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In the final days of World War II, a strange Jewish guerrilla group set out from Russia, traveled through war-torn Poland and Germany, and fought all the way to Italy. They escaped massacres and came on blood-stained roads, including stragglers of the Red Army, survivors of labor camps, and even actors and violinists. They shouldered the weapons they seized from the Germans, worked hard to earn human dignity, tasted the bitterness of killing many times, and experienced many adventures - bombing trains, rescuing the last survivors in concentration camps, transferring German airdrop supplies... They wrote the motto from the Talmud into the team song: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?" Through this book, Levi "wants to pay tribute to those Jews, whether they are a few or a large number, they have all found dignity and freedom again in this struggle with great disparity of power." The "Levi's Works" series also includes "The Submerged and the Rescued", "The Trade of Others", "This Is Auschwitz: Evidence 1945-1986", "The Wrench", "Truce", "Uncertain Moments: Selected Poems of Levi", "Moments of Reprieve", "Voices of Memory: Interviews with Levi 1961-1987", "I Talking to You: Conversations between Levi and Tessio", etc.

"Kawabata Yasunari's Selected Collection" includes seven masterpieces from different periods by Kawabata Yasunari, Japan's first Nobel Prize winner in literature: "Snow Country", "Ancient Capital", "Thousand Cranes", "Dancing Girl of Izu", "Sound of the Mountain", "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Lake". The creation of these seven works spanned a long time, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and more comprehensively demonstrated the changes in Kawabata Yasunari's literary creation in different periods and his unchanging aesthetic pursuit throughout the period. From the pure and beautiful emotional world created in the early famous works, to the meticulous description of the entanglement of fate in the peak works of the middle period, to the contradiction and hesitation between taboo and transgression in the late turning works, the people and human nature in Kawabata Yasunari's works shine with all kinds of brilliance from different aspects.

The story of the third era took place in 1918. On November 11 of that year, the four-year First World War came to an end. The main plot is the three main protagonists gathered in the third part: Major Passerno, the town guard commander, editor Ash, and deserter Hu Guinao: Hu Guinao, who was originally a businessman, fled the battlefield without permission after being drafted into the army, and fled to the small town of the Electorate of Trier via Belgium. He came to Ash's newspaper because of the advertisement, and then gradually came up with the idea of ​​taking over the newspaper; he happened to meet the major in a hotel restaurant and defrauded him in the name of patriotism. With the trust of the major, he got acquainted with the small town squire, encouraged everyone to invest in the purchase of the newspaper, and then deceived Ash into signing a contract and took the newspaper into his own hands. After his identity as a deserter was exposed, Hu Guinao used the newspaper to spread rumors and cause chaos. Finally, on the day of the chaos, he raped Mrs. Ash, murdered Ash, and kidnapped the unconscious Paseno, and finally returned to his hometown of Colma safe and sound.

This is a work by Barnes, one of the three giants of British literature, that examines the nature of love. Barnes, the Booker Prize winner, writes about the existential dilemmas of ordinary life. Julian Barnes is the winner of the Booker Prize. He has won 17 world literary awards and 5 medals of honor. His award-winning record spans all over Europe! Barnes is known for his in-depth reflections on history, reality and love, and uses novels to describe the existential dilemmas of ordinary life. Barnes uses rare sensitivity to describe the elusive and subtle emotions in love, and explores the deep nature of love and memory from his unique perspective. "If fiction can help us understand the nature of love and life, this book does it." - Reader review. Every love is ordinary, and every love is unique. Winner of the Femina Foreign Fiction Prize, one of France's two highest literary awards. There are more than 58 versions published around the world, and the Chinese version is available for the first time! "Questionable Love" was adapted into a classic stage play that is still playing in Chicago theaters more than two decades later. "Unquestioned Love" discusses the uncertainty of love, the complexity of human emotions and the unreliability of memory. Memory is developed here as a fictional art, and through the narration of the three protagonists in turn, it causes readers to think about the "truth" of love.

Dorothy, a little girl living on the prairie, was swept into a strange and magical country due to a tornado attack. The kind-hearted witch told her that only Oz, the great wizard of Oz, could send her home. On the way, she met the Scarecrow who wanted a wise head, the Tin Woodman who dreamed of having a living heart, and the Cowardly Lion who dreamed of becoming brave and becoming the king of the forest. They traveled together and embarked on a mysterious adventure. Overcoming many difficulties, they arrived at the Emerald Castle and finally met Oz. However, what awaits them is even greater trouble... America's number one fantasy adventure children's book "The Wizard of Oz" brings children love and courage, and keeps their dreams and kindness alive!

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In 1904, Upton Sinclair spent seven weeks undercover in a Chicago meatpacking plant; in 1906, "The Slaughterhouse," which was serialized in newspapers, was published. As a journalist and writer who leans toward socialism, the starting point for writing this book is the "human-eating capitalist machine" and is aimed at the readers' minds and hearts. But perhaps accidentally or accidentally, the book hit the target a foot too low, "hitting the reader hard in the stomach" with its description of a meat processing plant. The protagonist of the book is Jurgis, a tall, strong and naive Lithuanian immigrant. He and his family came to the New World with great hopes and wanted to start over in this land of equality. But his life and hopes are slowly being torn to pieces. Unemployment, wife raped, jailed, child drowned, wife lost, all relatives and friends have fallen to the bottom of society step by step. Jurgis has struggled, fallen, and been disappointed, but in the end he still saw the glimmer of hope.

This book is a collection of Maugham's life essays. In his twilight years, he expressed his understanding of life and the world in writing with the natural sensitivity of a novelist. Those unknown aspects of life and profound thoughts that span the ages can often be thought-provoking. The book is divided into three chapters: "Me and the World in My Eyes", "Writers' Talks", and "Whispers in Old Age". The themes include life insights, reading, writing, philosophical thinking, choices and other dimensions. The book explores more often the core issues that all individuals are concerned about: how should I live, how should I choose, and how should I live my life well?

In "Variations on a Spanish Theme", which Graham Greene praised as Maugham's best work, Maugham explores the unique spiritual essence of Spain, a country he was fascinated by, and takes us back to her golden age. He examines her religious beliefs and the most representative artistic and cultural categories such as picaresque novels, dramas, and paintings one by one. He reviews Loyola, The life stories and mental journeys of those great figures such as De Vega, Cervantes, El Greco, and Mother Teresa who shaped the spiritual outlook of this nation, depict the true image of the Spaniards in the golden age, and reveal why Don Quixote, Sancho and Don Juan have become the three immortal images that best represent the spiritual outlook of the Spaniards, and thus draw the conclusion: "In Spain, People are poetry, paintings, and architecture. People are the philosophy of this country. These Spaniards of the Golden Age lived, felt, and acted, but they did not think. What they pursued and discovered was life, a turbulent, passionate, and diverse life. Passion was the seed of their lives... Their excellence... Lies in their differences. Direction: It is an excellence of character. I think no one can surpass them except the ancient Romans. This energetic people seems to devote all its energy and originality to one goal: the creation of people. They are not good at art, but they are good at something greater than art. "

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Even if everything dies, there will still be a world narrated by the writer that will remain, and it will belong completely and forever to Maugham. The first complete collection of Maugham's short stories in the Chinese world, the first volume of the new translation is on the market! Short stories play an important role in Maugham's creation. Anthony Burgess once commented that he wrote "the best short stories in English literature." His novels such as "The Shackles of Humanity" and "The Knife's Edge" made Maugham famous all over the world, while his short stories won him more readers and became a global phenomenon with his exquisite skills in weaving stories and his keen insight into human nature and social life. There are many Chinese translations of Maugham's works, and most of his short stories are published in selected collections. The "Complete Collection of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories" (four volumes) planned to be launched this time will reproduce the complete picture of Maugham's short stories in wonderful translations for the first time. This book is the first volume.

Julien was born in a country carpenter family. He dreamed of becoming as prosperous as Napoleon. With his intelligence, he became the tutor of the mayor's family and had an affair with the mayor's wife. Finally, he had to leave the small town because the affair was exposed. At the Marquis Palace in Paris, Julien became the Marquis's secretary, and the Marquis' daughter Mathilte also became interested in him. She pursues Julien, and Julien is also intoxicated with the pleasure of being pursued by a "superior man." However, Mathilte pursues the unattainable passion of love, which also makes him fall into the game of love. With the help of the Marquis, Julien is about to get a military position and marry Mathilde. At this time, the mayor's wife wrote a letter of denunciation under the instigation of the priest, which made Julien's dream come to nothing. Julien, who lost his mind, returned to the small town, shot the mayor's wife, and was subsequently arrested. Facing the trial, Julien rejected the appeal and accepted the death penalty. A few days later, Julien was sent to the guillotine. Mathilte buried his lover's head with her own hands. The mayor's wife also passed away three days later holding her children...

This book tells the story of Sir Glenarvan, the owner of the Duncan cruise ship, who took Grant's two children to rescue Grant. After learning about the missing Scottish navigator Captain Grant two years ago, Lord Glenarvan asked the British government to send a ship to rescue him. The British government rejected his request. So Sir Glenarvan resolutely organized a small rescue team, consisting of the Glenarvan couple, Major MacNabbs, Captain Harry Grant's sons and daughters Mary and Robert, and the geographer Paganel, who was famous for his carelessness. He personally led the team to complete the task of finding Captain Harry Grant. They crossed the mountains and grasslands of South America along the 37th parallel of south latitude, traversed Australia and New Zealand, and circled the earth. Due to misinterpretations of documents, they encountered countless hardships along the way: earthquakes, floods, storms, vicious Maori and a conspiracy. But with incomparable perseverance and courage, they finally found Captain Harry Grant on the island of Maria Theresa in the Pacific.

2018 brand new uncensored collector's edition! The complete translation by literary master Zhou Zuoren adds 80 full-color illustrations for the first time, and completely contains 358 Aesop's fables. "Aesop's Fables", which have been circulated for more than 2,500 years, are a world full of savage humor, quick wit, word games, clever tricks and "I told you so!" Aesop, the "father of fables", uses stories about foxes, wolves, lions, crows, tortoises, rabbits, mice, dogs, sheep, snakes and other animals to explain human nature. Children's reading inspires wisdom and will benefit them throughout their lives; adults read it once to understand human nature, and read it twice to awaken their understanding of life.

The first draft of "Pride and Prejudice" was written from October 1796 to August 1797. It was originally called "First Impression". More than ten years later, it was rewritten and renamed "Pride and Prejudice" and published on January 28, 1813. This novel takes love entanglements as the main line and describes the emotional entanglements between Darcy, an arrogant single young man, and Elizabeth, who is prejudiced against him. It fully reflects the author's view on marriage and emphasizes the impact of economic interests on love and marriage. The plot of the novel is full of comedy and the language is witty and humorous. It is the most popular of Austen's novels. Austen once claimed that "Pride and Prejudice" was her "favorite child". The famous American literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) once said: "Over the past 100 years, there have been several taste revolutions in the history of British literature. The renovation of literary tastes has affected the reputation of almost all writers. Only Shakespeare and Jane Austen have endured." Austen's six novels have been praised by generations of readers after two hundred years of time, and all of them can be called excellent works. In particular, the popular "Pride and Prejudice" is a rare treasure in the world library. No wonder Maugham listed it among the top ten novels in the world.

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He likes tattoos. Touch it on the smooth skin, and a stream of clear smoke will rise up, with a slight itch in the sting, bringing out a touch of hallucination. One blue dot follows another, and at first the whole pattern is not visible, just some broken dots. But he is very patient, one dot after another, and sooner or later a pattern will magically appear on the skin, showing his unique and thoughtful approach. It's a pity that he is now in prison and unable to use his fists. He was sentenced to death with a two-year suspended sentence. So, he used homemade blue potion to give tattoos to the inmates when he was taking a break or taking a break from work. Du Wen is in a place on the body that is covered by clothes, a place that no third person knows except him and the tattooed person.

A collection of short stories by Nobel and Pulitzer winner Hemingway. Includes 16 classic Hemingway short stories including "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Capital of the World", "The Great Two-Hearted River", "Natural History of Death", "Wyoming Wine", "Butterflies and Tanks". "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is one of his famous short stories, which contains a unique human power. His short stories have extraordinary achievements, unique perspectives, sharp and tense writing styles. This book is Hemingway in perfect condition: precise, restrained, mysterious, and melancholy. It is an excellent interpretation of minimalist writing style and iceberg theory, and is very representative. Hemingway stood on one foot and wrote, using concise words to express rich thoughts, with a degree of concealment, a combination of virtual and real, full words and infinite meaning, conveying infinite connotations in a limited space. The "iceberg theory" and minimalist writing style he pioneered deeply influenced the creative ideas of writers such as Marquez and Salinger.

"La Traviata" is the first Western novel to be translated into Chinese. In 1898, the classical Chinese version of "La Traviata in Paris" translated by Lin Shu and others was published. In the following decades, "La Traviata" continued to sell well in China. The plot of the novel is actually not complicated. Young Armand falls in love with Margaret, a high-end prostitute in Paris society. Margaret was born poor in the countryside and came to Paris at a young age. She suffered from consumption and got to know an old Duke. The Duke paid a large part of Margaret's expenses because she looked exactly like his dead daughter. Armand finally got together with Margaret after all the troubles, and the two had a pleasant life together in the countryside. But Armand's income was not enough to support the two of them, so Margaret had to turn to the old Duke for help. However, in the end, for the sake of love, Margaret gave up the Duke's funding and pawned her family property to support herself.

Orwell was a great British humanitarian writer, journalist and social critic, and a famous English stylist. "Animal Farm" is one of Orwell's best works. It is a dystopian political allegory that penetrates the heart. A group of animals on the farm successfully carried out a "revolution", driving their exploitative human masters out of the farm and establishing an equal animal society. However, the animal leaders, those smart pigs, eventually usurped the fruits of the revolution and became more authoritarian and totalitarian rulers than their human counterparts. "If one more person watches Orwell, there will be an additional guarantee of freedom," one commentator said.

"The Brothers Karamazov" is Dostoevsky's masterpiece. The story comes from a real patricide case and describes the contradictions and conflicts between two generations. The protagonist Karamazov has four sons: Dmitry, Ivan, Alyosha and the illegitimate son Smerdyakov. The old Karamazov, who has reached his twilight years, does not change his greedy and lustful nature. He not only seizes the inheritance left by his wife to the children, but also becomes jealous of a romantic woman with his eldest son Dmitri, which leads to disharmony between father and son. Dmitri hated his father and threatened to kill him. One night, he suspected that his father was having a tryst with his lover. In a rage, he beat his father seriously and fled in a hurry. That night, old Karamazov died and Dmitri was arrested. However, the real murderer was the illegitimate son Smerdyakov. In order to vent his long-standing grudges, he secretly brutally killed his seriously injured father. This confusing murder triggered a series of thrilling stories. The ending of the novel is very tragic: Dmitry is innocently imprisoned, Smerdyakov commits suicide in fear of crime, Ivan becomes insane, and Alyosha leaves for a foreign country. The novel is a faithful record of the social era. On the surface, "The Brothers Karamazov" is about a patricide case, about the entangled grievances between a father and his sons. In fact, this family tragedy is also a metaphor for the disintegration of the Tsarist autocratic society. The theme of the novel is the human spirit and the moral battle between faith, suspicion, reason and free will. Since the 10th century AD, Christianity has become the spiritual pillar of Russians, carrying many connotations such as society, morality, and humanity. However, after the serfdom reform in the 19th century, the materialistic desires and moral decay brought about by the development of capitalism increasingly fragmented Russian society. The democratic revolutionary movement against the tsarist autocratic rule was in full swing. Various social trends impacted the traditional Russian value system, and atheists began to question the existence of God. These social, political, economic, religious and philosophical trends of thought profoundly influenced Dostoevsky's thoughts and creations. Similarly, the writer's own life experience also has an important impact on novel creation. During his exile in Siberia, Dostoevsky came into contact with the prototype of the patricide case - a young man who was wrongly convicted of killing his father for financial gain. About 10 years later, the real murderer was brought to justice and the young man was acquitted. In 1878, Dostoevsky began writing "The Brothers Karamazov", and this story became the main plot of the novel. In May of the same year, Dostoevsky's three-year-old son Alyosha unfortunately died of epilepsy inherited from his family. His spirit suffered a heavy blow and his creation was temporarily suspended. Picking up the pen again, the writer incorporated the pain of losing his son into the novel and created Alyosha, who has the same name as his son, making him the embodiment of faith and virtue. At the end of the novel, Alyosha encourages the children to be friendly, kind, and honest. "We will definitely be resurrected" and our spirits will be immortal. Obviously, Alyosha placed his thoughts on the writer's thoughts on his son, as well as his deeper universal feelings. "The Brothers Karamazov", which was born in the 19th century, has a strong color of critical realism and also contains many modern elements. The epic work contains profound philosophy, various writing techniques, an omniscient narrator who is closely connected with the characters in the novel, a distinctive language style, and a meticulous psychological portrayal. All these constitute a bizarre, profound and profound world, which has influenced countless readers and many literary schools and writers in later generations. Freud praised the book as "the greatest novel in history"; Kafka believed that he had a "blood relationship" with Dostoevsky; Joyce said in no uncertain terms that Dostoevsky "had a profound influence" on him. "The Brothers Karamazov" is like an accurate miniature of human nature. This statement is true. Although he was not the pioneer of psychological narrative, he was a master who carried forward the description of psychological consciousness. Dostoevsky did not give a standard answer to the profound and difficult problems of human nature, which requires the insight and understanding of every reader. In the writer's words, there will always be rainy days and sunny days in life, but there will always be sunny days after rain.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a famous novel by Jonathan Swift, an outstanding British political commentator and satirical novelist in the eighteenth century. It occupies an extremely important position in the history of British and world literature. The work uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver to narrate his adventures in four countries - Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom - and criticizes the corruption and sins of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century with outstanding satirical art.

"In the World" is a long autobiographical novel written by Soviet writer Maxim Gorky. It is the second part of his autobiographical trilogy. The novel describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha from 1871 to 1884. During this period, he made a living by picking wild fruits with his grandmother and selling them. He worked as a draftsman's apprentice, as a dishwasher on a ship, and as an apprentice in an icon workshop. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs and dealt with all kinds of people at the bottom of society, but he read a lot of books whenever he had the opportunity. Life experience and a lot of reading expanded Alyosha's horizons. He was determined to "be a strong person and not give in to the environment." "In the World" is Gorky's mellow writing style about his life as a boy. He used his personal life experiences to reflect some typical characteristics of Russian social life and the customs and sentiments of the society at that time.

It contains two of the most famous fairy tales by British writer Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass", telling two magical, wonderful and weird dream stories: the little girl Alice entered the wonderful underground world and the mirror world in her dream, met many strange people and animals, and experienced two magical and illusory journeys: it is known as the pioneer of magic and absurd novels, and it is a magical story book suitable for children to read by themselves. The fairy tale became popular all over the world after its publication, winning the favor of almost all readers. It has been translated into most of the world's major languages, even Esperanto and indigenous languages, and has been adapted into plays, movies, etc.

"The Revenge of Colomba" is a famous novel by Mérimée, which describes the ancient custom of "family revenge" unique to Corsica. After the Battle of Waterloo, Lieutenant Reso retired and returned to his home island of Corsica. His father was murdered and killed by the village chief Barricini and his son. His sister Colomba encouraged her brother to avenge her father. However, his brother believed that "family revenge" was a remnant of barbaric customs and was unwilling to engage in it rashly. However, Colomba's careful planning and clever arrangements still aroused her brother's desire for revenge. The brother and sister finally killed their enemy and avenged their father's murder. Mérimée wrote a thrilling revenge story with careful conception, concise language and bright rhythm.

There are five novels in "Christmas Stories": "A Christmas Carol", "Church Bells", "The Cricket on the Fireside", "The Battle of Life", and "The Possessed Man". These Christmas stories were published between 1843 and 1848. In "A Christmas Story", Dickens used fascinating artistic techniques to publicize both the poor and the rich, asking for an improvement in the "destiny" of the poor and a transformation of the moral character of the rich. From a humanitarian perspective, the writer exposed the evils of the ruling class, expressed deep sympathy for the homeless and unemployed workers, and expressed great anger towards the oppressors.

The protagonist Charles in "The Moon and Sixpence" is an ordinary office worker. He is middle-aged, married, has a son, and earns a living in a down-to-earth manner. Suddenly one day, he responds to the call of his heart, leaves a note that dinner is ready, abandons everything and runs away from home. Determined to pursue his passion for painting, he went to Tahiti in the South Pacific to live with the indigenous people, despite poverty and illness, and never looked back. The wife said: Dream? His age will not last long, after all, he is forty years old, and he will be back with me soon. A friend asked him: Don't you think you have any responsibilities? Charles bravely became the unreasonable lunatic and obsessive fool in the eyes of others. Many people say that he is a fool, a waste of life, and even irresponsible, but only he knows his inner passion and the ideal he pursues. In real life, how many people just timidly look up at the moon, and then continue to lower their heads to chase the sixpence they depend on for food and clothing?

This book contains Shakespeare's five representative tragedies: "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". These works all profoundly exposed the social problems that existed at that time and the tragedy of human nature. The depth and breadth of their thoughts, the precision and depth of their psychological analysis and character descriptions all represent the most outstanding achievements of the drama master Shakespeare. They are all well-deserved classics in world literature.

"The Milkmaid's Love Adventure" is a novella by the British writer Hardy, which tells the love story of the milkmaid Margery. On a foggy morning, the simple milkmaid Margery met a mysterious and melancholic baron. Since then, her life has changed dramatically. She obeyed the baron's words, but she drifted away from her fiancé Jim. In order to win back the heart of his sweetheart, what unexpected moves will Jim make? Will the melancholy Baron be tempted by the innocent Margery? Where did Margery's love end up... In this work, the baron's influence on the country girl Margery is just like the influence of bourgeois relations on "natural" life. Although there is no malice, it is like a devil's whisper, with the mysterious power to influence people.

In the British countryside at the end of the 19th century, the beautiful girl Tess was born in a poor family. Her father accidentally learned that she was a declining descendant of the ancient aristocratic family Deborah, and asked Tess to go to the house of a businessman named Deborah to recognize her relatives. Alley, the playboy of the d'Urbervilles, covets Tess's beauty and lures her into the jungle to be defiled. The humiliated Tess couldn't bear to stay with Alec, so she decided to go home and gave birth to a son, but the child died soon after. Tess came to work in the dairy factory and fell in love with Clay, the handsome and gentle son of a pastor. Tess has been trying to confess her past to Clay, but she has repeatedly lost opportunities due to fear and mistakes. It wasn't until the wedding night that I finally plucked up the courage to tell the secret. Clay could not forgive Tess and fled Brazil in grief. Forced by life, Tess went to work in more remote and barren places. She endured physical fatigue, mental pain, and the pressure of saving her family, and met Alec again...

"Madame Bovary (Illustrated Collector's Edition)", formerly known as "Madame Bovary: Provincial Customs", is the representative work that established Flaubert's literary status and the pioneering work of realist literature. The novel was deleted when it was first serialized in the Paris Review in October 1856, and the Paris prosecutor criticized it on the grounds that the content "violated public order, good morals and religious ethics." The court trial in January 1857 made the novel famous. After Flaubert was acquitted in February 1857, "Madame Bovary" was officially published in April 1857. The protagonist of the story, Emma, ​​received an aristocratic education since she was a child and longed for romance and passion. She looked down on her husband Bovary, a country doctor, and felt that he had mediocre ideas and dull personality, so she used an affair to fill the emptiness in her heart. However, she desperately found that the romantic love she pursued was just a bubble. Yearning for a luxurious life, Emma gradually accumulated debts. Both lovers abandoned her, and there was no one else to support her. Emma is heading towards destruction step by step...

"Silent Spring" is a book that inspired the cause of environmental protection around the world. The author is American marine biologist Rachel Carson. This book describes "invisible" pollution and visible problems. The book begins with a fable, describing a small town with pleasant scenery all year round that is suddenly shrouded in strange silence, which leads to the serious harm of chemical pesticides represented by DDT to water sources, soil, animals and plants, and even humans themselves. The book takes specific events that happened in the United States as examples, from land to sea, and from sea to sky, to reveal the harm of chemical pesticides in an all-round way. It uses a literary and artistic form to show the author's heart to care for nature, reflect on human behavior, and pay attention to the sustainable development of the ecosystem.

On the occasion of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's 100th birthday, a new commemorative collector's edition of "Three French Literary Classics" is launched. Among them, "Madame Bovary" is a masterpiece of the novel by the famous French writer Flaubert, and also a representative translation of the famous translator Xu Yuanchong. "Madame Bovary" uses concise and delicate writing to reproduce the social life of France in the mid-19th century through the experience of Emma, ​​a passionate woman. This book incorporates female desire into a literary theme for the first time and is regarded as "the code of new art" and a "perfect novel". It is a writing model for many literary masters. It was selected into the British BBC's "100 Stories that Changed the World" and the British "Guardian" Top 100 Novels. The film of the same name was shortlisted for the 64th Academy Awards.

The only novel by the British genius Oscar Wilde is a shocking, strange and gorgeous legendary work. It perfectly explains the aesthetic concept of "art for art's sake" and reveals all the mysteries deep in Wilde's soul from form to content. Classic translation by the famous translator Rong Rude. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a masterpiece of Oscar Wilde's novels and a masterpiece of his aesthetic novels. The beautiful boy Dorian Gray faced the portrait painted by his friend Hallward and said: "If I could stay young forever and let this portrait grow old... I would trade my soul for youth!" This absurd wish formed the basis of the plot of "The Picture of Dorian Gray", the only novel by Oscar Wilde, a representative writer of aestheticism. Unexpectedly, as soon as this statement came out, it became a prophecy. As a result of the influence of environment and the pursuit of pleasure, Gray fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire of self-indulgence until he was completely destroyed. This book also includes two of Wilde's masterpieces, "The Crime of Lord Arthur Saville" and "The Canterville Ghost", which basically contain the essence of Wilde's novels. This book contains twenty original illustrations, which are of great collection value.

This is from the author's own experience, telling the emotional life experience from childhood to adulthood.

Alice has an enviable life: she is a famous linguistics professor at Harvard University, has a happy family, and has three children with her husband. All is well, but some small but surprising changes are creeping in. She found that she began to have some symptoms: she couldn't find her keys, got lost near her home, and forgot to catch a flight... She had to go to a doctor for help. Finally, she received a desperate diagnosis: she had early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The condition deteriorated rapidly, and the former linguistics professor began to lose the ability to read and express; the once perfect wife and mother began to forget the people she loved. Everything was falling apart, and in the quagmire of Alzheimer's disease, she struggled to find the forgotten self.

The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student, who is poisoned by anarchist ideas, coupled with emotional tension and anxiety, and is full of resentment towards society. Later, forced to make a living, he killed the old woman who was a loan shark and her innocent sister, causing a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful inner struggle, he met Sonia, a girl with a holy soul - a prostitute who fell into prostitution for the sake of an unfortunate family. This eventually became his path to atonement and the dawn of new life...

The novel tells the life of Xiao'e, a female prisoner on death row, her three sons and three men, three marriages and three life and death experiences. The story uses segmented flashbacks to tell the story of Xiao'e who escaped from domestic violence in her first marriage and entered her second marriage, but accidentally killed her second husband with her own hands. She was sentenced to death, and again a few years later. She spent twenty years in prison but never saw her three sons. As a mother, Xiao'e owed her children too much, and this was what she couldn't let go of. After she was released from prison, not long after she married a third man, the man died unexpectedly at work, and Xiao'e's life was once again in trouble. All of this had been predicted by the inmates who were able to figure things out. Looking back on everything in her life, Xiao'e knew that everything in her life was doomed.

A blockbuster mystery novel that has swept across 25 countries! The final chapter of the "Alex Must Find" series by French mystery master Pierre Lemaitre. Pierre Lemaître is well-known in the international literary world for his mystery novels. He has won the International Dagger Award three times from the British Mystery Writers Association for "Camille Must Be Sacrificed", "Alex Must Be Found" and "Goodbye in Heaven". Pierre Lemaître is one of the rare writers in history who has won the highest honor in both the field of mystery novels and pure literature. Even if I have to sacrifice myself, I will protect you at all costs. Anne, the lover of police chief Camille, was brutally beaten by a robber on the streets of Paris until she was disfigured. As a survivor who saw the face of the robbers, she was constantly threatened by death. Camille vowed to protect Anne at all costs, no matter what the cost. However, what he will face is not only a brutal robber, but also a complete stranger and intimate lover.

"A Tale of Three Lions" is one of Haggard's "Alan Quatermain" series of adventure novels. Alan Quartermaine was a member of the team that discovered King Solomon's Treasure. In this novel, he once again goes deep into the African continent and embarks on a thrilling lion hunting trip, and this time he is accompanied by his son Harry... The imagination of Haggard's African novels far exceeds the level of contemporary best-sellers. --Famous British writer Graham Greene

The "Game of Wisdom" series "Guiguzi's Bureau" has ten volumes and is a full-length historical novel. It tells the glorious legend of Gui Guzi, the founder of the strategist, yin-yang family, fortune teller, military strategist, and Taoist family, who organized the world! During the Warring States Period, in a mountain called Qingxi Guigu (today's Hebi City, Henan), there lived an old man (whose real name was Wang Xu) who was respectfully called Guiguzi. He read, meditated, and meditated on the mountain every day. He did not interact with the world and lived an isolated life. This book is the second volume of the long historical novel "Guiguzi's Bureau". In this volume, the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty guarded the three cities, and Song Jian and Sui Chaozi visited Guiguzi; the king of Wei fell into a treacherous plot, and disasters in Pingyang City never happened alone; Zhang Yi was the prime minister of Qin, teasing the princes of the world with his unshakable tongue, causing Su Qin to fail; Wei Xian defeated Hulu Valley, and finally Qin and Wei had no intention of fighting again and signed a peace treaty.

"Night Boat on the White River" tells the story of a lovelorn female college student who happened to see a strange sight that only happens once in a century when she went to the riverside to relax in the company of her friends. In the hazy mist, she met her lover again from a distance. However, when the fog dissipated, she returned to a heavy and sad life. In "Night and Night Traveler", the story revolves around "my" brother and his two girlfriends. Before the young people understood why they loved or why they didn't love, their elder brother died in a car accident. "I" saw the child of my brother and his American girlfriend by accident. The protagonist of "An Experience" is actually a woman named Achun. "I" and Achun used to have a real triangle relationship, and the three of us even lived together. But after Achun died, "I" realized that Achun's significance in "my" life far exceeded that of that man. Under the arrangement of my current boyfriend, Shui Nan, "I" got help from a dwarf named Tanaka, who was similar to a wizard, and met Achun in a different space.

"Little Women" is based on the author Alcott's childhood experience, and adds touching creative plots. The various emotional experiences and life experiences of the March family described in the book have happened, are and will happen to every girl in the process of maturing. After the book was published, it touched countless American readers and became one of the must-read books for students. The four sisters Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy in the book live together in a family full of love and education. With the support of their parents and friends, they spent a happy childhood and adolescence. They have ideals, are confused, and occasionally make mistakes, but they are always growing. In the end, each girl finds her own path in life and becomes a gentle beacon in the path of others.

This book contains 70 prose essays by Liang Shiqiu, divided into six albums. These works include the place where he wrote, his concerns about education, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as people's eating habits and comments, as well as delicacies such as Buddha jumping over the wall, lion's head, and roast duck. Paul's life may seem ordinary, but it is extremely interesting. This casual indifference of "writing as you think, regardless of the text" allows us to appreciate life better. The articles in this book are suitable for young people to savor. They help to create a perfect mind, cultivate noble sentiments, and appreciate different lives. They also have a good guiding and inspiring effect on young people's writing. ?

Zhou Zuoren's articles are among the most interesting. His reputation is much higher than that of his contemporaries, and his intellectual power is no less than that of Lu Xun. He combined the thoughts of a thinker and the inspiration of an artist, and appeared in the form of essays, describing the world's longitude and latitude, and discussing the past events of the world, forming an independent writing style. "A Confused Man, a Pathfinder: Selected Essays by Zhou Zuoren", this book contains many classic essays, sketches, and talks by Zhou Zuoren such as "Hand of Glory", "Japanese Peep", and "Imprisonment in a Women's College". "Before the Flowers and Under the Moon, Green Threads and White Hair: Selected Prose Collection of Zhou Zuoren", this book contains Zhou Zuoren's "My Own Garden", "Bitter Rain", "Wooden Boat" and many other classic proses, essays and miscellaneous talks, each of which is exquisite. "Half a day of leisure can be worth ten years of dreams: Selected Translations of Zhou Zuoren", through the classic translations of Zhou Zuoren, a translator of the Republic of China, relive the leisurely and elegant beauty of Japanese literature and Greek literature.

"Night on the Galaxy Railway" is a classic collection of works by "Japan's Hans Christian Andersen" Miyazawa Kenji. It selects one of Japan's well-known "poems that are not poems" "Braving the Wind and Rain", as well as "Night on the Galaxy Railway", "Takashu the Cellist", "Yellow Tomatoes" and "The Origin of the Deer Dance" "The Cat's Office", "Nighthawk Star", "The Fourth of Narcissus", "Yamanashi", "Twin Stars", "The Restaurant with Many Requests", "Crossing the Snowfield", "Fazemata Saburo", "Otsbell and the Elephant", "The Wild Goose", "The Biography of Gusco Budoli" and other 15 popular fairy tales. "Night on the Galaxy Railway" is one of the representative works. The author revised the draft four times in eight years and was still processing and polishing it until the end of his life. It is called "the never-ending fairy tale". It tells the story of a poor young man named Giovanni who fell asleep on a hill on the night of the Galaxy Festival. In his dream, he and his friends boarded the Galaxy Railway train bound for heaven, embarking on a magnificent and romantic journey to the Milky Way. Kenji Miyazawa constructed a wonderful and colorful fairy tale world, using simple language to show his reflection on the harmonious coexistence between human beings and all things in nature, his concern for life and the universe, and his pursuit of happiness and ideals, etc. Miyazawa Kenji's will to be on the earth and toward the Milky Way, as well as his lifelong spirit of persistent and down-to-earth struggle for the happiness of all mankind, are conveyed through his words. Everyone who reads it sighs: When you are born as a human being, you must become such a person. Miyazawa Kenji's fairy tales are not just fairy tales, they are not only children's stories, but also fairy tales that "never end" and "always grow". No matter children or adults, they can read the profound meaning every time they read.

"Macbeth" is a play written by the British playwright Shakespeare, written in 1606. Since the 19th century, "Hamlet", "Othello" and "King Lear" have been recognized as William Shakespeare's "four great tragedies". The music was composed by Giuseppe Verdi in Florence in 1847 and has been revised many times. The story of "Macbeth" is generally adapted from the ancient story in "The Chronicle of Scotland" by the ancient English historian Raphael Hollingshand. "Macbeth" tells the story of the greedy king and queen who were greedy for power and were finally overthrown.

"The Merry Wives of Windsor" is a comic opera in three acts, also translated as "The Happy Wife". It was written by Mosenthal and composed by Otto Nikolai. It was first performed at the Berlin Palace Opera on March 9, 1849, and was conducted by the composer himself. It was a great success. However, after only conducting three times, he died of a sudden illness on May 11 at the age of 39. It premiered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on March 9, 1900. Nicholas wrote in a letter to his father: "My new opera has already created countless joys in the composition." In fact, he has poured all the experience he gained into "The Merry Wives of Windsor".

Several young people came here on vacation and planned an elaborate prank: using eight clocks to wake up their companion who always seemed to be late. In the early morning, eight clocks rang one after another, but the poor companion could never wake up again. What's even more surprising is that there are only seven clocks left, and one was thrown out of the window! Immediately afterwards, a companion died mysteriously, and his last words turned out to be: "The seven-faced clock..." Miss Bondel, the owner of "Chimney Villa", is determined to find the truth. And the trustworthy Officer Battle, who appears many times in the Queen's works, seems unwilling to help this curious girl.

Miura Shion, winner of the Naoki Award and the Japan Bookstore Award, is a new masterpiece that once again writes about the spirit of craftsmanship after "Tada Convenience House", "Weaving a Boat" and "Strong Wind". Miura Shion is a talented writer who impressed Hayao Miyazaki. This book combines various writing characteristics and is her masterpiece after winning the bookstore award. She once again takes you into the lonely world of craftsmen with her simple and concise writing style, redefining your relationship with the world. The secret to happiness is to live calmly with time. A fine hairpin craftsman and a retired bank employee, two uncles with a combined age of 146 may seem to have different personalities, but for some reason they have become lifelong friends. Cherry blossoms in spring, fireworks in summer, cirocumulus clouds in autumn, river surface in winter... Year after year, every day spent in this small town is so ordinary. Until one day, the news that a young couple was getting married broke the tranquility...