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The Artist as Critic is a collection of critical dialogues and essays by Oscar Wilde. It consists of four parts of the conversation, including The Decline of Lies, the Critic as Artist, and the Truth of the Mask; The Decline of Lies: A Critical Conversation between Two Highly Aestheticians; Pen, Pencil, and Poison: An Essay on Thomas Griffiths Wainwright (1794–1847), the English Artist and Serial Poisoner; The Critic as Artist: An Essay on Art Written in the Form of a Philosophical Conversation. It contains Wilde's major aesthetic statement; The Truth of the Mask: An Essay Focusing on Dramatic Theory. As an important collection of Oscar Wilde's literary and artistic criticism, it is also an important collection of Oscar Wilde's aesthetic criticism. This small collection embodies the issues of concern to the British literary and artistic circles in the 19th century. It also focuses on fierce debates about the value of literature and art, and whether art and life are superior or inferior. The author also makes his own assessment of the value of some classic literary and artistic works. It can be said to be a concentrated thinking and exploration of literature, art and aesthetics in the 19th century. From today's perspective, it is still critical and sharp. From drama reviews, biographies, to writing dialogues imitating Plato, Wilde discussed the nature of art and beauty in different ways, proposing that "life imitates art far better than art imitates life." The witty and profound words in the book can also let us appreciate the charm of Wilde as an aesthetic thinker.

A collection of the New York Times best-selling works by global best-selling author, lifestyle leader and speaker Alain de Botton, highly recommended by celebrities Wang Junkai and Zhao Youting. It captures the essence of philosophy, art, politics, and literature to alleviate confusions about life, love, psychology, and work. Zi Zhongyun, a famous English-French bilingual translator and member of the Honorary Division of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is the translator, and Professor Zhou Guoping recommends and writes the preface. The novels on the left hand are full of talents; the prose on the right hand comforts people's hearts. Follow Alain de Botton to find answers to comfort life. More than 150 pictures are beautifully presented. "Collection of Alain de Botton's Works (Set of 5 Volumes)·Volume 1" selects 5 popular works of the British genius Alain de Botton that dominate the bestseller list, including "Embracing the Lost Time", "The Consolation of Philosophy", "Identity Anxiety", "The Art of Travel" and "Notes on Love".

"Joyce's Literary and Political Essays" is co-edited by the famous American Joyce scholars Ellsworth Mason and Richard Elman. It contains 57 essays, speeches, book reviews, outlines, letters, and poems written by Joyce from the age of 14 to 55.

All chaos begins with a spell that has lost its power... Wizards do not know the truth and cannot control power; craftsmen abandon their skills and singers forget their poetry; people live in a trance, not seeking to make a living, but seeking immortality. Ged, the Archmage of Earthsea, and Arren, the young and enthusiastic Prince Yingrad, set out to find the source of evil and the crux of the chaos, but they didn't know what was waiting for them ahead. They can only sail towards the frontier - from the mysterious and unknown Long Island, to the ocean swarms of drifters, to the dead zone with no living creatures, and finally reach the far shore where no one has set foot. On the other side, waiting for them will be the final arduous trial...

The protagonist, Mr. Wayne, has lived in an old house for generations and owns a library. One day, Wayne discovered a strange creature looking for an exit in the library. Wayne followed the bird-like Mr. Raven (Mr. Crow) and came to another world through a magic mirror. Wayne was shocked by this world: there were skeletal ghosts dancing and fighting; there were forests where stupid giants and ignorant "dwarfs" lived; and there were hazy swamps where female leopards were looking for babies and charming women were waiting to be discovered... And the "evil" of this world was concentrated in the city of Brica: Lilith, the princess of Brica who was controlled by and associated with the "shadow". (Lilith first appeared in Sumerian mythology. In Jewish rabbinic literature, she is referred to as the first wife of Adam, the human ancestor in the Old Testament. She was created by God from clay and left the Garden of Eden because she was dissatisfied with God). The mysterious events unfold layer by layer, and MacDonald shows and explores us: the story between Adam and Eve, the fall and redemption of mankind, until finally moving towards God, towards the light, and the fragility of human nature. There are many symbolic symbols used in it, which are reminiscent of Virgil's works and Dante's "Divine Comedy". "Lilith" was first published in 1895. It is the last fantasy novel written by George Macdonald, the "King of Victorian Fairy Tales" in his later years. It focuses on the nature of life, death and redemption. It is considered to be Macdonald's most mysterious and profound work.

The set contains 2 volumes, including "Keijin Slide 1: Kuzuno Chapter: The Lost Past" and "Kei Ren Slide 2: Edo Chapter: The Garden of Happiness".

Before the story of Slater and Anna happened, there was another story about Slater's sister Rachel. This story was so dark that even Slater dared not mention it... Rachel was a witch and she had been wandering around for the past 600 years. But now that she had her own bookstore and cabin, and Jamie, she felt truly alive for the first time in her life, and she wanted to settle down. Jamie is kind, sweet, and totally the kind of boy Rachel could grow old with. It's just that Rachel never gets old. One day things will come to light and all the good things will cease to exist. With all her hopes pinned on her witchcraft, Rachel delved deeper than ever and darker than ever. She finds a very complex and extremely dangerous spell that allows her to live a normal life, but at a huge cost.

"The Master and Margarita" is the representative work of Soviet writer Bulgakov, and is considered to a certain extent as the pioneering work of magical realism. This is a twisted person expressing a twisted life and a twisted world in a twisted way. This is a masterpiece that took two years to write 15 chapters, but burned the manuscript. As a result, I couldn't stop and couldn't stop talking, so I re-opened the paper and finished it in one go. "The Master and Margaret" is a critical realist novel with world influence created against the background of real life in the Soviet literary and artistic circles in the 1920s and 1930s, using a combination of traditional realism, symbolism, and magical realism. The author opens his eyes for justice, lashes out against corruption, praises true love, and integrates fantastic and magnificent landscapes with rich and poignant poetry, ultimately giving the work eternal artistic charm.

Ursula Le Guin, the eternal queen of fantasy! In the mysterious and remote world of the West Bank, young people are in pain and confusion, and their destiny is majestic and turbulent: young Olek wears a blindfold to seal his spiritual power, because it destroys enemies and harms loved ones; young girl Memmer was born in a "bookless city", where books were burned and denounced as the devil that breeds sin; the little slave Gavel witnessed a funeral, and death tore apart the illusion of "justice and order", making him question his gentle and docile first half of his life.

Here there is the tragic process of founding Roke Academy, the touching love story spread in Earthsea, the truth about the Gont earthquake, the thrilling battles when Ged was the Archmage and the experiences of his teacher Ogion in his youth. It not only fully displays the history, geography, residents, customs and magic of the Earthsea world, but also tells the past and present life of the Earthsea world, and will also open up a magnificent new adventure.

He once thought that his faith was eternal, and he once narrowly escaped death with his faith in mind. After being baptized by the flames of war, her faith withered in the face of the truth... The queen was reborn from the fire, and the flame of revenge was about to burn everything. Weilin served as the "Sword of Vengeance" and commanded the Queen's Protectorate Army to lead the troops to fight. However, the blood song has been lost, and there is only a silent uneasiness in my ears. The talent has been taken away, just like the wings of a raven are broken. Everything in the world has its origin, and we should look back to the past to understand the future. In order to solve the confusion in my heart, I must reach the islands before the long night falls. Weilin left everything behind and traveled day and night, galloping through the wind and snow. Losing the guidance of singing, holding the sword tightly. Going to the ice field again, he was infinitely close to the moment when the truth was born...

An eternal classic dedicated to the future! An ordinary hobbit trembles in front of the flames of doom. Can he defeat the soul-devouring Supreme Lord of the Rings? The hobbits Merry and Pippin in the Fellowship of the Ring were kidnapped, and the Fellowship of the Ring had to split up: Frodo and his friend Sam continued to march to Mordor, the territory of the Demon Lord Sauron. On the way, they paid off the monster Gollum who was also frantically looking for the Lord of the Rings. Since the road to Mordor is very difficult and Mount Doom is to the north of Mordor, Frodo and Sam have to rely on Gollum's help; on the other hand, the Fellowship of the Ring Aragorn, Legolas and Gilas joined Merry and Pippin who successfully escaped from the captive camp, and joined the ranks of the human race Rohan to prepare to launch an attack on the territory of the evil white-robed warlock Saruman. At this time, the black leader Sauron also mobilized his troops to march towards the capital of Rohan. The alliance between the elves and humans will be challenged by the powerful combat power of the black magic beast soldiers and the evil magic of Saruman.

Selected from Dickens's horror novels, including "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "My Haunted House Experience," two of Dickens's most acclaimed works, readers can get a glimpse of Dickens's genius for horror fiction. While some of the stories are chilling to read, others are comical. Dickens inserted representative weird comedy plots into the stories and arranged for the most unforgettable characters to appear, including humans and ghosts, making these stories come to life on the page and become ukiyo-e paintings with a unique and humorous style.

This book is selected from a collection of Hitchcock's short stories, including more than ten short stories such as "Crime and Crime", "Triangle Game" and "Revenge". The text is concise and plain, the plots are twists and turns, and the endings are unexpected, and often give readers an immersive feeling. The novel is highly readable, full of modern features, in line with current reading habits and trends, and is very popular among the younger generation.

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The "Holy Grail War" is a ritual in which seven magicians make a contract with seven heroic spirits, and fight with the Holy Grail, a wish that is said to make all wishes come true, as a bet. On the one hand, the master and the servant in the archer camp are mutual confidants. The cheerful male archer and the straightforward female magician Elsa Saijo originally planned to face the Holy Grail War head-on, but Elsa's dark past cast a shadow on the ceremony. On the other hand, the magician Nigel Seward of the Lancer camp used elixirs to forcibly control the Lancers who used huge spears. Nigel is convinced that tapping into the emotions in the hearts of the Lancers is the way to win. The tragedy has already fallen into a dilemma. Next...

Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 21 times, the true "uncrowned king" of the Nobel Prize, and recognized as a masterpiece by Graham Greene, one of the British novelists widely praised by experts and loved by readers throughout the Western world in the 20th century, it was selected as one of the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century" by Time Magazine and translated by the famous translator Fu Weici. Green divides his works into two categories: "serious novels" and "entertainment novels". "The Power and the Glory" is one of the most famous "serious novels" and one of Graham Greene's most highly regarded by experts and praised by readers. The novel is based on the author's two months' experience in Mexico in March and April 1938, during which he spent five weeks traveling alone and exhausted between the southern states of Tabasco and Chiapas. "The Power and the Glory" contains un-British Roman Catholic elements while being steeped in Manichean darkness and a faithful depiction of suffering. It can be called Green's most ambitious work.

T. S. Eliot is the most influential modernist poet, critic and playwright in the 20th century. Winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Collected Works of Eliot, in five volumes, includes all the best and most valuable works written by Eliot as a poet, critic and playwright. Professor Lu Jiande, director of the Institute of Literature of the Academy of Social Sciences and a senior Eliot research expert, is responsible for the editor-in-chief of this collection of works, selecting authoritative versions that have been published in China, and looking for the best domestic translators to translate untranslated works, ensuring the authority. Mr. Yang Ziwu, editor of Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press and senior translator, is responsible for the review and revision of this collection and strictly controls the quality of the translations. In terms of form and content, this collection has a higher starting point and perspective than previous translations, and has extremely high literary value. The anthology includes The Waste Land: Eliot's Collected Works and Poems, Murder in the Cathedral: Eliot's Collected Works and Dramas, The Critical Critic: Eliot's Collected Works and Essays, Tradition and Personal Talent: Eliot's Collected Works and Essays, and Modern Education and Classical Literature: Eliot's Collected Works and Essays.

When Saul Bellow was advised to write his autobiography, he always said there was nothing to write about, he was just too busy. Busy writing novels, occasionally writing essays; busy falling in love, getting married, becoming a father, divorcing, making friends, making grudges, and being sad; busy with major historical events, busy with minor literary matters; busy with reading a lot, busy fulfilling his teaching duties, and teaching until he was old. Especially busy writing letters to his successive wives, his sons, his fellow writers, readers who liked him and disliked him, people chasing him for autographs, obsessive sycophants, and severe mental patients, etc. Not all great writers are good at writing letters. Letter writing seems to be a talent that can exist in its own right, as mysterious as artistic talent. Obviously, Saul Bellow had this artistic talent. In this collection of letters, Bellow shows readers his true self. When he was passionately in love, he would say: "Susie and I could be very happy even on an ice floe." When he was in a bad mood, he would yell at his ex-wife Sandra: "You almost f**king killed me... I will write all the sins I suffered at your hands into "Herzog" Of course, this collection of letters, which began in 1932 and ended in 2005, also contains Bellow's meditations on literature, politics, and philosophy. It is a record of his mental journey over more than seventy years, and a representation of several aspects of American society in the twentieth century.

"Wisdom Tank" was first compiled in the sixth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty (1626). It is a collection of wisdom stories from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. The whole book is divided into ten parts: superior wisdom, wise wisdom, discerning wisdom, courageous wisdom, technical wisdom, quick wisdom, language wisdom, military wisdom, boudoir wisdom, and miscellaneous wisdom. There are 28 sub-categories including Zhiwei, Xionglue, and Wise Enlightenment, including more than 1,200 stories of think tanks from past dynasties. It is not only a wonderful book that reflects the ancient people's clever use of wisdom to solve problems and defeat enemies, but also a huge resource collection in the history of Chinese culture. Based on the principle of learning from the past, this book selects representative chapters from the original book and interprets them carefully. I hope it can help readers absorb the nutrients for success while reading, enrich their own experience, and become a successful wise man.

"Hemingway's Letters (1917-1961)" will present one of the most interesting letter writers in history. As the most well-known writer among all Nobel Prize winners for literature in the past century, Hemingway's public image and legendary life have long been known through his works, but these private letters that are unfamiliar to the world have made a new Hemingway emerge. Carlos Baker, an expert on Hemingway, selected nearly 600 letters written between the age of 18 and his death in more than 40 years from the voluminous letters Hemingway left to the world. In the letters, Hemingway used "private" language outside of his works to express his feelings frankly. He honestly revealed himself to all kinds of people - family, friends, rivals, editors, and almost every famous writer of the time - and recorded every aspect of his life and writing career. It is not an exaggeration to call him the most interesting letter writer of all time. The letters selected for the work not only record the turning points of the writer's life, but also reveal his character and wisdom, as well as his special hobbies for hunting, fishing, eating, etc. The humor and wildness it reveals far exceed his works, and it can be called an unconventional autobiography of a writer. The many international and social events described in it, as well as a number of famous artists and writers, record the international situation and artistic images of an era from the side. These letters not only serve as a guide and reading pleasure for general readers, but also provide those who seriously study literature with the original documents needed to examine the life and achievements of one of the giants of American literature in the twentieth century.

"Cheese and Maggots" Ginzburg travels between the intricate trial files and elite culture and low-class culture, weaving a story with clever structure and charming narrative. Through the eyes of miller Domenico, we see not only the life and thought world of ordinary people, but also his whims, joys, sorrows, and determination to challenge authority. The magnificent picture of European popular culture in the 16th century and even the grand historical picture of Europe are also slowly unfolding. The historian Ginzburg of "The Night Fight" relied on the Inquisition trial files and focused on the interaction between the inquisitors and the interrogators. He not only vividly described how these peasants became confused about their identity under the pressure of the church authority, and then classified themselves as wizards, but also restored the folk culture and the psychological world of peasants during this period.

"The Complete Works of Li Shutong (6 volumes in total)" contains all the works of Master Hongyi Li Shutong. It is divided into four parts: Buddhist miscellaneous notes, Buddhist letters, literary poems, and Buddhist explanations. It is a total of six volumes. It is the most complete collection, the most sophisticated editing, and the most beautiful artistic conception of Master Hongyi's complete works so far. This book is about literary poetry.

The work is divided into three parts: poetry, prose and novels. Over the past few years, the author Wang Bo has used delicate writing to compile the emotional journey of young people as they grow up, as well as their feelings and thoughts about life and work. He has strong writing skills, especially poetry. Describes his feeling of being extremely nostalgic for the purest love

In October 1936, Mr. Lu Xun passed away in Shanghai. Mr. Lu Xun Memorial Committee is\

This collection of works contains 12 art reviews and narrative essays by the master of Japanese painting Uemura Shoen, covering his artistic outlook, creative anecdotes, mental journey, travel notes, etc. The characters in Uemura's paintings are vivid and superb, and her essays can also be said to be original. He is full of nostalgia for traditional customs, perseveres in the things he likes, and has a profound understanding of art. Through Uemura's writing, we will surely have a deeper understanding of Japanese painting and the beautiful art world she pursues.

"Collected Works of Wang Huo·Volume 7" is a collection of short stories and novels, divided into three parts. The first part is a collection of novellas "The Tide in the Heart", which consists of seven novels. Most of them are stories about marriage and love in different eras. They tell the story of the protagonist's tragedy because of his values, misunderstanding, cowardice, money, or personality. The second part is the novella "Privacy", which explores the scale of privacy between lovers. The third part is a collection of short stories and novels "All Living Things", which consists of more than 40 novels covering a wide range of fields. There are philosophies of life, sighs and praises for worldly affairs, various characters are depicted, and a rich and colorful social picture is formed.

This wonderful anthology selects about 100 master works in the field of natural literature from the East and the West, focusing on the six major themes of earth, sky, fire, water, surprise, and deep thought, to present the myriad wonders of nature and mankind's endless pursuit and exploration of nature. The collection contains poetry, essays, novel fragments, diaries, letters, as well as articles of more scientific and natural history interest. From the heather bushes on the Yorkshire moors described by Charlotte Bronte, to the changing colors of the sky observed and recorded by Leonardo da Vinci, to the drifting clouds in Matsuo Basho's eyes, this rich collection combines a variety of unique perspectives and perceptions - lyrical, awe-inspiring, praising, and philosophical, revealing that the tradition of nature writing is long-standing and infinitely varied.

"Fox Mei Ji" reinterprets six fantasy stories based on the scattered records of some legendary figures from the Heian period to the Edo period in Japan. Shibusawa Tatsuhiko not only tells the classical stories of supernatural beings, but also explains them from the perspective of modern concepts from time to time, making the classical and modern, magic and reality intertwined, full of strange and mysterious colors. "Ryuuhiko no Kuni Kitan Collection" Shibusawa Tatsuhiko named his small study world "Ryuuhiko no Kuni". In this land, he used twelve strange stories as themes, including the Bird of Paradise, which has no legs and must fly continuously until it dies, and the Flying Man, whose head detaches from its body and flies into the vast night sky in its sleep. He weaves interesting chapters across the fields of religion, literature, folklore and art with free and easy writing style, forming this collection of essays full of heretical fun and whimsy. "Museum of Weird People" Dashwood, the founder of the infamous "Hellfire Club"; Nostradamus, the great prophet who described the doomsday scene; Beaumont, the astonishing French cross-dressing knight; the mysterious Jack the Ripper; the alchemist Camustro... The most important weirdos in history are gathered in this book!

"The Selected Works of Kawabata Yasunari" was translated by Tan Jinghua, a famous translator and the earliest domestic scholar to study Kawabata Yasunari, over many years. He reproduces the beauty of Japanese mourning with elegant translation. It includes 6 immortal medium-length masterpieces such as "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand Cranes", "Voice of the Mountain", "Waltz of Flowers" and "Thousand Birds on the Blue Waves", as well as 18 short classics such as "Izu Dancing Girl", "Diary of a Sixteen-year-old", "Celebrities who are proficient in funerals" and "Mother's First Love".

The content of this book began in the month when Kotaro Isaka debuted as a writer, and was published on the 10th anniversary of his debut. A large amount of new content and retrospective complaints were added on the 15th anniversary of his debut, and it was finally introduced on the 20th anniversary. Isaka, who has made a name for himself in the novel world but still admits that he cannot write essays, in order to live up to the expectations of editors and readers (and to make a living), he bravely challenged all kinds of essay requests and tried his best to complete the 108 short essays with different highlights in this book. There is no philosophy of life here, only the efforts, daily life, family, objects of admiration, recommended works, creative secrets, worries and complaints of a best-selling novelist who strives to write good essays.

"Hemingway's Letters (1917-1961)" will present one of the most interesting letter writers in history. As the most well-known writer among all Nobel Prize winners for literature in the past century, Hemingway's public image and legendary life have long been known through his works, but these private letters that are unfamiliar to the world have made a new Hemingway emerge. Carlos Baker, an expert on Hemingway, selected nearly 600 letters written between the age of 18 and his death in more than 40 years from the voluminous letters Hemingway left to the world. In the letters, Hemingway used "private" language outside of his works to express his feelings frankly. He honestly revealed himself to all kinds of people - family, friends, rivals, editors, and almost every famous writer of the time - and recorded every aspect of his life and writing career. It is not an exaggeration to call him the most interesting letter writer of all time. The letters selected for the work not only record the turning points of the writer's life, but also reveal his character and wisdom, as well as his special hobbies for hunting, fishing, eating, etc. The humor and wildness it reveals far exceed his works, and it can be called an unconventional autobiography of a writer. The many international and social events described in it, as well as a number of famous artists and writers, record the international situation and artistic images of an era from the side. These letters not only serve as a guide and reading pleasure for general readers, but also provide those who seriously study literature with the original documents needed to examine the life and achievements of one of the giants of American literature in the twentieth century.

The articles included in this book are: Desert Soul, Big Water, The Round Stones on Mount Wendor Han, Weeping Sand Tuozi, Ancient Horns, Three Souls of the Desert, Sunset in the Desert, Empty Valley, Sand Road, The Wolf Has No Ambition, and An Old Grasshopper.

Nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 21 times, the true "uncrowned king" of the Nobel Prize, and recognized as a masterpiece by Graham Greene, one of the British novelists widely praised by experts and loved by readers throughout the Western world in the 20th century, it was selected as one of the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century" by Time Magazine and was translated by Fu Weici, Lu Gusun, Huang Yongmin, and Yao Jinqing. For many writers, writing is an escape from real life; for others, an adventure-like life is an escape from boring writing. Graham Greene clearly falls into the latter category. This set contains a total of 5 volumes of Graham Greene's works "Brighton Lollipop", "The Road to Escape", "A Case of Self-Contained Virus", "Life Was Like This" and "Power and Glory".

In Xiao Hong's short creative career, she left behind a very rich collection of works, covering novels, essays, poetry and drama creations. "The Complete Works of Xiao Hong" compiled by Xiao Hong selects the most representative novel "The Story of Hulan River", the novella "The Field of Life and Death" and "Mabele" written by Xiao Hong from 1933 to 1941, as well as some short stories, essays, poems and drama works. In addition, some important sales letters written by Xiao Hong to her lovers and friends that reflect Xiao Hong's life and writing status are also included. The work is an image of a writer's spirit, always showing people the author's spiritual imprint. Most of Xiao Hong's works are based on her hometown. With her keen and delicate artistic sensibility and simple and delicate writing style, she writes about the isolation and desolation of rural towns in Northeast China at that time, which is filled with melancholy and sentimentality. It is a masterpiece of women's literature. "The Complete Works of Xiao Hong" is a classic collection of literary works.

"Go, Moses" is one of Faulkner's most famous works and an important part of the "Yoknapatawpha Lineage". McCaslin, a manor owner in the southern United States, had a daughter with a slave girl, and later gave birth to a son, Terry Le, with this daughter. Terry Le later married Tanney, a slave girl of another manor owner, Bush Champ, and their children all bear the surname Bush Champ. McCaslin's granddaughter married Edmonds. The whole book is about the complex relationship between the descendants of these three surnames. The most colorful character is McCaslin's grandson Isaac. He participated in bear hunting activities since he was a child under the guidance of black hunters. When he grew up, he saw through the abnormal relationship between white people and black slaves. He voluntarily gave up his family property and went to the town to make a living as a carpenter. The whole book consists of two novellas and five short stories. Each part is relatively independent and integrated into a complete picture.

This book consists of two parts: "The Pilgrim's Guide" and "The Narrow Gate". The Pilgrim Road, the Pool of Discouragement, Vanity Fair, and the Narrow Gate are all famous scenes in the classic "The Pilgrim's Progress", but what is the significance of these metaphors, and how to deal with them? In this book, Bunyan will explain it to you personally.

This book includes George Orwell's well-known satirical novel "Animal Farm" and three essays "Why I Write", "This Is Happiness" and "Old Stories from the Bookstore". "Animal Farm" is known as one of "the best books ever written by mankind". In an exaggerated and absurd form, the work tells the story of animals living on a farm who have been enslaved for a long time. In order to achieve freedom and liberation, the work successfully carried out a revolution and established an equal animal society. However, in the end, the fruits of the revolution were usurped by the animals' leader pig, and they returned to their previous miserable life.

"The Novelist's Holiday" is an essay and commentary written by Mishima Yukio during his creative heyday. In this book, Mishima examines many issues such as contemporary civilization, society, literature, and art with rich and profound sensibility. He dived alone into the complex and ever-changing jungle of modern civilization. With his gorgeous and bold writing style and playful and profound writing style, he discussed the origins of literature and art from multiple angles and pointed pointedly at the ills of the times. This book is the starting point of Mishima's philosophical thinking. It comprehensively displays Mishima's literary outlook, artistic outlook, and values. It is the essence of Mishima's thoughts.

This book contains 26 works by Albert Camus. The selected beautiful articles are simple and lively, simple and elegant, and have unique style. The work contains the author's serious thinking about life and is filled with the artist's strong passion.

In 1945, Maugham was invited by the American "Red Book" magazine to draw up a book list, enumerating what he considered the world's top ten novels, and wrote a series of book reviews for it, commenting on the writing process, writing techniques, and artistic features of these masterpieces one by one, thus creating this book "Masters and Masterpieces." The ten novels and their authors are: Fielding and "Tom Jones", Austen and "Pride and Prejudice", Stendhal and "The Red and the Black", Balzac and "Petro Goriot", Dickens and "David Copperfield", Flaubert and "Madame Bovary", Melville and "Moby-Dick", Emily Brontë and "Wuthering Heights", Dostoevsky and "The Brothers Karamazov" and Tolstoy and "War and Peace". Maugham's way of commenting on these ten novel masters is very simple, that is, "knowing people and judging the world." Maugham did this not intentionally to sing a different tune or to sensationalize, but to remove all pretense and use his profound insight into human nature and his rich experience as a novelist to truly consider the writers and works he reviewed, leading readers to taste and appreciate them. As a result, this review by a great novelist about his own great novelist has become a classic of literary criticism and a unique literary guide for ordinary readers.

The works included in this book mainly include: Air, Skin and Water, The Man Who Passes Time, Under the Cherry Tree, Essence, Words, Heart, Words, House, Words, Blade, Pure Man, The Fragrance of Lu Bu, The Poet Has No Rice, A Lifetime, Moonset, etc.

"Hemingway's Letters (1917-1961)" will present one of the most interesting letter writers in history. As the most well-known writer among all Nobel Prize winners for literature in the past century, Hemingway's public image and legendary life have long been known through his works, but these private letters that are unfamiliar to the world have made a new Hemingway emerge. Carlos Baker, an expert on Hemingway, selected nearly 600 letters written between the age of 18 and his death in more than 40 years from the voluminous letters Hemingway left to the world. In the letters, Hemingway used "private" language outside of his works to express his feelings frankly. He honestly revealed himself to all kinds of people - family, friends, rivals, editors, and almost every famous writer of the time - and recorded every aspect of his life and writing career. It is not an exaggeration to call him the most interesting letter writer of all time. The letters selected for the work not only record the turning points of the writer's life, but also reveal his character and wisdom, as well as his special hobbies for hunting, fishing, eating, etc. The humor and wildness it reveals far exceed his works, and it can be called an unconventional autobiography of a writer. The many international and social events described in it, as well as a number of famous artists and writers, record the international situation and artistic images of an era from the side. These letters not only serve as a guide and reading pleasure for general readers, but also provide those who seriously study literature with the original documents needed to examine the life and achievements of one of the giants of American literature in the twentieth century.

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The Crescent Moon (1903) is mainly translated from the Bengali poetry collection "Children's Collection" published in 1903, and some are directly created in English. In the collection of poems, the poet vividly describes children's games, skillfully expressing children's psychology and their lively imagination. Its special and timeless artistic charm brings us to a pure world of children and evokes our beautiful memories of childhood life. This book is the pinnacle work of a saint in poetry, an immortal piece of maternal love and innocence, and a gorgeous picture of intertwined dreams and reality.

This set is a specially planned edition of the "Complete Works of Chekhov's Dramas" which has been well received in recent years. Chekhov's works occupy a very important position in Russian literature and even world literature, and drama is the pearl of his literary creation achievements. In the West, Chekhov is often called the Shakespeare of the twentieth century. "The Complete Works of Chekhov's Plays" is the most complete and authoritative presentation of Chekhov's plays in China, with selected translations by famous writers such as Jiao Juyin, Li Jianwu, and Tong Daoming. The complete set is divided into four volumes, including Jiao Juyin's translation of "The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", and "The Cherry Orchard", and Li Jianwu's translation of "Chekhov's One-Act Plays", etc. Each volume is also accompanied by a corresponding drama review written by the translator, which helps readers gain a deeper understanding of Chekhov's dramatic art and provides the academic community with a faithful and excellent translation and reliable research materials.

This book is a collection of Osamu Dazai's novels, which includes six novels that were unpublished at the time, including "Autumn Wind", "Flower Candle", "About Love and Beauty" and "Firebird". This collection of novels is the first collection of works published by Osamu Dazai after his marriage to Michiko Ishihara. The works focus on Dazai's longing for the most beautiful love in the world and his extreme love for life. Like the affectionate look back at the firebird before its nirvana, it is Dazai's heroic leap into the abyss of despair.

"The River War" is Churchill's second book. The book records the second war launched by Britain against the Sudan. It describes the battles large and small in detail and contains Churchill's comments on political and other social events. "River War" is not only a description of the war, but also a story about the fate of the people in the area. With powerful insight, Churchill recounted how the war changed the destinies of the peoples of Britain, Egypt, and Sudan.

This volume is Goethe's novel "The Studying Times of Wilhelm Meister". William Meister is a passionate young man full of ideals and vitality. He was born in a citizen class family, but he is dissatisfied with the mediocrity and profit-seeking of the citizen class. He hopes to transform society through dramatic art and aesthetic education, and falls in love with the actress Mariana. After a misunderstanding with Mariana, William wanders around and meets all kinds of people. William initially sought the art of drama, but eventually acquired the art of life, becoming a seeker who constantly pursues the perfection of human nature and lofty social ideals.