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After Kenzo returned to Tokyo from studying in the UK, he devoted himself to learning with full enthusiasm, but his monthly salary was only enough for his family to live frugally. The downcast father-in-law, poor adoptive parents, skinny brother and sick sister all regarded Kenzo, who had studied abroad, as their "backbone" and asked him for money directly or indirectly. Although his life was in embarrassment, Kenzo would give him some due to his kindness. And because he is not good at expressing his feelings and thoughts, he often has conflicts with his wife. Kenzo is struggling to make a living and is not good at socializing, unable to relieve his mental loneliness and confusion. Caught between money and ideals, he reflects on the meaning of life while struggling to hold on to his ideals. Finally, everything finally came to an end for the time being.

A crab-like old man, a lady as strong as an ox, a wild cat resurrected from the dead, a wall stained with water to express wishes, a glowing and bouncing watermelon, a singing and dancing leaf, a flickering but undying candle, a monster who stole a knife and returned it specially... The abandoned house in the forest seems peaceful, but those who come here to pursue dreams know the secrets. This book is a collection of Izumi Kyoka's short and medium stories, including four representative works. The work is rooted in Japanese folk customs, inherits the lineage of Edo monsters, and draws on the nested structure of Noh ballads to tell ethereal and bizarre stories, depicting the ugliness, joys and sorrows of the world.

Bunin is a master of short story writing. He uses poetic language and complex to create short stories, and uses dramatic conflicts to structure short stories. Therefore, his short stories are actually similar to Chekhov's short stories, but the creation objects and content are different. The short stories in "Selected Short Stories of Bunin" more concentratedly reflect the characteristics of Bunin's short stories: exquisiteness, intense but soothing conflicts, light but rich complexes, and should be said to have a strong sense of modernity.

"Dancing Girl of Izu" tells the story of a boy from Tokyo who encounters a group of touring entertainers and is attracted by the innocent and charming little dancer Kaoruko, who gradually becomes attached to the boy. As the highest masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari, "The Dancing Girl of Izu" fully describes the sweetness, sourness and meaningfulness of first love. "Snow Country" tells the story of Shimamura and geisha Komako getting acquainted in the Snow Country. After a brief relationship, the lonely Komako began to look forward to the annual date with Shimamura. On the third train trip to Snow Country for an appointment, Shimamura met a woman named Ye Zi and was deeply attracted by the beautiful reflection of Ye Zi on the car window. "A Thousand Cranes" tells the story of the fourth year after his father's death. The protagonist Kikuji encounters his father's former lover Mrs. Ota at a tea party. Mrs. Ota misses her old lover and actually empathizes with her son Kikuji. Kikuji also accepts this love that violates morality... The novel narrates the conflict between love and morality in a very beautiful style and depicts a story of abnormal love involving two generations.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection contains 4 short stories. They all describe farmers. "Peasants" is the author's true description of the poor and difficult life of the oppressed peasants in the Russian Empire. "In the Canyon" writes about the other side of the countryside, the tragedy of a rich farmer-cum-merchant family. "Gusev" vividly describes the tragic misfortune of peasants being dragged to serve as "strong men".

This book includes Sakaguchi Ango's most representative works, "The Idiot", "The Island in the City", "On Degeneration", "Continued Theory on Degeneration", "Waterbird Pavilion", "Toy Box", "Study Notes", "The Golden Mean", etc. "Island in the City" writes about the isolation between people in urban life through the tragedy of A Bian. "Because everything is casual, this society is so perfect." Ango Sakaguchi proposed in "Theory of Degeneration" and "Theory of Continuation of Degeneration": "In order to survive, you must degenerate." "The Idiot" has been evaluated as "a model of Japanese post-war literature." "Study" bears the shadow of Sakaguchi Ango's own studies.

Published in a collection with reference to the title and contents of the Japanese first edition! A classic work by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the literary genius and king of short stories! A sharp analysis of the good and evil of human nature, a new interpretation of historical allusions, the struggle of emotional desires, and a philosophy of life that is detached from the world... This book contains 14 short stories and short stories, which are works created by Akutagawa Ryunosuke from the fourth year of Taisho to the sixth year of Taisho, including "Rashomon", "Nose", "Father", "Sake Insect", "Yam Porridge", etc. If you are looking for a way out at the end of the road, you have to resort to any means. If we "choose the means", we can only starve to death under the rammed earth wall or on the side of the road, and then be abandoned like a dog under this Rashomon gate. --"Rashomon"; People naturally feel compassion for the misfortune of others, but if that person manages to escape the misfortune, it is their turn to feel as though they have lost something. To exaggerate a little, people may even hope that the person will fall into the same misfortune again. --"Nose".

Whenever he is in trouble, Haruki Murakami turns to Chandler! There are many books to read when you want to be awake. But when you want to get drunk, read Chandler! This collection includes all three masterpieces of Chandler, Haruki Murakami's literary idol and a master of American literature: "The Long Goodbye", "Goodbye, My Love", and "The Big Sleep"! As the founder and soul of "tough guy" literature, Chandler created the classic image of "tough guy detective" Marlowe with his textbook-level polished writing. Since then, all tough guys have the shadow of Marlowe. Chandler is recognized as one of the spokespersons of American literature in the 20th century! Chandler is also one of the great screenwriters in film history and the ancestor of Hollywood "film noir". Famous directors such as Hitchcock and Billy Wilder have collaborated with him. Chandler's novels have been adapted for the screen 11 times, and Nobel Prize winner Faulkner participated in the screenplay of his works. Hollywood actors in the 1940s were proud to play Marlowe. The three books in the series all feature private detective Philip Marlowe as the protagonist. Watch how a lonely tough guy detective wanders around the edge of the dark city, how he faces all kinds of people and complicated cases he encounters, and how he maintains the justice in his heart in this dark world...

The distortion of the soul and the misery of the spirit connect the ups and downs of life, failures and self-deprecating memories... This book collects eighteen late works and posthumous manuscripts of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, including "The Words of a Dwarf", "The Life of a Fool", "The Westerner", and "The Continuation of the Westerner". The form and style are rich and colorful, and the content is very different, showing the author's flexible creative talent. "The Life of a Fool" is a posthumous manuscript of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story. After Akutagawa committed suicide, his friend Masao Kume compiled and published it. This novel actually alludes to Akutagawa's life, which includes his review of himself, thoughts about his family, and uneasiness about the social development at that time. "The Words of the Dwarf" is Akutagawa's essays and comments. It can be regarded as his masterpiece of aphorisms. It expresses his mood with wisdom and expounds his views on art and life. It is a work about life understanding and social discussion. Although the form is an essay, it is spoken by a dwarf, which seems to have the style of a novel. "The Westerner" and "The Westerner" are the last works left by Akutagawa before committing suicide. They explore the image of Christ in Akutagawa's mind and reveal the influence of Christianity on Akutagawa himself and his creations in his short life.

This book contains 16 of the most representative short stories and short stories by the famous Austrian writer Zweig. Among them, "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "The Malay Madman", "The Story of Chess", "The Invisible Treasure", etc. Are all must-read masterpieces for Zweig fans.

This set of books includes a total of 7 volumes of Hardy's classic novels, namely "In vain", "Far from the Dust", "The Return of the Native", "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure" and "Selected Short and Novels". The translation was chosen by Zhang Guruo and other translators. It was very popular among readers after it came out. Now it has been out of stock for many years and is no longer in stock. In this reprint, the translation has been revised for excellence. It is a set of literary classics worth savoring and collecting.

The famous historian Barbara W. Tuchman, who has won the Pulitzer Prize twice, advocates treating history as a readable story. She calls herself a "writer with historical themes" and is praised by Fairbank and others as "a historian as an artist." She won the Pulitzer Prize twice, and her work has been hailed as one of the best historical works of the 20th century. This series includes: "Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945", "Tower of Pride: Portraits of the Antebellum World, 1890-1914", "The Craft of History: Tuchman on History", "The First Salute: The American Revolution from Another Perspective", "The Distant Mirror: The Turbulent Fourteenth Century", "March of Folly: From Trojan Horse Massacre to the Vietnam War".

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. William Faulkner called him "a truly American writer from whom we all descend." "Mark Twain Short Stories" collects Mark Twain's famous short stories. These popular short stories are humorous in writing, pungent in language, sharply satirical, and expose the speculation, money worship, and dark social reality that are prevalent in the United States like a plague. He is a writer in the history of American literature who writes in purely American spoken language. He is called the "Father of American Literature" by Faulkner and the "Lincoln of American Literature" by Howells. Called America's great satirical novelist by Obama.

Works by Peter Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. "On Tiredness" contains five unique narrative works created by Handke from the late 1980s to 2013. These five "novels" deconstruct traditional narrative forms further than all Handke's previous works, and can almost be said to have created a new style of writing. No matter how the narrative form changes, Handke always focuses on the relationship between self and the world. Tiredness in "On Tiredness" is an important way of perceiving the world; "On the Jukebox" recalls and summons the passing time; the "quiet place" mentioned in "On the Quiet Place" turns out to be the toilet. The author's unique expression style completely surpasses people's habits. Taking things as commonplace and self-evident; "On the Mushroom Maniac" creates a fictional character who is obsessed with mushrooms. From curiosity, pursuit, obsession, and madness, to gradually calmness, detachment, and relief, Handke used this to review and reflect on his own life.

The book "Love from a Shipwreck" is a work commemorating the 25th anniversary of Yiyi's career as a writer. Narrated by his real name Adachi Kantaka, he wrote under the pen names Otoichi, Nakata Eiichi, and Yamashiro Asako respectively. Presenting 11 fantastic novels. After Yiyi's "Love from a Sinking Ship" hit the iceberg of marriage, the ship "home" gradually sank. What is the measure of "love"? Where should the families who once loved each other on the ship go now? "The Man Nailed to the Earth" by Eiichi Nakata. I had accomplished nothing and accidentally obtained a time jumping device, but I could no longer return to the original time and space. I keep jumping to other timelines, looking for the happiest version of myself──then, I want to kill him and replace him! Yamashiro Asako's "People in the Background" I came to the mountains for filming, but strange things happened one after another. The camera captured strange figures, the radio recorded strange sounds... And I never mentioned that there were other more terrifying things...

This book collects the essence of Anne Prue's eleven short stories, many of which have won individual awards. "Brokeback Mountain" not only won the 1998 O. Henry Short Story Award and the National Magazine Award, but was also adapted onto the screen by director Ang Lee, winning multiple international film awards. All stories are set in Wyoming. The author uses sharp writing techniques to dissect the passion and desire for life behind the cowboys' rough and wild lifestyle, and uses poetic language to extract beauty and hope from the cruelty and roughness.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 3 short stories. They are all masterpieces by Chekhov, among which "The Man in the Trap" is the author's famous short story. The protagonist wears galoshes and carries an umbrella even on sunny days. "Condom" symbolizes all the shackles that bind people. "Sergeant Plishbeev" satirizes the evil forces that oppress the people.

Chekhov is a world-class master of short stories in Russia and the last critical realist art master in Russia in the late 19th century. Together with the French writer Maupassant and the American writer O. Henry, he is known as one of the "three major short story writers in the world". This collection collects 17 short stories. The protagonist of "The Bride" was about to be a bride, but after being pointed out by others, she opened her eyes and saw the unreasonableness and injustice of her life, so she abandoned her comfortable family life and the comfortable life her fiancé had arranged for her, and went to study far away. Putting aside getting something for nothing and emphasizing self-reliance is the main idea that the author wants to express in the work.

In the eight short stories of "The Purple and the Black", K. J. Parker fully demonstrates to readers his unique knowledge and his profound insight into human nature - the former makes the construction of his worldview solid and complete, and the latter gives life to the characters.

"I Came Following the Firelight" is Zhang Yueran's new short story collection. Nine stories, a group of lonely men and women, carrying an unspeakable past, persistently looking for the fire in life. These characters are innocent and sophisticated, cold and passionate, sensitive and tough. They do evil because they punish themselves, they become suspicious because they believe, and they betray because they love. Zhang Yueran writes sharply and with rich poetic flavor, contemporary fables about love and loneliness, money and talent, cultural prejudice and class separation, and the glory and shadow of our era are vividly revealed on the page.

"The Gift of the Magi" is a collection of O. Henry's short stories, which selects seventeen of O. Henry's representative short stories, including "The Cop and the Hymn," "The Gift of the Magi," "The Child in the Jungle," "The Drunkard's Will," and "The Double Liar." O. Henry's novels display ironic compassion, unique humor and an ending that is never predictable. O. Henry's works can give you an unexpected ending every time, leaving you stunned and leaving you alone to think, cry and smile alone.

"The Last Lesson" includes the short story collection "Monday Stories" and the prose story collection "The Mill Letters". In 1912, "The Last Lesson" was translated and introduced to China for the first time, becoming one of the famous French literary works that is well-known in China and has a strong mass base. With exquisite brushstrokes and exquisite conception, the work shows the sincerity, trustworthiness, kindness, strength and other qualities of the people at the bottom of France. It depicts the beautiful and picturesque scenery of southern France, reflects the deep patriotism of the French people, and embodies the author's exquisite artistic creation skills and ultimate humanistic care.

Ancient Greek literature and art are an important source of Western civilization and culture. They share the same spirit with ancient Chinese civilization and complement each other brilliantly. Ancient Greek drama not only occupied an important position in people's cultural life at that time, but even today, its important historical value and high artistic achievements are still amazing. As the beginning of the development history of European drama art, ancient Greek drama had a significant impact on later European literature and drama. This book contains more than ten comedies and tragedies by ancient Greek writers such as Aeschylus and Sophocles. The selected plays include "The Persians", "Agamemnon", "Antigone", "Medea", "Knights", etc.

The logic is as rigorous as Keigo Higashino's, and as profound and powerful as Seicho Matsumoto! Miyuki Miyabe, who has topped the list of Japanese female writers for 11 consecutive years, has a complete collection of award-winning works, including out-of-print works on paper. "The Crime of My Neighbor" won the 26th "ALL Readings" Mystery Novel Newcomer Award. "Copycat" has set an unprecedented "six consecutive hits" in the Japanese publishing industry. "Magic in a Whisper" won the 2nd Japan Mystery Suspense Award. "Dragon Sleep" won the 45th Japan Mystery Writers Association Award. "Train" won the 6th Yamamoto Ishirō Award. "Reason" won the 120th Naoki Award. The film of the same name as "Brave Story" won Japan's "Oscar" Animation Award. "The Nameless Poison" won the 41st Eiji Yoshikawa Literature Prize.

The short story "Letter from a Strange Woman" is one of Zweig's masterpieces. A man received a letter without a signature or address on his forty-first birthday. A dying woman told an unforgettable love story, but the hero of the story, the man who received the letter, knew nothing about it. The story begins eighteen years ago. The moment she first met a man, she was still a child. Later, she experienced the obsession of a girl, the passion of youth, and even became a prostitute. However, she never changed her love for the man, and she did not decide to confess her love until her death. This book is a collection of Zweig's short stories. In addition to "Letter from a Strange Woman", it also includes such famous pieces as "The Invisible Collection" and "The Story of Chess".

This book is a collection of short stories, including six novels created by the author based on characters in his own life. "Chastity" is an unexpected love story in which the author is indirectly involved, involving infidelity and death. "The Whole Dozen" tells the story of a man who regards marrying a dozen wives as his life pursuit. "Human Nature Is Unpredictable" describes the unrequited love of an infatuated man. "Jane" depicts Jane, a woman who suddenly becomes attractive in middle age. "A Foreign Land" tells the life of a Jewish family who immigrated to Britain and the tragedy of a young man's life. "Eureka" is the story of a female writer regaining inspiration after experiencing the shock of her husband's departure.

This complete collection collects all of Mr. Alai's masterpieces of novels: "King Gesar" is a well-known classic historical novel, which has been adapted to the big screen many times as Alai's most anticipated work; "The Empty Mountain" trilogy and "The Dust Has Settled" can be described as twin peaks in artistic thought. The structure and artistic pattern of the novel is Alai's new artistic exploration, and it presents a completely different style from "The Dust Has Settled". If "The Dust Has Settled" is a closed structure and a complete story, "The Empty Mountain" expresses the major theme of "the secret history of a village" and uses a common culture, a common background, and different people and things to form a three-dimensional picture of the contemporary Tibetan countryside, which is the so-called "petal" structure.

"Selected Novels of Dazai Osamu" includes 16 short and medium-length novels, including "Disqualification in the World", "Setting Sun", "Good Bye" and "Cherry". They are the author's masterpieces from different periods and styles. Read these words, go deep into Dazai Osamu's heart, feel the sadness under the hustle and bustle, and find hope in loneliness. This is the fate of every modern person, and it is also the tolerance and comfort that Dazai Osamu offers to everyone.

"Maupassant's Short Stories" contains Maupassant's classic masterpieces, which are still of world-awakening significance in today's era. The protagonists of these works include women who suffered a lifetime of hardship because of their love for vanity; there are also old people who died of depression due to attacks from rumors; there are families who were betrayed because of their gambling... Every story can give a glimpse of the other side of society. Of course, there are also shining points of humanity in these works: there is undying love, kindness and fearless courage that are worth remembering... These positive energies turn into a warm current in the stories and reach people's hearts.

"Collected Works of Camus 3: The Anti and the Right Wedding Summer Collection" is the third volume of the "Collected Works of Camus". The prose collection "The Anti and the Right" narrates childhood life; "The Wedding" and "Summer" express the love of life and the fear of death; the attached "Swedish Speech" is a speech delivered by the author after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Albert Camus (1913-1960), French novelist and dramatist, one of the representative writers of existentialism, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Before the 1950s, Camus was always regarded as an existentialist, although he denied it many times. After Camus published his philosophical essay "The Rebel" in 1951, it triggered a year-long debate with Sartre and others, and finally broke with Sartre. Only then did people discover that Camus was a representative figure of the philosophy of the absurd and its literature.

"I live in a world as transparent and clear as ice and as sensitive as morbidity... Gradually, I feel more and more that 'living for the sake of living' is really the tragedy of human beings. If we can be content with eternal sleep, it will be a kind of peace and happiness for ourselves." Akutagawa Ryu no Yu ended his life a century ago in despair. A century later, he is famous in the international literary world. He has a profound portrayal of human nature and a strong understanding of the times. In his short life of more than thirty years, he left behind masterpieces such as "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest", which influenced generations of writers and readers. He provided endless inspiration to director Akira Kurosawa, who was hailed as "the most influential figure in Asia in the 20th century" by Time Magazine, and created monumental masterpieces in cultural history. This book adopts the translation by the well-known translator Wen Jieruo, and is a collection of selected classic masterpieces by Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

This book was written during World War II. Shrouded in the smoke of war, the author's family had no choice but to enter a small air-raid shelter to avoid air raids. In order to appease his restless little daughter, the father adapted Japanese legends and told them to her, and this is how the classic "Ogakuji" was created. "Life is always a story like this. This is the so-called tragedy and comedy of human nature." Osamu Dazai adapted it based on familiar Japanese legends such as "Tumor Removal", "Urashima Taro" and "Tongue-cut Sparrow", showing reflections on human nature and real destiny, but the style has changed from the past gloomy decadence to relaxed and peaceful. "Ogakashi" is a rare tender work written by Osamu Dazai. In addition, this book also includes "Bamboo Green" and "Wei Yong's Wife".

This is an illustration of the life of a woman in the world. It contains Dazai Osamu's stunning female monologue novels, which vividly describe women's thoughts and accurately capture the human emotions of the world. This is another survival pillow book for sensitive souls. Aoki Oizo who is struggling in the quagmire of life, Meles who runs for friendship and faith, and the Aqing couple who bring light to "me"... The author boldly breaks through the traditional literary style and reveals the reflection of the weak striving to make progress from the perspective of a small character.

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"Selected Short Stories of Volder" includes "Such a World", "Menon", "Two Comforted People", "The Story of a Kind Brahman", "White and Black", "Yeno and Golan" and other Volder's short stories. Volder advocates enlightened monarchy and emphasizes freedom and equality. He hopes to be a poet and defend the truth\

Chekhov, the king of short stories, created seven to eight hundred short stories in his life, most of which were based on the ordinary lives of the people at the bottom. The 14 short and medium-length stories included in this book are all Chekhov's masterpieces. Some reflect the tragic life of small people, such as "Anguish" and "Wanka"; some reveal the helplessness of small people struggling to survive, as well as their trembling, groveling mentality and appearance. Such as "The Death of a Petty Official", "The Fat Man and the Thin Man", and "The Oyster"; some whipped the servile and obsequious people who act according to the wind, such as "The Chameleon"; some portrayed the faces of the defenders of the autocratic system, such as "Sergeant Prishbeev"; some exposed the oppression of the society by the autocratic system and its conservatism and weakness, such as "The Man in the Trick"; some criticized the pursuit of vanity, vulgarity and boredom, and short-sightedness. Light's philosophy of life, such as "The Jumping Woman", "Anna Hanging on the Neck", and "Gooseberry"; some reveal the gloomy and terrifying current situation of Russian society under the autocratic system, such as "Ward No. 6"; Some express the pursuit and longing for a better life, thereby arousing people's disgust for the muddy and half-dead life, such as "Talk about Love" and "The Unmarried Bride".

I'm all for short stuff, so if I started a humor magazine, I'd give anything long a cross. --Chekhov. Chekhov's short stories are witty, humorous, and ironic, short, concise, and profound in meaning. He is extremely good at discovering creative materials from ordinary daily life. Through ridiculous plots, he draws lifelike characters and directly touches the essence of life in a calm manner. Chekhov connected the living conditions of the little people with the reality of life in Russia, or ridiculed, joked, or ridiculed, behind which he was full of tolerance and deep love for the little people, and expressed the majestic social reality in a limited space. "With just one word he can create an image, with just one sentence he can create a wonderful short story."

The "Selected Novels and Novels of Mérimée" compiled by Sun Gengjun selects the most representative short stories and short stories of Mérimée, a French realist writer and novel master. The novel has refined writing style, clear narrative, rich connotation and compact plot. It combines magnificent exotic scenery, fascinating storyline and characters with different personalities to form a distinct picture. It is a rare handwriting in French realist literature.

This set contains three volumes, namely "Letter from a Strange Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life" and "When Humanity's Stars Shine".

A representative work of philosophy by French Enlightenment thinkers, a must-read classic. Diderot is known as the "standard bearer of the Enlightenment philosophers" and his works have influenced ideological trends for hundreds of years. The pinnacle of Diderot's philosophical novels and a masterpiece of dialectics. "The Nephew of Rameau" is the second volume of the "Collected Works of Diderot", which includes "The Nephew of Rameau" and "This is Not a Story". "The Nephew of Rameau" is a dialogue-length philosophical novel written between 1761 and 1762, but was not published during the author's lifetime. In 1805, Goethe translated it into Germany, but it was not until 1823 that Lameaux's Nephew, compiled from Diderot's own manuscript, was first published in France. "Ramaou's Nephew" is as much a conversation as it is a debate. On one side of the conversation "I" is a philosopher who represents universal values, and on the other side is the nephew of the musician Rameau, a poor young man. The two met in a cafe and started chatting. The argument became more and more intense. Their words were full of laughter, curses, ridicule and speculation. Engels praised him as a "masterpiece of dialectics". "This is Not a Story" is a short story published in "Literary Letters" in 1773, telling two short love stories.

Raymond Chandler is good at creating cold, hard, and dark story atmospheres. His short stories are thrilling at every step. Lonely and dangerous souls can be found in every corner of the metropolis. Celebrities, prostitutes, gangsters, businessmen, private detectives, policemen... All fight openly and secretly for their own purposes. The protagonist is entangled in a conspiracy. With his sophisticated skills and shrewdness, he can see through each sinister conspiracy and uncover the shocking inside story hidden in the darkness.

This book consists of thirteen novels about cats, including "Dick Baker and His Cat" by Mark Twain, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sorrows of an English Cat" by Balzac, etc.

Chekhov, known as the "God of Short Stories", is a master in the eyes of many literary masters. His works are dedicated to showing the constant human nature in the changing world, sadness, loneliness, absurdity and helplessness, as well as the inability to control the ups and downs of fate... His works have won many awards and are enduring. They have been selected into many language textbooks and have been translated into various languages. Chekhov is good at using wonderful and unique stories to allow every reader to instantly see himself and others he seems familiar with, bringing comfort and healing to the difficult life. This book collects Chekhov's recognized and famous works, including 22 excellent works such as "The Chameleon", "The Death of a Civil Servant", "A Day Outside the City", "Afflicted", and "The Jumping Woman".

First published in 1829, "Dykonka Nights" is Gogol's first anthology of novels and the first collection of novels that established the writer's position in the history of Russian literature. It includes eight works: "Saudinsky Market", "St. John's Eve", "May Night", "The Lost Credentials", "Christmas Eve", "Terrible Revenge", "Ivan Fedorovich Shpanka and His Aunt" and "The Devil's Land". Most of these works are based on Ukrainian folklore, reflecting the people's lives and historical events in Ukraine, and revealing the thematic features and descriptive features that will appear in "Dead Souls" in the future. Gogol's three novels form a set of readings, which is conducive to a centralized grasp of Gogol's literary concepts and creative characteristics.

Brand-new translations, real award-winning inside stories, and detailed and vivid introductions of writers and works not only show the creative trajectory of the writer, the style and characteristics of the works, but also reveal the inherent laws of literature. With a wide range of themes and different techniques, people can not only enjoy the charm of art, but also gain varying degrees of enlightenment in various ideological realms, thereby understanding the true meaning of life. Although these writers with very different approaches have different languages, concepts, and backgrounds, their majestic attitude of holding high the banner of ideologicalism is the same, and their spirit of freedom of courageous pursuit is the same. Their majestic appearance is reflected in their works; their spirit is reflected in the words of these works. This series of books contains all the essence of their works that are revered by all generations.

To be disqualified in the human world is to lose the qualifications to be a human being. This is the last work in the life of Japanese writer Osamu Dazai, and it is also his most important work. The book is composed of the author's preface, postscript, and three letters written by the protagonist Oba Yezang. It describes the protagonist's continuous sinking from adolescence to middle age in order to escape reality. He experienced self-exile, alcoholism, suicide, and numbing himself with drugs, and finally walked towards himself step by step. The tragedy of destruction, in the process of self-denial, expresses the deep depression in his heart and the desire to be loved... He was tortured by the most real pain of being a human being. He spent his whole life seeking love and avoiding love under self-weariness, and in the end he could only destroy himself. This edition also selects several other masterpieces by Osamu Dazai: "The Setting Sun", "The Schoolgirl" and "Cherry".

"Wandering" is a novel about constellations. In Tokarczuk's own words, "The combination of constellations, rather than the orderly arrangement, contains the truth." It is a book that originated in the waiting room. The author went to the doctor for a blood test. While waiting for the doctor, he suddenly realized that he had almost no understanding of his own body. Then the research began, and the author even spent a whole year studying anatomy in Amsterdam for this purpose. It is a novel composed of 116 long or short chapters. Centering around two constantly intertwined themes - travel and human body preservation - fictitious stories, real events, and ideological fragments are arranged in a circle. The metaphorical and metaphysical issues of the body, travel, flight and movement unfold along the main line of the movement of the human body in the world. "The Ancient Times and Other Times" is a famous work by the famous contemporary Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk. The novel has a total of 84 chapters, each chapter is named after "xxx time". It tells the story of various characters in ancient times, even animals, plants and things, from different perspectives: a girl who touches the border of the world, a landowner addicted to puzzle games, a lonely housewife, an old woman who curses the moon, and even angels, water ghosts, pugs, mycelium, small coffee grinders... The life stories of three generations reflect the turbulent historical destiny of Poland in the 20th century. Primeval is a place, located at the center of the universe. Its four borders are guarded by four angels. The world beyond the ancient times does not exist. People who think they have stepped out of the ancient times are actually standing on the border and dreaming that they have entered the outside world. When they wake up, they go home and regard their dreams as memories. The border will also produce mature people, just like they come from the outside world... "House by Day, House by Night" tells the story of a border town, from the first knifemaker who pioneered here to settle here, to the heroine and her husband moving to this countryside, the same land has different historical moments and different life migrations over the millennium. Various legendary figures appear here: a saint with a beard, a monk with a gender inversion, an alcoholic with a bird living in his body, a small-town teacher who transforms into a werewolf, an old lady with a wig who can hibernate, a woman who collects dreams on the Internet... The human world has undergone changes and ups and downs for thousands of years, but for the land, people's joys and sorrows, and the changes in people's generations are just a fleeting dream of the land. This is a wonderful novel that mixes multiple genres and intersperses multiple story lines. Short stories, essays, folk tales, hagiographies, and even recipes and notes are intertwined and presented. Each story is an exquisite short story, and when connected together, it becomes a wonderful novel full of foreshadowing and echoes.

Hemingway's 120th anniversary edition. Hemingway can be said to be the most well-known writer in my country and the most loved by Chinese readers among all Nobel Prize winners in literature over the past century. It collects all of Hemingway's short stories with standardized classification and complete catalogue, focusing on the classics of Hemingway's creation of a generation of writing style and profound influence on later writers. Famous translators include Chen Liangting, Wu Lao, Cai Hui, Zhai Xiangjun, Lu Jin and other elite translators of the generation of British and American literature. The earliest and most enduring works that made Hemingway famous were his short stories that created a generation of writing style. His short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions and short dialogues, giving readers the most direct and vivid impression and influencing many modern and contemporary writers in the world. This book is divided into two volumes and contains all of Hemingway's short stories. The first volume contains the writer's first complete collection of short stories published in 1938, namely the "First Collection of 49 Stories", including famous works such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"; there are another 6 stories that are not included in the "First Collection of 49 Stories", and the works that obviously belong to the same period are placed in the "Appendix". The second volume includes short stories published in books and magazines after the "first series of 49" and previously unpublished novels, a total of 21 stories. There are another five articles in the appendix, which were not included in the original complete collection and were only discovered in the mid-1980s.