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The poor and beautiful heroine Tess loses her virginity to Alec, a bad boy from a rich family because of her youth and ignorance. She suffers mental and material torture, and loses her true love Claire because of it. Finally, she kills Alec out of grief, anger and despair, and walks to the gallows calmly. The great charm and courage of Tess's humanity and soul make her one of the most touching female images in the literary gallery. Hardy vividly demonstrates his deep-rooted tragic outlook on fate and broad and profound humanistic compassion through the tragic experiences of the pure and beautiful Tess's short life.

"Petro Goriot" is set in the French society during the Restoration of the Bourbon Dynasty. It tells the story of two daughters raised by Mr. Goriot who made a fortune in business. After marriage, under the influence of the upper-class lifestyle, they squeezed their father's property, damaged their father's dignity, and tortured their father's emotions until they had nothing and died of physical and mental exhaustion. Intertwined with this main line is the experience of the provincial young man Rastignac breaking into Paris's upper class society and recognizing all the temptations and dangers involved. The main characters in Balzac's masterpiece "The Human Comedy" appear one after another in this novel, thus opening the prelude to the "Human Comedy".

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In the first half of the 1920s, Hemingway lived in Paris as a correspondent in Europe. The book "A Moveable Feast" records this period of the author's life at that time. However, this book was written nearly forty years later. In other words, the "scene" of the feast has long since disappeared. The author and readers are only tracing those past years in their memories. For both the author and the readers, these memories have been out of focus and distorted through the lens of time. All memories about Paris blend into a common historical memory of Paris. Among the countless fictional and non-fictional works about Paris in history, "A Moveable Feast" is one of the most famous works. The dedication on its title page - "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then she will be with you wherever you go in your life, because Paris is a moveable feast." It has become the "cultural calling card" of Paris and is widely recited.

Strickland is a successful securities broker. He has both fame and fortune, a happy family, and a comfortable life that others envy. One day, when he was over 40 years old, he suddenly disappeared without a word after leaving a note. He abandoned his wealth, status, and family, endured ridicule, doubt, and hunger, and insisted on studying painting in a foreign country. However, his colorful paintings were not recognized by the outside world, and he fell into the abyss of poverty and illness. After some twists and turns, Strickland decided to live in Tahiti, far away from modern society. The local natural environment inspired his creation, and a stunning work was born from his pen. However, he ordered it to be burned after his death. The freedom and happiness of dreams, the cruelty and corruption of reality, when the moon symbolizing dreams is deep in the heart, how should the sixpence at the feet be placed?

Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical novel. All happy families are similar, and every unhappy family has its own unhappiness. Because his relationship with a French female teacher was discovered by his wife Dolly, Oblonsky's family was completely in chaos. He had to ask his sister Anna Karenina to come to the house to deal with various difficulties and comfort Dolly. But Anna happened to meet Vronsky when she got off the train. Anna, there are no words to describe her special beauty and temperament. Her husband was a high-ranking official in Petersburg, the "famous Karenin." Vronsky, who is very rich, beautiful, smart and noble, had a passionate relationship with the girl Kitty before he met Anna. Everyone thought that he would propose to Kitty at the next ball. They just happened to meet in the famous passage in Part 1, Section 18. Everyone's destiny is written at this moment. And Levin, Tolstoy's shadow incarnates in the book. Did he gain spiritual peace and worldly happiness through his own choices?

The most famous short story by American novelist Jack London at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This novel describes a tragic story with vigorous and rough writing, and vividly demonstrates the greatness and strength of human nature. Praise and praise for life are eternal human themes. This book can help young readers get their souls cleansed.

"Eugénie Grandet" is Balzac's most famous work and "one of the most outstanding pictures" in "The Human Comedy". The novel tells the story of a family destroyed by money. The innocent and beautiful Eugenie is the only daughter of the stingy and shrewd rich man Old Grandet. She falls in love with her penniless cousin Charles from Paris. For his sake, she does not hesitate to anger her money-loving father and spends all her private savings to help him go to India. As a result, the relationship between father and daughter broke down, and they lost their father and wasted their youth in the agonizing wait. In the end, what they waited for was a heartless man who made a fortune from human trafficking.

In 1872, Mr. Phileas Fogg made a bet with his fellow members at the London Reform Club that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Under the circumstances at that time, this was indeed a difficult thing to do, because passengers must control the time very accurately, that is to say, they have to get on the ship as soon as they get off the train, and they have to get on the train as soon as they get off the ship. If there is any delay, the entire travel plan will be out of touch and all efforts will be wasted. But Mr. Fogg and his servant Know-It-All set out from London and passed through four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia, and the United States. They overcame countless natural and man-made obstacles with their firm will. They also rescued an Indian woman and married her, and finally returned to London after traveling around the world in eighty days. In this book, the author introduces the strange customs and rich geographical knowledge of various places through touching storylines.

George Orwell was a great British humanitarian writer, journalist and social critic, and a famous English stylist. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is Orwell's masterpiece and is the most famous anti-utopian and anti-totalitarian political allegory novel in the world of literature. Words such as "Big Brother", "Doublethink" and "Newspeak" that he coined in his novels have been included in authoritative English dictionaries. His surname even gave rise to common words such as "Orwellian" and "Orwellianism", which continue to appear in the writings of journalists reporting on international news, which shows the profound influence of his works in English-speaking countries. "If one more person watches Orwell, there will be an additional guarantee of freedom," one commentator said.

This book is Goethe's most important early work. As soon as it was published, it became popular in Europe and set off "Werther fever". Young Werther came to a small town with simple folk customs. He fell in love with the girl Lotte at first sight; Lotte also liked him, but she was engaged to Werther's friend. Werther fell into embarrassment and pain. He left here, hoping to achieve something in his career so that he could be relieved. The despicable environment and the existing order that suppressed individuality made him unbearable. He then died for love.

"The Moon Has Gone" is a novel by Steinbeck published in 1942. The novel takes the German occupation of a Nordic country (an allusion to Norway) during World War II as the historical background. It describes the story of the anti-fascist people in a small town led by Mayor Oton who resisted the Nazi occupying forces. What is different from general anti-fascist works is that in this novel, Steinbeck's descriptions of the positive and negative characters try to show the two sides of human nature: the heroic (or fascist) side and the ordinary side. He did not exalt the anti-fascist people and write about them as "high and mighty", but highlighted their love for freedom and their various forms of resistance as they could not bear the aggression of the occupying forces. He also did not demonize the German occupying forces in his description. In his writing, these invaders were weak and even full of humanity.

Lenny is two meters tall and frighteningly strong, but has the mind of a child and often gets into trouble. His only friend is George, whom he grew up with. George took him around doing odd jobs to make a living. They have a dream, hoping to one day have their own small piece of land, a cabin, a cow, a rabbit hutch, and some chickens. However, such a humble request is nothing more than a dream. This time, they wandered to a farm. The never-ending wandering life has finally come to an end, but so has the dream. George finally helped Lennie find a place. There, Lenny will never get into trouble again, never be hurt again, never need to run away again... "Of Mice and Men" was first published in 1937. It is one of John Steinbeck's masterpieces. The title of the book comes from the British poet Burns's poem "The best arrangements of mice and men are full of accidents," which implies the tragic fate of little people.

This book is the only novel written by female writer Margaret Mitchell in her short life. The story in the novel took place on the eve of the American Civil War. The heroine Scarlett Hao is a pampered manor lady. After experiencing the war, she finally transformed into a strong, self-reliant businesswoman. Her character has multiple characteristics such as selfishness, greed, determination, daring to love and hate, etc. She is one of the richest, fullest and most classic female images in American novels. The alluring love in the novel has become the most romantic and legendary love story in the history of American novels.

"Hamlet" is a classic tragedy written by the famous British playwright Shakespeare in the early 17th century. It is one of Shakespeare's famous "four major tragedies". "Youth Reading: Hamlet" is divided into five acts. It tells the story of young Hamlet's uncle who ascended the throne and married his mother after his father died suddenly. The ghost of his father appears, tells Hamlet the real cause of his death, and asks Hamlet to avenge him, all of which plunges him into an abyss of melancholy and pain. The new king was afraid that his crime would be exposed, so he devised a double plot to kill Hamlet. Finally, in a duel provoked by the new king, the queen, Hamlet and the new king who deserved it all died one after another.

"The Misery of the Inventor" is one of the "Disillusionment" trilogy and a classic work of Balzac, the great French critical realist writer. This is a novel that reflects the commercialization of literature and art and the shady story of the press. It is also one of the most profound masterpieces in "The Human Comedy" and the one that best reflects the spirit of the times. It is also a particularly profound book. Most of the encounters of the main characters in the book are taken from the writer's own experience. He has experienced almost all of their passions, fantasies and sufferings personally. Through the experiences of two talented and ambitious young people, the novel reflects the situation and mental state of an entire generation of young people after the French Revolution. The work points out that with the disintegration of the feudal system and the victory of capitalism, there will inevitably be competition among people, which will inevitably produce poems of personal struggle and tragedies of shattered ideals.

The selected works in this set of beautiful essays are short in length and concise in content. They pay great attention to ideological and literary qualities and are highly readable, artistic and appreciative. Each volume of works is carefully organized and classified according to the corresponding content, and is divided into several chapters in the form of special topics. The structure is rigorous and the form is novel. It is very suitable for readers to read and collect, and it is also very suitable for the display of equipment in libraries at all levels.

The time of writing is May 2, 1935. At that time, Japan's all-out war of aggression against China had not yet broken out, but the "September 18th artillery fire shocked the hearts of every Chinese with basic national sentiments. As the founder of the Red Tenth Army, Fang Zhimin served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's northward anti-Japanese advance team when the Red Army began its Long March. However, on the way to the march, he was unfortunately betrayed by a traitor and fell into the hands of the Kuomintang reactionaries. In the end, he died heroically. The article has been included in the seventh unit textbook of the second volume of the sixth grade of Beijing Normal University.

"Faulkner's Speeches" collects Faulkner's wonderful speeches on different public occasions. Faulkner's wisdom, knowledge, imagination, talent and sense of humor are fully reflected in this book. This collection of non-fiction essays provides a glimpse into some aspects of Faulkner as an artist and as a human being. These articles, while showing us what this extremely passionate, extremely complex, and extremely secretive writer was willing to reveal to the public during the last forty years of his career, also allow us to gain a better understanding of his person and his work.

Works by Peter Handke, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. "The Painful Chinese" collects four of Handke's works, including the novel "The Painful Chinese" and three travelogues, namely "The Dreamer Farewell to the Ninth Kingdom", "A Winter Journey to the Danube, Sava, Morava and Drina Rivers or Justice for Serbia" and "A Summer Supplement to a Winter Journey". In "The Painful Chinese", as a mysterious stranger who appears in the protagonist's dream, the "Painful Chinese" has repeatedly become a metaphor for the protagonist's efforts to overcome his inner pain; the three observations and travel notes mark a new creative period for Handke, and also reflect his fearless justice and conscience in the face of the violent political turmoil in Europe.

This book includes German poetry classics from the Middle Ages to the first half of the 20th century, including Vogelwield, Sachs, Dach, Günther, Claudius, Herder, Bürger, Goethe, Lenz, Schiller, Arndt, Holderlin, Works by Brentano, Chamisot, Uhland, Eichendorf, Müller, Platon, Heine, Faresleben, Lenau, Murikat, Heber, Herwick, Storm, Keller, Wirth, Meyer, Rilke, Hesse, etc.

"Goethe's Conversations" is a collection of Goethe's remarks compiled by Goethe's assistant Eckermann. It reflects Goethe's thoughts on literature, art, aesthetics, philosophy, natural science and other aspects, just like "The Analects" reflects the broad thoughts of Confucius. The book has a lot of space on plastic arts. This time, the important art works discussed by Goethe will be displayed in the illustrations, so that readers can more truly understand his literary and artistic thoughts.

Lu Yiping, formerly known as Zhou Rui, was born in Nanjiang County, Sichuan in October 1972. Graduated from the Literature Department of the People's Liberation Army Art Institute and studied in the first postgraduate class for writers in Shanghai. Member of Chinese Writers Association. Began writing novels in 1992. His major works include the novel "The Kingdom of Passion", the documentary "Eight Thousand Hunan Women Go to the Tianshan Mountains", the collection of essays "The Book on the Roof of the World" and the travel notes "The Golden Heartland", "Yunnan Paradise", etc. Her works have won the Tianshan Literary Award, the People's Liberation Army Literary Award, the China Reportage Award, the National "Five Ones" Project Award and the Shanghai Literature Award. "A Kind of Survival" is a collection of novellas by the author. The book includes five articles, including "Shrouded", "Ruge's Army", "Two Idiots", "A Kind of Survival", and "Looking at Hometown from afar". The writing of the articles is delicate and profound, and the reading has profound artistic conception, which is worthy of appreciation.

Günter Grass was a German writer and a plastic artist. This book is divided into two parts: "Literature Glass" and "Art Glass". "Literary Grass" includes his novels, plays, poems, essays, lectures, autobiographies and other works in various genres, trying to give readers an overview of Grass's literary creative style, including excerpts from novels such as "The Tin Drum", the drama "The Flood", the essay "My Teacher Döblin", the autobiography "Peeling the Onion", "Box Camera", etc. The "Art Grass" section includes the author's sketches, watercolors, sculptures and other fine art works. This book comprehensively displays Glass's achievements in the field of literature and art.

The world's best-selling English-language writer, the author whose works have been adapted into the most movies, has drawn the most vivid sketch of the richness of human nature. "Collection of Maugham's Works: Novels, Short Stories, and Travel Notes" (set of 14 volumes in total) (Special Edition by Famous Artists) Collects novels, novellas, and short stories by Maugham, the world's best-selling English writer, and selects excellent translations by well-known translators such as Fu Weici, Zhou Xuliang, and Gao Jian, who are highly respected in the literary world. This set includes "Lisa of Lambeth" and "The Shackles of Life" (illustrated book· Set (Volume 1 and 2), "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Veil", "Bihuachai Video", "Theatrical Style", "Love in Florence", "The Blade", "Past and Present", "Casuarina Tree", "British Agent", "On the Chinese Screen", "The Gentleman in the Living Room" and "Variations on a Spanish Theme", a total of 14 volumes. Somerset Maugham's writing style is humorous and acerbic, with vivid characters and rich stories. It is like a miniature version of the world. You can experience the various situations in the world between the lines and feel the immortal charm of the story. He can always miraculously capture the thoughts about life that flash in everyone's heart, allowing us to find our own shadow in the struggles of his characters. Opening Maugham's book is like chatting with an elder who knows the world: "Okay, let's talk about life."

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

The protagonist d'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers (Set Volume 1 and 2)" is a son of a provincial nobleman. After coming to Paris, he joined the musketeers of King Louis XIII and formed sworn friends with the other three musketeers. Queen Anna had an affair with British Prime Minister Buckingham, and Anna gave Buckingham a diamond pendant. However, Prime Minister Richelieu, who was an enemy of the queen, sent people to England to steal the two diamonds on the pendant, hoping to make the queen embarrassed at the ball. Dartagnan volunteered to go to England with three friends. After many twists and turns, he finally retrieved the pendant and saved the queen's reputation.

D'Artagnan, a son of a provincial aristocrat, came to Paris alone with the ambition of making great achievements and became close friends with three musketeers with different personalities. In order to protect the queen's reputation and thwart Cardinal Richelieu's conspiracy, they went to England to perform a secret mission, but unexpectedly fell into the trap set by the Cardinal. In the ever-changing Louis XIII dynasty, they managed to preserve themselves in the thrilling court struggle, but they also had to maintain something more important than their own lives, that is, loyalty, honor and freedom.

"Oliver Twist" is the first socially critical novel by the British writer Dickens. It is set in the foggy city of London and tells the story of the tragic life experience and experiences of orphan Oliver. Oliver grew up in an orphanage and worked as an apprentice in a funeral parlor when he was only nine years old. Unable to bear the abuse, he fled to London alone, and was tricked by thieves into becoming their accomplice. Despite all kinds of inhuman hardships, Oliver still sticks to his inner innocence and kindness. This persistence finally helped him wait for a bright future: Mr. Brownlow, Mrs. Merrie and others provided a helping hand in time; at the same time, the truth about Oliver's strange life experience was also revealed step by step. While the novel profoundly reveals social ills, it also leaves a series of vivid characters in the history of British literature, and has been deeply loved by readers for more than a hundred years.

When Goethe was 25 years old, based on his own emotional experience, he spent four weeks writing the epistolary novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" that shocked the world. More than two hundred years later, this work is still thundering in the hearts of readers. The young Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte, who was already engaged to someone else. The frustration in love made Werther grief-stricken. In addition, he was incompatible with the feudal society at that time, which made Werther feel hopeless in life. After losing his love and suffering a setback in his career, the young Werther, who was not understood by the world, came to the side of his beloved Lotte for the last time and ended his life with a bullet.

"Don Quixote" is the representative work of Spanish writer Cervantes. The little squire Don Quixote of Manca is fascinated by reading chivalric novels. He pieced together a pair of armor and rode a skinny horse in an attempt to imitate the ancient life of a knight errant. On my first trip, I came back injured. The second time, he found his neighbor Sancho as his attendant. He did many ridiculous things and was rescued and returned home. On the third trip, he experienced a series of thrilling encounters, was teased by the duchess, and so on. In the end, Don Quixote was defeated by his neighbor Samson who dressed up as a knight. When he was dying, he had a sudden enlightenment and denounced the chivalric novel.

In Goethe's creation in his later years, novels played an important role. Both novels "Affinity" (1809) and "The Wanderings of Wilhelm Meister" (1821-1829) are Goethe's masterpieces and classic works in German literature. Goethe mentioned many times and in many places that Affinity is his best novel. The story of the novel revolves around Charlotte, Edward, the captain and Ottilie. Charlotte and Edward are a couple who live a peaceful and harmonious life, but everything has changed since the captain and Ottilie came to their manor... Translated from the Hamburg edition of "Goethe's Selected Works", Volume 6, with reference to the Berlin edition of "Goethe's Selected Works", Volume 12.

"The Old Curiosity Shop" (The Old Curiosity Shop) is a novel published by the British writer Dickens from 1840 to 1841. In order for his granddaughter, who was not yet 14 years old, to live a happy life after his death, Torent tried his best to get rich, but unexpectedly fell into the clutches of the upstart loan shark Daniel Quilp. Quilp, a greedy vampire, used loan sharks to not only take away all the property of the old antique shop, but also wanted to take away the beautiful little Nell. The grandfather and grandson were forced to flee London and live a life of begging. In the end, little Neier, who was physically and mentally injured, died of mental exhaustion. The novel describes the tragic story of Turrent, the owner of an old antique shop, and his beautiful and kind-hearted granddaughter, Little Nell, who depend on each other for life. "The Old Curiosity Shop" is known as "Victorian melancholy".

"Gulliver's Travels" is the representative work of British writer Swift. It is a satirical novel in the style of travel notes, which expresses the author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. This book is written in the form of Captain Gulliver's autobiography. It mainly describes Captain Gulliver's strange experiences in Lilliput, Adult, Flying Island and Houyhnhnm. Through the form of a novel, it comprehensively satirizes and criticizes British social life in the first half of the 18th century, with distinctive democratic ideological characteristics.

This volume "Songs of the Watchers" includes the works and folk songs of Goethe, Holderlin, Heine, Nietzsche, Georg, Rilke, Brecht and other poets translated by Mr. Feng Zhi. Goethe is the most famous representative of Weimar classicism. This book includes his most famous poems such as "Prometheus" and excerpts from "Faust", as well as the translator's representative research work "A Brief Interpretation of Thirteen Goethe's Poems". Heine was an important German poet in the 19th century. This volume includes "Selected Poems of Heine", the long poem "Germany, a Winter's Fairy Tale" and "Eight Poems from the Collection". Brecht, Holderlin, and Nietzsche are best known as dramatists or philosophers, but their poems also contain profound meanings. Georg is one of the five greatest German poets in the 20th century, and Rilke is a great German poet in the 20th century. He created the pinnacle of modern poetry and deeply influenced several generations of Chinese poets.

Borges's conversations are as profound and wise as his works, and they remain timeless. The most important founder of American Spanish literature and one of the most influential classic writers of modern literature. Borges's character and conversation are at least as meaningful and witty as his works. During the last decades of his life, he traveled widely dictating poems, fables, and stories. In his travels and chats, he developed a special oral literature. The ubiquitous themes in his works are interwoven and shining in these eleven conversations, giving people a glimpse into the soul of this literary giant. This book is a poetic collaboration between three poets, Borges, Barnstone and Nishikawa, that spans time, space and language. Nishikawa began to translate and introduce Borges in the 1980s. Twenty years later, he revised and refined the translation and revised the new edition. Editor Barnstone's new work "Postscript" thirty years later re-evaluates Borges's literary legacy.

"The Complete Translations of Cao Ying" is a complete collection of literary works translated and created by the famous Russian-Soviet literary translator Mr. Cao Ying throughout his life, with a total of 21 volumes and about 7 million words. Among them, 12 volumes include the classic Russian literary works translated by Cao Ying, mainly the complete novels of the great writer Leo Tolstoy; 7 volumes include important works translated by Cao Ying that reflect the Soviet Patriotic War and Soviet socialist construction, including the works of writers such as Nobel Prize winners Sholokhov and Lermontov; 1 volume includes Cao Ying's personal works on Russian-Soviet literature and literary translation issues; and 1 volume collects Cao Ying's translated articles published in various newspapers and magazines over the years. This volume is: "War and Peace" (Volume 4), the fourth volume of Cao Ying's translations.

This book comprehensively uses oral literature, folk tales, documentary records and other materials, combined with the author's personal experience, actual observations and real feelings, to describe the living conditions of monkeys, wolves, foxes, deer, wild boars, dogs, cats and other animals related to folk beliefs in Japan. It reveals the status of animals in people's lives and emotions, and shows an aspect of Japanese people's natural understanding.

"Collected Works of Wang Huo Volume Six" includes "Life in Dreams" and "Mystery of the Crown" written by Wang Huo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. "Life in Dreams" is a collection of short stories and short stories. The whole book uses "my" memories as clues to condense the historical trends and changes of the times for more than half a century. The works are full of love for life, pursuit of ideals, praise of the cause of human progress and reflection on past human affairs, shining with the brilliance of idealism and humanitarianism. "The Mystery of the Crown" is a novel that describes a tortuous case that occurred during the anti-corruption and bribery campaign at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The work conducts in-depth discussions on issues such as fighting corruption, promoting democracy and the rule of law, and arouses people's resonance, thinking and aftertaste with fire-like enthusiasm, high sense of responsibility and clear view of right and wrong.

The work describes an animal world. Through the personification of animals, it symbolizes characters from all classes in medieval society. The supreme ruler is the lion Noble, who is stupid and willful and is a symbol of the king in reality. The Ethan Glen Wolf and Brown Bear are proud and domineering, embodying the status of noble courtiers in reality. Bishop Bell is a jackass. Mussard, the papal representative, was a camel, and these images constituted the upper class of feudal society. Those weak animals such as chickens and rabbits are representatives of the lower class people. The clever Lena Fox is a typical example of the bourgeoisie. The story unfolds in the overt and covert struggle between Lena Fox and Ethan Gran Wolf. Lena fooled all animals including the Lion King with his cunning, causing them strong dissatisfaction and resentment. The Lion King successively sent Brown Bear, Tippe Cat and Grand Bard Cat to capture him. But Lena used their respective weaknesses to devise traps and played hard tricks on them.

"It is only in the aesthetic state that we feel as if we are separated from time, and our humanity is expressed purely and completely, as if it has not been damaged in any way due to the influence of external forces." From this book. There are more masterpieces by famous people in the book, waiting for you to appreciate them.

In 1903, the famous French writer Romain Rolland was deeply aware of the dullness and decline of European culture at that time. In order to let the world "breathe the breath of heroes", he began to use words to compose a majestic symphony of life: "The Life of Beethoven", "The Life of Michelangelo" and "The Life of Tolstoy" - these are the three works included in this book. Three geniuses who created the greatest art masters fought endlessly on the journey of life's troubles and difficulties.

The second part of the "Border Trilogy". The story of "Time Travel" takes place before "Horse", in the New Mexico border area in the 1930s, where 16-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd ran a ranch with their parents. The trap set by him and his father captured a female wolf. Billy discovered her trap while riding on patrol and decided to send her back to the mountains of Mexico. Hence this journey across the border. Billy brought the female wolf to Mexico, but was forcibly detained by local forces in a border town. He shot the female wolf with his own hands and wandered aimlessly in the mountains. When he returned home, he found that everything had been turned upside down... He and his brother were determined to retrieve everything that belonged to them. However, as the book says, the consequences of an action are often inconsistent with a person's wishes.

This set of books is the commemorative collection edition for the 40th anniversary of Lin Yutang's death. There are 18 volumes in total, including "From Pagan to Christian", "The Rumbling of the Wind", "Red Peony", "Smoke in Beijing (2 volumes)", "The Wisdom of Confucius (2016 Commemorative Collection Edition)", "Lai Boying", "Laozi's Wisdom (Commemorative Collection Edition)", "American Wisdom (Part 1 and 2)" Volume) (2016 Commemorative Collector's Edition)", "Qidao (Commemorative Collector's Edition)", "The Art of Living (2016 Hunan Literature and Art Edition)", "The Biography of Su Dongpo", "Chinatown", "Laughing and Laughing", "My Country and My People (2016 Hunan Literature and Art Edition)", "The True Biography of Wu Zetian", "The Wisdom of India", "The Wisdom of China", "Zhumen".

"Men Are Silent, Women Are Eloquent" is divided into three parts: "The Difference between Men and Women", "Reviving Vitality through Love", and "Knowing It as You Get Old". In the book, Junichi Watanabe advocates "living until old age and loving until old age", and puts forward his own unique insights into the differences between men and women and things about love, such as eloquence and longevity, silence and short life, love is about change, what kind of men are not popular, what kind of women are ideal for marriage, when pursuing love, you must have the courage to "be a spare tire", to get true love, you must dare to "cast a wide net", etc., Subverting the traditional understanding of the sexes, and can be said to be a unique love teaching course.

This book contains two of Shaw's most famous works: Joan of Arc and The Pygmalion. "Joan of Arc" is a work with extremely rich connotations. It has thought-provoking discussions on many issues such as religious beliefs, women's issues, social forms, and even political factors that affect historical development and personal destiny. Joan of Arc was a young French female patriot during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. She led the peasant masses to repel the siege of the British army. But she was later falsely accused of being a witch and burned at the stake in Rouen Square. The poor flower girl in "Pygmalion" was born in a poor family, running around for three meals all day long. One day, she met a language professor. The professor made a bet with his friend, the colonel, that under his guidance, the girl would be transformed and become a lady of the upper class. Even the princes and nobles could not see her true colors. The professor taught flower selling just to win the bet, but unexpectedly fell in love with her after the training was successful. Finally, he put aside his pride and fell in love with the girl.

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During his lifetime, Andersen created more than a hundred fairy tales, which were translated into more than 150 languages ​​and distributed and published around the world. His soul has flown for two hundred years, and his words have warmed the hearts of generations. "The Complete Works of Andersen's Fairy Tales" is a hardcover collector's edition in a gift box, with three volumes in full color and large format, organized by theme for easy reading. Fairy tales are full of themes of love and beauty. With their warm tones, magical protagonists, playful and lively stories, and eloquent principles of life, children cannot put it down and adults love them as before. Andersen not only created rich and classic fairy tales, but also wrote poems and novels, and was a paper-cutting artist. In order to comprehensively display Andersen's artistic creation throughout his life, this book specially includes Andersen's high-definition hand-painted, paper-cut and other artistic works to show the extraordinary life of this fairy tale master. Pick up "Andersen's Fairy Tales" again and read it with your children. When we are young, we read fairy tales; but when we grow up, we can understand a real life. Pick up this set of books with a gentle touch and return innocence to children and curiosity to adults.

The famous Soviet writer Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky enjoys the title of "Master of Lyrical Prose". His most famous work is "The Golden Rose". In this collection, Paustovsky summarizes his own creative experience and the creations of many world-renowned literary giants in a very moving way, and explores the process, methods, and purposes of literary creation. In his unique language, Paustovsky recounted the beautiful human emotions, the picturesque scenery of nature, and the lofty mission of literature. "The Golden Rose" has attracted generations of readers with its interesting content and unparalleled language.