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Albanian European Parliament official Mr. Y and his lover Rowena were killed in a traffic accident. The surviving taxi driver was in shock and vague about the cause of the accident. He only repeatedly said that he was frightened when he saw the two passengers "trying to kiss" in the rearview mirror. The special identity of the victim and the vague testimonies of the survivors attracted the intervention of the security agencies of many Eastern European countries. However, the investigation was fruitless and they withdrew one after another. In the end, a persevering investigator uncovered the hidden story behind the traffic accident by analyzing the witness testimony, the two people's notes and the memories of Rowena's close friends.

When Gregor woke up in the morning, he found that he had turned into a beetle and could not move in bed. Why did I choose such a tiring career, traveling day after day! If it weren't for my parents, I would have quit my job a long time ago. I would also go to my boss and express my inner feelings. What if I call in sick now? But I have never been sick in the past five years of work. Don't stay in bed like a useless person, it's already seven o'clock! Just when he was racking his brains on how to keep his job, he heard the director coming home and knocking on his door... This book selects three representative short stories by Kafka, "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment" and "The Hunger Artist". Each of them reveals the real situation in which we are squeezed and deformed by life and work. When we begin to see ourselves in Kafka's works, it is our chance to break through this realistic dilemma!

Selected from the collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories, including "Black Peter", "Three College Students", "The Case of the Copper Beech" and many other popular short stories. The novel has a rigorous structure and a bizarre and fascinating plot. The literary image created by the author has a distinctive personality, and he integrates pathology, psychology, etc. Into the detective art in his writing, forming a unique style of detective novels.

A collection of fantasy novels by Latin American literary master Jorge Luis Borges, which are unexpected and whimsical works that break the rules. The Chinese version is launched for the first time in China. The translation is faithful and smooth, capturing the essence of the original text. This book is a fantasy novel co-written by Argentinian writers Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the pseudonym Honorio Bustos Domec. "Two Memorable Visions" contains two stories: "Witness" and "Omen", which respectively tell the story of the strange sight a girl saw in the basement and the beautiful imagination of a "foodie" who saw the sky full of delicious food before he died. These two stories break through the boundaries of reality and enter the realm of imagination, making people feel like they have entered a fantasy world like "Alice in Wonderland".

Ms. Burnett tells us a story about love and the magic of nature. Mary, a surly little girl whose parents are dead, lives in her uncle's gloomy manor. Led by the robin, she opens the secret garden that has been closed for a long time. From then on, she played and worked with the farm boy Dickon and the sick young master Colin. In the process of reviving the garden, the children develop a deep friendship and both Mary and Colin become healthy and sunny. After witnessing the magic of nature, Mr. Craven's fatherly love for Colin was awakened, and he also found the long-lost happiness.

"Literary Conference" is a novella by Argentinian writer Cesar Ella. It is also the work with the tightest story rhythm and the best reading experience in the "Cesar Ella Series". The style of "Literary Conference" is varied. It starts with an adventure and treasure hunt novel, then transitions into a science fiction novel. After transforming into a romantic literary and artistic work mixed with a thrilling and bizarre "drama within a drama", it finally reaches its climax in the form of a horror movie. Behind the seemingly bizarre story lies the author's thinking about life. He felt frustrated by the declining publishing industry and was full of ridicule for the arty "cultural people". The subtle and extremely poignant metaphors are hidden in the fantasy story, and there is a sense of appropriateness.

This book is a collection of novels by the Japanese writer Kyoka Izumi. It includes five representative works: "The Holy Monk of Kono", "The Sleepy Watcher", "Surgery Room", "The Legend of Pipa" and "The Love of Yushima". It was translated by the famous translator Wen Jieruo. Izumi Kyoka's writing style is pure and brilliant, the content is profound and realistic, and the cruel reality is revealed in the dreamlike description. For example, "Surgery" uses unexpected dramatic plots to show the struggle of lovers in love against feudal arranged marriages. "Yushima Love" uses the description of the short life of the geisha Tokichi to reflect the miserable life of the people at the bottom, especially women, under the rule of feudal nobles. The novel's writing is compact and the plot is bizarre. While reading, one can speculate about the origin of ghosts, estimate the elasticity of human nature, and rejoice in one's own mediocrity, accompanied by Izumi Kyoka's clear Japanese voice.

The book selects exciting chapters from the Jason Robin detective story and divides it into five chapters: White Peony, Terrorist Threat, Dawn, Espionage, and Balkan Powder Keg. In this book, the protagonist Robin rescues a blonde girl on the street and becomes a good friend with her. Unexpectedly, he is involved in an international conspiracy. In order to end the war in Europe, Robin had no choice but to step forward.

From "Songs of the Four Seasons: A Selected Collection of the Bucket Rider", The Bucket Rider is known as China's Kafka. He makes Chinese fantasy become real literature. He also integrates the simplicity, ethereal, beauty and weirdness of Chinese characters, where the poetry, absurdity and imagination of the East reach their peak.

Madame Bovary is a novel published by French writer Flaubert in the 19th century. It has been hailed as the end of romanticism and the beginning of realism. It is a landmark work in the history of literature. Flaubert wrote the story of an educated peasant girl who married a country doctor with a delicate touch, but her heart was higher than the sky and she yearned for a more luxurious and romantic life. After experiencing two derailments and facing the heavy debts brought by her vanity, she could not die a happy life. Through his meticulous description of life outside the French provinces, Flaubert criticized the decadent and decadent social life in the early stages of capitalist society and the vulgarity and vulgarity of the small townsfolk. On the other hand, Flaubert also explores what happens when marriage does not meet the expectations of love, when the charm of novelty fades, exposing the eternal monotony of love.

This book is Anne Ernault's second published novel. The protagonist is Anna, an adolescent girl who has graduated from junior high school and is about to enter high school. She longs to understand the world and contact others, but she cannot escape loneliness after all. As she grows up, Anna's feelings about her parents, education, and sex change, and she becomes more mature, but also more conflicted and unhappy. She found that she had surpassed her parents in education and worldview, and was getting further and further away from them. Anna's story is splendidly narrated in a colloquial language style and stream-of-consciousness writing. The value of this work is not only that it allows us to see the beginning and development of Erno's writing style, but also allows us to witness the literary turning point of a master, which is fascinating.

"The Diary of Anne Frank" is a diary written by Anne Frank, a German Jew. It is a record of her life and emotions while hiding in a secret room. As a growing teenager, she confided in her diary the confusion of constant conflicts with her mother and her sexual curiosity. At the same time, the record of 25 months of hiding and terror-filled life in a secret room also makes "Annie's Diary" an eyewitness report on the suffering life of the people under German occupation.

Keflavik is known as the darkest place in Iceland, a barren lava, a sea that cannot be fished, and a US military base that cannot be driven away. Writer and publisher Ali returns here because of his seriously ill father, and memories of his childhood flood back, including Pink Floyd, stealing supplies from US military trucks and a girl he can't forget. My grandfather and grandmother were Icelanders who built their lives on the sea of ​​the East Fjords with courage and will. At that time, the ancient custom was still popular, men brought glory and glory by going to sea, and women endured the cruel wait on the shore. The love of his ancestors, the praise of nature and the glory of life all deeply attracted Ali. In this same place of mountains and oceans, why did the former glory turn into a life with only profits instead of heartbeats? An unbearable question mark arose in Ali's heart.

In the turbulent Romania, two friends, Adina and Clara, Adina, gradually developed from good friends to a broken friendship; Lola, a college student from a poor rural area, sold her body in order to go to college in a big city, but was suddenly discovered to have committed suicide in her dormitory. The protagonist and several of her classmates tried to figure out the truth behind Laura's death. Unexpectedly, under the shadow of Ceausescu's totalitarianism, the path to find was confusing and violence followed. A female garment factory worker wanted to go to a beautiful country where exported clothes could be reached, so she stuffed communication notes into the exported clothes, hoping that a foreign man would pick her up. After being reported, she was interrogated for three consecutive days. Then a second batch of notes showed up at the factory, and she was fired. From now on, he must be summoned by the police regularly... The non-linear plot structure and poetic language tell the story of the broken life in the authoritarian country and the past of Romania!

The work "Collected Works of Woolf: Voyages" took nearly nine years from conception to final publication, and went through several revisions. It was finally published in the UK for the first time in March 1915, and received a very good response at that time. In April of that year, the "Observer" published an article congratulating Woolf and making the following evaluation of the novel: "... The humor, irony, and occasionally spicy writing and creative talent shown in the book are impressive..."

Caizigou Xiaheyuan is an old house with a history of a hundred years. In order to treat his stupid son whose life is hanging by a thread, Dongjiazhuang is determined to let his son marry a 22-year-old girl, Deng Yan, to come in to "make happiness". On the way to welcome the bride, the insidious and vicious housekeeper Liu Gen tried every means to kill the bride, so that the "happy" event would not happen, and Zhuang Di's only son Ming Wang would die, so that he could seize the opportunity to annex the huge family property in Xiaheyuan. Unexpectedly, the bride, Deng Wick, saved the day and successfully married into Xiaheyuan. She also used her resolute methods to expose a series of conspiracies of the housekeeper Liu Gen...

"The Painter of the Floating World (work by 2017 Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro)" also uses the protagonist's meeting as the keynote, and vividly displays the protagonist's memories and thoughts with extraordinary novel skills. The writing style is implicit, euphemistic, and thought-provoking. The protagonist was once a prominent ukiyo-e painter. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he suddenly woke up from a big dream: it turned out that the entire Japanese nation had dedicated itself to an absurd and illusory ideal in the past, and his artistic ideal was as baseless and illusory as its name.

K. Was a land surveyor employed by the castle. When he arrived at the village below the castle and wanted to stay overnight in the village, he was given a cold reception because he did not have a stay permit from the castle. In order to confirm his appointment by the castle, K. Tried every means to get close to the castle. But facing the castle with strict management system and the villagers who abide by the rules, K. Felt very helpless. It seemed that every step forward would block a road to the castle. Although the castle is close at hand, it is beyond K.'S reach...

There are four sisters in the March family, who live a simple, poor and warm life. The four sisters have very different personalities: Meg, the eldest, is dignified and beautiful, and bravely pursues true love; Jo, the second, is free and independent, and longs to be a writer; Beth, the third, is simple and kind, and faces death calmly; Amy, the fourth, is smart and lively, and hopes to become a "lady" in the upper class. Despite their different personalities and ideals, the four sisters all share a nostalgia for family, loyalty to love, and attachment to family ties. When the Civil War intensified, the peaceful and happy family became fragmented. The four sisters began to use their ideals as sails to find their own destiny...

Recommended by Chen Qiaoen on Weibo. This is a family of three with only two people, and they must keep this secret. Heisuke's happy life was destroyed at the age of 39. The wife took her daughter back to her parents' home to visit relatives, and the bus she was riding accidentally fell off a cliff. The wife tried her best to protect her daughter, but eventually died of her injuries; her daughter was unhurt but remained in a coma. Heisuke endured the grief and held the funeral for his wife. When he saw his daughter's sleeping face, he couldn't help but cry out to his wife. At this time, a voice suddenly came: "... Mr." Heisuke was startled, but he looked around for no one. When he was confused, he heard the voice again: "Honey, I... I am here." Japanese readers of "Secret" voted Higashino's second place, second only to "White Night Walk", and the Japanese version sold more than 2 million copies. "Secret" is the starting point for Keigo Higashino's works to enter the Western world. In 2004, "Secret" was the first to be translated into English and has been translated into 7 languages ​​and distributed in 11 countries and regions.

In 1975, both people's hearts and society seemed to be less sleepy than during the day. Once after nine o'clock in the evening, people are really fast asleep. In the streets and alleys of Shanghai, whether it is an old garden house from the 1940s, an American-style apartment from the 1930s, or a Shikumen lane from the 1920s, the wooden houses painted with brown-red paint from the 1900s gradually emit the animal-like body odor of a depressed and disappointed body sleeping. The deep and lonely sleep floated heavily like night fog on the streets, covering the whole city. Three years ago, Burnstone, the American translator of Mao Zedong's poems, returned from a visit to Shanghai and expressed his opinion that Chinese bodies have no sense of identity at all. They are so calm, like mountains and rivers in nature.

"The Couples" was written in 1968 and is Updike's best-selling novel. The plot of the novel is extremely simple, it is just an affair story of 10 couples. But "The Couples" is not the American version of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; it is still a serious work of realism. Of course, there are many positive or sideways descriptions of adultery, wife-swapping, homosexuality, etc. In the book, but Updike's original intention was by no means "teaching obscenities", but objectively reflecting reality and providing a relatively comprehensive summary of the life and thoughts of the American middle class in the 1960s. The publication of this book caused a great sensation, and Updike appeared on the cover of Time for the first time, with the cover title "The Adulterous Society."

Commemorative edition for the 120th anniversary of Hemingway's birth; experimental writing techniques construct a kaleidoscope that gives a panoramic view of society. This book is divided into three parts: "Spring", "Autumn" and "Winter", vividly showing the failed life of Harry Morgan, an "individualist". In "Spring", Morgan was engaged in the business of renting out fishing boats. He was forced to make a living by transporting "live goods" (smugglers) for others. In order to protect himself, he did not hesitate to risk his own life and got into a lawsuit with his life; in "Autumn", Morgan was engaged in the business of smuggling spirits and lived a life of "licking blood on the edge of a knife"; Although he killed the group of terrorists on the yacht, he was also shot and died. This is one of Hemingway's works that has aroused strong controversy among critics.

The protagonists in "O. Henry's Short Stories Collection" are mostly small people such as clerks, policemen, vagrants and poor artists, but at the same time they are loving couples, trustworthy friends, and civilian heroes who sacrifice themselves for others. The novel's conception is exquisite and clever, the plot is relaxed and relaxed, the ending is often unexpected, the overall style is optimistic and humorous, and the writing is full of wit. His story shows ironic compassion, unique humor and an ending that is absolutely unguessable until the last second, giving you an amazing reading experience. They depict a vast world, from the streets of his beloved New York to exotic locales south of the border.

"The Years" is Woolf's eighth novel and her penultimate novel. In fact, she committed suicide by drowning before she had finished revising her last novel, Intermission. Therefore, "The Years", a work that she repeatedly revised, has an extraordinary status in her novel creation; it not only reflects Woolf's later maturity in novel concepts, but also one of her successful practices of continuous innovation and breakthrough in novel writing.

"John-Christophe" is a novel by the famous French writer Romain Rolland. It tells the story of the protagonist John-Christophe's life of struggle and resistance for music, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. This book is divided into three volumes, representing the three periods of the protagonist respectively: the first volume is about Christophe in childhood, adolescence and youth; the middle volume mainly tells about the life of John Christophe in Paris as a young adult; the second volume can be summed up as the end of the journey.

"Gone with the Wind" is a love novel narrated against the background of the American Civil War. The author Margaret focuses on the experience and feelings of the women who stayed at home in the rear and suffered from the war, from their reverence for the war and full support for the war at the beginning, to the pain of losing their loved ones due to the war, having to succumb to the fate of failure, and the arduous journey of rebuilding their homes after the war. In the turmoil of the great era, strong individuals face the harsh reality with awe and become strong men who are not afraid of difficulties in life and move forward on the journey of life.

"Gone with the Wind (Set Volume 1 and 2)" is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The main plot is the love-hate relationship between the strong and willful manor lady Scarlett and several men. Along with it are major changes in society and history, and the loss of everything familiar in the past... "Gone with the Wind" is not only a swan song of human love, but also a grand historical picture that reflects the huge and profound changes in many aspects of social politics, economy, and morality.

"Jean-Christophe" is a novel completed by the French writer Romain Rolland in 1912. It reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the protagonist's life experience, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility.

"Don Quixote" received such a high evaluation was unexpected by the author. If Cervantes knew anything underground, he would be surprised to see people regard him as Spain's greatest literary giant and a genius in the world of literature. His contemporaries would also be stunned, because in Cervantes's time he was considered only a mediocre poet and an unachieved novelist. Despite his success with novels of chivalric adventures, he did not belong to any high-brow literary salons. He lived in poverty and experienced ups and downs throughout his life. Even though Don Quixote became a bestseller, he remained in poverty. However, the publication of "Don Quixote" and the huge impact of this work made Cervantes gradually become a famous classic writer in the world literary world after his death. He was hailed as the "Father of Modern Novel" by writers such as Dickens, Flaubert and Tolstoy.

Liu Dianxue, male, member of the Communist Party of China, Han nationality. There are two collections of novellas: "Selected Novels by Liu Dianxue" and "The Legend of Biluozhu".

"La Traviata" is Xiaozhong Ma's first masterpiece that became famous in the literary world. The humanitarian thoughts expressed in the novel reflect the true feelings of the world, the care, tolerance and respect between people, and the love of human nature. This kind of thoughts and feelings resonate with people and are universally welcomed. "La Traviata" may not win good reviews for Dumas in terms of social morality, but it has truly made the author famous even after his death.

During a thrilling sea voyage, the ship Robinson was riding sank unexpectedly. He fought against strong winds and huge waves, and finally came to an uninhabited island. In order to survive, he overcame various difficulties that were difficult for ordinary people to overcome. He built residences and boats alone, hunted, fished, raised animals, and rescued captives who were being chased... Finally, he was rescued, bid farewell to the desert island where he had lived for more than 20 years, and returned to the UK on the ship. "Robinson Crusoe" is the representative work of Daniel Defoe, the "father of British novels", and the pioneer of British realist novels. The positive attitude towards overcoming difficulties advocated in "Robinson Crusoe" still has great reference significance today.

The worst "time travel" in history was born! Dear friends who want to travel through time, please be cautious! ! ! ! Lin Ruoxuan, a young girl with vitality, found herself transformed into the 200-pound "nympho princess" Xiao Mimi after experiencing a supernatural car accident! This princess is not only overweight and rich, but she also knocks down any handsome guy... Therefore, the "princes" of the four major business families always stare at her like they are fat...

The murder of his grandfather many years ago was a mystery. Now, Liao Longsheng, who is related to his grandfather's case, drowned in the villa pond, and Nishino died tragically in the bedroom. Cheng Jiming never expected that an ordinary drunken dinner party would become the beginning of his life on the run. In order to find the murderer, he began to flee in a foreign land. However, when he finally thought he was about to succeed, the murderer was shot and became the victim! The confused and hesitant Cheng Jiming had flashbacks of the past in his mind. A flower girl with unknown origins, a mysterious and beautiful woman, and a secretive antique dealer. Are they friends or foes? What kind of conspiracy is hidden in the legendary out-of-print books? All the events were intertwined, like a huge net, tightly binding Cheng Jiming. In an era lacking modern identification technology, can he prove his innocence and uncover the mastermind?

In the 26th century AD, in a "new world", almost everyone lived in cities and spoke the same language. Before these people were born, they were preset into several castes: noble, low, and unworthy, and were produced in batches in industrialized nurseries. Under the rule of utopian totalitarians, the new society is "settled, responsible, and stable." Those who occasionally doubt the status quo or have a rebellious mentality are regarded as unstable factors and exiled to remote areas. There, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and has no worries about food and clothing, but family, personality, and even joy, anger, sorrow, and joy have all disappeared...

According to Catch-22, only a lunatic can be exempted from flying duty, but he must apply for it himself; and the person who can apply for this must not be crazy, so he still has to fly. The protagonist Yossarian in "Catch-22" was an American bomber in World War II. Catch-22 forced him to live on the line of life and death. At the same time, he also discovered that there were such absurd traps hidden everywhere in the world. Today, Catch-22 has become an idiomatic expression in English, referring to logic that seems reasonable but is actually crazy and absurd. Catch-22 is synonymous with institutionalized madness. This is an eternal question in human society: In a crazy world, who is the madman?

This book is a majestic epic. The author places the fate of the characters in wars, primitive jungles, wild tribes and other spaces that challenge the limits of human survival, so that human nature can be publicized and reflected in extremely harsh environments. Because of war, life and death, survival and destruction become instantaneous phenomena. This proposition still has far-reaching significance for people in today's peaceful era.

"Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" is a short story in classical Chinese written in the form of notes by Ji Yun, who was born as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy of the Qing Dynasty between the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789 AD) and the third year of Jiaqing (AD 1798). It mainly collects and compiles various folk tales about foxes, ghosts and gods, karma and retribution, admonishing good and punishing evil, etc. That were circulated around the time, or strange anecdotes heard personally. Although the book is full of sermons about karma and retribution, it reflects the decadence and darkness of the last days of feudal society through various descriptions. Taking "super legendary pursuit of the Jin and Song Dynasties" as its mission, it integrates narrative and discussion, and tells it in a calm and natural tone. It has rich and diverse content, simple and elegant language, and a solemn and humorous style. It records a large number of stories about the grassroots society, frontier soldiers and ethnic minorities. This book is the fourth volume.

"Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" is a short story in classical Chinese written in the form of notes by Ji Yun, who was born as a scholar in the Hanlin Academy of the Qing Dynasty between the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789 AD) and the third year of Jiaqing (AD 1798). It mainly collects and compiles various folk tales about foxes, ghosts and gods, karma and retribution, admonishing good and punishing evil, etc. That were circulated around the time, or strange anecdotes heard personally. Although the book is full of sermons about karma and retribution, it reflects the decadence and darkness of the last days of feudal society through various descriptions. For example, the first chapter describes several main types of fox images to reflect the order and norms of the fox world; the second chapter describes Ji Yun's narrative techniques in constructing the fox world; the third chapter describes Ji Yun's reasons for creating fox stories. This book is the first volume.

In May 1918, war swept across Europe. In an almost deserted town, there is a group of boys who are about to graduate and go to war. They steal, lie, and cheat to resist the unknown adult world. War and death are happening every day, betrayal and conspiracy are quietly brewing, the storm will eventually come, and the secrets they keep may have been a trap that surrounded them from the beginning.

Meng Jun, who grew up in a military compound, was forced by his father to take the military school selection exam. He went to the military school with excellent results to study and improve. During his time in the military school, he relied on his good physical reactions and excellent military qualities to constantly challenge himself. In the process of various trainings and exercises, he was brave, fearless and resourceful. Together with his comrades, he continued to innovate and unexpectedly achieved good scores in the exercises. He also gradually changed his previously too unruly mentality. With the nickname "little bully in the army", he quickly grew into an excellent officer and led a small team to successfully complete combat missions.

The posthumous work of John Le Carré, the master of British spy novels, reveals the deepest betrayal in the intelligence world; individuals and bureaucrats, loyalty and betrayal... It is full of Le Carré's signature suspenseful tension; it explores the soul of modern secret intelligence agencies and restores a real world of espionage. Julian Lawnsley quit a high-paying job in the City of London and came to a seaside town to run a bookstore and start a new life. However, this tranquility was soon broken by a mysterious visitor named Edward Evan. Edward lives in a seaside villa called "Silverview Manor". He is not only very familiar with Julian's background, but also deeply interested in the operation of his bookstore. At the same time, Proctor, the spy chief in London, also traced a dangerous leak to this seaside town and pointed directly at "Silverview Manor". What secrets are hidden in "Yinjingzhuang"?

The continuation of the classic spy novel "The Spy in Berlin"; a work that "redefines the moral dimension of spy novels"; a reflection and look back by the former MI5 intelligence officer\u002F writer Le Carré. This is the exploration and confession of a former British agent who has disappeared into the smoke and dust on the narrow road of memory. In awakening and interrogating the truth of the old crime - an espionage operation code-named "Wind Fortune" against the East German intelligence agency - he recalled how those men who often played the evil Romeo in their careers stole the hearts of those poor girls and took them to the slaughterhouse; he recalled how these intelligence officers who were not born with a harder heart fought to the last lie, but did not always survive. The light and dark aspects of the espionage career, as well as the hard-to-define good and evil of human nature, are also revealed; and the moral dilemma they faced after the end of the Cold War of being liquidated and being punished by the orphans of the Cold War made the protagonist try to reflect on the "legacy" of these spies and become a witness who reveals the truth of the times. This book is the sequel to Le Carré's classic "The Spies in Berlin". Many character relationships return and multiply in this puzzle composed of investigations, declassified documents, and private memories. "According to the definition of the British Official Secrets Act, whether he is alive or dead, George Smiley cannot be discussed." However, the protagonist of this book finally makes the core of the golden generation of "Fixers" - Smiley appear. At this point, the "Smiley Trilogy" series that established Le Carré's status as a literary master came to an end.

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"The Legend of the Eight Immortals Achieving the Way" respectively describes the detailed process of the eight great immortals cultivating immortality and attaining the Way. It started from the birth of Taishang Laojun at the turn of the Xia and Shang Dynasties to the time when the eight immortals completed their great achievements and returned to heaven together in the Song Dynasty, which lasted for thousands of years. The novel has rich plots, moving twists and turns, and is quite attractive. Most of the eight great immortals narrated in the story came from the human world. It is said that "immortals are originally made by mortals." They have all experienced thousands of years of cultivation and become immortals. Some of them have been reincarnated as immortals, and some have transformed from animals into humans, and then cultivated themselves into immortals from humans. They live in different eras, but there is a master-student relationship in the novel. This book is the fourth volume.

The novel tells the story of Sir Simon, a Tailing who has been dead for three hundred years. He has been haunting Canterville Castle and prides himself on scaring people. However, Mei Ting, who has moved in, is not afraid of ghosts. A series of hilarious "scare" stories happened between them. The ups and downs of the novel's plot demonstrate Wilde's narrative skills and astute humor. The elegant text is full of sympathy for human misfortune and yearning for a world of love.

This set of books includes "Sense and Sensibility Part 1 and Part 2", "Mansfield Park 3 Volumes" and "Northanger Abbey 1 and 2 Volumes", a total of 7 volumes. "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are unrestrained. Therefore, when faced with love, they have different reactions... The novel takes the twists and turns of the complicated marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the normative issues of morality and behavior through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married. As reflected in the title of the book, the story focuses on the conflict between "reason" and "emotion". "Manfield Park" takes the love and marriage of young men and women as its theme. Fanny was born into poverty and was adopted by her aunt, Sir Bertram and his wife, when she was 12 years old. Growing up in Mansfield Manor with four cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, they were often treated unequally. Maria and Julia were spoiled and very vain, while Tom was irresponsible and addicted to gambling. Only his kind cousin Edmund treated him equally and kindly. As time goes by, Fanny's gratitude gradually turns into secret love. Although a lot happens in the middle, the novel ends with Fanny and Edmund getting married. There is a lot of irony in the novel, especially when it comes to the two aunts. Fanny's family background is significantly lower than that of the protagonists in other Austen novels, and in this regard this novel may be the most realistic of Austen's works. Edward Said once pointed out that Austen's avoidance of discussing the fact that the economic basis of Mansfield Park was slavery shows that Western culture lacks a self-reflective attitude towards the material benefits brought by slavery and imperialism. "Northanger Abbey" is a love novel. However, unlike other works, in addition to love disputes, the novel also ridicules Gothic novels from beginning to end. Therefore, this can be described as a "dual-theme" novel. The heroine Catherine is the daughter of a pastor, lively and lovely, upright and kind-hearted, and her family is well off. Seventeen years old, life is still like a pool of stagnant water. The Allens took her to Bath for a vacation, where she had an eye-opening experience and got acquainted with Henry Tilney, the son of a wealthy family, the minister and his sister Elinor. Her cuteness won her the sincere love of Henry Tilney and the sincere help of his sister Elinor Tilney. They quickly became good friends. But she also met some hypocritical and vain people, and luckily she saw through their faces. At the same time, she also met another young man, John Thorpe. In order to raise his own worth, Thorpe lied to Henry's father, General Tiny, about the Moran family's property. General Tiny believed the truth and tried his best to encourage his son to pursue Catherine. Later, Thorpe's hope of pursuing Catherine was shattered, and he became angry and overturned all the words he had praised the Moran family before, saying how poor her family was. General Tiny once again believed the lie, drove Catherine out of the house, and ordered his son to forget her. When Catherine returned home, her mother found that her lovely daughter had become so melancholy and completely different from before. The poor mother thought her daughter was nostalgic for the colorful world outside, but she didn't expect her daughter to grow up and find someone she likes. Later, Tierney's unexpected appearance finally made Catherine's parents understand that they must consider whether to agree to their daughter's marriage...

"The Sorrows of Young Werther" is a work written by Goethe when he was 25 years old. This epistolary novel describes the story of young Werther who fell in love with Lotte, who had been engaged to someone else for a long time. He was heartbroken after his love was frustrated, and because he was incompatible with feudal society, he finally chose to commit suicide when his future was hopeless. Through Werther's experience and feelings about the despicable German society at that time, the book expresses the author's aversion to the feudal moral hierarchy and his strong demand for individual liberation.

This book includes prose works such as "Bring Some Humor to Life", "Mother's Love", "My Garden, My Friends", "Knowing Gratitude", "How to Discover Yourself", "Can't Live Without a Warm Home", "Crab's Story".