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The aristocratic young man Raphael was disheartened after going bankrupt and was about to commit suicide when an antique dealer gave him a magical donkey skin. This donkey skin can grant any wish, but once the wish is fulfilled, the donkey skin immediately shrinks and the user's lifespan is also shortened. After that, Rafael began to use this donkey skin to obtain money to satisfy his desires, and the donkey skin symbolizing his life also shrank, leading him step by step to death...

This book contains three widely circulated and extremely popular romance sketches from the Qing Dynasty, including "Reminiscences of Yingmei'an", "Reminiscences of Xiangwanlou" and "Reminiscences of Autumn Lanterns". Maoxiang's "Memories of Yingmei'an" was written in memory of his deceased concubine, Dong Xiaowan, a former famous prostitute in the south of the Yangtze River. The writing style is flexible and retractable, and the sadness is lingering. It formed a unique "Memory Style" and influenced the emergence of many similar masterpieces in later generations. "Reminiscences of Xiangwan Tower" was written by Chen Peizhi, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, in memory of his late concubine Wang Zilan. It is also a leader in the reminiscence-style works. "Memories of Autumn Lanterns" is a collection of essays written by Jiang Tan, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, describing the daily life of him and his beloved wife Qiu Fu. The writing is clear and elegant, the feelings are deep and simple, and it is especially touching. Qiu Fu and Chen Yun were regarded as "the most lovely women" by Lin Yutang. In addition to the original text and translation, this edition also includes the preface to the first edition, textual research, short biographies of relevant figures, etc., To provide readers with as much reference as possible and help them understand the original text in depth.

Golden Dagger Award winner Steve Kavanagh's mystery masterpiece. Eddie Flynn's legal career ended in a defense battle. The lawsuit caused him to lose his reputation and lose his family. He vowed never to go to court again. He drank all day long, had no income, and could not even pay the rent. At this moment, he sneaked into the court wearing a bomb jacket. He doesn't have any bargaining chips. If the trip fails, the bomb on him will detonate immediately, and his daughter's life will be at risk. Whether he can successfully rescue his daughter, the exciting story begins...

Graham Greene is a master British novelist. He is extremely pessimistic and world-weary, but he is most concerned about the struggle and redemption of the soul; "evil" is everywhere in his works, violence, crime, betrayal, and fall are everywhere, but the most thrilling thing is the inner moral and spiritual struggle of the individual; the characters in his works are despicable and desperate At the top, the brilliance of humanity can bloom in the mud; he can be called the most serious, pessimistic and religious writer of the 20th century. He is also a master of storytelling. He is one of the most star-studded writers in the entire Western world in the 20th century and one of the most read novelists. Greene divides his works into two categories: "serious novels" and "entertainment novels". "A Case of Self-Infected Virus" is one of the most famous "serious novels". It is set in the Congo colony and the leprosy hospital, showing the mental journey of a European hermit who is extremely spiritually empty and desperate and gradually moves towards new life, focusing on exploring the possibility of spiritual redemption.

In this collection of essays with rich themes and vast horizons, Joseph Brodsky begins with a deeply introspective look at his early experiences in Soviet Russia and his subsequent exile in the United States. Then, the author uses astonishing erudition to discuss a series of broad and deep topics such as the relaxation and change of poetry, the nature of history, and the double dilemma of exiled poets. The tentacles of thinking extend from ancient times to the present, from the ancient Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius to the modern and contemporary poets Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost. The philosophical discussion of the nature of existence and the passionate passion for poetic aesthetics are combined into another rare work after "Less than One".

"Biography of Flowers on the Sea", a late Qing Dynasty novel written by Han Bangqing. The main content of this novel is about the brothel life in the Shili Foreign Market in Shanghai, China in the late Qing Dynasty, involving the officialdom, business circles and the social aspects linked to them at that time. "Biography of Flowers on the Sea" is the most famous novel in Wu language and the first dialect novel in China. Later Zhang Ailing translated it into Mandarin and named it "Flowers of the Sea".

"Dark Night and Dawn" and "Century Trilogy" have 11 volumes in total! A super novel that readers all over the world read overnight! Synopsis of "Dark Night and Dawn": In 997 AD, the land of England fell into boundless darkness - Viking pirates were rampant, kings and nobles were divided against each other, clergy were greedy and indulged in lust, and prisoners of war and slaves were wailing everywhere. Edgar, a shipbuilder, was forced to move to a wild land due to pirate attacks. His life took a turn for the better but he lost his loved ones one after another; Ragna, the daughter of a Norman nobleman, was full of longings to marry in England, but found that the marriage was a long-planned scam; Friar Aldred, with extraordinary dreams, tried to eliminate the evil trend, but was accidentally involved in the bishop's conspiracy. The fates of these three people who had nothing to do with each other were closely intertwined because of their desire for justice and fairness...

"Jack London Collection" includes Jack London's famous works such as "The Call of the Wild", "White Teeth", "Love of Life" and "Sea Wolf". Among them, "The Call of the Wild" describes a dog named "Buck" who showed a strong desire to survive in an extremely harsh environment. He was dominated by this desire and managed to overcome all unimaginable difficulties. He became a sled dog that adapted to the laws of survival and competition in the wilderness and returned to nature. This book is full of the intertwining and wrestling between animal nature and human nature, and ends with the animal nature taking over. Through this, the author profoundly reflects the jungle law of the weak and the strong.

The creation of the novel "Oblomov" began in the 1840s. It is the representative work of the outstanding Russian realist writer Goncharov. It was not completed until 1859 and occupies an important position in the history of Russian literature. The novel creates an image of a character who is upright, kind, and gentle, but also lazy, obsessed with fantasy, inactive, and conservative. Oblomov, a landowner and intellectual, was pampered and regarded labor and public service as unbearable burdens. Although he envisioned a huge action plan, he was unable to accomplish anything. In the end, he could only lie on the sofa and dawdle, becoming a complete lazy man and waste. Russian writer Turgenev said: "Even when there is only one Russian left, he will remember Oblomov."

"Madame Bovary" is the masterpiece of Flaubert, "the founder of modern Western novels". Emma, ​​an educated peasant girl, married Buffali, a country doctor, but yearned for a more luxurious and romantic life. After two derailments and facing heavy debts, she did not end well. When marriage cannot meet the expectations of love, when the charm of novelty fades away, love reveals its eternal monotony. Flaubert criticized the decadent and degenerate social life in the early stage of capitalist society and the vulgarity and vulgarity of the small citizens.

I am Beidou. When I wake up every day, the first thing I see is my father's hoe-like fist. I prefer the night to the day. My father once said that I was his great work of art in this world. Once, my father even hoped to carve a Big Dipper star on my forehead. My father said that when we meet in the starry sky, he can successfully find me with the mark. He is proud of me. My father's love is deep and strange, and I just hope that my love can bloom brightly in the sun and no longer be so lonely and gloomy. On the night when my father "left", I was just like every other night when I climbed to the roof alone. A bright and huge star shone above my head, which made me feel happy. The helplessness caused by my father's "departure" was swept away by this newly discovered joy. I didn't know that it was another journey of life, a sign that Mrs. Ayako was about to come into my life... And this discovery changed the trajectory of my life...

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"Night and Day" is an important novel by the famous British female writer Virginia Woolf. It mainly describes the story of Miss Catherine, a descendant of the great poet, and Rodney, a talented and charming young poet. The works express themes such as egotism, ideals, retreat, intimacy, and career.

"The Red and the Black" is the representative work of Stendhal, the pioneer of French critical realism literature in 19th century France. This novel shows the full picture of the French Restoration period. It not only reveals the fate of the restored feudal aristocracy, but also criticizes the despicability of the powerful big bourgeoisie and its intricate struggles with the nobility and monks. It successfully shaped the image of Julien. The novel closely focuses on the main line of the protagonist Julien's personal struggle and ultimate failure. It extensively displays "the social atmosphere brought about by successive governments that weighed on the French people in the first 30 years of the 19th century" and reflects some essential issues in the political and social life of France in the early 19th century. The novel fully displays the protagonist's spiritual space in a profound and delicate style, and extensively uses a variety of artistic techniques such as monologue and free association to unearth Julien's deep conscious activities, and creates the "stream of consciousness novel" and "psychological novel" in later generations.

"My University" is the last part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. Alyosha lived in a large courtyard in Kazan, worked as a coolie, made friends with ordinary citizens and college students, and completely entered a vast "social university". During this period, he seized every opportunity to read, absorbed the nutrients from the book, enriched his mind, and increased his knowledge. Long-term thinking and exploration further strengthened his belief in revolution.

This book is the second in a trilogy of Gorky's autobiographical novels. The protagonist Alyosha had to go to the society to make a living when he was 11 years old. He went through ups and downs and suffered the pain of the world. Five years later, Alyosha went to Kazan with the hope of entering university.

"Little Women" was influenced by Emerson, a great thinker at the time, and emphasized the concepts of personal dignity and independence and self-discipline; the content is plain but delicate, the structure is simple but profound, and it is full of strong appeal. 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.

"The Sun Also Rises" (The Sun Also Rises) is Hemingway's first novel. The author became the spokesperson of the "Lost Generation" and created a unique Hemingway style of writing with this book. The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. The lady finally returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be combined...

"Gulliver's Travels" tells the story of surgeon Gulliver's experiences after he was shipwrecked on four voyages. The book is divided into four parts, which respectively introduce Gulliver's experiences and experiences in strange countries such as Lilliput, Adult, Flying Island, Wizards, Science Fiction, Longevity, Japan and Shenma. The author uses magical imagination, exaggerated means, and allegorical writing to criticize and satirize the British society and human society at that time, especially the corruption, incompetence, viciousness, debauchery, greed, and arrogance of the ruling class. The organic unity of fantasy and reality is the greatest feature of this work.

There are twelve novels in "The Collected Works of Hemingway" including "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Capital of the World", "The Light of the World", "Happy Gentlemen", "The Big Change", "You Will Never Do This", "The Mother of a Homosexual", "Salute to Switzerland", "Three Days of Wind" and "Farewell". "Weapons", among which "The Old Man and the Sea" is a masterpiece of Hemingway's unique style. The old man's perseverance, his generosity and kindness, and his full love for boys all symbolize the beautiful character of mankind. The anti-war novel "A Farewell to Arms" published in 1929 had a strong social effect and also brought Hemingway great reputation.

"Mother" is one of the best works of the great Russian proletarian writer Gorky. This novel profoundly reflects the magnificent revolutionary struggle of the masses under the leadership of the Russian proletarian party in the early 20th century, and for the first time created the image of a proletarian hero with socialist consciousness. The novel describes the life of the old fitter Il Vlasov and the changes in his son. Through the experiences of this family, it shows how the working class moves from spontaneity to consciousness. The image of the mother is very important in this novel. The mother's awakening process fully reflects the historical trend that the masses will inevitably move towards the road of revolution under the education of the party.

This book is a representative work of Balzac, the famous French novelist in the 19th century, and is included in the "Private Life Scenes" of "A Study of Customs" in "Comedy Humane". The protagonist in the book, Old Man Goriot, is an old noodle seller in Paris, France. For the sake of his two vain daughters who strived to live a decent life in the upper class, he spent all his last property and died alone and desolately without the company of his relatives. The tragedy of Old Man Goriot unveiled the tenderness of family in capitalist society and revealed the naked nature of money transactions. This important work shows the French society in the first half of the 19th century, reflecting the decadence and luxury of the aristocratic life at that time, and also reproduces the life styles of all social classes at that time.

Margaret, a courtesan in Paris, was conquered by the sincere love of Armand, who was not rich, and fell in love. Just as the lovers were looking forward to a better life in the future, Armand's father secretly forced Margaret to leave Armand. Armand does not know the truth and thinks that Margaret abandoned him intentionally. Margaret endured the humiliation and died of hatred due to the double torment of illness and grief. This innocent love ended in tragedy.

"Notre Dame de Paris" is set in France under the rule of Louis XI in 1482. It describes the entanglement between a gypsy girl, Frollo, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame Church, and the abandoned Quasimodo. Quasimodo, who is ugly, deaf and mute, has a noble and pure heart. Esmeralda is a beautiful and pure dancer who was framed to death by Frollo, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame Church, because she did not succumb to his desires. Quasimodo was desperate for losing his idol, and angrily pushed Frollo from the top floor to his death. He also went to the cemetery and committed suicide next to Esmeralda's body.

"How Steel Was Tempered" was written in 1933. The young Paul Korchagin was expelled from school for getting into trouble. Forced by life, he walked into the "human world". Hard life, heavy labor, naked cannibalism, and the dark bottom of society tested and tempered this stubborn young man... This is the process of training and growth for a new generation of young people, and it is also a wonderful story of "a boy grows into a man"!

"The Diary of Anne Frank" records the two-year asylum life of the Jewish girl Anne Frank from June 1942 to August 1944. The diary not only contains detailed records of Anne's special life during the war as a fugitive, but also an outline of Anne's own growth as a young girl. A brief yet exciting first love, a sensitive longing for parental love, and a unique perspective on how to behave and the direction of life. Although he was in hardship, his love for life and yearning for peace always ran through the lines until the last page of the diary.

The protagonist Lucien is the son of a banker, but he is not interested in inheriting his father's business. He joins the army and becomes a second lieutenant of the cavalry regiment. When driving into the city of Nancy, he accidentally falls off his horse and meets Madame Chastelet, a beautiful young woman who is watching the excitement. Madame Chastelet was young and widowed, and owned a million-dollar fortune. She was the target of many aristocratic young people in Nancy's upper class society. But Madame Chastelet was interested in Lucien, and the two began a sincere and passionate love. "The Red and the White" is one of Stendhal's most representative works. He described the emotional entanglement of the young man and woman against the background of the conflict and competition between various social forces in the French July Dynasty at that time, so he wrote it vividly and profoundly.

The author Stendhal is loved by readers for his profound analysis of the psychology of characters in novels, and is considered the earliest practitioner of literary realism. The novel records that a young man from another province not only used his own talents and hard work, but also used some deceptive means and double-dealing in his life to complete his struggle to climb up the social ladder and become a so-called upper-class person. But in the end, his true inner feelings betrayed him. The so-called "red" and "black" refer to religion (black) and secular (red). This was also the focus of society at that time and caused fierce controversy.

"The Fifth Column" is set against the backdrop of the Battle of Madrid. At that time, a Spanish rebel general threatened to have four columns to besiege Madrid. At the same time, a group of sympathizers in the city would cooperate with the troops inside and outside. He named this the fifth column. The protagonist, an American reporter, helps the Spanish government forces in their counter-revolutionary work, sneaks into enemy reconnaissance posts, and captures spies and brings them to justice. His girlfriend is a somewhat cynical American college student who came to Spain to report on the war. The play also features German anti-fascist fighters, leaders of the Spanish government security agency and a black prostitute, and scenes of live drama are staged in the Florida hotel. "Spanish Land" is a documentary filmed on location jointly by Dutch directors Evans and Hemingway, with Hemingway writing the caption.

"Robinson Crusoe" describes the adventures of the navigator Robinson through a thrilling and tortuous storyline. Robinson was born in a wealthy businessman family. He did not have much ambition since he was a child. He only fell in love with sailing after a sea trip instigated by a friend. He secretly ran away from home many times, experienced pirates, terrible tropical storms and other hardships, and finally encountered a shipwreck during a long sea journey. All the sailors and passengers who were traveling with him were killed. Only Robinson survived and drifted to an uninhabited island alone. On the desert island, he grew his own food, tamed wild animals, made his own bread machine, ceramic tools, and made a canoe. Finally, with his amazing perseverance and courage, tenacious self-protection ability, rich life experience, superhuman wisdom and creative spirit, Robinson finally miraculously returned to his hometown of England after 28 years of living on the island after 35 years of absence.

"The Old Man and the Sea" is Hemingway's representative work. After eighty-four consecutive days without catching a fish, Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, finally caught a big marlin alone. However, the fish was so big that he dragged his boat on the sea for three days before exhaustion. He killed him and tied him to the side of the boat. On the way back, he was repeatedly attacked by sharks. When he finally returned to port, only the head, tail and a spine were left. Although this is a work with a simple story and a small length, it is rich in meaning. Many teachers use it as a teaching material on heroism education and recommend it to students, making it an enduring bestseller.

This book marks a new peak for Gorky in exploring positive characters. Since the 1890s, Gorky has been actively exploring the creation of positive characters in his creations. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the booming workers' movement has greatly inspired his creative passion. The 1905 revolution had a decisive impact on Gorky's political thought and literary and artistic creation. He stood at the height of proletarian thought, boldly innovated, and finally created the typical image of Pavel, a plump proletarian hero, and brought the worker and peasant heroes into the field of literature. This book shows Gorky's high artistic talent in portraying proletarian heroes. In this book, Gorky used the creative method of socialist realism for the first time, that is, to describe reality truly, historically and concretely from the actual revolutionary development. This book is the first new literary work written using this creative method. This book creates a new era of proletarian literature with its true description of the new revolutionary reality, its profound summary of the nature of the times, its heroic figures with high ideological and artistic qualities, and its new creative methods.

The author uses unusual imagination to describe all kinds of strange things that the protagonist Gulliver encounters when he travels to "Lilliput", "Adult", "Huiyin" and other places. For example, in the "Lilliput Kingdom", he can freely play with all kinds of people from kings to common people in the palm of his hand; while in the "Adult Kingdom", he can be controlled by others like a child; after arriving in the "Hui Yin Kingdom", the horse has become a symbol of wisdom, and people have become inferior animals. Through such interesting stories, the author satirized various ills of British society at that time, such as the intrigues of politicians and the greed of the rich. While readers admire the author's fantastic ideas, they can also have a general understanding of the situation in Britain at that time.

D'Artagnan, who was born a commoner, went to Paris to join the army, joined King Louis XIII's Musketeer Guards, and became good friends with the other three Musketeers. In order to protect the reputation of Queen Anne of Austria, they fought against Cardinal Richelieu, defeated many obstacles set by Richelieu, went to England, retrieved the queen's diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham, and thwarted Richelieu's plot to sow discord between the king and the queen.

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"A Tale of Two Cities" is one of Dickens's later important works. It is a historical novel based on part of the historical facts of the French Revolution. It is also the shortest and most concise novel in his masterpiece, but has the most twists and turns, the most thrilling and thrilling plot. The "Twin Cities", that is, London and Paris in the late eighteenth century, especially Paris during the "Terror" of the French Revolution. With this as the background, the novel unfolds a thrilling description of the unjust case and encounter between Dr. Manette and Darnay, and vividly exposes and satirizes the darkness of the judicial world. It also praises kindness, kindness, love, and dedication to love, and expresses his main idea of ​​"self-sacrifice for love."

"The Shackles of Life" is a recognized masterpiece by the British writer Somerset Maugham, and it is also an autobiographical novel. Since the book came out, it has been adapted for the big screen three times and was selected as one of the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century". The protagonist Philip in the book has lived an unfortunate life since he was a child. Both of his parents died, he was born lame, and he spent his childhood in a strange and oppressive environment. When he entered society, he experienced the pain of disillusioned ideals and the pain of love. Although he suffered a lot, he never gave up on himself, but moved forward resolutely on the more bumpy road of life. After going through various hardships, Philip finally got rid of the shackles that had restricted his mind and spirit before, and found a direction in life that suited him.

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This book is one of Pushkin's most famous masterpieces and the first realist work in the history of Russian literature that reflects the struggle of peasants. It was praised by Gogol as "Russia's best narrative work" and occupies an unshakable position in the history of Russian and even world literature. It has been translated into more than 100 languages ​​and remains a best-seller to this day. In 1903, it was translated into China and became the earliest Russian literary work to be translated into China. The novel is based on the Pugachev Uprising in the 18th century. Griniov, a noble young man, met Pugachev by chance in a snowstorm and later fell in love with the daughter of the fortress commander. Soon the fortress was captured by Pugachev. Pugachev released Griniov because of his old friendship and fulfilled his marriage.

A semi-autobiographical inspirational novel that shines with patriotism and idealism, and was praised by Romain Rolland as "an ode to a fiery and heroic life." The novel takes the Russian October Revolution as the overall background. The protagonist Paul Korchagin was born at the bottom of society and suffered torture and humiliation. Under the influence of Zhu Helai, he gradually grew into a conscious, selfless and strong warrior. Although he was blind and paralyzed in bed, he still wrote with strong perseverance. The glorious image of Paul Korchagin with "iron will" and his conversion process to ideals and spirits once became a symbol of integrity, strength and self-improvement, inspiring and motivating generations of young Chinese readers.

A representative work of Kafka, the founder of Western modernist literature, and a classic masterpiece of expressionist novels. Mr. Zhang Rongchang, a senior translator and professor at Peking University, has been studying Kafka's authoritative translation for decades. "The Castle" is the last of Kafka's three novels. It was written in 1922. It is also Kafka's most distinctive and important novel. It describes a story: K, a land surveyor, was ordered to take up a post in a certain city, but was unexpectedly blocked outside the castle gate, so K launched a long and cumbersome negotiation with the castle authorities over whether he could enter the castle. The castle is located on a hill in front of us, but it is just out of reach; it is so cold and majestic, like a giant beast looking down at K; it represents a huge bureaucracy with a strict hierarchy, countless departments and officials, and countless documents that are gathered there in dust, unattended and unprocessed for many years. Facing this powerful castle, K was helpless and failed to enter the castle until the end. The novel is shrouded in a mysterious and nightmarish atmosphere from beginning to end, with profound implications and endless evocative meanings.

The heroine Tess was born in a poor family, and her family relied on some small businesses to make ends meet. One day, Tess's father heard that he was a descendant of the ancient aristocrat Deb, and asked his daughter to go to the house of a rich old woman who claimed to be a descendant of Deb, hoping to get financial support. But Tess was seduced there by the old woman's son Alec. A few years later, Tess fell in love with Angel Clare, the pastor's son, on the dairy farm where she worked. On their wedding night, she confessed her past misfortunes to her husband. But instead of forgiving her, her husband left her and went to Brazil to develop his career. Tess's livelihood was cut off and her father passed away. She felt that she had the responsibility to take care of her family. At this time, Alec was entangled with her in every possible way. In despair, Tess was forced to live with the sanctimonious Alec d'Urberville.

"Treasure Island" is an unforgettable story of betrayal that reflects the acute struggle between good and evil. The two parties fighting to the death for the treasure are actually not the real owners of the treasure. However, in the author's opinion, since it was the squire who hired the sailors, including Silver, the entire crew should be as loyal to the squire as Captain Smollett was and should not have any improper thoughts. However, from the perspective of behavioral motivations, the squire and those who are loyal to the squire are honest, dutiful, and kind, while Silver and his gang of pirates are basically hypocritical, unfair, and evil. This struggle revolves around the villain Silver, a murderous pirate leader. After a fierce battle, "good" finally defeated "evil".

"A Farewell to Arms" is a masterpiece by Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. The hero and heroine of the story met in a small town in northern Italy during the war. An American lieutenant who volunteered to join the Italian camp and a Scottish nurse from the Red Cross fell in love with each other. The war almost destroyed their love, but the injured lieutenant was saved from death after a shelling. The two reunited in a hospital in Milan and spent a rare sweet time together. The lieutenant who returned to the battlefield had doubts about the meaning of the war. During the retreat, he witnessed the annihilation of humanity with his own eyes. He did not hesitate to return to his lover at all costs... This work, written by Hemingway in Paris, is Hemingway's famous "journalistic" writing and Ford Madox Ford, a practical critic of "Iceberg Theory", commented on this work: "Every word hits the heart directly. It's as if pebbles were taken directly from the stream, so vibrant and shiny, staying in their proper place."

"Vanity Fair" is the famous and representative work of the British writer Thackeray. It describes the experience of an orphan named Becky Sharp in the vanity fair of the 19th century (Victorian period) in Britain, seizing every opportunity and getting into the upper class society. This work is called by the author "a novel without a protagonist" and a "story without a hero". The novel depicts all kinds of characters who hang out in "Vanity Fair". It is a masterpiece of realism, with bitter irony and touching emotions. The psychological description of the characters and the outline of the details of the story are very precise and clever. It dissects life and human nature in subtle ways, and effectively criticizes the dirt-filled upper class society in the 19th century. This edition of "Vanity Fair" is translated by the famous translator Yang Bi. Based on a deep understanding of the original text, Yang Bi flexibly and accurately conveys the unique charm of the original work. It reads vividly and smoothly without any trace of translation. It is recognized as the best choice for understanding Thackeray's literary achievements. This book also includes a preface by the famous translator Yang Jiang, which provides a concise and profound introduction to Thackeray's creative career and is suitable for readers of all ages.

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Is life a gorgeous adventure, or is it a boring bag wrapped in the same shackles? On the journey of life, you must cross a vast expanse of arid, barren, and treacherous wilderness before you can enter the living real world. Maugham wrote about the ups and downs and confusion of countless young people, full of cruel truths about life's destiny. Maybe you once had a humiliating and painful childhood, or you were once a sensitive and lonely boy, a young man with a confused future... Faced with a fragile and bumpy fate, beautiful and heartbreaking love, only young people know how miserable they are, because their minds are filled with fresh ideals, and every time they come into contact with reality, they always get bruised and bleeding. In the war of life, we spend our lives trying our best to break free from one shackle, and then suddenly find ourselves trapped in another shackle. We spend our whole lives looking for the meaning of life, but in the end we find that life is a meaningless journey. ...