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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.

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...

"Between the Beds" is McEwan's second collection of short stories after "First Love, Last Rites". It is the writer's most famous work and contains a total of 7 short stories, which are exquisite, sharp and gloomy. It describes the loneliness of the deformed in front of the world, the pervert's confusion about life, and the revenge of the twisted on the world. It is incredible but extremely brave, and it is getting closer to the truth that people refuse to see. An out-and-out masterpiece of "Horrible Ian".

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...,

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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.

"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.

Although Mr. Sherlock Holmes occasionally suffers from rheumatism, which makes walking somewhat inconvenient, his friends are pleased to know that he is still alive and well. For many years he had lived on a small farm in the Downs of southern England, five miles outside Eastbourne. He spent his time thinking about life and doing farm work. During his seclusion, he refused to take on all kinds of extremely lucrative cases because he decided to retire completely. However, as the war with Germany was about to break out, he decided to respond to the government's call. He perfectly combined wisdom and practical activities and achieved outstanding achievements, which were collected in "Holmes Takes a Bow". To make this collection perfect. The story includes nine chapters: The Wisteria Apartment, The Cardboard Box, The Red Circle, Bruce Partington's Submarine Project, The Dying Detective, The Disappearance of Ms. Frances Carfax, The Devil's Feet, and Sherlock Holmes' Final Bow.

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.

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.

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...

This volume "The Evil Sect·In the Bamboo Forest" contains more than 30 excellent novels by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Among them, "Evil Sect" succeeds "Hell Change" and tells the story of the prank-loving young master in "Hell Change"; "In the Bamboo Forest" tells a story that has different opinions and highlights the evil of human nature. In 1950, the famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa combined Akutagawa's works "In the Bamboo Grove" and "Rashomon" into one film, "Rashomon", which won many international awards and brought Japanese films to the world.

"Shuncho" is the most famous novella by Japanese aesthetic master Junichiro Tanizaki. Chunqin, the daughter of an Osaka medicine merchant, was blind since she was a child. She is beautiful, intelligent, and extremely talented, and she shows amazing talent in music. Sasuke, a young man who came to her house as an apprentice, admired her. While serving her wholeheartedly, he also secretly learned shamisen, and the two became half master-servant, half master-student relationship. After establishing his own business, Chunqin was disfigured due to the jealousy of others, and Sasuke stabbed himself in the eyes. The two of them went deep into the unknown world of the two. "Yoshino Kudzu" is a novella based on the local historical legend of Yoshino. It is both fictional and factual, and is very interesting. "I" was preparing to write a historical novel set in Yoshino, and came to Yoshino to collect information, but it led to "my" friend Tsumura's longing for the past of his mother who died young, and a beautiful marriage was formed.

Zweig, no male writer knows women better than him! In classic works such as "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", Zweig uses meticulous psychological descriptions to nakedly display the emotional world of women's undercurrents and breakaway from reason. The stories are brilliant, allowing readers to have a better understanding of society and human nature while being amazed. This book selects five Zweig's masterpieces of short stories and short stories. Reading any one of them will shock your soul and trigger your thinking. Gorky once commented: ""Letter from a Strange Woman" deeply shocked me with its touching sincere tone, extraordinary tenderness towards women, originality of the theme, and strange expressive power that only a true artist can have... You wrote it just right! The sympathy for your heroine, her image, and her sad heart song made me so excited that I couldn't control myself. I actually cried without shame."

London, England, 1930s. The young and successful Christopher Banks is a well-known detective throughout the UK. His legend of solving crimes has long been spread word of mouth in London social circles. However, for many years, an unsolved case has lingered in the mind of the famous detective for a long time. That is the mysterious disappearance of his biological parents in old Shanghai when he was a child. "Chasing the shadow of the disappearance of his parents", our protagonist searches all the way from the rich and luxurious London upper class, and finally returns to Shanghai under the gunfire of the Japanese invaders. This was by no means a tender homecoming. In this city that was once bustling with traffic and is now full of smoke and smoke, what awaits him is a dark secret and a cruel truth, and his Sherlock Holmes-style fairy tale life will also be reduced to ruins like his childhood hometown...

Anne, the daughter of a declining aristocrat, fell passionately in love with Lieutenant Commander Wentworth when she was 19 years old. However, she believed in the advice of her relatives and friends and felt that the other man was from a humble background, so they broke up with her. Eight years later, Anne's family fell into decline, but Wentworth returned to his hometown in glory. I have many social circles, so I have many opportunities to observe other people's love affairs and examine past loves... This book tells about a dilemma when facing love: listening to others and making rational and prudent choices, will it bring happiness or long-term regret? Sometimes, people should give themselves some confidence and not be afraid that love will ruin their lives. Love first and then talk about it.

This is McEwan's first book for children. It tells the story of the daydreams of a ten-year-old boy, Peter. Through seven carefully linked episodes, the grown-up Peter uncovers the mysterious journeys, transformations and adventures of his childhood. Living between dreams and reality, Peter experienced an unprecedented Metamorphosis... In the United Kingdom and the United States, "Peter the Dreamer" was published in the form of an illustrated children's book, while in many other countries, it was published in a more serious form for adults to read. McEwan once again demonstrates his boundless imagination - and a children's book written for adults is born.

The sequel to the global bestseller "The Handmaid's Tale" and winner of the Booker Prize for the second time by "Queen of Canadian Literature" Margaret Atwood, it features new characters from different perspectives and reveals the secret behind Gilead for the first time. ["Dear readers: You have asked me many times about the very details of Gilead's inner workings. These questions have become the source of inspiration for this book. Another source of inspiration is the world we live in." - Margaret Atwood] Fifteen years after the ending of "The Handmaid's Tale", the rule of Gilead is showing signs of decay from within. At a critical moment when great changes are coming, the destinies of three women with different identities and backgrounds begin to intersect, leading to subversive consequences. They witnessed the changes in history from their own perspectives. Three different narrative voices constructed a larger and more open time and space, revealing for the first time the secret behind the fall of Gilead. The past and the future gradually overlap in the narrative, and the truth is presented to readers in a stunning way.

Peter and Patrick are close friends. Peter is cynical and hostile to the world, while Patrick desperately tries to please others in order to prove himself; on the outside, they are both so different, but neither of them is happy. Until one day, a life-changing adventure allowed them to discover the value and power of love, and their lives changed completely. This book explores with readers a question about the conclusion of life and the meaning of existence through a vivid and touching story. Through humorous insights, the author tells you that the power of gifts lies in giving, and that choosing love-through forgiveness, empathy, humor, or other means-can solve all problems. Key idea: Everything that happens in life is the result of a coin toss. The visionary rejects nothing, desires nothing, and accepts only what is. The great thing about intimacy is that it takes you into deep emotional realms and into old wounds that are just waiting to be healed. Anger and denial are great ways to deny and mask pain, but denying pain is denying yourself. All pain is an illusion, caused by your belief that you are divided and incomplete.

Between truth and lies, there is a Rashomon gate. Is it because the truth of the world is too monotonous and boring, so it is dyed with mottled colors by human nature? "Rashomon" is the representative work of the Japanese genius writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa. He uses concise writing, concise language and highly charged details to present the various aspects of Japanese society in the early 20th century, and vividly depicts the selfish desires that swing between life and death, and the absurdity and sublimity of human nature. The book contains 8 representative works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's writing career, including "Rashomon", "Nose" and "Yam Porridge", allowing readers to experience the swing between good and evil at the critical moment of life and death, and to discover the hope blooming in the subtle humanity in the darkness.

The book revolves around the protagonist Hugh Person and his four visits to Switzerland. It begins with a description of his fourth return to Switzerland, the first time he came here eighteen years ago. The young Hugh Person was a melancholy, shy publisher who fell in love with Amanda, who would become his wife, on his second trip to Switzerland. Hugh Person lives in memories and insists on staying in the same hotel every time he goes to Switzerland. However, at the same time, he tried his best to avoid memories, because memories can only bring pain.

"A Piece of Steak" is a short story published by Jack London in 1909. It depicts the tragedy of boxer Tom King in a realistic way when he is forced to participate in the competition due to hunger and poverty. In the story, steak is not only the food needed for survival, but also a metaphor for the protagonist's gradually disappearing physical strength and dignity.

In 1502, Machiavelli, who was then Secretary of the Consulate of the Italian Republic, was sent to Imola to negotiate with Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentino. During this period, Machiavelli witnessed with his own eyes how the Duke captured cities, beheaded powerful officials, and eliminated opponents, and learned about the Duke's cunning and mysterious nature. While he himself was always vigilant and mediating with the Duke, he formulated a perfect plan to seduce the wife of a local dignitary...