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In 1946, O'Connor, who was in his early twenties, published his first short story "Geranium", which together with several early short stories such as "The Barber", "Wild Cat" and "The Crop", demonstrated his vitality and penetrating creative talent. This book "Geranium" selects 12 short stories written by O'Connor. In addition to the early 9 short stories, it also includes "A Festival in Partridge Town" and "Why Do Foreign Countries Fight?" " "You will not be worse than the dead" are three mid- to late-stage works. Among them, "Train", "Peeler", "Heart of the Park" and "Enoch and the Gorilla" outline the prototype of his full-length masterpiece "Wisdom of Blood", while "You Can't Be Worse Than the Dead" is the beginning of the novel "Force to Take".

Junichiro Tanizaki's short story collection "Mermaid's Sigh: The Magician" consists of two stories: "The Mermaid's Sigh" and "The Magician". The story of "The Sigh of the Mermaid" takes place in Nanjing during the Qing Dynasty. The noble son Meng Shitao had a wealthy family, many wives and concubines, and lived an extremely luxurious life. However, he was tired of his current life and fell in love with the mermaid brought by the Westerners. For the sake of the mermaid, he decided to leave everything behind... "The Magician" tells the story of a man and woman who were originally in love, in order to prove their loyalty to each other, they went to watch the magician's performance, but were impressed by the magician's beauty and turned into a half-man and half-goat god. The two novels are Tanizaki Junichiro's early works. By vigorously describing the beauty of the senses, readers can feel Tanizaki's literary concept of beauty.

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"Childhood" is one of Gorky's autobiographical trilogy. It describes the growth experience of a Russian teenager from a first-person perspective. The creation of this work is based on the author's real experience. In this work, Gorky observes various bizarre events in old Russian family life through the eyes of his childhood - some of which are already commonplace in the eyes of adults, but colorful in the eyes of children - and the various people who make up these events, including relatives, domestic servants and neighbors, all of them are meticulous and lifelike. In particular, the image of the smart, capable and considerate grandmother has warmed thousands of readers and left a deep impression on them. This edition of "Childhood" is a direct translation from the final Russian version. It is accompanied by a thousand-word introduction by the translator Mr. Yuan Tinglei, character relationship diagrams, geographical diagrams and other illustrations to help readers better read and understand this century-old classic.

Like McEwan's other novels in recent years, "Sweet Tooth" is the kind of work whose plot is particularly closely aligned with the era in which it is set. As the only "female literary youth" in the Five Divisions who is keen on reading novels, and who "happens" to have a figure and appearance that seems to have come directly from a novel, Selina accepted a special task: "Operation Sweet Tooth" aims to indirectly and covertly fund writers who are ideologically aligned with British interests and have influence on the public. The person Selina is responsible for approaching and luring them to join is the only novelist in this operation, Tom Haley. Tom and Serena fell in love with each other, and they loved each other step by step, they loved each other true and false, and they survived desperate situations. But if you guess the beginning, you may not be able to guess the end.

When World War II broke out, Charles's army was stationed in a vast snowfield. When the snow melted, he discovered that this was the place where the story took place more than 20 years ago - Brideshead Manor. It was a day in June when Charles followed Sebastian, an aristocratic boy he met in Oxford, to Brideshead Manor for the first time and walked into this Catholic family. His mother, Lady Marchmain, was in charge of the manor, while his father, Lord Marchmain, left his family and his mistress behind to live in Venice after the First World War. The father's deviant behavior brought shame to the entire family, and the children grew up in a distorted environment. Sebastian became addicted to alcohol, broke up with his family, and even disappeared from home like his father. Sister Julia married a snobbish politician despite her mother's objections, and her marriage was unfortunate. When Mrs. Marchmain was critically ill, she begged Charles to find her runaway son. However, Charles, who was already married, met Julia and fell in love... When Charles stepped into Brideshead Manor again, the former magnificence no longer existed, and the pastoral life was gone, leaving only infinite memories.

"The Clock Without Hands" is an impressive novel by McCullers, written about people in three age groups: the 80-year-old former member of the House of Representatives, Judge Fox Klein, the pharmacy owner Mr. Malone who suffers from leukemia, the judge's grandson, Jester, a seventeen-year-old high school student, and Sherman, a black man of the same year. The novel connects these vivid characters through two main lines. The first main line is that Mr. Malone, the owner of the pharmacy, was diagnosed with leukemia. From then on, his life became a clock without hands until he calmly closed his eyes forever. Fourteen months passed in between. The second main line is that the blue-eyed black orphan Sherman Puyou is determined to find his biological mother, while the judge's grandson is interested in finding out the cause of his father's death, so the novel has a very thick "racial discrimination" main line. The novel does not have a bizarre and tortuous plot, but the characters are flesh and blood, each one vivid and vivid on the page.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - in the autumn of 1558, church bells rang throughout England, announcing the news that Elizabeth had become queen. Only one person was worried about it: Amy Dudley. The bells will call her husband Robert back to power and to the amorous Queen. The favored minister fell in love with the queen, but money and power could not fill Robert's expanding ambition. He dreams of regaining control of his destiny and marrying Her Majesty the Queen of England, but he believes that the only obstacle on this road is Amy... "The Virgin Lover" centers on Elizabeth I and writes about the men and women who surround her after she ascends the throne. How much sincerity and how much flattery is there in love based on power?

"Amsterdam" is the 1998 Booker Prize-winning work, an extremely exquisite McEwan masterpiece. Two good friends meet at a funeral for the dead woman they once shared. They could not imagine that this charming woman would have relations with two other conservative and vulgar dignitaries during her lifetime. Deeply deploring the pain she suffered before her death, they reached an agreement: if one could not live with dignity, the other could end his life at any time.

"One Million Pounds" is one of Mark Twain's classic novels. The novel uses an exaggerated approach to tell the story of Henry Adams, a poor American boy who got involved in a gambling game in London and became a rich man, winning the love of a beautiful lady. "One Million Pounds" reproduces Mark Twain's satirical and humorous skills and exposes the money worship in British society at the beginning of the 20th century.

People who act solely on instinct are at a disadvantage in front of smart people, that is, they will be seen through very quickly. Thoughts based on instinct are too simple, too dazzling, and can be easily understood at a glance. It is no better than understanding scheming thoughts. Both parties must be equally intelligent.

"Money" is Martin Amis's masterpiece and was selected as one of "The 100 Best English Novels" by Time magazine. The protagonist of the novel, Self, is a producer who "makes commercial TV commercials for tobacco, alcohol, junk food, and nude magazines." For money, he even more unscrupulously makes pornographic videos, and travels between London and New York, two money-worshiping metropolises. In this web of money and sex, Self's relationships with everyone around him are laid bare. Money is everywhere and omnipotent. As the only "true god" that Self trusts, it can not only fulfill all of Self's despicable and greedy human desires, but at the same time pave the way for Self to fall into hell. In this money and sex scam, Self ultimately became the biggest loser. In its straightforward, uninhibited and decadent description, this book profoundly highlights Amis's extreme ridicule of "money" and the silent sorrow of the twisted human soul corroded by "money".

London Stock Exchange broker Sturt Creland hides the soul of a talented artist beneath his dull appearance. He originally lived a prosperous and stable life, but one day he suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from Paris to pursue a painting career. He lived in a shack and lived a life of material poverty and spiritual burning: driven by an inexplicable force, he devoted himself to creation day after day as if possessed by a ghost. However, he was unable to paint what he felt due to lack of training and basic skills. During this period, he also had an emotional entanglement with the wife of his only painter friend who appreciated him, which led to tragedy. Later, he escaped to the island and concentrated on creation in an environment isolated from modern civilization. Finally, when he was sick and dying, he found the ideal expression for his inner fantasy.

"The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his own emotions too coldly and pursued perfect performance of his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history.

This book is the author's first novel written in English. The protagonist Sebastian wrote several books and died young due to a heart disease. He was lost in love once in his short life. The book contains both the impoverished wandering life of the Russian aristocracy and the sincere memories of his half-brother. Fragments echo throughout the book, exploring time, love, death, art and other eternal themes in a gorgeous and simple way.

The book "Uncle Bangs" tells that Uncle Bangs is an honest and noble musician. He had a very high artistic taste and would do anything to enrich his collection of paintings. When people didn't know he had these treasures in his house, no one took him seriously. When people learned of the value of these famous paintings, people from the upper class, led by the president's wife, tried every means possible to gain his wealth.

This book collects all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories. With the sharpness and absurdity of Southern Gothic, it interweaves deformed souls, violent fates and secret divinity, and cuts through the folds of human nature in cold narratives. It is not only an irreplaceable collection of dark fables in the history of American literature, but also an excellent mirror to peer into human moral dilemmas and glimmers of redemption.

"The Age of Innocence" is a masterpiece by American writer Edith Wharton. The story is set in New York's upper class society at the end of the 19th century. The aristocratic young man Archer is in love with the well-matched lady Mei, and they are about to get engaged. At this time, May's cousin Ellen returned to New York from Europe. On the one hand, she was seeking a divorce from her husband, the dissolute earl, and on the other hand, she wanted to start a new life in New York. The upper class is full of prejudice against Ellen's maverickness, and even avoids "scandals" such as divorce. In the process of Archer's enthusiasm to help Ellen, his childhood sweetheart, reintegrate into New York, the two secretly fell in love. Archer, Ellen and May all face choices under the pressure of their hearts, families and society...

This book tells the story of Hans Castorp, a young man with a bright future who was unfortunately infected with tuberculosis during the treatment of anemia in the "Mountain Villa" International Sanatorium and was forced to stay in the sanatorium for a long time. During this period, he met all kinds of strange people, including secretive Freemasons, fanatical Jesuit priests, and colonial farmers. Various ideological trends collided and confronted here. As a result, the protagonist not only began to have confused thoughts, but also became increasingly depressed, and became obsessed with a married woman. The villa became a "magic mountain", where he forgot time, the responsibilities and mission of life. Seven years later, the world war broke out, and the artillery fire of the war finally woke him up. Inspired by the so-called "patriotism", he rushed to the battlefield. The author attempts to fully highlight the spiritual chaos and decadence of the Western world through dialogue, symbols, dreams, debates, monologues and other modern expression methods.

The beginning of the story tells that a little boy and a girl accidentally entered a different world called "Narnia", where they experienced a series of adventures and saw the creation of that world...,

The story of the book takes place on a seaside street in Monterey Bay, California before World War II. In the early 1940s, the production of canned sardines was the main feature here, so it was called Cannery Row. The central character of the novel is a marine biologist named "The Doctor". Being highly educated, he did not look down on his neighbors - gamblers, traders, prostitutes, and homeless people. In his eyes, these people were "very healthy and surprisingly clean." Another group of characters, Mark and his friends, are a group of penniless vagrants with no ideals or pursuits. They live happily in Cannery Row. Their lives are simple. They neither hide their desires nor let money corrupt their souls. They are sincere and helpful.

The young sailor Edmund is about to reach the peak of his life, but he is accidentally arrested and imprisoned at the engagement party. Edmund, who was thrown into the dungeon, miraculously met the "legendary" - Elder Faria. After fourteen years of waiting, Edmund successfully escaped from prison and found the super treasure hidden on the Island of Monte Cristo! The new Edmond, who possesses endless wealth, strong will and extensive knowledge, takes the alias "Count of Monte Cristo". He comes to Paris and embarks on a journey of revenge...

"Disillusionment", written by the French realist writer Balzac, is a novel that reflects the commercialization of literature and art and the shady world of journalism. It is also one of the most profound masterpieces in "Human Comedy" and the one that best reflects the spirit of the times. Through the encounters of two talented and ambitious young people, the novel reflects the situation and mental state of an entire generation of young people after the French Revolution. It points out that with the disintegration of the feudal system and the victory of capitalism, there will inevitably be competition between people, which will inevitably produce poems of personal struggle and tragedies of shattered ideals.

"Aunt Bei" is a novel written by French writer Balzac in his later years. The story takes place in Paris in 1838 and revolves around the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé and his family. The Baron had served as a military auditor and director of munitions in the republican era. Now he was the head of one of the most important departments of the War Department, and was also a counselor of state. He was awarded the second class of the Legion of Honor. The novel describes how, driven by crazy passion that lost his reason and morality, he gradually ruined the reputation of his family and the honor of the army, embarked on the criminal path of speculation, fraud, and embezzled military funds, and finally lost his reputation. Hulot is a very symbolic character. His fall means the end of the glory of the old era and reflects the moral corruption of the entire upper class. The typical example of Aunt Bei belongs to Balzac's style and also shows the deepening of Balzac's creation. This is a "paranoid" character, and a complex full of contradictions: city and countryside, civilization and barbarism, rebellion and decadence, are cleverly intertwined, integrating rich life connotations and social consciousness.

Elegy of the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's novel, translated by Mr. Wu Ningkun, a famous literary translator from Southwest Associated University. It profoundly reproduces the dream and decadence, arrogance and temptation of America in the 20th century. In the United States in the 1920s, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only bond in his heart is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, reality cannot tolerate misty dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the earthly world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal.

"The Concrete Garden" is one of McEwan's two "small masterpieces" and one of his most acclaimed masterpieces. This story told by a fifteen-year-old boy who was in the rebellious period of youth is indeed a bit sensational from a secular perspective. After their parents died one after another, the four children - Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom - were trapped in the cement garden like prisoners in the vast world, like survivors on an isolated island. In an isolated world, they interpret the conventional ethics between parents, brothers and sisters, and children, as well as stories that transcend ethics, are shocking yet reasonable.

"Sherlock Holmes" includes "A Study in Scarlet: The Four Signs", "Sherlock Holmes", "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Valley of Fear", "Holmes Takes a Bow" and "The Continuation of Sherlock Holmes". Every story in this book allows readers to fully experience the thinking and feeling of speculating on the case. It is a work that readers of all ages can benefit from.

"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" is a detective story full of legend, adventure and wisdom. The book includes "The Adventure of the Empty House", "The Norwood Builders' Case", "The Mystery of the Dancer's Pattern", "The Case of the Lone Cyclist", "The Kidnapping Case of Abbey School", "The Case of Black Peter", "The Case of Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Mystery of the Six Napoleon Busts", "Three College Students", "The Mystery of the Gold-rimmed Pince-nez", "The Mystery of the Missing Rugby Halfback", "The Grange Manor Massacre" and "The Second Bloodstain", a total of 18 chapters. Among them, "The Adventure of the Empty House" is the beginning of Holmes' return after "The Final Case". Ever since Holmes and the London criminal leader both fell into the waterfall, everyone thought that Holmes died there - but unexpectedly, eight years later, Holmes came back disguised as an old tramp and used his old house on Baker Street to solve three unsolved cases in London.

This book contains a total of eleven short stories, among which "The Last Case" is Conan Doyle's work to put an end to Sherlock Holmes. Although Holmes is widely popular and fascinated by people, and although he is a hero created by Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle himself hated him very much and wanted to end the creation of Sherlock Holmes. Therefore, in "The Last Case", he arranged for Holmes to have a decisive battle with London's crime boss Professor Moriarty at Thunder Bay Falls. As a result, both of them fell off the cliff. As a result, as soon as this work was released, it unexpectedly aroused crazy anger and protests among the contemporary people. After that, Conan Doyle could only arrange for Holmes to return in "The Adventure of Nothing". The work promotes the humanitarian idea of ​​punishing evil and promoting good to a certain extent, and caters to the psychology of the general public.

The story follows the mysterious and horrifying deaths of the Baskerville family heirs one after another, which caught the attention of Holmes. Under Holmes's ingenious arrangement, his loyal partner Watson came to the Baskerville Manor and encountered various strange things one after another, such as the miserable cry of a woman in the middle of the night, the suspicious behavior of the butler Barrymore at night, and the fragments of a letter he later discovered from Sir Charles that had not been completely burned before his death, etc. These many doubts made him feel like he was falling into the clouds. Just when he decided to go deep into the tiger's den to explore the truth, he unexpectedly encountered Sherlock Holmes who fell from the sky. It turns out that in order to find out the secret of the legendary terrible hound and the tragedy that happened at Baskerville Manor, Holmes deliberately hid from the public and hid alone in an inaccessible swamp, enduring the storm, loneliness and cold attacks. At this time, the cunning criminals began to lose their control and gradually surfaced...

Holmes learned through his assistant that Douglas, a wealthy gentleman, was in danger, so he prepared to stop the case from happening. In the end, it was too late. Douglas had been framed and died in a horrific manner. His head was almost shattered by gunshots, and the surrounding area was covered in blood and flesh. It was too horrible to look at! Next to the body was a card with the words "V. V.341" Scrawled on it. This makes the case even more confusing. But Holmes finally came to the conclusion that "Douglas was not dead, but was hiding." In the end, his judgment was proved to be correct. Douglas was an excellent detective. In order to completely eradicate the heinous bloodthirsty faction, he went deep into the organization and became one of them, eventually arresting most of the members. However, there were still some elements who wanted to kill him after being released from prison, so Douglas disguised the case as if he had been killed to maintain his own safety.

"Cheer up!" She shouted, "Look at those clowns!" "What clowns? Where are they?" "Oh, they are everywhere. All around you. Plants and trees are clowns, words are clowns. Scenes and numbers are clowns. Put two things together, one joke, one image, and you have a three-part clown. Come on! Play! Fictional world! Fictional reality!" I really did. Oh my gosh, I really did. To commemorate those first daydreams, I invented this great-aunt, and now she is walking tremblingly along the marble steps of the front porch of memory, sideways, sideways, poor lame lady, touching the edge of each step with the rubber tip of her black cane.

"The Five Major Questions of Life" is a masterpiece by the famous French Jewish writer Mauroya. It covers marriage and family, friendship and happiness, life and death, morality and art, economy and politics. These are the five major questions in life that everyone has to face. This book has been popular all over the world and changed the destiny of many people.

This book is Nabokov's first novel, which embodies the themes of youth's first love and homesickness in exile. The story describes the evil officer Ganin who was exiled in Berlin. From a neighbor's photo, he discovered that the neighbor's waiting wife Mashenka turned out to be his first love in middle school. In the following days, Ganin kept reminiscing about his past and the good times he spent with his loved ones. Time then set the neighbor's alarm clock to pick up Mashenka on his behalf, hoping to rekindle the old relationship with Mashenka. However, while waiting for the bus, Ganin suddenly realized that today's Mashenka is someone else's wife, and no matter how nostalgic the past was, it is gone forever. Finally, Ganin boarded another train and left Berlin to start a new life in France.

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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel that shocked the literary world, using sentimentality and irony to depict the trauma of war and inner demons and lies. This is a memory full of mist, both real and illusory. After the war, a suffering mother and daughter in Nagasaki longed for stability and rebirth, but they could never escape the shadows and inner demons brought about by the war. In the end, the mother and daughter successfully immigrated, while the daughter committed suicide. At the end of the play, the remembrancer peels off his disguise, and the story is full of tragedy. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.

Anne Ernault has always pushed the conventional boundaries of which stories are worth telling and which themes are worth exploring. In this book, she sets her sights on big box stores and supermarkets. This is a ubiquitous feature of modern life but one that has received little attention in literature. Ernault spent more than a year documenting her visits to Auchan, a large supermarket chain located in the suburbs of Paris. In her view, the supermarket is "a huge human gathering place, a real cultural landscape." Capital production, cultural production and class stratification converge here and govern our desires. Ernault uses her ruthlessly sharp observation to look at this place that we think we are familiar with, calling on us to explore those daily routines that have been ignored by us, and to peer deeper into ordinary life.

The final chapter of the Booker Prize-winning historical novels "Wolf Hall" and "Legendary" is Hilary Mantel's "Swan Song". The original novel of the popular BBC historical drama "Wolf Hall" has achieved a ratings miracle and won the 73rd Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries and Television Movie in the United States. In May 1536, the executioner waved his sword, and the head of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second queen, fell to the ground. After Thomas Cromwell, who came from a humble background, entered the court, he went through rounds of power struggles and baptisms of ice and fire. He rose from the position of Minister of State, Lord Privy Seal, Baron of Wimbledon, Knight of the Garter, and finally obtained the distinguished title of Earl of Essex. The marriage of his son Gregory to the Seymour family made him an in-law to Henry VIII, and the family became the most popular upstart in the dynasty. After dealing with a large number of disgruntled ancient Plantagenet nobles for Henry, Cromwell was already powerful and had no rivals inside or outside the court. At this time, the wheel of fortune was rumbling, and danger was quietly approaching. Plantagenet's old and young children, Lord Suffolk, Uncle Norfolk, the Bishop of Gardena... These enemies of Cromwell were already preparing to make a move in the dark.

The little boy Philip was born lame, lost his parents at an early age, sensitive and withdrawn, and was raised by his uncle and aunt. During his studies, he was bullied due to his shy nature; young Philip chose to leave his hometown, first to study in Heidelberg, Germany, then to London as an accounting apprentice, then to Paris to study painting, and finally returned to London to study medicine... The genius novelist Somerset Maugham used his unique and vivid writing to vividly express the confusion and frustration in growing up, the desire for the opposite sex, etc. Reality hits us face to face, human nature is subtle and complex, and our moods are secretly ups and downs... We are always asking for the meaning of life, but we will eventually return to ordinary people; the scenery of life that we are diligently searching for may be in truth and freedom.

This book selects 10 novels by the famous American writer Jack London, including "Love of Life", "Call of the Wild", "Northern Odyssey", etc. Among them, "Love of Life" tells the story of how a lonely gold digger trudged hard in the wilderness and won by fighting against hunger, cold, injury, wolves, etc. With his strong will to life. It vividly, realistically and almost cruelly demonstrated the two great qualities of bravery and perseverance in human nature. "The Call of the Wild" tells the story of how a dog named Buck was forced to leave the warm and comfortable countryside, went through many hardships, and became the leader of the forest wolves. It has been adapted into movies many times and put on the screen, and is deeply loved by readers all over the world.

"Counterlife" is Roth's fourth novel with the novelist Nathan Zuckerman as the protagonist, following his "Zuckerman Bound" trilogy. Roth won the National Book Critics Circle Award for the novel and was a finalist for the National Book Award. ? The novel takes the fate of the two Zuckerman brothers, Nathan and Henry, as two main lines. His elder brother Nathan is a well-known American novelist, and his younger brother Henry is a slightly accomplished dentist. The two fell out over Nathan's famous work "Karnofsky," and Henry accused Nathan of irresponsibly exaggerating and distorting his private life. After many years of no contact with each other, Henry walked into Nathan's life again because of Nathan's funeral. On the other hand, in the first-person narrative with Nathan, the host of the funeral becomes Henry, and it is Nathan who attends the funeral. Henry first died in a surgical operation in the United States, and then was resurrected as Hanoch in Israel. The dual narratives of Nathan and Henry do not run parallel to each other, but intersperse, entangle, and even contradict and subvert each other. With the help of postmodern writing techniques in which the protagonist comes back from life and death, "Counter Life" reveals how environment, encounters and a series of related life choices change people's subjective initiative, how they bring people different identities and recognition and interpretation of identities.

The "Holy Grail War" is a ritual in which seven magicians and seven heroic spirits make a contract and fight with the Holy Grail, a wishing machine that is said to grant all wishes, as a bet. In the Holy Grail War held in 1991, Sajō Aige made a contract with the swordsman and used his talent in magic to sweep other camps. Under the influence of the Holy Grail, servants such as stalkers, berserkers and cavalry were summoned to Tokyo. They had entanglements with their respective magician masters, and at the same time participated in the Holy Grail War in their own ways. The Diver faced the difficulties he faced, the Cavalry was the former ruler of the world, and the Berserker and his master Tatsumi Arino fought to prevent the Holy Grail War. However, a mysterious woman appeared next to Tatsumi...

They said, my mother died, but I didn't cry; this was heartless, damn it. Hanging out with my girlfriend the next day; this is unfilial, damn it. Inciting friends and enemies to fight against each other is unjust and deserves to be punished. I am incompatible with heaven and earth, and humans and gods are indignant, but what do you mean by the tricks you try to use to save me? I killed someone just because the summer sun was too harsh...

This book is the work of the Japanese national writer Natsume Soseki during his turning period. It includes three novels, "Autumn Wind", "Two Hundred and Ten Days" and "The Miner", published from 1906 to 1908. "Autumn Wind" revolves around the poor student Takayanagi and the rich boy Nakano. Although the two are good friends, their financial situations and situations are completely different. The two young men met Mr. Doya, a poor scholar. Shirai Michoya was originally a teacher in a certain school. He once taught Takayanagi. Because he was very critical of the world and the powerful, he was kicked out of the school by the villagers and students. He currently lives a life of poverty. A series of stories about morality and ideals happened among the three people around one hundred yen. Natsume Soseki focused on portraying the idealist Mr. Doya and showed his views on society; "One Hundred and Twenty Days" tells the story of two young mountaineers thinking about philosophy and life; "The Miner" tells the story of "I", a young man from a rich family who went to work in the mines because of a temporary impulse, and was deeply shocked.

This book contains 15 novels by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, including "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation" and "The Nose". "Rashomon" tells the story of a family of servants under Rashomon who are waiting for the rain to stop at dusk. When he was at a loss, as if his life and death were hanging in the balance, he met an old woman who made a living by pulling out the hair of dead people. The desperate domestic slave became evil and determined to abandon suffering and follow evil. He stripped off the old woman's clothes and escaped from Rashomon. The plot is simple, the characters are sparse, the short length, the small scenes, the time, place, characters, and the ending are all displayed in front of the reader. "Rashomon" uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, thereby showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying the author's understanding of people, their helplessness and despair.

The beginning of the story tells that a little boy and a girl accidentally entered a different world called "Narnia", where they experienced a series of adventures and saw the creation of that world...,

"Ms. Oracle": Why are such excellent women always denying themselves? In their eyes, I am a deviant poet, an enigmatic cultural icon, an otherworldly classical muse, and a much-sought-after oracle. But in my heart, I will always be a cowardly and submissive housewife, a liar who escapes reality, a clown who creates illusions, and an overweight girl who everyone hates. I am Joan Foster, and I am thousands of women. This is my story and what every woman has been, is, and will go through. "Cat's Eye": Painter Elaine never thought that she would return to her hometown again after so many years. What awaits her is not the joy of revisiting her old place, but the lingering "ghost of childhood" - Cordelia, her best friend and enemy, the creator of her endless pain. As an adult, Elaine still cannot get out of the shadow of her childhood and can only keep running away from those darkest years. In fact, as long as you fight back ruthlessly once, you can break away from the false friendship. "Ladies of the Wilderness": We call those ladies who dare to break the rules and long for the unknown "Ladies of the Wilderness". Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us invite the "Wild Ladies" to make their debut - 10 stories, 10 women who actively survive in the wilderness of life will tell you: life is not a track, but a wilderness that can be explored to your heart's content. "Stone Mattress": Welcome to Atwood's literary wonderland! Here, evil and weirdness are everywhere, and wisdom and pungency are everywhere. Here you will see: The old lady puts her young rival in love into a fantasy world and releases a hundred bees at noon every day to sting her over and over again. A girl who was born with deformities was buried by her family. Years later, she wandered around the village. The innocent girl was hunted by the whole village. ... After all, some people cannot forgive and can only seek revenge to the end.

This book is the prequel novel of "Fate\u002FPrototype", the story prototype of the world-popular Japanese classic IP "Fate\u002Fstay night". The content of this work tells the story of seven magicians who each signed contracts with seven heroic spirits, fought to obtain the Holy Grail that can grant any wish, and performed a ritual called the "Holy Grail War." During this Holy Grail War, the magician Sajo Ayaka formed a contract with the Heroic Spirit Swordsman. Then Ayaka encountered a major crisis, but she was not affected by it. Together with the swordsman, she overcame many difficulties and resolved the crisis.

"We all perished, each perished alone." The story focuses on a period of life when Mr. Ramsay's family and several close friends went on holiday to a Scottish island. Mrs. Ramsay hears that the son of the lighthouse keeper across the sea has a hip problem and plans to visit the child the next day. However, the weather did not go as planned. There was a sudden violent storm at night, and the weather in the next few days was not suitable for going to sea. The trip to the lighthouse had to be canceled. Mrs. Ramsay couldn't help feeling that the unpredictable changes in the weather were really unpredictable, just like a marriage that she could not control. Boring mediocrity makes up most of our daily lives. The flash of the lighthouse spire in the distance symbolizes the light of Mrs. Ramsay's soul. Woolf explores how to find self and eternity in a chaotic, impermanent, and perishable life. Perhaps only by accepting the impermanence of things can the world be sober...

2017 new unabridged complete version! The elegant translation by Dong Jiping, a Nobel Prize-winning translator and poet who has gained a lot of reputation, perfectly presents the sad beauty of the original work! For the first time in China, a complete set of illustrations by Henry P. Raleigh, the benchmark painter of the Jazz Age, is included! "The Great Gatsby" is a well-known and immortal classic in the history of American literature. It has been selected as one of the "Books that Shaped America" ​​by the U. S. National Library and a standard textbook for American high schools and colleges. It has been ranked first in the classic literature category on Amazon in the United States for 10 consecutive years, and has swept the world's most authoritative lists such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, and The Guardian. In the top social circles of New York, USA, a mysterious rich man named Gatsby suddenly broke into the world. He often held lavish parties at his home. One day, Gatsby's hidden secret was discovered by his neighbor: when he was a poor boy, he fell in love with the rich girl Daisy, and they remained in love for life. For the sake of his beloved Daisy, he did whatever it took to become a rich man, but the former goddess had already married into a wealthy family. Gatsby, who was crazy about love, made a series of amazing moves and rekindled his old relationship with Daisy as he wished. However, what awaited him was self-destruction and the cruel truth of human nature...