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"Robinson Crusoe" is a world-renowned classic novel. Robinson was born in a middle-class family and spent his life traveling around the world. Once, he encountered a storm while sailing to Africa and drifted alone to an uninhabited desert island. He began a life of isolation from the world: he dug caves, built houses, grew food, and took in his loyal friend "Friday". With his strong will and unremitting efforts, he survived tenaciously on the desert island, looking forward to the opportunity to return to his hometown and reunite with his family...

Is there anyone who suffers from emotional pain like him? The unpredictable nature of his life experience and the psychological damage caused by his relatives and lovers forced him to leave his hometown far away. Thirteen years later, why did he return to this sad place? Is today's "Gadfly" still the pure and kind Christian he was at the beginning? Love and hate, revolution and religion, perform a vigorous human tragedy. For the sake of his ideal, Gadfly gave up love and family affection, and also gave up the Gypsy girl Zida who loved him deeply, and walked to the execution ground with a smile...

After "Idiot" came out, it caused a sensation and praise, but also caused widespread criticism. Many left-wing "progressive" writers and critics have accused Dostoyevsky of his opposition to socialism, accusing him of poisoning the people with the opium of religious spirit, preaching to give up resistance and revolution, and preaching patience and obedience. What they especially cannot tolerate is Dostoevsky's nihilistic and self-contradictory worldview, and his pessimistic stance of having no confidence in human beings. What they need and appreciate are "professional revolutionaries who are unyielding and full of perseverance" like Rakhmetov. Revolutionary leader Lenin's fierce criticism: "The worst imitation of the worst Dostoevsky" liquidated the writer from the ideological standpoint of socialist revolution.

During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners of war, led by engineer Sirus Smith, who were trapped in the Confederate army, took advantage of a typhoon during the siege to escape in a hot air balloon. During the escape, they were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific. However, they did not despair. Instead, they united and helped each other, using everyone's wisdom and hard work. From their bare hands to making pottery, glass, windmills, telegraphs, etc., They tamed the chimpanzee Jupu and became everyone's servant. They helped the exiled criminals restore their humanity and became their loyal partners. They repelled the attacking pirates and built a prosperous and happy life with the help of mysterious people and science. It was not until the "Duncan" commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert passed by that they were rescued by the changes in the earth's crust. After returning to the United States, these "islanders" restarted the adventure stories of the business they established on the island.

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"Childhood" is the first of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy, and it is also a work that Gorky wrote with great devotion and charm. "Childhood" depicts a poetic, colorful and fascinating picture of children's life, vividly reproducing the living conditions of the lower class people in Russia in the 1870s and 1980s. With its unique artistic form and profound ideological content, it occupies an important position in the history of Russian and Soviet literature and even world literature.

Jean Valjean had to serve nineteen years of hard labor for stealing a piece of bread; Fantine sold her teeth in order to raise her illegitimate daughter; the corpse thief became the savior of the general who escaped death. What kind of miserable world is this? Hugo used passionate writing to recreate the dark and soul-stirring era from the Napoleonic Wars to the French July Monarchy, and outlined the lives of a group of little people living at the bottom of society.

Julien, a young man born in the common people, relies on his intelligence and perseverance. In order to realize his huge ambition, he struggled in a hierarchical society. Just when he thought he was on the road to success and had a love that transcended class, society ruthlessly sent him to the guillotine.

"The Last Lesson" describes the last French lesson in a rural primary school that was ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War and bid farewell to the language of the motherland. Through the self-narration of a naive and ignorant primary school student, it vividly expresses the pain of the French people under foreign rule and their love for their motherland. Although the subject matter of the work is small, it is carefully cut and appropriately detailed. It has Dude's consistent euphemistic, tortuous and suggestive style, and the theme is deeply explored. The psychological activities of little Franz, a primary school student, are written in a delicate and touching way. As a typical example of a patriotic intellectual, Mr. Amell, a teacher, has a lifelike image.

"The Pickwick Papers" is a famous work by Dickens, the most important British writer in the 19th century. It is a work in the genre of a picaresque novel. The whole book describes the social life and customs of the British urban and rural areas at that time through a series of encounters experienced by Pickwick and his three friends during their travels. This book is one of Dickens's most important and representative works. Since its publication, it has been welcomed by readers from all over the world and has become an indisputable classic of world literature.

The novel mainly describes what happened during the period when French Cardinal Richelieu became Prime Minister in 1624 to when he attacked and occupied the city of La Rochelle, the main base of the Huguenots in 1628. In order to help King Louis XIII, Richelieu tried every means to seize the Queen's ambiguous relationship with the British Prime Minister, the Duke of Buckingham. Out of justice, the protagonist d'Artagnan and his friends the three musketeers broke through the many traps set by the archbishop to rescue the queen, and finally saved the queen's reputation. The adventures of d'Artagnan and the three musketeers are vivid and fascinating in Dumas's writing.

"Letter from a Strange Woman" is Zweig's most famous masterpiece. It has been made into a movie by Xu Jinglei and adapted into a play by Meng Jinghui, which has received an enthusiastic response. On his 41st birthday, writer R received a letter without signature and address. This letter came from a dying woman and told an unforgettable love story. The hero of this story, writer R, knew nothing about it. This is a woman's "tragedy", but it has become a "fairy tale" for all mankind. At the same time, this book also includes two other classic works by Zweig: "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life" tells the story of a forty-year-old woman who, out of her son-like love for a gambler, tries to save the gambler, but ends up losing her virginity to the gambler. The beauty of passion and redemption is that it has nothing to do with love. "The Burning Secret" is a story about a mother's cheating, but the difference is that it uses a 12-year-old boy to observe the "Burning Secret" that the child does not yet understand.

In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Huckleberry is a smart, kind and brave white boy. He fled to the Mississippi River in pursuit of a free life. On the way to escape, he met Jim, a black slave. Jim was a hard-working, simple, enthusiastic, honest, and loyal black slave. In order to escape the fate of being sold again by his master, he ran away from his master's home. They drifted together on the Mississippi River and lived a free life. The two became good friends. Huckleberry went through all kinds of hardships for Jim's freedom, and finally learned that Jim's master had liberated him in his will.

There is a legend about a bird that sings only once in its life, and its song is more beautiful than any song in the world. From the moment it leaves the nest, it is looking for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it finds what it wants. Then, it plunged its body into the longest and sharpest thorn, and let loose its voice among the wild branches. In its dying moments, it transcended its own pain, and its song eclipsed both the skylark and the nightingale. This is an extremely beautiful song, and the song ends with death. However, the whole world is still listening, and God is smiling in the sky. Because the best things can only be exchanged for deep pain and great trauma... Or so the legend goes.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a popular historical novel and the representative work of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). Dontès, the first mate of the Pharaoh, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Bonapartists. He was framed by two despicable villains and a judge, and was sentenced to death. The inmate Father Faria taught him all kinds of knowledge, and before his death, he told him the secrets of a group of treasures buried on the island of Monte Cristo. After escaping from prison, Dontes found the treasure and became a millionaire. From then on, he was known as the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished his enemies. This book is full of romantic legend, and the chapters are unique, novel and fascinating.

"Anna Karenina" is a masterpiece of Russian writer Tolstoy's novels. Created from 1873 to 1877, it consists of two parallel but interrelated clues: one is the family, marriage and love entanglements between Anna, Karenin and Vronsky; the other is the love life of Levin and Kitty and the estate reform carried out by Levin. Anna is a high-society lady, young and beautiful, pursuing freedom of individuality. However, because she fell into an extramarital affair with the young officer Wronsky, she found herself in a painful situation in opposition to society. After losing her son and being betrayed by her lover, she could no longer tolerate this hypocritical life and chose to commit suicide by lying on the train. This work caused huge social repercussions as soon as it was published. Soon it was recognized as a great masterpiece, and the heroine Anna Karenina became one of the most beautiful and plump female images in the history of world literature.

"Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel published by the British writer Dickens in 1838. Set in the foggy city of London, it tells the story of an orphan's tragic life experience and experiences. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, struggled to escape, and strayed into a den of thieves. He was forced to work with vicious murderers. He went through countless hardships. Finally, with the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness. Like Dickens's other novels, this book exposes many social problems of the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs absorbing young people into crime.

"The cancer building is also called 'Building 13'." After more than ten years of military service and exile, Kostoglotov's cancer recurred, and he was admitted to the cancer building after all the hard work until he was dying. After receiving radiotherapy, his condition gradually improved, but the next course of "hormone therapy" will make him lose his sexual ability. It was during the days of treatment in the cancer building that love and desire reawakened in him. Strong lust, instinctive desire, becomes a sign of vitality. The irreconcilable contradiction between the two caused him great pain. While showing Kostoglotov's pursuit of spiritual freedom, the author also describes the different fates and experiences of him, his roommates, and attending physicians, as well as their character formation and personality distortions, such as the manipulative personnel cadre Rusanov, the young geologist Vadim, the ill-fated librarian Shulubin, the decisive and professional doctor Dontsova, and so on. In the small cancer building, everyone's fate intersects here, completing the collapse and reconstruction of souls. "Cancer Tower" is a group portrait work that condenses the good and evil of human nature, thinking about the roots of social tragedy, reflecting on the changes of the times and the writing of history.

[Douban 9.0 High score classic, the masterpiece of 1949 Nobel Prize writer William Faulkner! Marquez said "Faulkner is my spiritual mentor", Yu Hua said "Faulkner is my master", Faulkner is eternal! A ten-day funeral adventure, with 59 character monologues, grasping the unfinished moment before death, and seeing one's own destiny in the suffering of others. "As I Lay Dying" is the representative work of the 1949 Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The novel is composed of 59 inner monologues and tells from multiple perspectives the "hard journey" of Bundren, a farmer in the southern United States, who, in order to keep his promise to his wife Addie, led his family to transport Addie's body back to his hometown for burial: the flood almost washed away the coffin, the mule pulling the cart was drowned, the fire almost incinerated the body, some of the children lost a foot, some were in jail, and some lost their beloved horses... It can be called a ten-day funeral adventure. This family is suspicious of each other, does not understand each other, and lives in sorrow. However, it is this family that, facing their fate, resolutely chooses to travel a long distance to complete their mission. They are like this, and so are every one of us. In the wilderness of life, suffering and confrontation go hand in hand. This book presents our past, present and future difficulties and destiny. It is an epic of destiny that "human beings can endure hardships and hardships, and will eventually overcome them."

The masterpiece of Irish literary master Colm Tóibín; the epitome of Henry James's lonely life in a foreign land; winner of the Dublin International Literary Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and the French Foreign Literature Award. In 1895, the American writer Henry James, already known as the "Master" by later generations of writers, dreamed of conquering London with a play. However, his first play, Guy Domville, failed at its premiere. In the shadow of failure, Henry accepted the invitation of the Irish nobles, savored the difficulties of others in middle age in the banquet and singing banquet, and licked the wounds deep in his heart. "The Master" begins here and continues until 1899 when his brother William James went to visit him in the small town of Rye. During these four years, his life was relatively peaceful, but his heart was filled with ups and downs. He often misses the important passers-by in his life, who leave their mark on his works and soul in different ways; he is troubled by his sexual orientation; he reflects on the impact of his family and relatives on his life; he longs for warmth and comfort, but deliberately keeps a distance from others; he hopes to create masterpieces that will be handed down for generations, but always encounters despair... This is a crucial psychological turning point in Henry's life. In Tobin's sympathetic and gentle writing, Henry James, a master of psychological writing, shows a cross-section of his delicate and susceptible heart, which is the epitome of his lonely life in a foreign land.

The pyramid was regarded by the subjects as an undisputed symbol of eternal power, but for the king, it meant his own death. Thus, a big debate began about whether to build the pyramids.

This is a satirical novel full of fairy tale color. But the fairy tale color of the novel is only a partial feature on the surface, and the sharp and profound irony is its soul. The protagonist of the novel, Gulliver, is a person who is naturally adventurous and unwilling to be lonely and bored. He has a strong memory, is good at learning and observation, is good at thinking, has unique thinking, has a simple and gentle temperament, is friendly to others, has a kind demeanor, is easy to interact with others, knows how to repay his kindness, has a gentleman's style, and is willing to help his friends. He is willing to risk his life for his friends and is always ready to fight against anyone who is harmful to his friends. At the same time, he is smart, courageous, smooth and reasonable in dealing with things, smart in speaking, resolute in doing things, has strong self-confidence, and believes that he can succeed. In general, he is a wanderer with a questioning spirit, a passion for truth, and endurance. During his travels, he gained insight into the increasingly degenerate social reality and concluded that British society was not civilized.

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Mr. Bennett had five precious daughters, and Mrs. Bennett was worried about their marriage. The new neighbor Bingley is rich and handsome. At a dance, he falls in love at first sight with Jane, the beautiful eldest daughter of the Bennett family. Also attending the ball was Bingley's good friend Darcy, who was handsome and noble, but was arrogant and thought that none of them were worthy of being his dance partners, including Jane's sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth, who has a strong self-esteem, overheard Darcy's comments about her and felt disgusted. However, she didn't know that through unexpected experiences, Daxi had fallen in love with her silently. The famous British literary writer and critic Keble commented that "Jane Austen is a comic artist" and believed that she was "second only to Shakespeare in terms of pure comic art."

"The Brothers Karamazov" writes about all the real pain in the world and gives you the strength to survive the moments of inner suffering! Brand new! The pinnacle of Dostoevsky's literary creation! There are two people who have had a profound impact on the literature and culture of our time. One is Kierkegaard, the originator of existentialism, and the other is the Russian novelist Dostoyevsky. --Zweig. Three reasons why you must read "The Brothers Karamazov" in Reader's Classic Library: 1. Special collection of correspondence between Dossev and relatives and friends to deepen your understanding of the background of the novel's creation! 2. Version by Russian literature translation expert Geng Jizhi! A murder affected the lives of three sons. They are about to face a trial about human nature and morality... The Karamazov family are ordinary people, but their lives are a microcosm of the fate of all mankind. When they are full of despair, they face a situation so similar to ours. With his great sympathy for mankind, Dosage wrote the pinnacle of world literature!

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English country squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are uncontrolled. Therefore, when facing love, they react differently... The novel takes the twists and turns of the marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the issue of moral and behavioral norms 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.

"A Farewell to Arms" is a masterpiece of Hemingway's war-themed works. In this semi-autobiographical work, his unique writing style becomes more sophisticated, marking the maturity of Hemingway's artistic style. Henry, an American young man who volunteered to participate in the European War, and Catherine, a British nurse, fell in love on the battlefield and fled the battlefield together to find a quiet life. However, tragedy struck, leaving Henry alone and enduring the endless pain left by the war. No matter how necessary the war is and how justified it is, never think that war is not a sin. --Hemingway

"The Sorrows of Young Werther" written by Goethe tells the tragic story of love and life of a young man named Werther. As a young man who still doesn't know his life goal, Werther comes to W City and falls in love with the beautiful girl Lotte, but Lotte is already someone else's fiancée. Later he left the city to avoid Lotte and worked for an embassy for a while, but the rigidity of affairs and the restraint of etiquette destroyed his hopes, and he could not identify with the upper class of society and the life of the aristocracy. He returned to W City disappointedly. At this time, Lotte was already married, and Werther immediately fell into great distress. At the same time, Werther was troubled by love and seemed out of tune with the secular society. Under the pressure of double despair, Werther finally chose to commit suicide.

"War and Peace" is a great work that took the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) 13 years to complete. In the history of world literature, it is the pinnacle of novels. Leo Tolstoy, who was born into a Russian aristocratic family, was the greatest Russian writer in the 19th century. He created a large number of literary works throughout his life and made unparalleled contributions to Russian and world literature. He is recognized as one of the most outstanding literary giants in the world. "War and Peace" centers on the Patriotic War in 1812, when Russia opposed Napoleon's invasion, and reflects a series of major historical events in Russia from 1805 to 1820. In the alternating scenes of war and peace, the entire work exposes the corruption of the palace bureaucracy and the upper-class nobility, praises the patriotism of the people, and raises many major social, philosophical and moral issues.

"The Brothers Karamazov" is one of Dostoevsky's masterpieces. The novel uses a real patricide case to describe the sharp conflict between the old Karamazov and his three sons, that is, two generations. The old Karamazov was greedy and lustful, monopolizing the inheritance left by his wife to his sons, and was jealous of a woman with his eldest son Dmitri. One night, Dmitry suspected that his lover was having a tryst with the old man, so he broke into his home and almost beat the old man to death in a rage. After he fled in panic, the old Karamazov's illegitimate son Smerdyakov, who was hiding in the dark and pretending to be ill, secretly killed the old man, causing a complicated and confusing murder that shocked the whole of Russia, and triggered a series of thrilling events. The work shows an intricate tragic theme of society, family, morality and human nature, and embodies superb artistic techniques.

"The Buddenbrooks" describes the rise and fall of four generations of the Buddenbrooks from 1835 to 1877. Through the historical description of the gradual decline of the Buddenbrook family under the exclusion and attack of the monopoly bourgeois family, it reveals in detail the fierce competition and historical successes and failures of capitalism's old deliberate exploitation and new plunder and merger methods, becoming an artistic microcosm of Germany's social development in the second half of the 19th century. However, because the author was influenced by the philosophical thoughts of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, the novel has a helpless and negative attitude towards the imperialist forces and a helpless and sad mood towards the liberal bourgeoisie.

This book is the most heart-wrenching and shocking masterpiece of the great German writer Thomas Mann in his later years. The author himself also favored it and looked at it differently, regarding it as "the confession of a lifetime" and "the boldest and most eerie work". In the last interview before his death, Thomas Mann made it very clear that this artist's novel was his favorite: "This Faust novel is extremely precious to me... It cost me the most effort... No other work makes me as attached to it as it does. Who doesn't like it? , I dislike anyone immediately. Anyone who understands the mental pressure it endures will win my heartfelt gratitude. The protagonist of the novel is the fictional composer Adrian Leverkuhn, a young man with musical talent and a bright future, but he is not satisfied with the status quo and pursues...

This book collects 18 wonderful short stories by the author, from which we can appreciate the overall creation of this great writer. The first novel, "Fall", is his debut novel. It is based on the love between an actress and a college student. The novel was greatly praised by people as soon as it was published, which gave the author more determination and confidence to pursue the path of literary creation. The novella "Tristan" is the author's mature work. It is set in a sanatorium and reflects the morbid life of the upper class in Germany at that time through the description of the ambiguous relationship between the writer Spinel and a gentle and beautiful wealthy businessman's wife. "Death in Venice" is full of poetry and beautiful writing. It is the author's favorite work and has been highly recommended by critics. It was co-produced by the United Kingdom and Italy and put on the screen in 1971, which has far-reaching influence. The finale, "Mario and the Magician," is Mann's pinnacle work. Because it is a profound political novel, it was included in the banned book list by the fascist authorities as soon as it was published. The novel not only has clear political content, but also has high artistic quality. The author has vividly described many scenes, making it exciting to read. Each other article in this book also has its own characteristics and charm.

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"The Buddenbrooks" (1901) is the masterpiece of the German writer Thomas Mann's novel. This great family novel chronicles the rise and fall of four generations of the Buddenbrooks, a prominent family in Lübeck, from 1835 to 1877. This book has a strong autobiographical flavor and is based on the rise and fall of the Mann family. It depicts reality to the last detail and can be called an epic masterpiece that reflects the social reality of Germany in the 19th century. The tragic tone and elegant and delicate style throughout the book have made it praised by Chinese readers as the "German Dream of Red Mansions". Mr. Fu Weici's translation is elegant and fluent. In 1962, this book was included in the "Classical Grid Edition" of the Humanities Society. For this inclusion in the "New Grid Edition", Professor Huang Liaoyu, an expert on Thomas Mann, was invited to re-write the preface to the translation.

This book is a novel by Japanese novelist Kawakami Mieiko. It tells the story of four women living at the bottom of society who came together to form a new "family" because of shared housing. They rely on each other and warm each other, but in order to survive, they use and dominate each other, sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of poverty, and finally complete the story of redemption through everyone's efforts and inspirational growth.

The book is divided into two volumes. The main detailed contents include the small town, the mayor, the property of the poor, father and son, negotiations, depression, special affection, worldly affairs, country night, poor people with great ambitions, such a good night, a trip out, carved stockings, British scissors, cockcrow, the next day, the first deputy mayor, the visit of five officials to Veriye, lamenting the national pain, anonymous letters, conversations with the head of the family, the way of doing things in 1830, the troubles of being an official, Detailed content such as first rot, seminary, what the world or the rich lack, first monasticism, Eucharistic feast, first promotion, ambition, etc.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It has a touching plot and is one of the world's classics. The story connects the two major cities of Paris and London, and revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The novel describes how the nobles corrupted and harmed the people. The people's deep hatred for the nobles accumulated in their hearts, which led to the inevitable French Revolution. The main idea of ​​the book is self-sacrifice for love, and the "Twin Cities" in the title refer to Paris and London.

Julien is extraordinarily handsome and intelligent. He came from a humble background but was ambitious. He wanted to rush to the battlefield and make achievements and become famous. He regarded Napoleon as his idol, and after the fall of the First Empire, he could only choose to become a priest to improve his social status. Fate made him fall in love with the mayor's wife of a small city, and then brought him to the daughter of the Marquis of Paris. How will the two women get entangled with his rise, and in what way will they achieve the pinnacle of his life.

This novel takes family life as the description object, and uses the emotional entanglements of family members as clues to describe the family love of the March family. Among the four sisters of the March family, whether it is Meg who is willing to be poor for love, or Jo who becomes a writer through her own efforts, Beth who faces death calmly, and Amy who takes it as her duty to support the weak, although their ideals and destinies are different, they all have the common characteristic of self-reliance. It describes their attachment to family, their loyalty to love and their desire for family affection. The plot of "Little Women" is simple and true, but deeply touching. Since its publication more than 100 years ago, it has been translated into various languages ​​and has become a classic masterpiece in the treasure house of world literature.

In 1947, the Alsatian girl Mathilde followed her Moroccan husband to the "land of the other". Here, she realizes that escape and running away are just another abyss, and she will always be just an outsider, a woman, and a wife. But even so, facing strangeness, poverty, violence and depression, she will eventually live again and again. "War, War, War" is a new biographical novel by Leila Slimani, winner of the Goncourt Literary Prize. It is one of her "Land of the Other Trilogy" that writes about the true fate of three generations of women in the family. The novel is set against the backdrop of the drastic changes in social life in French Morocco after World War II. It tells the story of a country in deep political identity crisis, an interracial mixed-race family, and how an exhausted woman finds her place in a turbulent world.

The five novels "The Temporary Gentleman", "Top Secret Manuscript", "On the Other Side of Canaan", "The Long Road" and "The Long Day" together form the "Irish Story Universe", with the same story structure and intertwined characters, vividly, three-dimensionally and comprehensively showing readers a national group looking back on history in the smoke of gunpowder.

"Land is too big a ship for me." An immortal masterpiece that spans the history of film and literature. This book contains the complete original work of the movie "The Pianist" and "Silk", which was praised as a "literary treasure" by The Times. Newly translated by the famous translator Chen Ying. "The Pianist at Sea" is the original film of the same name directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It tells the legendary life of the "1900" pianist at sea who never set foot on land. In 1900, on the luxury cruise ship "Virginia", an orphan was abandoned in the first class cabin. He was seen by the sailors on the ship, raised him and named him 1900. As 1900 grew up, he showed his talent for playing the piano without a teacher. He played music that no one had ever heard in the band on the ship. Everyone who heard him play was deeply moved. "Silk" tells the story of a natural disaster that almost destroyed France's silk industry in the mid-19th century. Retired soldier Hervé Jungour left his beloved wife and went to Japan to buy silkworm seeds under the entrustment of French silk merchant Bardabiu. Barico narrates the subtle eroticism of this journey in a restrained, mythical, elegant and moving way.

This book tells the story of a justice rescue at sea. When the cruise ship "Duncan" was on its maiden voyage in the channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland, the sailors found a sealed bottle in the belly of a captured shark. The bottle contained three incomplete and unclear distress letters, written in English, French, and German, written by the Scottish explorer Captain Grant. From then on, the "Duncan" began its journey around the world in search of Captain Grant...

Balzac was a French literary giant of the 19th century. His novels are collectively called "Human Comedy", among which "Eugenie Grandet" and "Petro Goriot" are his masterpieces. "Eugenie Grandet" vividly reproduces the provincial life in France in the 19th century and creates various characters, especially the cunning and stingy upstart Old Man Grandet, which reveals the money relationship between people in society at that time. "Petro Goriot" tells the story of what happened in Vauquer's apartment in a remote neighborhood of Paris, describing the bizarre and bizarre aspects of Parisian society. The author examines and judges life with superb artistic means.

Confucianism actively engages with the world. Both "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" emphasize "cultivation", and the ultimate goal of "cultivation" is to "govern the world", not for one's own sublimation and liberation. Therefore, the purpose of "governing the world" is also mixed with many utilitarian colors, which determines the impurity of "cultivation" and does not propose a specific solution. That is, if those who join the world are unwilling to cultivate themselves, what should they do? Cultivating oneself, managing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world is an ideal life path, but unfortunately the reverse is not true. The governance of a country cannot be based on the cultivation of one person, and Confucian theory cannot lead Chinese history away from the cycle of rise and fall.

Norwegian writer Carl Ove Knausgaard's six-volume autobiographical novel "Mein Kampf" has nothing to do with Hitler's ambitions. It is the author's autobiography of his growth and life for more than 40 years. The themes of the six volumes are death, love, childhood, youth, dreams, and thinking. The book uses a flowing style to describe ordinary life, which is straightforward and frank, with "masochistic truth and triviality", and also shows touching sensitivity in the daily details. This book is the last part of the "Mein Kampf" series. Like a falling boulder, it completely stirs up the reader's memory and understanding of the first five parts. Beginning with the unhappiness and controversy that aroused among family and friends when the first book was published, and ending with his wife Linda's treatment and recovery from depression, it includes four hundred pages of meditations on Hitler, Nazism, and the nature of evil, as well as a close reading of a poem by Paul Celan about the Holocaust. The book intersperses between the individual's external world and the internal world, exploring the irreconcilable tension between literature and reality, private and public boundaries, and individual life and social forces.

"Ulysses" takes chronological order and describes the lives of three ordinary Dubliners during the day and night on June 16, 1904. Joyce compared the protagonist Bloom's one-day wandering on the streets of Dublin to Odysseus' ten-year wandering overseas. By describing the events that happened to an ordinary person in one day, he portrayed people's senses, desires, words and deeds to the extreme, and used the technique of stream of consciousness to construct an intertwined and messy time and space, showing people a microcosm of human society. June 16th every year is designated as "Bloom's Day", which is the most important holiday in Ireland after the National Day.

After witnessing the sacrifice of his closest comrade to save himself, young Larry chose to leave the established life track, rejecting a bright future and a beautiful fiancée, and began a long journey of exploring the meaning of life wholeheartedly... In the cold and objective narration that praises and criticizes self-evidently, everything is revealed. Each character gets what they want: Elliot gets prestige; Isabel gets a solid position in a well-educated social group; Gray gets a well-paying, stable job; Susanna gets security; Sophie gets death; and Larry gets happiness. A person's life is like climbing on a knife's edge. At the end of the day, maybe we can get a glimpse of the clues.