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Emma is the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She was educated in a convent since she was a child. She is beautiful, loves poetry and art, and is proficient in dance, painting, embroidery, and music. However, she feels that the plain country life is boring and suffocating, and she yearns passionately for romantic, beautiful love, and a vigorous life. Perhaps it was the desire for a new life, or perhaps the freshness brought by country doctor Charles Bovary, that made her believe that she finally got the love in her fantasy. Eventually, she married Charles Bovary. Before getting married, Emma thought she knew what love was, but after getting married, she didn't see the happiness she should get from love. Sometimes she thought that she must have lost her mind and fell into this unremarkable marriage, so she especially wanted to know: happiness, satisfaction, fascination, what these charming words in the book meant in life. And it was this restless desire that guided her step by step into the abyss...

"Rebirth: The Third Anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake" was written by Guan Renshan, the famous writer and chairman of the Hebei Provincial Writers Association, to commemorate the third anniversary of the "5.12" Wenchuan Earthquake. This book tells the story of a person who traveled thousands of miles to deliver love from Tangshan to Wenchuan to Yushu. It shows the spirit of the Chinese nation that when one side is in trouble, all sides support it, expresses the brilliance of human nature and the power of love from a higher level, and praises the spirit of the times of gratitude and forge ahead. Guan Renshan, a Manchu, was born in Fengnan City, Tangshan, Hebei Province in February 1963. After graduating from Hebei Changli Normal School in 1981, he worked as a teacher, township cultural director and county government secretary. He is currently a member of the Chinese Writers Association and vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Writers Association. Together with the famous writers He Shen and Tan Ge, he is known as the "Troika" of Hebei in the literary world.

"How the Steel Was Tempered" is an excellent novel written by the Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky based on his own experience. The path taken by the protagonist Paul Korchagin reflects the fearless spirit of the first generation of Soviet revolutionary youths who were not afraid of difficulties, struggled hard, and had the courage to win, and inspired generations of aspiring young people to realize their ideals. The images in his novels transcend time, space, and national boundaries, and have had a worldwide impact, shaking the hearts of generations.

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a "great literary work that transcends national boundaries" and is regarded as a life textbook for young people. This classic work, shining with lofty ideals and full of passion for life, occupies a very important position in the literary history of the Soviet Union and the world. In this epic heroic biographical novel, the author portrays Paul Korchagin's lofty personality of persistence and perseverance. His image transcends time, space, and national boundaries, and has a worldwide impact, shaking the heartstrings of several generations. Soon after the novel came out, it was adapted into movies and stage plays and spread all over the world.

"How the Steel Was Tempered" is an excellent novel. The book vividly describes the growth experience of Paul Korchagin, and uses it to explain a truth to people. If you want to defeat a powerful enemy, you must go through arduous struggles and challenge yourself. Only by combining your own personal interests with the collective interests of the country and the people can miracles happen and your heart become truly strong. The book's language is vivid, full of rich flavor of life, conveying soul-stirring spiritual power and profound philosophy of life.

The protagonist Paul in this book was born in a poor railway worker family. He was naive and naughty since he was a child, and had a strong sense of resistance. With the help of underground party member Zhu Helai, Paul gradually embarked on the road of revolution.

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"Wuthering Heights" is a novel with the theme of love and revenge by the British writer Emily Bronte. It tells the emotional entanglement between two generations of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. With this work alone, Emily Brontë established her position in the history of world literature. Published in 1847, it remained in neglect for more than forty years after its publication. After entering the 20th century, this novel has captured the hearts of hundreds of millions of readers like a magnet. It can be said that among the novels of the Victorian period, "Wuthering Heights" is the only one that has not been obscured by the dust of time.

The first part of the Romanian trilogy. In Romania, which is in turmoil, two friends, Adina and Clara Adina, gradually develop from friends to a friendship that breaks down. The non-linear plot structure and poetic language make the novel slightly rambling, but through the messy, rambling and obscure text surface, the author's deep feeling can be seen.

Young sailor Martin Eden accidentally met the upper-class Miss Rose. Inspired by her, he studied hard on his own and began a arduous creative career. Although he encountered obstacles at every turn, he still refused to obey Rose's arrangement and join her father's office to become a "promising young man." Later, his fortune suddenly turned around. Manuscripts that had been rejected before were published one after another, and he became a popular writer. Relatives and friends who used to look down on him rushed to treat him to dinner. Even Rose, who had broken up with him, came to embrace him. This made him see clearly this bleak society, and his beautiful illusions about love were completely shattered...

It arose in the golden age of Hungarian capitalism. It is a special social class including aristocrats, celebrities, capitalists, bankers, middle class and dilapidated nobles. It is the "citizen class" in the novel. This is the confession of a "citizen", this is the last elegy sung to the bourgeoisie, this is a picture of the life of the emerging citizen class in Eastern Europe between the two world wars, this is a period of exile, loneliness and determination. As the representative work of Malloy Sandor, in terms of literary and artistic standards, "Confessions of a Citizen" is completely comparable to Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" and Thomas Mann's "The Buddenbrooks".

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), one of the most outstanding writers in the United States, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. "The Old Man and the Sea" is Hemingway's most representative inspirational novel. The work describes an old Cuban fisherman who finally caught a big fish alone after eighty-four consecutive days without catching a fish. He fought with the big fish for three days at sea and finally killed it. On his way back, he was repeatedly attacked by sharks. When he finally returned to port, only the head, tail and a spine were left. This is a short but rich story. It has become a must-read inspirational work for most teenagers. "The Old Man and the Sea" also includes some of Hemingway's most representative short stories and short stories, from which readers can learn about Hemingway's novel writing style.

"A Farewell to Arms" is a novel written by the American novelist Ernest Hemingway. It is his early masterpiece and was first published on September 27, 1929. The work tells the story of an American young man, Frederick Henry, who volunteered for the Red Cross to drive an ambulance and rescue the wounded on the northern Italian front in the late World War I. During a mission, Henry was hit by a cannonball and injured. While recovering from his injuries in a Milan hospital, he was cared for by British nurse Catherine, and the two fell in love. After recovering from his injuries, Henry returned to the front line. When he retreated with the Italian troops, he witnessed the cruel scenes of the war. He resolutely left the army, joined Catherine and fled to Switzerland. As a result, Catherine died in childbirth. By describing the love between the two, the work reveals the absurd and cruel nature of war, reflecting the mutual killing between people in war and the destruction of human spirit and emotions by war. This book is a public edition, compiled by China Edition Group Digital Media Co., Ltd., And is not an imported edition.

It tells the story of Robin solving the serial murder case in the villa area. The countess, who has an sworn hatred with Robin, is deliberately planning to take revenge on Robin, and Robin's long-lost biological son is unfortunately involved. The mysteries in this story appear one after another, the content is suspenseful and tense, and every aspect is fascinating.

The book is divided into nine chapters, describing three cities, three characters, and three historical events, describing their importance in the history of the Republic: Daqing: an industrial holy city born at the same time as the grand celebration of the Republic.

Liang Yurun, the protagonist of the article, served as the deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Letters and Calls Bureau, in charge of the work of receiving interviews from the masses. He has handled thousands of civil cases and solved problems, and a considerable number of them were "long-standing problems" in the name of the central and provincial governments. Due to the space limit of the article, the author cannot describe them one by one. But during the interview, wherever I went, the most profound thing I felt was Comrade Liang Yurun's high prestige among the people, which made me admire and moved me often.

After pacifying Nanzhong, Shu Han had no worries. With his outstanding political foresight, Zhuge Liang predicted that the only way for the Shu Han to gain living space was to take advantage of the fact that Cao Wei had no time to look westward and the national power had not yet recovered, so he decided to mobilize the entire country to launch the Northern Expedition. At this time, wars continued ahead, undercurrents surged in the court, there were estrangements and suspicions between monarchs and ministers, and treacherous men had ulterior motives. Adou, who could not be supported, and power struggles that he could not avoid made Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition extremely difficult in his later years. After a lot of painstaking efforts, he finally fell into the Wuzhangyuan, leaving behind eternal regrets. Are there really six Qishan Mountains in history? Is the Empty City Plan real? Does Wuzhangyuan Nuanxing exist? Zhuge Liang's true intention of the Northern Expedition, as well as the true face of the Northern Expedition, will be answered in the finale.

Just as the Shu and Han Dynasties were forming a two-pronged attack on the Central Plains, and the Longzhong plan was about to become a reality, Guan Yu's careless loss of Jingzhou put the Liu Bei Group's strategic initiative against Cao accumulated over the years in vain. In order to regain the lost territory, Liu Bei insisted on the eastward expedition, but was defeated by Yiling. He had no choice but to entrust Zhuge Liang to Baidi City, leaving an eternal controversy that "you can take it for yourself". At this time, there were powerful enemies externally, internal rebellions, political instability, and popular separation. The newly born Shu Han regime was facing the most difficult situation.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by American writer F. S. Fitzgerald in 1925, set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. In America during that period, 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 connection in Gatsby's heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - where his beloved Daisy lives. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate vague dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the mortal world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life also comes to an end. This book is hailed as one of the most outstanding contemporary American novels. Gatsby's tragedy is a typical representative of the disillusionment of the "American Dream". Haruki Murakami once loudly exclaimed that "The Great Gatsby" is "What an indescribable masterpiece! I really want to tell others the beauty of it."

After reading "The Metamorphosis", I was freed from the depression of life and breathed a long sigh of relief. "The Metamorphosis" is Kafka's spiritual autobiography! Kafka's whole art is to compel the reader to read again and again. --Camus In the history of human literature, "The Metamorphosis" is a mirror that reflects the alienation of people in modern society. The beetle, considered to be the incarnation of Kafka, has become a haven for countless repressed souls. Three reasons why you must read "Metamorphosis" in Reader's Classic Library! 1. Includes Kafka's "A Letter to My Father", the spiritual core of "The Metamorphosis", 2.10 Original cartoons, and the vivid story summary of "The Metamorphosis"! 3. Brand new translation! When Gregor woke up in the morning, he found that he had turned into a beetle. Shock, pain, and helplessness all struck... "Metamorphosis" is an absurd fable that uses exaggerated plots to express cruel reality. The beetle created by Kafka symbolizes an extreme possibility that has not yet been realized, and is a harbinger of our future.

Bachelard has always permeated the artistic conception of dreams and poetry into his thoughts. In this book, he further introduces phenomenological methods into imagination and poetics. He emphasized the epistemological value of imagination and images, believing that they open up the future: any awareness of consciousness is an increase in consciousness, an increase in light, and an enhancement of psychological coherence. Bachelard used the results of contemporary psychoanalysis in his research. However, his thoughts were closer to Jung's depth psychology. In order to deeply explore the human soul, he entered the distant childhood of human beings, that is, the era when sensibility and rationality were unified long before the emergence of science. He pondered alchemy and little-known aspects of ancient philosophical thought: such as the doctrine of the duality of yin and yang, and the material imagination of the basic elements of the universe: water, fire, air and earth. Bachelard's feminine and masculine "anima" and "animus" guide us to appreciate the poetics of dreams with endless charm.

This collection of poems is divided into three parts: the first part is a biography of Pushkin, introducing Pushkin's life story; the second part is Pushkin's lyrical poems, a total of 50 poems; the third part is a fairy tale poem, a total of 5 poems, all of which are Pushkin's masterpieces. This collection of poems has accurate translations, rich illustrations and text, and unique originality.

Defoe's masterpiece, a famous British writer in the 19th century, has been recognized as a classic of world literature more than a hundred years after its publication and is a must-have in Western spiritual and cultural life. This version has become a classic version of the English translation. The content of the story includes: the first part, the three voyages after running away from home; the second part, the fourth time going to sea and living on a desert island; the third part, various encounters after returning to England.

Italy is a profound and profound historical gift, which constitutes the most romantic imaginary symbol in people's hearts. It is a world-famous elegant monument and a stunning artistic genius, but it is also a chaotic river flowing under the weak moonlight. This book is a notebook of Henry James's experiences during his many visits to Italy. Following the author through the dim and hazy passage of thoughts and feelings, a huge painting of the natural landscape and humanistic features of Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries will slowly unfold in front of the reader, and Italy as time passes is its most authentic appearance.

No matter how far you go, you will eventually come home. Following "Independence, Start by Traveling Alone", Arai Kazusan's travel confession; the true meaning of travel lies not in where you go, but in finding your own path in life; after you have the spirit of a traveler, you can live a lifelong traveler's life, and only travelers can truly find their hometown and embrace it tightly with both hands. Originally, my world was just an alley in Shinjuku District, Tokyo. It was not only very small, but also very short. Crossing a small road on Okubo Street was the biggest adventure. In the summer when I was twenty, I discovered the entrance to the world on the international train platform of Beijing Railway Station. From there, I could go to Moscow, then to Berlin, Paris, Rome, London, Amsterdam... This was a coming-of-age ceremony to find the entrance to the world, but in order to enter the world, you first have to leave home alone. The true meaning of travel is not where you go, but finding your own path in life. People travel in order to come back. I believe that only travelers can truly find their hometown and embrace it with both hands. No matter how far we go, we must eventually return home. Otherwise, we are not traveling, but self-exile...

Many stories from "Grimm's Fairy Tales" are also widely circulated in other European countries. Strictly speaking, "Grimm's Fairy Tales" are typical European folk fairy tales, regardless of the source of the subject matter or the artistic characteristics. Grimm's fairy tales, the language through which generations of children grow up happily and healthily, have accompanied me as I grow up. Ah, those happy memories of childhood... This is a magical country with blue skies, vast land, dense forests and deep oceans. There are also kind and magical fairies and elves, handsome princes and beautiful princesses, poor, hard-working and brave farmers, and beautiful girls who have suffered miserably and pitifully...

This book is a very long and systematic collection of fairy tales collected and compiled in various European countries. Many of the stories reflect the simplicity, humor, wit and bravery of ordinary people. The plot of the story is tortuous but not bizarre, and the narrative is simple but not monotonous. Many stories are written in poetic language.

"Facing Complexity, Remaining Joyful" is the greatest American essayist of the 20th century, who single-handedly established "The New Yorker's style of writing" and is a self-selected collection of classic essays by White, the author of "Charlotte's Web". E. B. White (1899-1985), "the greatest American essayist of the twentieth century." As the main writer of The New Yorker, White single-handedly established the far-reaching "New Yorker style of writing". White is full of care for everything in this world, and his morals are as high as his articles. In addition to his lifelong love of essays, he also wrote three books for children, "The Elf," "Charlotte's Web" and "The Trumpeting Swan," which have become literary classics loved by children and adults alike. "The Essays of E. B. White" was selected by the author himself and includes the most important essays of this greatest essayist.

After the demise of the Takeda family, Hayato Sakabe, who was originally a samurai of the Takeda family, came to serve as an official in the Akechi family, while his colleague Hyouta Todo joined the wild samurai group. On the other side, Ote Aranosuke, the Oda family's Hatamoto samurai, fell in love with Hayato's lover Chisato, but he also formed a fate with Hyouta's lover Miya. Among the love and hatred of these ordinary samurai, the biggest mystery in Japanese history, "The Incident at Honnoji Temple", has begun...

The original novel of the popular American drama "The Handmaid's Tale" defeated "Game of Thrones" and "Westworld" and swept the Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Offred is a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She was one of the few fertile women in the country and was assigned to the families of commanders who had no offspring to help them give birth to children. Like other women in this country, she had no freedom of movement and was deprived of property, the right to work, and the right to read. Except for some special days, the maids are only allowed to go shopping together once a day, and their every move is monitored by "eyes". What's worse is that in this crazy world, humans not only have to face problems such as ecological deterioration and economic crisis, but also fall into a chaotic situation of mutual hostility, class differentiation, and wanton killing. Women are not the only victims of oppression in this catastrophe. Everyone is a victim in this seemingly absurd world.

"Dream of Light and Wind" is a collection of ideals and reality written by Japanese writer Atsushi Nakajima, a collection of folk tales spanning South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, folk legends + Japanese ghost stories.

"Childhood" is the first of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy, which truly reproduces Gorky's difficult childhood experience. The protagonist of the novel, Alyosha, lost his father when he was three years old. With a beautiful vision for the future, he was fostered by his mother in his grandmother's house. Alyosha's grandfather was selfish, greedy, bad-tempered, and often abused his workers. Alyosha's uncles often fought in order to earn more profits. Fortunately, he had a kind and loving grandmother who was good at singing and dancing, and spent countless cold and lonely nights with Alyosha. Later, Alyosha made some friends, and their friendship brought joy to Alyosha's life. However, the departure of his friends made Alyosha fall into pain and loneliness. Later, the death of his mother and the bankruptcy of his grandfather completely pushed Alyosha into a hopeless life. At the age of ten, Alyosha embarked on the arduous road of making a living alone.

This set includes "Color of Steel: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting", "Strength of the Bow: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting", and "Armor of Death: Trilogy of Court Sword Fighting".

Charles Strickland is a British securities broker with a successful career and a prominent family. What puzzled everyone was that in middle age, he suddenly abandoned his wife and children and came to Paris penniless to study painting. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. After experiencing various bizarre encounters, he came to an isolated island in the South Pacific, married a local girl, had children, and successfully created a series of stunning masterpieces. At this moment, he was struck down by terminal illness and blindness. Before he died, he made an astonishing decision... The protagonist of this novel is based on the famous French painter Gauguin. The novel mainly expresses the contradiction between dreams and survival, the contradiction between responsibility and self, and the contradiction between genius and madman. "There were six pennies all over the ground, but he looked up and saw the moon." Charles has been pursuing a kind of pure and shocking beauty throughout his life. Perhaps this kind of beauty is the real value of life. May you and I both be the ones who always chase the moon.

"We Are Orphans" is the fifth novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, first published in 2000. 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...

A legendary novel that makes serious people laugh. In the history of human literature, the history described by Alexandre Dumas is the nail on which novels are hung. The Musketeers are passionate French legends who held up half the sky of romanticism in the 19th century. "The Three Musketeers" has been popular in the world for two hundred years. It is one of Alexandre Dumas's famous and representative works, making Alexandre Dumas famous all over the world. The story tells the story of D'Artagnan, a young provincial who came to Paris, met the king's three musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, and became friends of life and death with them. The four friends embarked on a series of adventures against the background of the ever-changing palace struggle.

Mrs. Dalloway is a stream-of-consciousness novel published by Virginia Woolf in 1925. The protagonist's character traits may have come from a friend of the author, Ms. Ottoline Morel. The novel describes the details of one day in the life of the protagonist Clarissa Dalloway in Britain after World War I. As one of Woolf's masterpieces, the novel was named one of the 100 best English novels from 1923 to 2005 by Time magazine.

"La Traviata" has created some vivid and distinctive artistic images for us, and the most prominent and unforgettable among them is naturally the heroine Margaret. Margaret is beautiful, smart and kind. Although she has fallen into the world, she still maintains a pure and noble heart. She pursues a true love life with passion and hope, and when this hope is shattered, she is willing to sacrifice herself to help others.

In 1942, Lisbon, Portugal, gathered many exiles waiting to go to the United States. Late one night, two strangers met at the pier. One person is wandering around because he has no boat tickets, and the other person is willing to give away his two tickets on the condition that the other person will listen to him until dawn, and the story unfolds. The person who sent the ticket was the German Joseph Schwarz. Because he opposed the Nazi regime, he was denounced by his brother-in-law, who was a Gestapo, and was imprisoned in a concentration camp. He later escaped from Germany, but took the risk to return home to visit his wife Helen. Helen decided to leave Germany with Joseph. They traveled to Switzerland, France, and Spain, separated and reunited several times, escaped various pursuits and imprisonment, and finally arrived in Lisbon, but at the last moment they were unable to board the ship to the "Promised Land"... Joseph and Helen's escape is an "epic composed of horror, comedy, escape, bureaucracy, despair and love."

After the aid construction in Longxia County was getting better, Guo Yiqing was ordered to withdraw and continue to take charge of the Jinghan City Party Committee Office. He still served Miao Buju, the executive of the provincial party committee and the secretary of the municipal party committee. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the GDP growth rankings of cities in Hanbei Province were released. Jinghan City fell back to the middle and lower reaches of the province. Miao Buju, who broke out in a cold sweat, tried to find a solution. As a policy, he created an evaluation method for economic and social development, and handed over this political wisdom to Guo Yiqing at the helm. Departments at all levels strived not to be ranked last in the quarterly evaluation, and managed top and bottom, competing. Poll representatives also tried their best for their own interests, secretly public relations, Guo Yiqing worked hard to deal with the outside world and the inside side. During this period, Guo Yiqing gradually became confused and confused by the bloody fights between evil forces, the behind-the-scenes operations in corporate restructuring, the hidden rules in demolition compensation, the confusion in the love field, etc. Facing the "big test" and the whirlpool of love, Guo Yiqing struggled...

"Little Women" was influenced by Emerson, a great thinker at the time, and emphasized the concepts of personal dignity and self-reliance. This book shows you this classic work of "women's self-civil war, the battle between tradition and freedom" in the form of a Chinese-English bilingual abbreviation.

It reveals the inside story of the literary and journalistic circles, and concentrates the author's most important life experiences and deep feelings about life. It is one of the most valuable works in "Human Comedy". The novel tells the story of two talented and ambitious young people who failed in their struggles and had their ideals shattered. The work reflects the social situation and mental state of an entire generation of young people after the French Revolution.

"Grass of the Night" tells the story of a writer who discovers traces of a past time in an old notebook from the 1960s. Fifty years later, the words recorded in the notebook took him back to Montparnasse, the university town, the Left Bank and the era of "decolonization". At that time, he had a close relationship with a young woman named Dani. However, walking on the streets of Paris in 2012, what happened in 1966 became suspicious. She concealed many facts: her real name, her activities, and a person who fascinated her. The huge secret that really troubles her... There are files on her and several acquaintances and friends in the police station, but the clues to the pursuit of the truth are still looming. The dislocation of space and time, the confusion of reality and poetry, make this novel a confusing youth fantasy.

"Little Lady" is the second part of the "Sophie Series", Countess Segur's masterpiece. It tells the interesting story between Sophie and her little sisters Madeleine, Camille, and little sister Margaret. The lives of little girls are full of sunshine and love. Although there are occasional dark clouds and storms, family affection, friendship, tolerance and teaching can always dispel the shadows and make the children's world sunny again. This book continues the narrative style of a short story in one chapter of "Sophie's Sorrows", with more colorful content and is also accompanied by exquisite illustrations drawn by the new French illustrator Sophie de La Velle Fromois.

This is a book about life and death written by an energetic man in his sixties. This man had reason to worry that he had only a few years left to live, so he returned to Spain, where he had lived in his passionate youth, and reexperienced the art of bullfighting that can give people a "sense of immortality." Finally, he left us a record of understanding life and understanding life and death.

Faced with the heavy tax burden caused by the Hundred Years' War between England and France and the harsh labor laws after the Black Death, farmers who were once bound to the land coerced clergy and town residents to revolt and march towards London, the center of power in the Kingdom of England. How do unknown common people organize to fight against the nobility, church and wealthy businessmen who rule the country? How did the young King Richard II handle this major crisis that threatened the Plantagenet dynasty's rule, and what did he learn from it? The debut work of the well-known historical writer Dan Jones tells readers about this bloody and frenzied history of popular resistance in medieval England.

In 1215, King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta. Today, more than 800 years later, the Magna Carta still plays a role. It contains the core elements of the modern rule of law that are believed in by all countries in the world. The Magna Carta appeared in 1215, but the Magna Carta is far from representative of 1215. Open this book and you will learn: The powerful King John actually loved women's clothing. During his reign, he wore the coronation dress of his grandmother, Queen Matilda, in public on many occasions; people in the Middle Ages also loved to repair horseshoes. Horses at that time were extremely precious and had to be carefully cared for, including changing horse shoes frequently; the church strictly stipulated that servants of God should not kill people, and priests were not allowed to use edged weapons. However, in the "Battle of Bouvines", a bishop was still able to use one A blunt instrument smashed a person's head, and priests all wielded maces and clubs instead of swords; the straightforward nicknames of medieval monarchs carried different honors and fates, and the strict and effective governance of King Richard the Lionheart made the king's power flourish; King Henry of the Short Cloak wore A cloak that is more neatly cut than a traditional cloak; Duke Robert the Socks loved the feeling of the wind blowing against his legs; King John had to endure being called "Landless John" in his youth, and was nicknamed "Soft Sword John" after losing Normandy. As a slice of history, 1215 shows slaughter and loyalty, bravery and deceit. There are intrigues among the royal aristocrats, as well as the mysterious daily life of the people in the Middle Ages. This year condenses the style of medieval England.

Over the course of his long writing career, Vonnegut's novels, plays, and essays received widespread international acclaim. In this book of interviews throughout his life, we can learn what drove Vonnegut to write, his final evaluation of his works, how he embarked on the path of writing, the influence of his family and family on the formation of his life values, and his identity as a writer during the war.

Haruki Murakami's literary idol, Vonnegut's controversial joke, half people can't understand, and half people love it crazy. In the apocalyptic ruins of Earth, a centenarian is writing his memoirs. This centenarian is a doctor, a former president of the United States, and the younger brother of deformed twins. In his view, it is loneliness that leads to the inevitable end of mankind, and only the sense of group belonging like an "artificial big family" can be the real salvation. "'Farce' was my sunny little dream of a happier humanity. If I had not had this sunny little dream, I would not have been able to survive my pessimism." - Vonnegut in his own words