Dr. Nibancho, a surgeon with stunning beauty and a prominent family background, is a popular target in the hospital. However, she has always remained single in the face of many suitors. Nurse Marikata Murakata is full of curiosity about her mysterious charm. In the process of treating dancer Reiko Fukamachi's leg disease, Mariko gradually discovers the extreme emotions and cold heart of Dr. Nibanmachi's beautiful appearance...

The protagonist Hazel, who was born into a rural priest family, has always wanted to be a priest when he grows up. However, after returning from the war, he was greatly shaken in his faith and tried to preach a faith without Jesus, but was exploited by false prophets. From then on, he embarked on a life path of spiritual disillusionment and no support. O'Connor is known as the "Prophet of Southern Literature". His novels are often full of weird and bizarre plots, with the atmosphere of terror, desolation, mystery and decay permeated by "Southern Gothic novels". It brings readers strong sensory stimulation and spiritual shock. As O'Connor's representative work, this book can better explore his unique writing style and techniques.

"Bielande": The main fact is very simple, but the intertwined factors are bizarre; because a person's external appearance may be simple, his behavior may be boring, and not worth talking about, and his mental and emotional fluctuations are always complicated. In the case of Pierrelande, the accidents of all sizes caused her tragedy from beginning to end. In the play, her misfortune seems to be incomprehensible; for other characters, all developments are in line with the logic of struggle. Not only are they expected, but the motivations and goals are very clear. After careful planning and deliberate promotion: Pierrelande is just an ant they stepped on on the ladder to climb up. In the eyes of readers without sentimental temperament, parallel to Pierrelande's tragedy is an ugly drama played by the big and small bourgeoisie.

The plot of "The Moon and Sixpence" is based on the life of the French post-impressionist painter Gauguin. The protagonist was originally a securities broker. After reaching middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart and abandoned everything to live with the indigenous people on the island of Tahiti in the South Pacific. He gained inspiration and created many artistic masterpieces. Maugham deeply explores the contradictions and interactions between life and art in his novels. The plot of "The Moon and Sixpence" is not complicated. It tells the story of a broker on the British Stock Exchange. He already had a solid career and status, and a happy family, but he became obsessed with painting and felt like he was "possessed by the devil." He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue his ideal of painting. No one could understand his behavior. In a foreign country, he not only suffered physically from poverty and hunger, but also endured mental pain in search of expression techniques. After some bizarre encounters, the protagonist finally leaves the civilized world and escapes to the isolated island of Tahiti. He finally found peace of soul and an atmosphere suitable for his artistic temperament. He lived with an indigenous woman and created one masterpiece after another that shocked later generations. Before he contracted leprosy and became blind, he painted a great work depicting the Garden of Eden on the fourth wall of his house. But before his death, he ordered the indigenous woman to burn the painting after his death. Through such a geek who devoted himself to the pursuit of art and had no understanding of human nature, Maugham explored the origin and essence of art, the relationship between personality and genius, the contradiction between artists and society, and other thought-provoking issues.

The author of "The Knife's Edge" is William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), a famous British novelist and dramatist. "The Blade" is one of his major works. "Blade" tells the story of Larry Darrell, a young American pilot who participated in World War I. In the army, Larry met an Irish friend: This man was usually such a lively and fearless pilot, but he was shot and died trying to save Larry during an encounter. As a result, Larry felt confused about life and could not understand why there was evil and misfortune in the world. Larry began his incredible transformation...

The 10th anniversary of the Booker Prize miracle work "Wolf Hall", the BBC mini-series "Wolf Hall" became popular around the world and won the British Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, two top European and American literary awards. The most glorious chapter in British history - the Tudor Dynasty under Henry VIII , undercurrents are surging inside and outside the palace, and the Reformation is about to begin. A nobody who is born to be a winner, from the son of a blacksmith to the pinnacle of power - with his life as a bet, wandering in the cruel and merciless palace arena, how will his fate end? In this dark historical stage, everyone is in danger, and one step could lead to death. However, the protagonist Thomas Cromwell is an exception - he is cold and rational, thoughtful, and can maneuver among the monarch, the church, and the nobility with ease; he is considerate and affectionate, and treats his lovers, relatives, and friends with meticulous care and meticulous care. "Wolf Hall" takes the divorce case of Henry VIII and Queen Catherine as the starting point. With the loss of the Cardinal Archbishop, Queen Catherine is deposed, Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and a series of events... There are turmoils inside and outside the palace, which finally ends with the death of Thomas More; Cromwell carefully planned and took every step, and finally became the most popular minister. The novel takes Cromwell's life and the court of Henry VIII as the main thread, weaving a huge web that reflects the political, religious and economic landscape of England in the early 16th century.

The art critic Reger would go to the Kunsthistorisches Museum every other day and sit in front of Tintoretto's painting "The Man with the White Beard" for more than thirty years, until one day his wife passed away. Six months later, he appeared in front of the portrait again and invited his old friend Atzbacher to meet him at the museum the next day. Through Atzbacher's eyes we get to know Reger - the death of his wife, his thoughts about suicide, his comments about the masters, and finally, the purpose of the meeting. At once pessimistic and elated, both hateful and hilarious, The Masters is a satirical comedy about culture, genius, nation, class, artistic merit and human pretension.

"Kitchen Peace" was written by Junichiro Tanizaki in his later years (76 years old). Based on his own experience, he recalled the stories of several maids who worked in Chikura Raiyoshi's home (mainly in Kyoto and Atami) from Showa 10 to Showa 33. During the Showa era, a simple and lovely young girl from the countryside came to work as a maid in a wealthy family in a big city, and gradually matured. The works vividly depict women with different personalities, ranging from innocence to tenacity to sophistication. Different from the style of Tanizaki Junichiro's representative works, the work is based on the writer's real life, a mixture of fiction and reality, relaxed and interesting, and also full of the author's long-standing exploration of women and praise of female beauty.

The contents of this book include Ian: On the Inspiration of Poetry; The Republic: The Ruler's Literature and Music Education, and the Poets' Crimes; Phaedrus: On Rhetoric; Hippias the Great: On Beauty; The Symposium: On the Love of Beauty and Philosophical Cultivation; Philipbus: On the Sense of Beauty; Law: On Art Education. Finally, there are also content such as explanation of the problem and translation postscript: Plato's aesthetic thoughts.

"Plato's Dialogues (Selected Translations of Masterpieces)" selects and translates seven dialogues by the ancient Greek sage Plato. Plato's dialogues are vivid and dramatic in writing. They are not only beautiful philosophical works, but also outstanding literary works. They can be said to be the inexhaustible source and inexhaustible treasure trove of the entire Western culture. Mr. Dai Ziqin's translation can be said to be unique among many domestic translations of Plato. It is one of the most literary translations and can complement Mr. Zhu Guangqian's "Plato's Literary Dialogues".

"Writer's Writer" Borges, transcript of a Columbia University writing class. Talk about novels, poetry, and translation, break the rules of writing, and teach the secrets of becoming a master. Jorge Luis Borges was a world-class writer who knew the rules of writing and knew how and when to break them. He is a magician of language, like all the best jugglers and poets. Once the trick is revealed and the poem comes out, he will make us feel that this has always been there, somewhere in our hearts, but we have not been able to express it. In the spring of 1971, Borges was invited to lecture at a writing class at Columbia University. He analyzed his own work and used examples to help others improve theirs. Each lecture focuses on a theme: talking about writing novels, talking about writing poetry, and talking about translation. Everyone present was given Borges's short story "The Duel (Part Two)" and six of his poems, as well as examples of different translations of Borges's works. Borges commented line by line and explained the creative process in detail. "Borges, Writing Lesson" is based on the audio transcript of the lecture, and has not been edited in order to preserve the originality. The original Spanish text and English translation of the examples given in the class are also attached for comparative reading.

"Historical Records" is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a famous historian in the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history and is listed as the first of the "Twenty-Four Histories". It records a history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor era to the Yuanshou Yuan Dynasty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Together with the later "Hanshu", "Houhanshu" and "Three Kingdoms", it is called the "First Four Histories". This book selects representative chapters from "Historical Records" for annotation, translation and explanation.

This book was translated in full by Mr. Yu Zhanghua, an authoritative scholar and vice-president of the Historical Records Research Association. The original text is based on the palace version, while absorbing the strengths of the Baiyin version and the bookstore version. The vernacular translation also refers to the research results of "Historical Records" by previous and present people. On the premise of ensuring the accuracy of knowledge points, this book is created to be a popular text suitable for zero-level public readers and young students.

"Aspects of the Novel" is a series of lectures given by Forster in Cambridge in 1927. It was widely praised in the history of literature and had an important influence on later literary creation and literary criticism. This book is characterized by a clear, comprehensive and easy-to-read structure. The author uses his own writing as a starting point and conducts in-depth analysis against famous works in literary history, including some sharp comments on writers such as Fitzgerald and Henry James. In this series of lectures, Forster talked about the relationship between novels and reality, proposing the view that novels are both larger than reality and smaller than reality; he proposed the views of "flat characters" and "round characters", which became terms often used by later critics; he proposed that "the function of the novelist is to reveal the hidden life from its roots". The discussion of narrative angles and artistic expressions such as patterns and rhythms is particularly pioneering and inspiring.

Collection of lectures, in the autumn of 1967, Borges was invited to give the Norton Lectures at Harvard University and delivered six lectures on the status of poetry, metaphorical patterns, novels and poetry, phonology and translation. After more than thirty years in the library, the audio tapes of the lectures were compiled and published by Treasurer Kelin-Ander Mihaile, who was then an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages ​​and Literatures at the University of Western Ontario. The complete collection is widely cited and covers many literary phenomena from ancient times to the present. It also has the informal sense of colloquial text, and it is narrated with ease. "The Art of Poetry is a book that introduces literature, taste, and Borges himself... Borges started a dialogue with writers and texts of all ages, and these themes always seem to be interesting even if they are quoted and discussed again and again."

Writer Junichi Watanabe, based on his own literary creation process, dedicated his decades of precious experience in novel creation to write an empirical work on how to create a novel and how to create a best-selling novel.

"Storymaster" Maugham's guide to reading and writing is dedicated to everyone. Maugham, known as the "story master", is well-deserved for his global reputation. His works have been introduced and published in many countries, and his writing experience and writing skills are also talked about by the majority of literature lovers. In his later years, Maugham published the book "The Summing Up", which is not only a review of Maugham's life writing career, but also a summary of Maugham's many years of writing experience. Through this book, readers can comprehensively master writing skills. For example, how to read a book efficiently? How to improve writing skills? How to enhance sensitivity? How to write good articles that are clear, concise and pleasant to the ears? How to write a drama to quickly win hearts and minds? How to use techniques when writing novels? How to improve comprehension and cognition through reading? In this book, Maugham explains the profound meaning of reading and writing with humorous language and sharp and concise style.

"Six Lectures on Dostoevsky" is a classic work on Dostoevsky by the famous French writer Andre Gide. This book is a collection of six lectures on Dosage Principe given by Gide in 1922. In this series of lectures, Gide's main focus was on how Dostoevsky's thoughts were expressed in a "literary" way. By interpreting Dostoevsky's letters and novel texts, he analyzed Dostoevsky's literary thoughts and artistic style layer by layer. He went deep into the inner world of Dosage and the characters he created, and discovered the main characteristics of Dossier's creations such as the mutual transformation of humility and arrogance and the duality of the characters' thoughts. Gide regarded Dosage as a genius novelist and "the greatest of all writers". His interpretation of Dosage brought a strong French reading experience and at the same time showed readers a healthy mental life. This is a spiritual communication between two great writers across time and space, and it is a precious document for studying Dostoevsky.

Somerset Maugham, author of "The Moon and Sixpence": A Guide to Reading and Writing for Young People. The genius novelist Maugham is known as the "Master of Storytelling" and has won almost all honors in the European literary world. In his later years, Maugham personally talked about his reading experience and writing skills, and published this book to help more readers fully master: How to read a book efficiently? How to improve writing skills? How to enhance sensitivity? How to write good articles that are clear, concise and pleasant to the ears? How to write a drama to quickly win hearts and minds? How to use techniques when writing novels? How to improve comprehension and cognition through reading? Maugham uses humorous language and a sharp and concise style to explain to you the secrets of reading and writing. After reading this book, you will suddenly realize it and gain endless benefits!

As a leader of the French Romantic Movement in the 19th century, Hugo was a highly accomplished Romantic writer in the history of literature. His theoretical texts were not only important theoretical documents of the Romantic movement at that time, but also a theoretical specimen of Romantic literary and artistic thought. They still have significance as ideological materials for us today. "Hugo on Literature" selects eleven of Hugo's literary reviews, prefaces, etc., Which helps us understand the romantic literary movement and this genre, especially the creative method of positive romanticism. Hugo put forward the idea of ​​"beauty serves truth" and believed that the poet's social responsibility is to promote ideals and educate the people. This is one of the differences between positive romanticism and negative romanticism.

Japan Nebula Award, a classic work by science fiction master Kobayashi Taizo. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about Kobayashi Taizo's world! Science fiction, reasoning, horror, love, novel settings, extreme reversal, your world view is about to be subverted! The genius illustrator Sajun customized the cover for "Tattered"! Someone used DNA from the stratum 6,500 years ago to bring alive alien life forms; there is a place where human corpses can be recycled and human bodies can be repaired; I have loved my wife for decades, but found out that she turned out to be a murderer; I was wrongly accused of being a murderer, but that is not me... Here In this book, Kobayashi Taizo focuses on four major genres: monster novels, westerns, psychological thrillers, and character reasoning, using meaningful metaphors to write about human beings' fear of the unknown. The forward-looking science fiction world reveals worries and ironies about the human condition of existence. If you want to understand the world of Kobayashi Taizo, this book is enough.

The four Pevensie siblings, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, are guests at an old professor's house and accidentally discover a magical kingdom hidden behind the wardrobe. The residents here include fauns, beavers, dwarves, dryads... But during Aslan's departure from Narnia, the country was occupied by an evil white witch. She oppressed the inhabitants of Narnia, subjecting them to eternal winter. The goat monster Tumnus once risked his life to save Lucy, and the Beaver family also helped their brother and sister escape from the White Witch. Edmund was tempted by the White Witch's Turkish Delight and once betrayed his brother and sister. Later, Aslan accompanied Santa Claus to Narnia and led everyone to defeat the witch. The four children became the king and queen of Narnia. Years later, they accidentally walked through the wardrobe while hunting and returned to their own world as children.

This is a dark revenge love story that is "gorgeous" in the fashion world. A girl who only had beauty and happiness in her life suddenly encountered a huge change in her family fortune. The darkness and cruelty of the real world completely overturned her destiny. Not only did she lose her father when she was young, she was even sent to a juvenile correctional facility. The story begins on the day she walked out of the Juvenile Correctional Institution... Inheriting her father's design talent, in the glamorous but cruel and indifferent fashion world, she step by step became one of the top fashion designers with extraordinary perseverance and agility. And behind all this, there is only one purpose - revenge. All the secrets of youth are unfolding, that dusty memory, the pale and thin boy who has been silently guarding him, what kind of story will happen on the first night when the roses are in full bloom?

This collection of essays are all independent chapters, and the topics discussed involve reading, thinking, writing, language learning, destiny, survival and many other aspects. The materials for these topics all come from our daily lives. Therefore, ordinary readers can also follow Schopenhauer's lead and start from familiar things to appreciate his grand vision. Schopenhauer's articles are meaningful and have clear views. "Their thinking points directly to the things themselves" and "We should think like great men and express like ordinary people" ("On Writing and Style"). Readers who have read Schopenhauer's work, whether they agree with Schopenhauer's views or not, will probably have no objection to this: Schopenhauer always practices his own views and expresses his thoughts objectively and clearly.

As Tocqueville's masterpiece, "The Old Regime and the Revolution" starts from the background, motivation and mechanism of the French Revolution to analyze the puzzle of social transformation, trying to answer the following questions: Why did the French Revolution come suddenly during the reform? Why did prosperity hasten the arrival of the Great Revolution? Why does reducing people's burdens lead to riots? Why did the outcome of the Revolution deviate from its original intention? What kind of futures do countries in transition have? Etc.

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"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is the first novel written by the twentieth-century modernist literary master James Joyce (1882-1941) using the "stream of consciousness" technique. It is also one of the earliest and most successful stream-of-consciousness novels in the history of world literature. The novel has a strong autobiographical flavor and mainly describes how Stephen, a young man in Dublin, tries to get rid of the various influences that hinder his development - family constraints, religious traditions and narrow nationalist sentiments, and the painful process of pursuing the true meaning of art and beauty. In fact, it is a portrayal of the young Joyce's mental journey from awakening to maturity. Joyce's subsequent masterpieces such as "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" can be regarded as the sequel to "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man".

The story in this book takes place in the early 20th century. Strickland was a wealthy middle-class stockbroker in London, living a comfortable and stable life with his family. His desire for art drove him to abandon everything, stay away from his wife and children, and live a poor life as a painter in Paris. A few years later, Strickland came to Tahiti. The almost primitive customs and customs allowed him to find himself and reach the peak of his creation. There he married a wife, had two children, died of leprosy, and then had his most remarkable creation burned to the ground in accordance with his wishes. It is said that the prototype of Strickland was the French Impressionist painter Gauguin. This book adopts a first-person perspective and interweaves the narrator's memories with the oral accounts of others to describe the life of Strickland. It is Maugham's work in his heyday. Since its publication in 1919, it has caused a sensation around the world.

During the First World War, Maugham, who was already a well-known writer, was dispatched by the British MI6 to engage in secret intelligence work in Europe. Later, he used this personal experience and knowledge as material to create a series of independent short stories, which were collected into a volume, "The British Agent Ashenden". This work is hailed as one of the greatest British spy novels, setting the tone for a new generation of spy literature and influencing many writers including the father of "007", Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, John le Carré, etc. Maugham used the agent Ashenden as the character who connects the stories. Through a narrative that is both literary and realistic, and a humorous and sharp style, he created an impressive group of characters. In these stories full of thrills, deceit and absurdity, Maugham was still most interested in human nature appearing in extraordinary situations, and he never lost his calm eye for paying attention to the things around him.

"John Christopher" is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the protagonist's life experience, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. It vividly expresses the struggle and passion of the generation at the beginning of the 20th century with grand and beautiful artistic techniques.

"Where Angels Fear to Go" is Forster's first novel and his most famous work. The title of the book is taken from the second half of a poem by the English poet Pope. The deliberately omitted part is "The fool breaks in." Through the description of several love affairs and marriages, the novel expresses the sharp opposition between the dull, hypocritical and artificial British middle-class society and the vibrant, passionate Italian secular life, and eulogizes the breakthrough of secular prejudice and the pursuit of a natural and straightforward life. The plot arrangement is neat and ingenious, and the characterization of the characters and the capture of momentary emotions and moods are meticulous and penetrating. It is a masterpiece about the world and human nature.

"I" - Charles Strickland, an ordinary middle-aged securities broker. In order to escape this ordinary life, I abandoned my wife and children, crossed the English Channel and went to Paris. When I arrived in a foreign country, I was poor and sick, but I understood: I must paint, just like a drowning person must struggle. One day, I set foot on an isolated island in the South Pacific. On the island, I got married again, but fortunately, I finally painted a rare masterpiece in the world. What followed was a serious illness, and then a fire. Finally, on the street where sixpences were everywhere, I saw the moon.

Through a trio of stories, it shows readers the chaos of human love and reason: the brief but happy marriage of a priest's daughter to a dying poet; a woman who committed adultery with a shameless man and later turned into a reasonable and good wife; and Maugham's favorite theme - a respectable person who decides to practice virtue to the extreme.

Wertheimer's misfortune was that just as he passed Room 33 on the second floor of the Mozart Institute, Glenn Gould happened to be playing the Goldberg Variations there, playing the so-called aria. Wertheimer later told me his experience, saying that he stood in front of the door of Room 33 and listened to Glenn until the end of the aria. I understood then what kind of horror this was. This monologue novel describes three people's artistic pursuit of piano playing and their different life choices: one becomes a miracle, one sinks, and one turns to another path.

"Where Angels Fear to Go" is the first novel by E. M. Forster, the great British novelist of the 20th century, and is his most important and famous work. The title of the book is taken from the second half of a poem by the English poet Pope. The deliberately omitted part is "The fool breaks in." Through the description of several love affairs and marriages, the work shows the sharp opposition between the dull British middle-class society and the vibrant secular life of Italy. The theme of the song is to break through the shackles of secular prejudice and traditional morality, to stimulate the "underdeveloped heart" bound by tradition, and to bravely pursue a natural and honest life. The plot arrangement of the work is neat and clever, and the characterization of the characters and the description and capture of the momentary emotions and moods are meticulous and penetrating. It is a masterpiece of novels about worldly affairs and human nature.

In the winter of 1919-1920, Maugham, who was forty-five years old, came to China and traveled 1,500 miles up the Yangtze River. The product of his trip was these short or long "materials" that could have been written into novels, which were concatenated into "a set of narratives of his trip to China"; In 1922, when Maugham was achieving great success as a playwright, short story and novelist, and even a socialite, he put it all aside and embarked on a long and arduous trip to Southeast Asia. The contents of "His Majesty's Representative" are selected from Maugham's travel notes written after these two trips. "Translation Huacai" is a new book series launched by Shanghai Translation Publishing House. The theme is clear and published in volumes, with five types in each volume, with exquisite covers that match the theme style. It is designed by the new generation of outstanding designer Zhou Weiwei. In terms of content, we make full use of the powerful and widely recognized translation resources of Shanghai Translation Publishing House to extract famous works from them into a volume. The theme of the first volume is "Wandering", including Gide, Hemingway, Lawrence, Nagai Kafeng, Maugham The travel writings of five famous literary figures include Gide's "Abandoning Travel", Hemingway's "Paris Never Ends", Lawrence "The Wandering Stranger", Nagai Kafeng's "Whispers on the Lotus Wind" and Somerset Maugham's "On His Majesty's Representation".

Oscar graduated from high school and went to the suburban areas to look for job opportunities. Because of his vanity, Oscar boasted about his close relationship with the count on the public carriage, thus causing great trouble. His mother begged relatives and friends, which gave him the opportunity to go to Paris to study law and become an assistant in a notary office. But he couldn't resist the temptation, lost public funds in gambling, and was fired by his boss. Desperate, Oscar had no choice but to join the army, lost an arm in the war, received awards for meritorious service, and became a modern middle-class figure. The novel describes two common mistakes made by young people who have just entered society: talking nonsense and spending money randomly. It is still of educational significance today.