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A masterpiece from the author of "Butterfly Dream"! Du Maurier, a literary giant, has been borrowed more times from the British Library than Shakespeare! I no longer long for a quick trip, the life I want is right here and now! "Youth is something you cannot understand until it disappears from you." The moment before committing suicide by jumping off the bridge, I was pulled by Jack. In the space of a cigarette, we decided to jump on any ship we saw and start wandering aimlessly. From the bright lights of London to the remote mountains, I sang heartily and tried to live alone to build my dreams. My youth was wasted wantonly. It wasn't until that letter appeared that I realized that the end of this wandering journey was actually at the origin...

The 21-year-old Usami Suzu, who won the Akutagawa Prize, made her debut with a topic that focuses on her original family! The ultimate confession of love for my mother! The ultimate confession of love for my mother is that I want to give birth to my mother so that she can start a happy and perfect life again. Winner of the Mishima Yukio Award and Japan Literary Award. The 19-year-old protagonist Xiaotu is repeating her studies, but neither she nor her mother can hold on any longer. Her mother has not felt the love of her grandma since she was a child, and because of her father's cheating and domestic violence, she suffered from heart disease after the divorce and was drunk all day long. Xiaotu can only find some comfort in a small social network. A fragile mother, a selfish father, Little Rabbit who was born a girl, a family connected by blood... Little Rabbit hates everything that restrains him, and even more hates himself who is restrained. With a reckless prayer, she set off to Kumano alone, to save her fragile and about to collapse mother in a simple way unique to her age.

"Duology of Fools" is a series of works by the famous American writer Richard Russo. The novel tells the story of the decline of the American Rust Belt and the people at the bottom struggling in the decadence. Through the daily depiction of the small town, the writer keenly captures the life dilemmas, family conflicts, emotional entanglements, fulfillment and evasion of moral obligations of contemporary people. The seemingly simple family love presents complex emotional tension in Russo's writing. "Remer the Fool" is the sequel to "Sully the Fool". The writer reunites us with these lovable characters and lets us continue to listen to him ramble on about the hustle and bustle of the small town. In the past twenty years, Sully has experienced many unexpected good fortunes, but now he does not have the courage to face the heart doctor's diagnosis - he only has one or two years left to live. Sully had to hide this news from the most important people in his life: Ruth, a married woman who had been entangled with him; his unlucky friend Rob; his son and grandson whom he had not seen for many years; Doug Reimer, the current police chief who had just experienced the loss of his wife; Gus Moynihan, the current mayor of North Bath, who had previously worked as an academic; Carl Roebuck, who had spent his life avoiding failure but ended up bankrupt. In "Remo the Fool", former enemies have reached reconciliation, emotional betrayals have been forgiven, and the little people still walk forward with courage, humor and warmth.

A collection of fantasy adventure stories by Pavich, the author of "Khazar Dictionary". "The Romance of the Fish Scale Hat" tells a magical and poignant love story. Under the guidance of his teacher, Arkachi, an imperial slave who loved collecting keys, went to the Imperial Mint to find a job. On the way, he was guided by a mysterious woman and purchased a strange wooden key, and thus gained the love of Mikaina. When he decides to continue to the mint and sell the wooden key, Mechiina mysteriously disappears. In search of Mechiina, Alkachi searched for the wooden key, but failed. The sad Alkaqi cast the image of Mechiina and the name of his city on imperial coins, hoping to leave clues to Mechiina's whereabouts. Many years passed, and he, who had already married a wife and had children, finally received news from Mechiina - someone brought her relic wool ball. The desperate Alkhaqi looked back on his life and decided to forget this painful past. At this time, he suddenly discovered that his daughter, like Mechiina, wore a fish-scale hat and knelt down in a mysterious ritual to a wooden key on the wall. The wool ball that was Mechiana's relic was wrapped in seven coins he cast with the image of Mechiina.

"Flounder" is a novel by Glass. The work is quite fairy tale-like, using Grimm's fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" as the framework, and doing the opposite, using a unique artistic form to outline nine important stages of human development, revealing the process of dominant men creating violence, pursuing power and reaching the end of the road, and exploring the role of women in promoting real progress, that is, the elimination of hunger. Nine cooks from different eras come to life, and a large number of historical figures and events are integrated into the story. Reality and fantasy are synchronized, and narrative and discussion are intertwined. It reproduces the changes in European history and in a sense depicts a microcosm of the history of Western civilization.

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"Questions of the Heart: Sontag's Short Stories" is an addition to the original "Me, and Others". She would turn to this genre only when she felt a need for expression that could not be satisfied by other means. Each of the 11 short stories included in this book is a fierce battle for wisdom - a debriefing after experiencing some kind of blow. She once told an interviewer that while the living room was great for prose, short stories had to be written in the bedroom. This distinction between outer and inner sanctums seems like a good way to understand the content of this book. These short stories are the works closest to her heart.

"Snow" is the representative work of Junichiro Tanizaki, a master of Japanese aesthetic literature. The work takes the four sisters of the Makioka family, a prominent family in Osaka, as the protagonists, and the story of the blind date of the beautiful and quiet third sister Yukiko as the main line, while also touching on local customs, social events, foreign exchanges, etc. The work is like a long painting with bright colors and elegant style, showing the whole picture of the life of the upper class in modern Japan's Kansai region. It is known as the best genre novel with a classical style. Sartre called it the highest masterpiece of modern Japanese literature. "Snowy Snow" is not only a novel describing family entanglements, but also a profound discussion of Japanese traditional values ​​and moral concepts. Through the emotional conflict between the sisters, it reflects the turmoil and changes in Japanese society in the process of modernization, as well as the complex desires and emotions in human nature, making this work a literary masterpiece with profound connotations and touching stories.

"Ocean" is the first part of the "Blood and Rust" classic science fiction series. The story is set in a future world where the earth's resources are exhausted and human civilization is in crisis. The protagonist of the novel, Naylor, is a young "shipbreaker" who struggles to survive on a meager income. By chance, Naylor discovers a wealthy young woman named Nita hiding on a stranded luxury yacht. Naylor and Nita gradually establish an alliance that transcends class and embark on a dangerous escape journey. They not only have to face cruel challenges from different interest groups, but also struggle to survive in a world that excludes them. Throughout the book, Bachgalubi uses vivid language and powerful imagination to depict a world devastated by climate change. As a profound and revelatory novel, "Ocean God" shows people the possibility of a future world and guides people to think about the problems existing in contemporary society. This novel is not only a science fiction novel, but also a literary work that reflects social reality and is worthy of everyone's taste and consideration.

"My story, whether past, present, or future, is contained in the staggered arrangement of these cards, but I cannot distinguish it from the many stories. I observe those cards with the eyes of a person who does not know what they are, and interpret and narrate them based on a kind of image semiotics. When the accidental arrangement of cards allows me to find the story within them, I start writing this story." Calvino said. Spreading out a set of seventy-eight tarot cards, Calvino takes us to see the punished betrayer, the alchemist who sold his soul, the bride who was punished in hell, the tomb robber, Orlando who went crazy with love, and Astolfo on the moon. In the castle and restaurant where fate intersects, should we also try to tell our own stories? "The Castle of Intersected Destinies" (Ilcastellodeidestini incrociati) was published in 1973. It was a work produced under the influence of semiotics that was prevalent in the French literary world at that time. The author no longer engages in creation in the way of immersing himself in real life as in the past, but has reduced himself to a device that can transform oral materials into story form, a tool that can transform words into stories.

This book was written by Mark Twain in 1889. It tells the story of the 19th-century American Hank Morgan who traveled through time and space and experienced political ups and downs in medieval England. With knowledge and skills that were 13 centuries ahead of his time, Hank easily ascended to the throne of "Prime Minister" of the Arthurian Dynasty in the 6th century, and embarked on various reforms, determined to turn medieval Britain into a democratic and modern country. Although Hank once created a scene of prosperous industrial civilization, his simple copying behavior that ignored social particularities, misplaced reform concepts, and autocratic rule based on scientific and technological authority laid the foundation for the disillusionment of utopian illusions, and his struggle with the British Church also ended in a massacre. In the operation of power without restraint and supervision, modern technology has eventually become an accomplice in anti-democratic political events and a tamed tool in the hands of the perpetrators of violent events.

Nakamura Hang's classic novel collection consists of three warm and elegant short stories. "Wish You Were Here": When Yoshida grew up, he left his hometown of Odawara and came to Tokyo to study, but he never forgot the elephants in Odawara and his childhood friend Matano. At the same time, he and his classmate Maiko gradually fell in love, hoping that these warm people and things could stay with him forever... "Five Stories for Men": adapted based on the author's life experience. It describes the "me" in elementary school who only knew how to have fun, the "me" in junior high school when my love interest first blossomed, the "me" in high school who gradually developed a dream of music, the "me" in college who was confused, and the "me" after constantly trying to challenge myself in work. "Bard Life": The wonderful story of a boy named Tomohiro Ogawa and a girl named Xiaolan who got to know each other by feeding the same stray cat and communicating in a tree hole has been adapted into a movie.

"First Call from Heaven" tells a story that happened in a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan. One day, its residents suddenly started receiving phone calls from the deceased, making this place the focus of global attention. A mysterious "unknown" call breaks the tranquility of Coldwater, allowing people who have lost loved ones to hear their loved ones' voices again. Is this the greatest miracle of all time, or a massive hoax? As the news spread, the entire world fell into the fanatical pursuit of "miracles." History and reality overlapped in this ordinary town, and people chasing miracles fell into the polar opposites of doubt and belief. Only Sali Harding, a sad single father, is determined to find out the truth of the incident. A modern fable that can heal all pain, a breathtaking work that can't be put down, the best-selling work by Mickey Albom, the best-selling healing author in Europe and America in recent years.

The protagonist, middle-aged man Charlie, encounters obstacles everywhere in his life: he is an unsuccessful retired baseball player, his marriage is on the rocks midway, and he lacks communication with his daughter. When he found out that even his daughter was unwilling to invite him to her wedding and that he had become a complete loner, he suffered a complete psychological breakdown and committed suicide by driving his car. When he was wandering at the border between life and death, he suddenly saw his mother who died many years ago. His mother (or rather his mother's vision, ghost...) Leads him back to the past, where he stays for one more day. During this day, his mother took Charlie to visit several people, some of whom had had a significant impact on his life, and some of whom were complete strangers. In the process, Charlie's memories of his life were interspersed with them, and some family secrets buried deep in his memory were gradually revealed. All of this constituted a journey that made Charlie review, introspect, and even enlightenment. Regarding family and life, Charlie realized more in this day than in most of his past life. At the end of the day, his mother disappeared, and Charlie was successfully rescued and returned to the world, where he spent the rest of his life with a positive and open-minded attitude.

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"Home" is the second part of the Gilead trilogy. It uses Ames' old friends the Boughton family as clues to reproduce the family story of the old pastor Boughton and his two sons and daughters, who are lonely but comfort each other. Thirty-eight-year-old Glory returned to his hometown of Gilead due to a failed engagement. While taking care of his elderly father, he also took care of the declining home. Soon, his brother Jack, who had not heard from him for twenty years, unexpectedly returned home. Jack had once cast a shadow of scandal on the entire family because of his naughty and dissolute behavior, but the old Boughton never gave up waiting and forgiving the prodigal son in twenty years. The three people are under the same roof, enjoying the belated family affection, but the past full of sadness and regret is gradually swallowing them up. Unable to shake off the exhaustion of his soul, Jack bid farewell to his unbearable home, leaving Glory alone to wait. Until one day, the man Jack had been waiting for stepped onto the land of Gilead...

The whole book tells the story of how a sincere musician resists the hypocritical and frivolous society, thereby sublimating and perfecting himself in the struggle against the reactionary forces of society. At the same time, this novel is also an epic of music. The author uses his deep understanding of the spirit of music to describe the struggle between morbid and degenerate art and healthy and progressive music, and praises a musical concept full of vitality.

This book is a classic anthology of Wilde's fairy tales, including six of his most popular works, including "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Happy Prince", "The Faithful Friend", "The Selfish Giant" and "The Young King". These works not only established Wilde's world-renowned status in the literary world, but also became masterpieces handed down from generation to generation in the treasure house of world literature. Chinese and English bilingual, beautiful pictures and texts. The book is equipped with more than 50 watercolor hand-painted illustrations in an aesthetic style. The translator, Mr. He Chao, has a smooth writing style and rigorous wording. He interprets classic and touching stories such as "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Happy Prince" in a delicate and gentle way.

The protagonist of "The Old Man and the Sea", the old fisherman Santiago, makes a living by fishing, but he goes out to sea to fish for eighty-four consecutive days and returns empty-handed. On this day, he unexpectedly caught a huge fish. In order to subdue the big fish, Santiago worked hard. After finally catching the big fish, he met a ferocious shark. Santiago started a fight with the shark... This novel based on real people and true stories praises the indestructible spiritual power of human beings in the face of hardships.

"Education of Love" is a diary novel adapted from the diary of the author Amici's son. It tells the daily life of third-grade students. In this daily life, all the greatest loves in the world are integrated: the love of teachers, the love of students, the love of parents, the love of children, the love of classmates... Each kind of love is simple and profound. The work is considered one of the ten must-read novels for Italians. It is an enduring masterpiece in the history of world literature and is recognized by various countries as a loving and educational read.

The protagonist d'Artagnan in "The Three Musketeers (Part 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.

The latest classic version of FLTRP! "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is Shakespeare's first romantic comedy with the theme of love and friendship. The main plot is the twists and turns in love between two friends. In the play, Valentine's integrity and simplicity and Proteus's cunning and debauchery are both very clear.

This book is a novel completed by the French writer Romain Rolland in 1912. It tells the story of the protagonist John-Christophe's life of struggle and resistance for music, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. It is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the life experience of the protagonist, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. Romain Rolland won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature for this book.

The washerwoman Qilvis gave birth to two sons by the shoemaker Lantier when she was a minor. He was later abandoned and married to Coupeau, a house builder. After Coupeau suffered a work injury, he went in and out of the small hotel all day long. Soon, Kirvis began to drink too much and fell into depression. In the end, Coupeau died of a stroke in the lunatic asylum after drinking, and Kirvis also died in the black hole at the bottom of the stairs.

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It is the pinnacle of Japanese historical novels and military stories; together with The Tale of Genji, it is considered the two pinnacle masterpieces of Japanese classical literature; it is fully translated into Chinese. "The Tale of the Heike" is a long Japanese historical war novel that was formed in the 13th century. It is a household name in Japan, and is known as the two pinnacle masterpieces of Japanese classical literature along with "The Tale of Genji". It mainly tells the story of the Taira family headed by Taira Kiyomori. The first 6 volumes describe the prosperity and arrogance and arrogance of the Taira family, while the last 7 volumes focus on describing the battle between the two Genpei samurai groups, exaggerating the tragic ending of the Taira family's eventual annihilation. "The Tale of the Heike" revolves around the central clue of the Taira group's rise and fall, and artistically reproduces the historical picture of the old aristocratic class at the end of the Heian Dynasty, which was gradually declining and was gradually replaced by the emerging samurai class. The samurai group that rose to the political stage was assimilated by the aristocrats and was swallowed up by the powerful local samurai group. The artistic achievement of "The Tale of the Heike" is to create a heroic figure who is unparalleled in dynasty literature and has a leaping horse and a spear. The emergence of these images marked the creation of a new tradition in Japanese classical literature that was completely different from dynastic literature, and had a profound impact on later generations of literature. "The Tale of the Heike" is written in a mixed form of Japanese and Chinese. The whole book has a grand artistic structure, gorgeous writing style, and profound implications. It not only reflects the social life and ideological culture of Japan in the Middle Ages, but also reveals the close connection with traditional Chinese thought and culture.

This book tells the story of the protagonist Goriot, a flour merchant who started his career during the French Revolution. He lost his wife in middle age. He devoted all his love to his two daughters. In order to let them squeeze into the upper class, he gave them a good education since childhood and gave them a dowry of 800,000 francs each when they got married. However, his two daughters lived a dissolute life and spent money like water. His love was easily defeated by the principle of money supremacy.

"Entanglement" is Tagore's novel describing urban life and the bourgeoisie. The author originally planned to write a trilogy about the lives of three generations of a capitalist family, entitled "Three Generations", but he only wrote the first part and published it under the name "Entanglement". Gumdini, a beautiful girl from a prominent family, marries the rude and frivolous millionaire Madusuna. The latter tries to control Gumdini by repeating the old trick of imposing his will on people and machines, but is defeated by Gumdini's strong personality and self-esteem. The novel chastises the empty and humble spiritual soul of capitalists, outlines the historical trajectory of capital's fortune and development, and truly describes the Indian bourgeoisie and its spiritual characteristics in the nineteenth century.

Haruki Murakami's highly regarded historical masterpiece of the late Heian Dynasty, which panoramically displays the majestic scenes of Japan's medieval war, has been hailed by Japanese literary historians as "the nation's heroic narrative poem", "the highest achievement of Kamakura literature" and "Japan's national literature". The pinnacle of Japanese historical novels and military stories, the Japanese version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is, together with "The Tale of Genji", the two masterpieces of Japanese classical literature. The first truly complete Chinese translation, translator Wang Xinxi's nearly 60,000 words of detailed annotations fully explain the rise and fall of the Ping family. The precious color pictures visually show the magnificent historical picture and have extremely high literary, historical and ideological value. Finally, it comes with a rare "Initiation Scroll" on the market, which writes a final conclusion to the rise and fall of the Heike family over the past century. At the end of the 12th century, the Heian Dynasty came to an end. The centralized system in which the emperor and the nobles held real power was gradually declining, and the feudal samurai group with territories and private armed forces was on the rise. As two major samurai groups that held great power in the imperial court and the local government, the Minamotoji and the Heike clan finally broke out in a fierce war from 1156 to 1185 AD due to their intricate grievances and covetousness for ruling power. "The Tale of the Heike" takes the historical chronology as the main axis, and from the perspective of the Heike, it describes in detail the entire process of the Genji and Heike's struggle for power.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is one of Mark Twain's most popular and beloved novels. Published in 1876, the book describes the innocent life of a group of children led by Tom Sawyer in a small town in the southern United States before the Civil War. In order to get rid of boring homework, hypocritical teachings and rigid living environment, they tried various adventure experiences and did many hilarious things. It is a companion piece to Mark Twain's most important masterpiece, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". It is not only a great children's work, but also a pastoral hymn from the "Golden Age" of America.

"Hunter's Notes" is Turgenev's famous work and his first realist masterpiece. It occupies a very important position in his entire literary creation. "Hunter's Notes" is a feature collection with a unique form. His first feature "Hory and Kalinich" was originally published in the first issue of the Russian magazine "Modern Man" in 1847. Most of the subsequent chapters were also published in the same magazine one after another. Until 1852, the author compiled twenty-one features that had been published successively, plus an unpublished new work "Two Landlords", and published it in a separate volume under the title "Hunter's Notes". By 1880, the author added three more chapters: "The End of Chertopkhanov" (1872), "The Sound of Wheels" (1874), and "The Withered Woman" (1874), totaling 25 chapters, which became the final version of the novel during his lifetime. It is this final version that we are basing our translation on today.

Mrs. Bennet's lifelong ambition is to marry her five daughters decently, so she always regards the wealthy bachelors nearby as a piece of property that one of her daughters deserves. So there were several ups and downs of the separation and reunification of young men and women: the slander and misunderstanding between the wealthy son Darcy and the clever and astute second daughter Elizabeth, the lingering relationship between the wealthy son Bingley and the virtuous and kind-hearted eldest daughter Jane, the scandalous elopement of the prodigal Wickham and the frivolous and unreasonable daughter Lydia... In the end, the hero and heroine put aside their own pride and prejudice and made choices that conformed to their own morals. The work fully expresses the author's own views on marriage, emphasizing the impact of economic interests and family status on love and marriage. The plot of the novel is full of comedy, the language is witty and humorous, and it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Aunt Belle" is based on the life of the French upper class in the mid-19th century, and takes the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé's family as the main line. It tells the story of how the baron, driven by crazy passion, betrayed his pure wife step by step, hurt his innocent daughter, ruined the family's reputation, tarnished the army's reputation, and ultimately ruined his reputation. Various characters, intricate plots, and thrilling battles between soul and flesh, love and hatred, good and evil, constitute a vivid tragicomedy in the world, a colorful history of civilization, and an endless elegy for the inevitable collapse of upper class society.

"Crime and Punishment" is the representative work of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and brought the writer world-wide reputation. The protagonist of the novel, Raskolnikov, a poor college student, took a desperate risk and killed an old woman who was a loan shark. He also killed the old woman's sister who happened to see all this. Despite having his own theory of the murder, he was still tortured by his own guilt. Finally, he surrendered under Sonia's persuasion, determined to use human suffering to cleanse his sins and soul. Zang Zhonglun is well versed in the essence of Dostoyevsky's creation, especially the depth of thought, complexity of psychological description, inner tension and religious and philosophical color of his works. His translation can accurately convey the intense, contradictory, and morbid psychological activities of the characters in the original work (such as Raskolnikov's inner struggles, dreams, and gibbering), as well as the depressive, anxious, and almost hysterical atmosphere that pervades the entire book. Our agency owns the exclusive copyright of the translation by translator Zang Zhonglun.

"The Three Musketeers" is one of the masterpieces of French 19th-century romantic writer Alexandre Dumas, and has been made into movies many times. The work describes the legendary life of a knight swordsman in the 17th century and creates a series of flesh-and-blood characters: d'Artagnan's heroic youth, Athos' steady sophistication, Porthos's boldness and recklessness, and Aramis' resourcefulness and graceful demeanor. They are all vividly drawn by the author's wonderful pen, ready to be drawn out. The work is based on the conflict between King Louis XIII of France and the powerful Cardinal Richelieu. It is interspersed with the overt and secret struggles among ministers and factions, and revolves around secret historical anecdotes in the palace, showing readers a magnificent picture of French society in the 18th century.

This book is a classic work by Balzac, the great French critical realist writer. It is a novel with a mysterious color, and it is the author's lashing and warning against greed. Readers who like Balzac's works should not miss it. The novel depicts a group of extremely vicious inheritance heirs, depicting how they longed for the death of their uncle in order to obtain the inheritance, eagerly robbed or even stole property when the patient was dying, and even used all kinds of despicable means to persecute a pure and innocent orphan girl in order to enjoy the stolen money in peace of mind. Unlike most stories in Balzac's works, this story ends with good people being rewarded and bad people being punished and changed, which fully illustrates the author's proposition of using religious concepts to curb human depravity.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is the representative work of British writer Maugham, and it is also a novel that highlights his writing style. The protagonist of the story, Charles, abandoned his wife and career because he was obsessed with painting. Initially, he went to Paris to find creative inspiration, and then moved to the isolated island of Tahiti to live, and finally found inner peace. But just when he finished painting the masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, his life also came to an end. By portraying the image of a deviant genius, the author inspires future generations to think about ideals and reality, the origin of art and social life. This book has also attracted worldwide attention because it is based on the life experience of French painter Paul Gauguin.

"Beautiful Friend" is the masterpiece of the 19th-century French novelist Maupassant. It was born at the most glorious moment in the speculative activities that marked the historical characteristics of the Third Republic. It describes the lewdness, corruption, pursuit of fame and fortune in the French upper class, and paints a vivid picture of a group of hypocritical and cunning people. It can be called a masterpiece born of the major events of this period. "For nearly half a century, the influence of this novel has never ended, whether in France or the world."

This book is the author's masterpiece, marking the peak of Hoffmann's creation and an excellent work of German Romanticism. The novel consists of two parts: a biography of Tomcat Moore and a biography of bandleader Kreisler. Starting from the needs of satire, Moore's biography imitates the so-called development novels about the protagonist's growth process such as Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister", and uses a self-narrative mode to describe the growth experience of a well-educated tomcat who likes to dance and write. The biography of Kreisler records a rough life path of a talented artist, whose life path has the shadow of the author himself. Judging from the title of the novel, the former is the main body of the work. In fact, the latter is the core of the novel. The form is loose, but the theme is consistent. They both deal with the relationship between artists and society.

"Gone with the Wind (Part 1)" is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The main plot is the love-hate relationship between the strong and willful manor lady Scarlett and several men. It is accompanied by major changes in society and history, and the disappearance of everything familiar in the past... "Gone with the Wind" is not only a swan song of human love, but also a grand historical picture that reflects the huge and profound changes in many aspects of social politics, economy, and morality.

This book is a children's novel written by Canadian female writer Lucy Montgomery in 1904. The author uses fresh, smooth, vivid and humorous writing to tell the touching story of the innocent, kind-hearted and life-loving heroine Little Annie, who lost her parents at a young age and was not frustrated by the difficulties of life with the care of her friends and teachers. The novel was published in 1908 and soon became the best-selling book of the year and gradually became popular all over the world.

Fogg and members of the Reform Club bet £20,000 on whether they could travel around the world in 80 days. Then he took his servant "know-it-all" and set off from London on an incredible journey around the world. Along the way, they experienced natural and man-made disasters. In the end, in the 19th century when there were no airplanes or ocean ships, they actually completed this fantasy-like circumnavigation of the earth. Not only did they win a bet, but they also gained love. This book integrates scientific knowledge, creativity, artistry and interest, and has a wide range of readers around the world.

The latest classic version of FLTRP! "Tit for Tat" shows people the incompatibility between the legal provisions of adultery and society through the handling of two cases of adultery. One was Claudio and Juliet's premarital sex, and Juliet became pregnant as a result, and Claudio was sentenced to death by Angelou. The other one is Angelou's crime of adultery against Mariana, which is a trap designed by the Duke and Isabella as revenge for Angelou.

From the inner monologue of a gambler, the author Dostoevsky uses his unique way of observation to describe the story of a gambler.

Hardy, the master of novels, is a world-renowned literary masterpiece and a highly regarded classic translation, especially with exquisite illustrations. The illustrated collection of "Tess" is the most famous novel masterpiece by the British novel master Hardy. 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. This book contains a complete set of more than 30 exquisite woodcut illustrations created for the novel by the famous British female illustrator Agnes Miller Parker, which is of great collection value.

The retired flour merchant Goriot was squeezed out of his money by his two biological daughters and died miserably in his attic; the aristocratic young man Rastignac took the first step to climb up under the corruption of Parisian society; the hard-labour fugitive seduced Rastignac, conspired to fight for the inheritance, and was arrested after his identity was exposed; the Parisian noblewoman was frustrated in love and withdrew from the upper class society. This book runs through four clues, revealing the dominant role of money and the evils of money worship in Parisian society in the early 19th century, and revealing the social reality of rampant human desires.

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"My University" is the last part of Gorky's trilogy of autobiographical novels. "My University" describes Alyosha's life in Kazan. When he was 16 years old, Asha left his hometown with his dream and went to Kazan to study. The hard life forced him to work day and night. In the courtyard of the Tsarist Russian army, on the ship, together with the working people of the lower class, and with all kinds of small citizens and thinkers, they fought tenaciously against the hard life. He tried every means to read and absorbed knowledge eagerly. In this social university without walls, he withstood various hardships and hardships and eventually grew into a determined warrior.

"My Childhood" is the first of Gorky's autobiographical novels and is the author's memories of his childhood life. The protagonist Oulisha lost his father at the age of four and lived with his mother in the house of his grandfather, the owner of Xiaoranfang. He was often beaten severely by his grandfather, and his kind-hearted grandmother protected him everywhere. His childhood environment was filled with lies, deceit, and cruel behaviors that trampled on family ties to achieve his goals, which caused great harm to his young mind. However, his hard-working, strong, and kind-hearted grandmother often told him fairy tales, instilled in him the power of justice, and guided Oulisha to grow into an upright person.

"Eugénie Grandet" is a masterpiece in Balzac's collection of novels "Human Comedy". By describing Grandet's family life, it reveals the tragedy of human destruction and family breakdown caused by money. The miser Grandet is selfish and cruel. In order to make money, he coaxes his wife and daughter in every possible way and pays no attention to the happiness of his only daughter, Eugenie Grandet. Eugenie is gentle and kind, and resists her father's harsh control for the sake of love... The novel is simple and natural, with clear descriptions and distinctive characters. Especially the miser Grandet is vividly portrayed and has become a famous typical image in the history of world literature.