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Yasushi Inoue is a master of Japanese literature and a recipient of the Japanese Cultural Medal, an honor in the Japanese cultural community. "Dunhuang", "Loulan", "Confucius" and "Tian Ping Zhi Zhi" are the masterpieces of Inoue Yasushi's novels, which convey profound feelings about life and have far-reaching meaning. There are no emperors, generals or harem schemes in Yasushi Inoue's works. His focus is always on the backbone of Chinese culture and the classics passed down to future generations. Yasushi Inoue's writing is simple, profound, and poetic. He is good at expressing the desolate historical process with calm narratives, and he is also good at writing unknown little characters very vividly. As Zhu Tianxin said, "In the obscure historical materials that few people read, they are just two characters, a meaningless symbol, a small mustard seed in the long river of history. However, Inoue Yasushi gave them flesh and blood and soul again, making us feel fascinated and unforgettable when reading them more than a thousand years later."

The real battle often happens before the battle begins. What role did Empress Dowager Cixi play in the crisis of the late Qing Dynasty? How responsible is Kang Youwei for the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898? Why does Li Hongzhang call himself a "paper maker"? How did Sun Yat-sen gradually become the "Father of the Republic" of the Republic of China?

Haruki Murakami's short story collection, including 7 short stories, "The Ghost of Lexington", "The Green Beast", "Silence", "The Ice Man", "Tony Falls", "The Seventh Man", "The Blind Willow, and the Sleeping Girl". This collection of short stories takes loneliness and fear as its themes and is a story about men who "love loneliness". Among them, "Tony Falls" is sentimental and beautiful. It is called "one of Haruki Murakami's truly great short stories" and has been remade into a movie of the same name. "Blind Willow and the Sleeping Lady" focuses on the possibility of freedom for lonely souls in the city, and won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award.

"Someone at That Time" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Keigo Higashino. It is the first time that the author's collection of works in the 25 years since his debut has been compiled and published. The eight stories cover Higashino's creative styles in different periods, each of them is exquisite and unique. A female lawyer kindly took in an amnesiac girl who got lost on a rainy night, but found a bloody dagger in the girl's handkerchief; the daughter who survived the car accident actually possessed the soul of his wife after waking up; a couple luckily adopted a newborn baby, but the baby's angelic face hid a tragic revenge plan...

"In Search of Lost Time (seven volumes)" is recognized as a great work and the first of its kind in stream of consciousness novels. This is the only complete translation available in the three places across the Taiwan Strait. It was completed with the efforts of many first-class translators and was revised and republished on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its publication. This Chinese translation of "In Search of Lost Time" won the "National Outstanding Bestseller Award" and the "First Prize of the First National Outstanding Foreign Literature Book Award", which is an important event in the history of Chinese publishing. The important value of Proust has been cherished by Chinese readers ever since. Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" reviews the past in the form of memories, including childhood memories, family life, first love and lost love, observations of historical events, as well as insights into art and understanding of time and space, etc. Time is the protagonist of this novel. The author uses wisdom and imagination to make time concrete, vivid and perfect. It is like a symphony composed of multiple themes, such as love, jealousy, death, memory, and time, sometimes overlapping and sometimes drifting apart. However, on a macro level, the entire work is integrated and has vigorous vitality. "In Search of Lost Time" is recognized as a new attempt in literary creation and the first of its kind in mainstream novels.

"The Cthulhu Mythos" is known as the greatest and most influential system of horror novels in the 20th century. The author is H. P. Lovecraft - or "Lovecraft". Suppose there is an ant crawling next to your feet. You will not care whether you step on it or not, because it is too small. Whether it is dead or alive has no effect on you. In the eyes of the ancient evil gods described in the "Cthulhu Mythos", humans are like ants. The "cosmism" advocated by Lovecraft means that human beings are far from being the masters of the world. In the unknown universe that has not yet been explored, there are unimaginable and unspeakable horrific truths hidden. Just a glimpse of them can make people fall into madness or death. As the author himself said: "The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown." This book collects 10 representative short and medium-sized novels in the "Cthulhu Mythos", including "The Call of Cthulhu", "Dagon", "Whispers in the Dark", "The Dunwich Incident", etc. You can open a story at will to arouse your inner fear of darkness. "In his palace in R'lyeh, sleeping Cthulhu waits to dream." The stars have reached a specific position, and the Old Ones are about to reappear in the world.

This is a shocking book that contains almost all crime elements, where you can appreciate the darkness and ugliness of human nature. Every murder makes people feel numb. The real murderer has been hiding among us, sleeping and dining with us. Behind the desperate struggle between good and evil is full of despair, resentment, jealousy, greed, and arrogance. The most secretive and unspeakable files of the Public Security Department are completely exposed. You will go deep into the crime scene and face the most frightening, heaviest and incomprehensible evils of human nature!

"The Ancient Capital" is a novella published by Kawabata Yasunari in his later years in 1962. Through the separation and separation of twin sisters and their respective love entanglements, it weaves an elegant and quiet picture of the times in the dreamlike scenery of Kyoto throughout the four seasons. Japan is undergoing drastic changes at the transition from old to new, but the ancient capital of Kyoto is still flowing quietly in the long river of history with the changes of time as usual. "Ancient Capital" basically expresses the traditional Japanese aesthetic thoughts. Through the interactions between the characters and the inner restrained psychological consciousness shown in the traditional Japanese festivals, it reveals the sorrow and mystery in Japanese culture.

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"Fearless and Indifferent" writes from the details of history and reality, displays and analyzes China's problems, disassembles the cultural factors involved, and continues to criticize national character. Historical events hint at the chronic diseases that still exist today, reminding important details that have not been noticed; analysis and research on rural changes since the cooperative movement; social criticism, focusing on commenting on current affairs and various phenomena of the bureaucratic system; personal memories reflect the details of society and the times. [

Based on the reference of a large number of authoritative historical works, this book integrates rich graphic materials accumulated in China's long history to intuitively introduce the historical development process. The book uses rich precious pictures and profound text narratives to comprehensively introduce the history of Chinese civilization. The content covers politics, military, economy, culture, diplomacy, science and technology, law, religion, art and other fields. It is highly systematic, informative and readable. It is not only the best reading book for readers to learn Chinese historical knowledge, but also the best version for collection in libraries at all levels.

"Invasion" is a political fantasy novel, a late work by the American best-selling author Van Loon, and one of his only two novels. Van Loon said that this novel in which he is the protagonist is "a dirty and despicable little book in the style of Goebbels." When this book was first published in the United States in 1940, it was subtitled "Eyewitness Accounts of the Nazi Invasion of the United States." This book dramatically shows how events that have happened in Europe will be repeated on this side of the Atlantic in the United States: New York is invaded by the Nazis, and the American authorities withhold concessions in order not to anger Hitler. To add documentary authenticity to what he wrote, Van Loon placed himself, his family, neighbors, and friends at center stage during the Nazi invasion, referring to them by their real names or nicknames. The sense of crisis that Van Rooster wanted to convey to Americans was not far-fetched in light of subsequent events: the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor using an aircraft carrier and the landing of Nazi saboteurs on the eastern end of Long Island near New York City. In a letter to the editor of the newspaper, Van Loon stated that his fictitious invasion of New York had already occurred in Norway, and that he had simply replaced Oslo with New York. His intention was to arouse people's hatred of the German rulers and the realization that they could no longer retreat into the ivory tower and ignore right and wrong.

This book selects 11 classic short stories by Liu Cixin. Seven of these 11 works won the China Science Fiction Galaxy Award. This product can be described as the "most brilliant galaxy". It was these 11 wonderful works that laid the foundation for the birth of "Three-Body Problem". These works, like a group of bright stars, illuminated the eve of "Three-Body Problem". Without the "thick accumulation" of these 11 works, there would be no "thin hair" of "The Three-Body Problem". These 11 works are grand and imaginative. They not only pay attention to the combination of extreme ethereal and heavy reality, but also pay attention to scientific connotation and humanistic beauty. They have strong Chinese characteristics and distinctive personal style, and have established a new height for Chinese science fiction.

The protagonist who lost his memory lived a peaceful and peaceful life in a nursing home, but received a message from a mysterious person telling him that it was actually a prison. So, he summoned his friends in the nursing home and started an escape plan... In this science fiction novel that combines reasoning, suspense, escape and other elements, Kobayashi Taizo uses Asimov's three laws of robotics as the basic framework to build a future world where artificial intelligence has greatly developed and gene editing technology has been abused. Can the evolved artificial intelligence of Chat GPT build a utopia for human society?

This book is one of the 007 collection series and was adapted into the movie "Space Castle". The novel tells the story of Britain launching a "Moon Destroyer" project in order to regain its national prestige after World War II, that is, it developed a super nuclear missile with a range that could cover the entire Europe. However, on the eve of the missile test, a murder occurred at the base, and an officer sent by the British Ministry of Munitions to be in charge of security was shot and killed bizarrely. Bond was ordered to investigate the matter and ensure the successful test launch of the Moon Destroyer. During the investigation, a shocking conspiracy gradually emerged: it turned out that the investors of the missile were German spies, and their real purpose was to use nuclear bombs to destroy London...

"Insects" is one of the most important and best-known works of Jean-Henri Fabre. It not only demonstrates his talents in scientific observation and research and literary talent, but also conveys his humanistic spirit and incomparable love for life to readers. "Insect Diary" combines science and literature, with both scientific rationality and literary sensibility. The book reveals witty words from time to time, puts forward in-depth thinking on the value of life, and attempts to incorporate deeper meanings into science. The language of the work is simple, fresh, lively, and the tone is relaxed and humorous, full of fun and poetry. The author's precise descriptions of the sounds, colors, shapes, and smells of animals and plants in nature allow readers to immerse themselves in the charming pastoral scenery of Provence in southern France in the 19th century.

"Sun Yat-sen and the Establishment of the Chinese Tongmenghui" aims to spread China's five thousand years of excellent traditional culture and improve the cultural accomplishment of the entire people. While deeply exploring and sorting out the achievements of China's excellent traditional culture, this book combines social development and injects the spirit of the times. The book's beautiful and vivid text, concise and popular language, and the form of pictures and texts comprehensively display to readers the key points of knowledge such as material culture, institutional culture, behavioral culture, and spiritual culture in Chinese culture.

When he woke up, there was a quick travel system in his mind, and Xia Fengguang was forced to travel through the worlds of various romance novels. In the CEO novel, the female protagonist is a cute and ordinary college student, and the male protagonist is the evil and crazy king of the shopping mall; in the Jianghu novel, the female protagonist is a lively and lovely poison-medicine fairy, and the male protagonist is the cruel and cruel demon sect leader; in the fantasy novel, the female protagonist is transformed from a useless concubine into a cultivation genius that is rare in a thousand years, and the male protagonist is very cold but only loves one The gentle and gentle Majesty the Demon King... And she, as the male protagonist's fiancée, is fair-skinned and beautiful, but has a good family background, but she cannot get the love of the male protagonist in any world. Xia Fengguang smiled. The meticulous social elite, the poisonous-tongued emperor of an enemy country, the romantic prince, the doctor and poison sage who looks serious on the outside but is frivolous on the inside... Aren't these men much more interesting than the male protagonist?

"Water Margin" is the first famous vernacular novel in ancient China that reflects the peasant uprising. It is created, processed and connected on the basis of stories about the Water Margin in "The Legacy of Xuanhe" and folk oral legends, scripts and dramas. The whole book reflects the entire process of a peasant revolution in feudal society from its birth, development to failure in a concentrated and multi-angle way using realism. Among them, the two parts of forcing the enemy and resisting the army are the most exciting. The most outstanding artistic achievement of the work is the successful portrayal of the characters. The novel successfully creates a series of lifelike characters and has extremely high artistic value in the history of literature. Among the one hundred and eight generals alone, more than thirty have distinctive personalities, among which Lin Chong, Li Cheng, Lu Zhishen, Song Jiang, Wu Song, etc. Are the most distinctive. In addition, the story of this book is full of twists and turns, the language is vivid and powerful, and the plot is tense and closely linked. The battle scenes, such as the three attacks on Zhujiazhuang, the big defeat of Zengtou City, and the three defeats of Gaoqiu, are vivid and fascinating.

This book vividly depicts the entire process of the peasant uprising from occurrence, development to failure, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the resistance struggle of the uprising heroes and their social ideals, and also specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising. At the same time, "Water Margin" is also one of the most epic works in Chinese literature. It is one of the earliest chapter novels written in vernacular in Chinese history. It has a profound influence on narrative literature in China and even East Asia. The illustrations in the book select pictures of Liangshan heroes and heroes drawn by Ren Xun, a famous painter in the Qing Dynasty, to facilitate readers to identify the images of these heroes and to understand the relationship between the characters of Water Margin more easily. The text retains the original text without deletions, and uses phonetic notation and annotations for rare words to help readers achieve barrier-free reading.

"Water Margin" takes the occurrence and development process of the peasant uprising as the main line. Through the different experiences of the heroes who were forced to go to Liangshan, it describes their entire process from individual awakening to small-scale joint resistance to the development of a grand peasant uprising team. It shows the inevitable law of peasant uprisings in the feudal era of "officials forcing people to rebel", shapes the collective image of peasant uprising leaders, and profoundly reflects the political conditions and social contradictions in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

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"Water Margin" is the first chapter-length novel in ancient China with the theme of peasant uprising. It is one of the four great classics in China. The book is based on the story of the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Through the description of a hundred and eight generals who were forced to go to Liangshan and gathered together to rebel, it reveals the social reality of "officials forcing the people to rebel". And with outstanding artistic description methods, it reveals some essential aspects of the occurrence, development and failure process of peasant uprisings in China's feudal society.

This book is based on the "New Edition of Li's Collection of Zhongyi Water Margin" published by Yuan Wuya in the Ming Dynasty, and is divided into punctuated sections. In terms of editing, the main manuscripts reviewed were "Mr. Li Zhuowu's Criticism of the Loyalty and Justice Water Margin" published by Ming Rong and Tang. In addition, I also used the complete version of "Water Margin" published by People's Literature Publishing House to compile the complete version of 120 chapters.

This book is an accessible reading version of "Water Margin" carefully prepared for junior high school students. Accessibility is reflected in: original text + phonetic notation of difficult words + annotations (geography, slang, sentence patterns, folk customs, etc.). The annotations avoid cumbersome textual research and strive to be concise. The reading (examination preparation) plan includes the author's introduction, background of the book, outline of the characters and stories, themes, artistic features, reading methods, etc., To facilitate readers to grasp the original work from a macro perspective.

The book "Emotional Education" written by Gustave Flaubert introduces that seeing these charming houses so elegant and quiet, some people might not want to be their owners. Until the day they die, they will always have a good table, a yacht, a woman or other dreams. Frederick thought of the house where he would live, the outline of a play, the subjects of some pictures, some future passions. He felt that the happiness worthy of his superior soul was delayed. He travels. He tasted the melancholy on the merchant ship, the cold awakening under the tent, the intoxication with the famous places and historical sites, and the bitterness after the breakup of love. He comes back. He went out into society and had other loves.

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Older age, unmarried, career bottleneck... In today's society where there are many mature women, how can labeled women compete with worldly perspectives and realize their own value? "Thirty-seven" in this article describes in detail the social practice and mental journey of Xiaohua, a thirty-seven-year-old independent woman with such a label, who does not depend on men, does not forget her original intention, and faces difficulties to start a business. At the age of thirty-seven, I have neither become a mother nor anyone's wife, I am just myself. Marriage has never been the only way for mature women to look towards the end of their lives, but love is still something they pursue deliberately despite all obstacles. The novel closely follows today's social reality and closely follows the themes of female independence, female awakening, and female entrepreneurship. It warns women that they can hold up half of the sky through their own efforts, realize their own value and live a life with a more realistic sense of survival.

"Chao Sao" is a masterpiece of youth literature by Mishima Yukio. It has been selected as a Chinese language textbook for middle schools designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. It is the first winning work of Xinchaoshe Literature Award. After Yukio Mishima traveled to Greece, he vowed to write a Japanese-style legendary love novel based on the excellent pastoral legendary love novel "Daphnis and Heroa" by Langos in ancient Greece to praise simple and sincere love. This is how the novel "Chao Sao" was born. Chao Sao, the sound of waves lapping at the shore, tells the story of a pure love story in the style of a fisherman's song that happened on Song Island. Shinji, an 18-year-old fisherman, met Hatsue, a beautiful girl who had just returned from overseas, and they fell in love at first sight. Later, we learned that Hatsue was the daughter of a wealthy family, Miyata Teruyoshi, who was fostered out of town. They fell in love unknowingly during their encounters, but they never transcended their moral norms. Anfu, a wealthy boy on the island, also likes Hatsue. Yasuo then spread rumors about Shinji and Hatsue on the island, which made Hatsue's father very angry and strictly prohibited the two from interacting with each other. Later, Hatsue's father entrusted the captain of his company's motorboat to take Shinji and Yasuo out to sea to assess their performance. The ship encountered danger when it returned. At the critical moment, Yasuo was greedy for life and feared death. Shinji stepped forward and risked his life to turn the situation around and save a ship owned by Hatsue's father. Shinji's performance won the approval and praise of Chujiang's father, and the couple finally got married. The author's description of youth improves the purity of love. The novel runs through the dominant ideas of natural beauty and human beauty, embedding the characters' lives, labor, thoughts, and emotions in the natural picture frame of the sea, creating a unique charm of natural beauty.

This book collects twenty-five of Hemingway's best short stories. The leopard on the snowy mountain, the fisherman by the river, the old man in the cafe, the veteran who wants to love but is no longer able to love... Twenty-five meaningful stories contain untold vicissitudes of life. Hemingway's unique "iceberg" writing style has been highly demonstrated in his short stories.

A group of young people go to Spain on vacation to participate in the Running of the Bulls festival. They hang out in bars and cafes, partying wantonly but unable to feel happiness, longing for love but unable to love, struggling in frustration, emptiness and confusion, looking for a spiritual outlet.

This book collects twenty of the author's best short stories and short stories, including immortal chapters such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Soldier's Home" and "An African Story". These works allow readers to fully appreciate the great charm of the author's short stories and short stories, which are exciting and long-lasting to read. They have created the image of a "tough guy", and many works reflect "elegance under pressure." "People can be eliminated, but they cannot be defeated." This brave and fearless spirit runs through many works. Simple and clear dialogues, intricate plots, and intriguing stories attract readers into the author's unique literary world.

This book collects sixteen of Hemingway's short stories. The leopard on the snowy mountain, the fisherman by the river, the old man in the cafe... Eleven seemingly indifferent stories contain untold vicissitudes of life. Hemingway's unique "iceberg" writing style has been highly demonstrated in his short stories.

An old Cuban fisherman fought alone with a giant marlin at sea for three days and finally subdued it. However, he was attacked by a shark on his way back. He fought day and night and finally returned to the seaside with an empty fish bone. People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated. All the profound meaning of life is contained in this tough guy and his fish bones.

A Cuban old man, Santiago, was ridiculed for not catching any fish for 84 consecutive days at sea. On the 85th day at sea, he finally caught a large marlin unexpectedly. The old man finally killed it after dealing with it for two days. But on the way back, the bloody trails left by the big fish on the sea attracted countless sharks. The old man fought desperately with the shark, and when he finally returned to port, only a skeleton of the marlin was left.

Includes Hemingway's famous "The Old Man and the Sea" and some short stories. "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, who fights with the sea. After catching a big marlin, he was attacked by a shark. Faced with such a cruel fate, he never gave up, showing extraordinary tenacity and dignity. The novel shows the struggle between man and nature and the unyielding spirit. It is an immortal masterpiece in modern literature. In 1954, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "mastery of narrative art, prominently demonstrated in his recent work The Old Man and the Sea, and his influence on contemporary stylistic styles." Hemingway explored courage, loneliness, failure and human nature with his unique writing style, making his works an enduring literary classic. This version was translated by Li Yuchao, and our company has the exclusive publishing rights for this translation. The translation is smooth and fluent, and has a lot of literary talent. It embodies Hemingway's language style in every detail and is widely praised by readers.

A very unlucky old Cuban fisherman went out fishing alone and caught nothing for eighty-four days. On the eighty-fifth day, he still decided to get up early and go to sea. This time, he sailed the boat into the deep sea and finally hooked a marlin that he had never seen before. The big fish was so powerful that it dragged the boat drifting for two days and two nights. In the boundless sea, as the sun rose and set, the old man was thirsty, hungry, his hands were cramped, and his back was injured, but he kept confronting the marlin and persisted. Finally, after the marlin was exhausted and finished its circle, the old man struggled to catch the fish and tied it to the bow of the boat. During the triumphant return, the bleeding marlin continued to attract shark attacks, and an inevitable disaster occurred. The tired old man continued to fight with the sharks, but in the end the marlin was eaten up by the sharks, and the old man only dragged back a bare fish skeleton. A very unlucky old Cuban fisherman went out fishing alone for eighty-four days and caught nothing. On the eighty-fifth day, he still decided to get up early and go to sea. This time, he sailed the boat into deep sea and finally hooked a marlin that he had never seen before. The big fish was so powerful that it dragged the boat drifting for two days and two nights. In the boundless sea, as the sun rose and set, the old man was thirsty, hungry, his hands were cramped, and his back was injured, but he kept confronting the marlin and persisted. Finally, after the marlin was exhausted and finished its circle, the old man struggled to catch the fish and tied it to the bow of the boat. During the triumphant return, the bleeding marlin continued to attract attacks from sharks, and an inevitable disaster occurred.

Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" (1937) is the author's fourth novel published after "Spring Torrents" (1926), "The Sun Also Rises" (1926) and "A Farewell to Arms" (1929). It is his first novel with workers as the protagonists.

"A Clean Well-Lighted Place" is a short story written by Hemingway in 1933. The story is set in Madrid, Spain after World War I, and through a scene in a midnight coffee shop, it profoundly reveals the nihilistic dilemma of postwar society and mankind's pursuit of dignity.

"Lady Chatterley's Lover" is the last novel by the famous British novelist Lawrence. The work describes the love story between Connie, the wife of British nobleman Clifford, and May, the forester, after World War I. The protagonist of the story, Connie, is a young married woman, but soon after her marriage, her husband Clifford was injured in the war and was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Facing the cruel reality, the kind-hearted Connie had to accept it silently. However, the frustration of her unsatisfied sexual life led her to meet a forest guard of the manor... An erotic entanglement began between the young woman and the two men, which deeply demonstrated the true humanity that is cleverly disguised in real life.

"Evening in Italy" is D. H. Lawrence's travelogue in his youth. "Encyclopedia Britannica" commented: Lawrence's "travel notes are very good and unforgettable in describing the local customs and customs." The characteristic of this book is that it has "painting description, poetic lyricism, and philosophical meditation." It records what Lawrence saw and heard while hiking from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland to Italy from 1912 to 1916.

"Women in Love" is a novel written by the British writer D. H. Lawrence. It is the sequel to "The Rainbow" and was first published in 1920. "Women in Love" revolves around the emotional entanglement of two pairs of lovers: Ursula, a female teacher, and Burkey, an inspector, broke through many barriers with their love for life, and the lovers finally got married; Ursula's sister Gretchen and the mining magnate Gerald, due to their huge differences in concepts, experienced numerous conflicts and eventually their relationship broke down. Gerald finally ended his life in a desolate, silent, windy and snowy deep valley. This book is entirely in English.

After experiencing a rich social life, the author Dickens had a profound understanding of people, the surrounding environment and his own experiences, and all his mature thoughts were summarized in the book "Great Expectations". The original title of this work is Great Expectations, which means a legacy. China translated it as "Great Expectations". This translation gives readers the impression that the protagonist of the work has a great future. In fact, this "Great Expectations" is ironic. Pip lives in his sister's house and has a hard life. His ideal is to be a blacksmith like his brother-in-law. He does not want to be a superior person. Later, he wanted to be a gentleman because of changes in the environment. One of Dickens's philosophical thoughts is the influence of environment on people's thoughts. Different environments can create different people. Pip's entire development process is consistent with the general theory of human nature.

The extramarital affair between the successful middle-aged man Takizawa Hideki and the strong-willed female editor Mukai Toko has created an unprecedented crisis due to Mukai Toko's unexpected pregnancy. Faced with a sudden accident, Takizawa Hideki panicked, but Mukai Toko enjoyed it... All the helplessness and puzzlement turned into a sinister trap. When the truth was revealed, the ulterior secrets hidden behind them also surfaced... When they wake up from the dream, where should they go?

"Castle" tells the story of land surveyor K who was ordered to take up a post in a certain city. He traveled a long distance, but was unexpectedly blocked outside the castle gate. In order to prove the legitimacy of his existence, K went to great lengths to ask the village chief about his employment, but he could not find a real employment letter. He seduced Frieda, the mistress of the castle official Kramm, and wanted to know more about Kramm. However, under the influence of several events, Frieda alienated him. He managed to get acquainted with the messenger Barnabas and his family, but they still had no way to turn to others and how could they help others. He waited for Klamm in the snowy night, hoping to talk to Klamm face to face, but in the end it was Klamm's secretary who came... The castle is located on a hill, but it is out of reach. Facing this powerful castle, K was helpless and failed to enter the castle in the end. K in the novel is like a lost lamb. He has no identity, no relatives, and no real friends. It seems that the entire village is full of hostility towards him, and he has never gained the trust of the castle authorities.

"The Casuarina Tree" is a representative work of short stories by Maugham, Britain's "greatest short story writer" and "story master". It collects six of his most outstanding short stories. These novels are roughly the same length, ranging between novellas and short stories, and are all set in Malaya and Borneo. They vividly describe the experiences of some Westerners (mostly British) in the Far Eastern colonies, especially the various mental tortures they suffered after being isolated from the Western civilized world where they originally lived.

"I am a Cat" established Natsume Soseki's status in the literary world. The novel adopts humorous, satirical and comical techniques, using the vision, hearing and feeling of a cat. It takes the daily life of the protagonist, middle school teacher Jinno Kusami, as the main line, interspersed with the conflicts of neighbor capitalist Kaneda who fails to marry a girl and plots revenge on Kusami, making it laugh. It explores the empty spiritual life of intellectuals in the Meiji era, and satirizes them for claiming to be noble but doing nothing; being dissatisfied with reality but unable to resist; being mediocre and boring, but denouncing the contradictory character of the world, and lashing out at the snobbish, vulgar, and cruel nature of Kaneda and other bourgeois figures and their accomplices. The novel has ingenious conception, exaggerated description, flexible structure and distinctive artistic features.

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"Lisa of Lambeth" is Maugham's debut novel and his famous work. On October 3, 1892, the 18-year-old Maugham became a student at St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School in London. His five-year medical career not only gave him the opportunity to understand the living conditions of the people at the bottom, but also taught him to use a scalpel-like cold and sharp gaze to dissect life and society. His first novel, "Lisa of Lambeth," was written in a naturalistic style based on his experiences as a trainee doctor delivering babies in the slums. It describes the short life and tragic death of Lisa, a beautiful girl who lives with her widowed mother in the slums. It truly reflects the daily life of working-class Londoners at the turn of the century through a working-class adultery story. Authentic, bold, and empathetic humor.

"The Feeling of the Ending" tells the story of Tony, a high school student in the 1960s, who had two friends. The three of them loved reading and were keen on talking about sex. They often got together to joke and joke. Later, the knowledgeable and wise Adrian also joined them, and his joining quietly changed this small circle. As an adult, Tony married and divorced, and retired to live a quiet life. However, a will from the mother of his old girlfriend changed the trajectory of his life, forcing him to look back and explore the mystery of the year. He found that the memories he once believed in became full of doubts, and the once gentle and harmless self became blurred.