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A collection of essays, published in 1986, including more than 200 short essays written by Borges when he was the editor-in-chief of the "Foreign Books and Authors" column of the Buenos Aires magazine "Family". The words "Tofu Chunks" range from nightmares, metaphors, and time to the rhetorical intention of "The Divine Comedy" and the narrative rules of detective novels. From Shakespeare and Kafka to Cao Xueqin and Murasaki Shikibu, it is a collection of reading notes and writers' notes. Borges believed that the works of many "second- and third-rate" writers, or even the talk in the streets, might have something comparable to classics.

A collection of essays, published in 1932, which includes book and film reviews written by Borges and discusses his views on literature and art. For example, "Gaucho Poems" and "Argentinian Writers and Tradition" focus on the local literary style of Argentina; "The Other Whitman" and "Flaubert and His Iconic Goals" turn their attention to world literature; "Achilles and the Eternal Race of the Tortoise" and "The Metamorphosis of the Tortoise" explore the philosophical propositions that the author has in mind. The article covers a wide range of topics. Borges said: "My life lacks life and death. It is this lack that makes me reluctantly like these trivial things."

Eliot's 60th anniversary edition, the pioneering work of the New Criticism in British and American literature; a must-read document for English literary theory and writing courses; subverting "tradition" with tradition and defending individuality with impersonality. What is tradition? How should poets, or artists, view the relationship between their creations and tradition? Eliot gave a conclusive conclusion in his famous article "Tradition and Individual Talent": Tradition is not a blind or timid adherence to the successful methods of the previous generation, but something with a much broader significance. It contains historical consciousness and is not inherited. To obtain it requires a lot of labor. This work was the foundation of New Criticism and directly influenced the birth of later critical classics such as Bloom's "The Anxiety of Influence" and Leavis's "The Great Tradition". The "impersonality" theory mentioned in the article - poetry is not the release of emotion, but the escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but the escape from personality. It has also become a crucial theory in modern literature, and has had a huge impact on Roland Barthes's "The Author is Dead" and Michel Foucault's "What is the Author". In addition to this article that provides a comprehensive and holistic reflection on literature, the collection of the same name "Tradition and Individual Talent" also includes Eliot's evaluation and appreciation of specific poets, focusing on the discussion and analysis of the literary creation of the Elizabethan era. As a poet who is highly conscious of the nature and process of poetry creation, Eliot's creation and his criticism are closely linked. This anthology allows us to better appreciate his creations through his criticism, and at the same time, it also helps us better understand the nature of literature.

Tagore adopts three narrative perspectives in "New Moon Collection": child, mother, and poet. Each small poem is a pure perspective, either a mother, a child, or the poet's own omniscient perspective; it reflects the poet's emotional feeling more than people's usual rational cognition. 20 Of the 37 songs in "New Moon Collection" are written in the voice of a child, belonging to a pure child's perspective, and 12 are expressed in the form of mother's love words, which also express the child's actions and psychology. The other five poems are written as poets who transcend mother and child, either looking down at the family love between mother and child, or as if a grown-up child is recalling a beautiful childhood; the latter two can be regarded as the alienation of a child's perspective. Isha, Lao G's translation of Tagore's "New Moon Collection" reflects more the poet's emotional feelings rather than people's usual rational cognition.

The well-known social trend observer Kenichi Ohmae's predictions are completely accurate. It is a best-selling topic book that spreads from East Asia to the world; low birth rate, super aging, consumption reduction... The whole world is becoming a "low desire society", how to face the decline of beauty? When the "low desire society" finally becomes today's unchanging reality, how can the government and the people revive it? "Low Desire Society" is a best-selling social observation masterpiece published in 2018 by the famous Japanese management scientist and "Mr. Strategy" Kenichi Ohmae. The book focuses on Japan's current socio-economic status and characteristics, and summarizes social problems that other mature countries have not yet encountered into one word, "low desire society" - population decline, super aging, and loss of upper class. There are more and more young people with ambition and desire; citizens hold a large amount of financial assets, and companies have high internal reserves, but they fail to use funds effectively. Whether it is monetary easing policy or public investment, it cannot improve consumer confidence, and money-spreading policies cannot revitalize the economy... Faced with the problem of a "low desire society", even if stocks continue to rise, it is not a happy time. However, Ohmae Kenichi also pointed out that he is not trying to blame young people for having low desires, because this tendency to have no desires and desires is also a reasonable choice in the context of the times. What must be considered is how citizens and businesses should respond in a "low desire society". The "low desire" young group has a serious impact on enterprises, and subsequent generations may also have similar values. Companies must truly analyze their thoughts and behaviors, accurately grasp their values, and re-formulate various strategies and business models. In response to problems such as low desire, insufficient manpower, and a sluggish economy, "Low Desire Society" cites the practices of countries with similar precedents in Europe and the United States and puts forward a series of corresponding strategic suggestions, such as urban redevelopment, how to use idle land, improvement of immigration policies, optimization of supporting construction of tourist destinations, stimulating consumption of "mature adults", transformation of talent education, etc. The observations and countermeasures made in "Low Desire Society" are very helpful for readers to understand Japan's socio-economic status and development, and also serve as a warning. At the same time, based on the above observations and the understanding and sense of crisis that "in the 21st century, the key to achieving a career is to cultivate and possess top talents," Ohmae put forward the concept of "education with global aspirations" for parents and young people, which is also very enlightening for domestic readers.

The famous Japanese documentary writer Mitsui Ishii's painful work of the year! The source of the pain of the native family is revealed in a sharp and poignant manner! How did a "monster" become a monster? Three major Japanese tragedies have resurfaced: the case of a child starving to death in Atsugi City, the case of serial murder of infants in Shimoda City, and the case of Adachi Ward being tortured to death by being imprisoned in a rabbit cage. In an era like this, how much of the truth behind abuse is buried in darkness? This book attempts to uncover these dark facts. The three cases selected in the book, the case of a young child starving to death in Atsugi City, the case of serial murder of infants in Shimoda City, and the case of being tortured to death by being imprisoned in a rabbit cage in Adachi City, all have in common the harsh environment in which parents who abused children grew up, and there is a distorted parent-child relationship between each child's parents. What is love, what is family, what is the weight of life? What kind of life determines that when they become parents, they say "I love you" while abusing their biological children, and even take away the children's lives? This is a heart-wrenching record of tragedy. We witness the emergence of every "monster". What should we do in order to make the "monster" disappear?

"Legends of Guatemala" is an important early work by Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias. It is a collection of mythological stories full of magical colors and is known as the pioneering work of Latin American magical realism. It was written by the author based on the Indian myths and legends he heard from his mother in his early years. It was published in Madrid in 1930. The book includes nine magical and poetic folk legends, "Guatemala", "Now I Think of It", "The Legend of the Volcano", "The Legend of the Phantom Beast", "The Legend of the Tattooed Girl", "The Legend of the Man in the Big Hat", "The Legend of the Treasure in the Flower Field", "The Wizard of the Spring Storm" and "Kukulkan the Feathered Serpent". These works present an original, magical and amazing world in front of readers. The author also makes a beautiful description of the unique natural scenery of Guatemala, and the whole book is like a gorgeous and colorful oil painting. These legends directly or indirectly adopt the themes and techniques of the famous Indian mythology "Popol Ou", and are shrouded in a strong magical color.

"Guwen Guanzhi" is an anthology of ancient prose compiled by Wu Chucai and Wu Tiaohou of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally compiled as a teaching material for students. The "ancient prose" in the book's title refers to the ancient prose of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties advocated by Gui Youguang, Mao Kun and others in the dynasty, while "Guanzhi" means that the collected articles represent the highest level of classical Chinese. Just study classical Chinese and study this book. There are 222 selected essays in this book, starting from the pre-Qin Dynasty and ending in the Ming Dynasty. It generally reflects the context and main features of the development of prose from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty. This book has been popular since it was officially published in the 34th year of Kangxi (1695).

"Entering Shu" is a diary-style travelogue written by Lu You in the Southern Song Dynasty. It records what he saw and heard on his way from Shanyin to Kuizhou to serve as a judge, covering the geographical features, historical sites, customs and customs along the way. The writing is fresh and has both literary and historical value. ?

"How to read and why to read?" "" Is a personal introduction book published by Bloom when he was nearly seventy years old. This reading master, wise old man, and classic classic reader clears up the source for us, sorts out the immortal works of the West, and talks about his favorite poems, novels, and dramas from childhood to old age. This book can be said to be a complementary version of "The Western Canon". Readers who have read "The Western Canon" can explore and rediscover the Western Canon here, and receive Bloom's critical energy again; readers who are exposed to Bloom for the first time can start here and embark on a journey to find and share the Western Canon.

Shakespeare or Cervantes, Homer or Dante, Chaucer or Rabelais, the real function of reading their works is to enhance the growth of the inner self. Deep study of the scriptures does not make people better or worse, nor does it make citizens more useful or harmful. The mind's self-talk is not inherently a social reality. The whole point of the Western classics is to enable people to make good use of their loneliness, the ultimate form of which is a person's encounter with his own death.

This book is compiled based on the recording of Berlin's "Romanticism" Mellon lectures in 1965. Starting from the definition of romanticism, he experienced its origin, growth and expansion, and revealed its huge and lasting influence. Berlin used the perspective of the history of ideas that his predecessors had not developed to show the incomparable power of the romantic revolution as a way of cognition and ideology. Berlin's speech has a clear structure, meticulous thinking, allusions like overwhelming mountains, and rows like torrents. It is a heroic thought and music, and a moment of genius blessed by God.

"My Loneliness is a Garden: Selected Poems of Adonis" is a selection and translation of seventeen collections of poems by the translator from the time when the poet entered the poetry world nearly fifty years ago. The poet Adonis is a rebel with a clear attitude, who fights against power and current customs with his indomitable stubbornness. His poems overlook all aspects of life from the perspective of all mankind. His chanting of the eternal themes of those poems reached an otherworldly, profound and timeless realm. His love poems are not afraid of the secular world and want to justify the body and sensuality; but there is no vulgar interest in being intimate with each other, but they show the desolation of life and time. Adonis considered himself a "spiritual exile." Poetry alone, however, was his true place of exile. In his eyes, poetry is supreme, and "the era when poetry ends is just another kind of death."

"Translation Documentary Special Topic: True Crimes Volume 1" is a set of 10 volumes, which includes a total of 10 crime documentary works in the first volume of the "Translation Documentary" sub-series "True Crime" of Shanghai Translation Publishing House's non-fiction ace book series, with an average score of 8.1 On Douban: "The Year of Evil", "Tokyo Vice", "Human Trade", "Criminal Defender", "Fabrication", "Lie", "The Erased Family", "Fatal Lover", "Top Unsolved Cases", "Heart" "The Detective", from street battlefields to court debates, from human body trafficking to domestic violence, from "witch hunt" unjust cases to the "perfect victim" theory, from investigative reporters' life-and-death records to FBI profilers' detailed analysis of the confrontation with the serial killer of the century... The truth is more than just curiosity. Here, we can see the persistence of the truth, the questioning of human nature, the exploration of justice, the respect for individuals, the loyalty to self, and the persistence of the bottom line.

"The Complete Collection of Pushkin's Lyric Poems (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" contains more than 800 lyric poems composed by Pushkin throughout his life. It is the first single-line version of the complete collection of Pushkin's lyric poems translated by a single translator in my country. The translator once published the ten-volume "Collected Works of Pushkin" that he translated independently in our company. He has devoted himself to studying all Pushkin's literary works for thirty years, thus ensuring that the translation is accurate, precise, beautiful and smooth. His translation is unique among the numerous translations of Pushkin's poetry in China. Pushkin was a great Russian poet in the 19th century and the founder of modern Russian literature. He was hailed by Gorky as the "Sun of Russian Poetry". He fully expressed his pursuit, emotion, character and style in his poems. His poems are full of passion, and he is always pursuing freedom. He dreams that one day he can break away from the shackles of the Tsarist autocratic system and soar under the unfettered blue sky. There are also a large number of love poems in his works, in which the poet expresses thousands of warm and sincere feelings and eulogizes the women he admires. They are full of true feelings, popular and refreshing.

"Leaves of Grass" was first published in 1855. The author reorganized and added content many times during his lifetime, until the ninth edition, also known as the deathbed edition, from the first twelve poems to the last more than four hundred poems. The book is divided into twelve volumes, plus three supplements. The collection of poems is named after the line "Wherever there is soil, where there is water, and wherever there is grass." After the publication of the collection of poems, the extremely innovative free-verse poetry form and broad themes created a new era of American poetry and influenced poets from all over the world, such as Neruda of Chile, Pessoa of Portugal, Hikmet of Turkey, Dai H. Lawrence of the United Kingdom, etc., And are treasures of world literature.

This book contains Bloom's incisive reviews of fifty-six influential poets in literary history. From Petrarch in the 14th century to British and American poets such as Anne Carson in the late 20th century, to Pushkin, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Neruda and other poets in other languages, Bloom has carefully sorted out the Western poetic tradition and demonstrated the dialogue between poets and the world. Bloom incorporates Freudian and Gnostic ideas into his multi-angle analysis and introduction, always running through the concept of "anxiety of influence", emphasizing the competitive relationship between later poets and pioneers, making it an excellent guide for poetry appreciation. Introduction to the series: Since 1984, the outstanding contemporary literary critic Harold Bloom has cooperated with Chelsea Publishing House to launch an unprecedented venture: carefully selecting inspiring critical masterpieces around the works of popular Western writers, and editing and publishing thousands of critical collections of famous writers to help readers enhance their literary appreciation. Bloom admitted that in this grand undertaking of striving for comprehensiveness, he also learned a lot and learned how to write for the public; literary criticism is not only an individual's insight, but also a public undertaking. Twenty years later, he divided the introductions he wrote for these critical essays into six volumes to commemorate this quixotic adventure. These short and concise articles presented in six volumes can be regarded as the dazzling sparks of the collision between a rare genius and countless great minds in the history of literature.

"Leaves of Grass" is a romantic poetry collection by the 19th-century American writer Whitman. It contains more than 300 poems. The collection is named after a poem in the collection: "Where there is soil, where there is water, and wherever there is grass, grass grows." The poems in the collection are like the grass that grows all over the American land, full of vitality and exuding an alluring fragrance. They are world-famous masterpieces and ushered in a new era of American national poetry.

"Iliad" (ΙΛΙΑΣ, Ilias, Iliad, also translated as "Iliad" and "Iliad") is said to have been written by the blind poet Homer (800 BC - 600 BC). It is an important ancient Greek literary work and one of the classics of the entire West. The main content is the story of the Greek expedition to Troy. Through the description of the Trojan War, it praises the heroes who fought bravely, safeguarded collective interests, and established meritorious deeds for the collective.

The complete poetry of Nobel Prize winner Brodsky. It is the first Chinese translation in the Chinese-speaking world and the third language version in the world after English and Russian. Senior translator Lou Ziliang sealed the translation. "The Complete Poems of Brodsky" was compiled by Brodsky himself and includes all the poems in his life that he considered valuable. These poems have the beauty of harmonious rhythm, unique Russian flavor and extremely rich spiritual core. The lines show Brodsky's keen observation and perception of life, broad and magnanimous thoughts, and sincere and gentle emotions. "The Complete Poems of Brodsky Volume 1 (Part 2)" includes Brodsky's most philosophically speculative narrative poem "Gorbunov and Gorchakov", four early attempts to translate Donne's poems, two collections of poems published in the United States in 1977: "The End of the Belle Epoque" and "Part of Speech", as well as the corresponding background information, evaluations and annotations that are extremely research-oriented and academic. In the 1970s, Brodsky's poetic world expanded dramatically until it encompassed the poet's entire destiny and life. He integrated everything he saw and heard into poetic metaphors with philosophical significance. His polemical propositions about the relationship between beauty and ethics gave his poems eternal poetic and aesthetic value.

The art of Du's poetry has many achievements. Regardless of ancient style, modern style, five-character style, or seven-character style, all have their own unique strengths. Qiu Zhaoao in the Qing Dynasty spent 20 years collecting annotations from various sources and compiled them into "Detailed Annotations on Du Poems". The information is extremely detailed and it is still an important reference book for reading Du Poems. This compilation is based on the post-printed supplement of the explanatory notes in the 52nd year of Kangxi (1713), and is collated with other editions to unify the format and contents, correct errors and punctuation, and compile an index to the appendix.

The "Lecture Notes on World Literature by Professors of Tokyo University (set of 5 volumes)" series of books is a must-read for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in literary theory at Tokyo University, and is also a basic reading book for students majoring in literature at Tokyo University. This volume includes dialogues between contemporary American writer Libby Hero, Harvard University scholar Robert Campbell, Japanese Akutagawa Prize winner Keiichiro Hirano, Japanese literature expert Yuyuki Iino, and Japan's leading researcher on Russian literature, Kameyama Ikuo. The topic revolves around the variation of traditional Japanese literature, modern literature and the essential characteristics of Japanese literature, touching on the cosmopolitan nature of Natsume Soseki's creations, the Westernization and return of Murakami Haruki's works to Japan, the essential meaning of Japanese poetry, the influence of Russian literature in Japan, etc. In addition, it also provides answers to questions such as how Japanese literature has entered the modern era.

"The Woodland Monster" is a drama work by Anton Chekhov. It narrates a family story centered on a professor with a weird temper and selfishness. It successfully creates the image of "The Woodland Monster", a doctor with unique ideas but not understood by everyone. It is regarded as a "beautiful dramatic novella". The research community recognizes that "The Forest Monster" is the predecessor of "Uncle Vanya" and is an indispensable part of the complete presentation of Chekhov's drama creation. As Xu Le, the author of the introduction to this book and a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, "Chekhov never wrote a novel in his life, but he did use "The Forest Monster" as a starting point to create a novel-style drama that had never been seen on the stage before... The playwright tried his best to show people's inner, long-term, habitual depression and the hidden trend of the times in the details of daily conversations, eating and drinking, walking, reading newspapers, and playing cards, in silent pauses or meaningful overtones." This book is the seventh volume of the "Master Guide Edition" of "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas", with audio interpretations of famous scenes from Chekhov's plays. I would like to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Chekhov's death - his stage contains all the pain and expectations of this era.

"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong" and is also one of Shakespeare's famous tragedies. The story told is familiar to the majority of readers: the plot tells the story of Juliet, the daughter of the Kapler family, an Italian aristocratic family, and Montague, who have been enemies for generations. The son Romeo fell in love at first sight, fell in love persistently, and had a secret union. However, due to the conflict and mutual killing between the two families, Romeo was exiled. With the help of the priest, Juliet took medicine and faked her death to escape the marriage arranged by her father, and finally both died in love.

"Everything about her belongs to her, and everything about me belongs to me." - "The Conscience of American Drama" Arthur Miller's spiritual confession, the stock market crash, the Holocaust, the witch hunt and the private memories of a generation of famous actors. It was translated by Mr. Guo Jide, a senior drama research expert, and published in a Chinese version for the first time in China. When the "great American mind" meets the "great American body," "Mr. Monroe" said that you can be hesitant when you are alone, but you must be firm when you share the same bed. After the Fall is a two-act play written by Arthur Miller in 1964. The script has a strong autobiographical flavor, and is a summary and retracement of Miller's failed marriage to his second wife, Marilyn Monroe: the protagonist Quentin is a lawyer in New York. While reviewing his 25 years of life experience, including family tragedies caused by the stock market crash, precarious friendships due to McCarthy's "witch hunt", and a painful marriage, he reflects on what is moral and what is human nature. Finally, I realized that human beings have had the sinful instinct since Adam committed original sin and fell. Only realizing that love is not enough, we need to face life without fear. It is worth noting that the script boldly innovates in the narrative form, advancing the plot with a non-linear stream of consciousness, and realizing the free switching of the characters' perspectives. Some Western critics believe that Miller dared to expose his soul and wrote a profound autobiographical document that can be compared with O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night".

"The Force of Habit" premiered at the Salzburg Festival in 1974 and was Thomas Bernhard's first true comedy. Garibaldi, a circus owner, decides to practice the cello in order to overcome illness, aging, and the chaos of mediocrity. For years, when not touring the circus, Garibaldi tried to perfect the music by performing Schubert's Trout Quintet in its entirety with circus clowns, animal trainers, jugglers and his high-wire walking granddaughter. However, rehearsals often have to be interrupted for various reasons and become a complete disaster. Year after year of grotesque drills became a circus routine. We don't like this life, but it has to be lived; we all hate the Trout Quintet, but we have to play it.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Tragedy Volume Two" contains three of Shakespeare's tragedies. "King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's four famous tragedies. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and his most popular work. It is often considered the darkest and most powerful of his tragedies. "Timon of Athens" is Shakespeare's last tragedy, written around 1607-1608. The plot tells the story of the Athenian nobleman Timon, who was generous and charitable by nature, so many people took the opportunity to come and defraud him of money. Later, he went bankrupt, his "friends" left him one after another, and finally died alone in despair.

Shakespeare's classic comedy. Zhu Shenghao's classic translation, a Chinese-English bilingual version, allows you to intuitively experience the charm of Shakespeare's language. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a very representative comedy work by Shakespeare. It tells the love story of lovers who finally get married. This work has a huge influence in the history of world literature and drama. Although the story in the play takes place in the ancient Greek period, the thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play are based on the real life in Britain at that time, reflecting the struggle of new women at that time for the right to free love and independent marriage. Through the contrast of real emotions and the magic forest, and the coexistence of real characters and the fairy king of the forest, it expresses the humanistic ideal of equal coexistence between people and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. If this drama offends you, just think of it as a dream.

The plays Shakespeare wrote throughout his life include historical dramas, comedies and tragedies, which belong to three creative periods with their own emphasis. In comedy, Shakespeare achieved high achievements. The humanists of the Renaissance held beautiful ideals and believed deeply that the future of mankind was infinitely bright. This spirit of optimism was the keynote of Shakespeare's comedy creations. This book selects five representative comedies among these, namely "The Merchant of Venice", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Twelfth Night", "Much Ado About Nothing" and "As You Like It", collectively known as "Shakespeare's Five Comedies". Zhu Shenghao's translation is distinctive in quality and style, with beautiful and clear diction and distinctive characters. It is an artistic treasure cherished by readers and recognized by Shakespeare researchers at home and abroad. Since its publication by our publisher, the book has been revised by successive generations of experts, scholars and editors. It has condensed the wisdom of the academic community on Shakespeare research and has been recognized by readers over the years.

Ancient Greek drama is the oldest drama in the world and the source of the literary genre of drama. It originated in the sixth century BC and reached its peak in the fifth century BC. As a treasure of ancient literature in the world, ancient Greek drama has lasted more than two thousand years, but its touching plots, profound thoughts and superb skills can still impress people today. This translation is exclusive to our company. The translator Luo Niansheng directly translated the representative tragedies "Prometheus Bound", "Oedipus the King", "Medea" and the comedy "Knights" from ancient Greek. It portrays the hero Prometheus who was tortured for stealing fire from mankind in the ancient Greek era, and Oedipus the King who shows the struggle between human will and destiny. It praises human heroes and beautiful emotions, exposes the corruption of rulers, and displays the history and culture of ancient Greece.

Eliot's 60th anniversary edition; "My life is an inadvertent bit of waste in an orderly universe." Reproduces the murder scene that shocked the Middle Ages and illuminates the spiritual wasteland of modern people. This book is based on the translation of the drama part of "The Complete Poems and Dramas of Thomas Eliot" published by Faber Publishing House in 1969. It includes Eliot's five major dramas: "The Cathedral Murders", the most famous British poetic drama since the seventeenth century, which combines elements of Greek drama and detective drama in the mid-twelfth century, and shows the main themes. "Family Reunion", a work about the hero's self-redemption process; Eliot's most popular play "The Cocktail Party", which explores the twisted outlook on life; "Secretary", the only drama on the New York Times bestseller list in the past thirty years; and the author's last work "The Elder Statesman". His realistic approach and storyline, as well as his pursuit of deep symbolic meaning in his works, had a huge influence on the playwrights of his generation.

Shakespeare's works are treasures in the history of human literature, encyclopedias of human society, and are even considered secular bibles. Everyone can find their own shadow in Shakespeare's plays. This set of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" contains all of Shakespeare's plays and poetry, including 41 plays, 2 plays plus plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and other poems. Particularly different from other previous editions, this set of Shakespeare's complete works uses nearly a thousand illustrations by famous artists such as John Gilbert, the president of the Royal Watercolor Society in the 19th century, and illustrator George Cruickshank. The combination of pictures and texts provides more visual images for reading and understanding Shakespeare's works. This set of Shakespeare's complete works is selected from Zhu Shenghao's classic translation. The parts not translated by Zhu Shenghao were completed by the famous translator Su Fuzhong.

"The Peony Pavilion" is one of the masterpieces of the Ming Dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu. There are 55 episodes in total. It describes the life and death love story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei. It is filled with romantic ideals of pursuing personal happiness, calling for individual liberation, and opposing the feudal system. It is deeply touching. It is a masterpiece of romanticism in the history of Chinese opera. Du Liniang is one of the most touching images of women in Chinese classical literature after Cui Yingying. Her life and death for love calls for the liberation of personality, freedom of love, and independence in marriage, and exposes the destruction of people's happy lives and beautiful ideals by feudal ethics. "The Peony Pavilion" is famous for its beautiful diction, its lyrics are organic and interesting, and its music and lyrics take advantage of both the vigorous and turbulent Northern music and the subtle and elegant Southern poetry. Ming Lu Tiancheng called it "thrilling, ingenious and endlessly innovative, truly worthy of the ages!"

When in love, people become Romeo and Juliet; when in hesitation, people question survival or destruction. From the collapse of royal power to the noise of the market, from the whispers of love to the struggle for power - all emotions resonate in Shakespeare's writings. Power, desire, love, justice and fantasy, five eternal propositions, are staged in the theater of the book. "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Merchant of Venice" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" are five drama monuments spanning four hundred years, covering tragedies, dramas and comedies. They depict the purest humanity and are still radiating bright light in the long river of human civilization.

"The conscience of American drama" Arthur Miller's classic masterpiece, translated by famous writers such as Ying Ruocheng, Mei Shaowu, Chen Liangting, Guo Jide, etc., Has been frequently performed on Broadway, London's West End, and NT Live, and swept the Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize, and Olivier Award. It is based on social criticism and restores the beauty of drama. Arthur Miller is one of the greatest playwrights in the United States and a dramatic giant of the 20th century. He is known as the "conscience of American drama" because of his outspoken criticism of current ills in his works. "Arthur Miller Drama Classics" includes five masterpieces that established Miller's status as a drama master. The pinnacle work "Death of a Salesman" depicts the sorrow of the little man and the disillusionment of the "American Dream", which ran for 742 performances on Broadway and won Miller international reputation; "The Witches of Salem" depicts the terrifying environment of panic and mutual false accusations, perfectly presenting a modern fable of the struggle between good and evil; "All My Sons" writes about the hidden reefs of human nature in modern society, revealing the banal evil under the guise of a peaceful life. "A View from the Bridge" captures the sore feet of outsiders with a family tragedy; the autobiographical play "After the Fall" is about the marriage of Miller and Monroe: one is a progressive writer, the other is a sexy goddess. Their union is what Norman Mailer called "America's greatest mind" meeting "America's greatest body." The script uses the perspective of "Mr. Monroe" to write the private memory of a generation of famous actors.

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Zhu Shenghao (February 2, 1912 - December 26, 1944), a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, is the earliest and most translator of Shakespeare's works in China. The quality and style of his translations are outstanding and recognized by Shakespeare researchers at home and abroad. Zhu Shenghao has high literary literacy, English proficiency and translation ability. In the spring of 1936, he began to translate "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Dramas". He translated a total of 31 types of comedies, tragedies, historical dramas, dramas, etc. With smooth translation and gorgeous diction, it is the most classic and vivid translation of Shakespeare's works in my country.

The influence of the Surrealist movement, the spiritual shock brought by his trip to America in 1929, and the emotional and psychological crisis he experienced changed Lorca's understanding of drama. He began to experiment with surrealism in his theater practice to explore new breakthroughs in drama structure, characters, and themes. This led to the creation of "The Love of Dom Perrin and Belisa in the Garden," "The Audience," and "Five Years Like This". These three alternative works were particularly subversive in his entire drama creation, in sharp contrast to his "Country Trilogy" with realism as the main style. One of them, "The Spectator," was even called an "impossible drama" by Lorca himself. These three dramas embody the author's poetic and aesthetic concepts. Behind the plots of the dramas are the author's profound thoughts on "how drama shows reality" and "what is reality". And deep thinking about "what is reality".

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "The Winter's Tale" is one of the last tragicomedies created by Shakespeare in his later years and occupies an important position in Shakespeare's plays. "The Winter's Tale" tells the story of King Leontes of Sicily who asked Queen Hermione to help persuade his best friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, to stay in the palace for a longer period of time. The queen finally succeeded in persuading him to stay, and Leontes finally succeeded in persuading him to stay. This caused Thys to become jealous without warning, accusing Hermione and Polixenes of having an affair, forcing the queen to death, frightening the little prince Mamelus to death, and abandoning his infant daughter Perdita, for which he was cursed by the gods. Sixteen years later, Perdita, who was rescued by a Bohemian shepherd, grew up and fell in love with the Bohemian prince Florizel. However, she was strongly opposed by the Bohemian king. The two eloped to Sicily, which eventually led to the recognition of Leontes and Perdita as father and daughter, and Hermione's "resurrection" from the statue...

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. Among all Shakespeare's works, the four tragedies "Hamlet", "Othello", "Macbeth" and "King Lear" can be called the pearls in the crown; the comedies "The Merchant of Venice" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" are the most popular Shakespeare comedies; "Romeo" "With Juliet" is a well-known love story in China; the two tragicomedies "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest" are the two last works of Shakespeare in his later years; and "The Taming of the Shrew", as one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies, represents the starting point of his playwriting career. The cutting-edge literary and art book brand "Unread" has launched "The Most Beautiful Collection of Shakespeare's Classic Plays" with a new and exquisite binding. It selects the ten plays that best represent Shakespeare, carefully edits them based on the recognized translation of Zhu Shenghao, and invites the well-known book binding designer Ma Shirui to design, presenting to Chinese readers a "high-looking" new version of Shakespeare's works that coexists with classics and fashion sense.

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "The Tempest" is considered to be the last play written by Shakespeare alone. It has the characteristics of tragedy and comedy, so it is classified as a "legend play". The plot tells the story of Prospero, Duke of Milan, who was usurped by his younger brother because he was studying behind closed doors and ignoring state affairs. He was exiled to the sea with his infant daughter. Thanks to the help of the kind-hearted minister Gongchaluo, they managed to survive and ended up living on a desert island. Prospero relied on the powerful magic he learned in the book to rescue the suffering elves on the island. He also used the power of the elves to control wind and rain, attract enemies, and make them repent and admit their mistakes. Finally, Prospero forgave his enemies with his broad mind, and found a lover for his daughter. Everyone left the island and returned to Milan.

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "King Lear" is a famous tragedy by Shakespeare. "King Lear" tells the story of the elderly King Lear who, after abdicating the throne, was driven into the wilderness by his eldest and second daughters who could only speak sweet words. The third daughter, who became the Queen of France, led an army to save her father, but was killed instead. King Lear was so heartbroken that he died beside his younger daughter...

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a famous early humorous comedy by Shakespeare. "The Taming of the Shrew" tells the story of Katharina, who could not find any man who dared to marry her because of her bad temper and stubborn temper. Reluctantly, she married Petruchio, a tall, strong bearded man. Petruchio was determined to train Katharina to be a good wife who would be obedient to him, so he came up with a strategy and started an interesting story of taming the shrew by "fighting violence with violence"...

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. "Romeo and Juliet" is a famous tragedy by Shakespeare. "Romeo and Juliet" tells the story of two young men and women who fell in love, but suffered misfortune due to the generational hatred between the two families, and finally led to the reconciliation of the two families. The play has been popular throughout the ages and, along with "Hamlet", has become the most frequently performed Shakespeare play...

400 years after Shakespeare's death, his works are unparalleled in popularity and influence among all other classic writers. The English vocabulary and classic sayings he created have rewritten the entire history of world literature and influenced hundreds of millions of readers for several generations. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and one of his most popular works. It is often considered the darkest and most powerful of his tragedies. The story is set in Scotland and observes the evil of chasing power and betrayal in a dramatic way, through psychological effects and political struggles. The play tells the story of Macbeth, a brave Scottish general who receives a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become King of Scotland. Out of ambition and the instigation of his wife, Macbeth assassinated King Duncan and proclaimed himself king. Tormented by self-blame and fantasy, he soon degenerated into a tyrant, forced to protect his throne and suppress hostility and suspicion through constant ruthlessness. The massacre and civil war made Macbeth and his wife arrogant and crazy. Macbeth, who gained power by insidiously usurping the throne, eventually went to destruction...

A complete collection of twenty-three plays from Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. There are six volumes in total, three volumes of comedy and three volumes of tragedy. In 1947, "The Complete Works of Shakespeare's Dramas" translated by Mr. Zhu Shenghao was published by World Book Company. The entire book was selected and edited based on this edition. As one of China's earliest translators of Shakespeare's works, Zhu Shenghao's primary purpose of translation is to "maintain the charm of the original work", followed by clarity. It has been translated for more than seventy years and is still very popular. Zhu's translation is basically consistent with the style of today's Chinese. The distinctive Wu dialect and words that are unknown to modern readers but are rich in allusions and have great literary talent are all preserved in this edition. If combined with the context, these expressions will not cause obstacles to understanding the original text, and readers can also appreciate the charm of the original translation.

Maugham is well-known among Chinese readers for his novels such as "The Moon and Sixpence" that have long become cultural symbols. But in fact, in the first half of his life, long before Maugham became a novelist, he had achieved astonishing success in the theater world. During the heyday of his dramatic writing, London's major theaters once staged four of his plays simultaneously. Contemporaries once joked in cartoons that such an achievement would make Shakespeare jealous. Divided into four volumes, this complete collection includes complete translations of all 25 Maugham published plays, filling a gap in this field in the domestic publishing industry. His plays particularly embody his literary style that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, humor and wit, and are worthy of appreciation by all Maugham lovers.

"Twelfth Night" is the end of Shakespeare's early comedy creation. With a lyrical style and romantic comedy form, this work once again eulogizes the beautiful humanistic ideals of love and friendship, and expresses the beauty of life and love.

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This book is one of the Shakespeare drama collection series. This series is a bilingual version (English is the original British novel). The book is equipped with pen illustrations by the master illustrator Hugh Thomson. It also comes with a theater version audiobook with pure American pronunciation. "Othello" is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. Othello is a brave general in the Principality of Venice. He falls in love with Desdemona, the daughter of a senator, but because he is black, the marriage is not allowed. The two had to get married privately. Othello had an insidious flag officer, Iago, who instigated the relationship between Othello and Desdemona, saying that Cassio, another lieutenant, had an unusual relationship with Desdemona. Othello believed it and strangled his wife to death in anger. When he learned the truth, he drew his sword and killed himself in regret, and fell beside Desdemona.