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The drama "Blood Wedding" is based on a real event that happened in Nijar (Almeria) in 1928: On the morning of the wedding, a young woman and her cousin, her lover, ran away. Not long after, the injured bride was found next to the body of her lover, who had been killed by the groom's brother. The double stimulus of an honor case washed with blood - like many dramas of the golden century, the dry and harsh environment of eastern Andalusia is purified and brought into play in the play. Two peasant families prepare for the wedding of their children: the groom's mother has a deep hatred for the Felix family because they murdered her husband and one of her sons. The bride's father wanted to connect the two families' lands together. On the day of the wedding, the bride's former lover, Leonardo Felix, came. Although he is married, he still loves her. As for the bride, she doesn't love her fiancé, but thinks she will forget Leonardo after marriage. In the middle of the wedding, they elope on horseback. The mother and groom chased after them until they caught up with them in a wooded area. The groom and Leonardo fight to death. "Blood Wedding" is a drama that reflects a secular scene, mainly showing repressed and forbidden love. What the hero and heroine face is a closed and backward society, the feud between two families and the economic interests between the characters. However, their love broke through all restraints, betrayed the moral principles of society, and even violated their own reason. The famous literary critic Fernandez Almagro called "Blood Wedding" "the soul of the nation with a primitive flavor".

This book contains two of Sartre's most representative plays, "Death Without a Burial" and "Quarantine." "Death Without a Burial" is a play written by French writer Jean-Paul Sartre in 1946. It is Sartre's first play. Sartre successfully injected his existential philosophy into his realistic play "Death Without a Burial". This blend of realism and existentialism gives new meaning to core propositions such as the value of life, free choice, and responsibility for action, and brings vitality to existential literature.

This book is based on the translation of the drama part of "The Complete Poems and Dramas of Thomas Eliot" published by Faber Publishing House in 1969. It includes Eliot's five major dramas: "The Cathedral Murders", the most famous British poetic drama since the seventeenth century, which combines elements of Greek drama and detective drama in the mid-twelfth century, and shows the main themes. "Family Reunion", a work about the hero's self-redemption process; Eliot's most popular play "The Cocktail Party", which explores the twisted outlook on life; "Secretary", the only drama on the New York Times bestseller list in the past thirty years; and the author's last work "The Elder Statesman". His realistic approach and storyline, as well as his pursuit of deep symbolic meaning in his works, had a huge influence on the playwrights of his generation.

This "Shakespeare's Comedies" contains four of Shakespeare's comedies, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1595-1596), "The Merchant of Venice" (1596-1597), "As You Like It" (1599-1600), and "Twelfth Night" (1599-1600). These dramas mainly write about love, friendship and marriage. The themes are similar, but the plots are vivid, rich and unconventional. The intricate plots are often composed of many deceptions, coincidences, disguises and adventures. The work shines with the light of humanistic ideals, is full of joyful atmosphere and optimistic spirit, praises the beautiful love and innocent friendship of mankind, and has eternal charm.

"Shakespeare's Comedies" contains six of Shakespeare's comedies, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing". These dramas mainly describe love, friendship and marriage. The themes are similar, but the plots are vivid, rich and unconventional. The work shines with the light of humanistic ideals, is full of joyful atmosphere and optimism, praises the beautiful love and innocent friendship of mankind, and has eternal charm. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" tells a love story in which lovers finally get married. The story scene of "As You Like It" mainly takes place in the forest of Arden, far away from the world. It describes the exiled Duke's daughter Rosalind who goes to the forest to find her father and her love story. "Twelfth Night" tells the story of twin brothers Sebastian and Viola who reunited after a series of twists and turns after being shipwrecked. "The Merchant of Venice" mainly portrays the typical image of Shylock, a profit-seeking and ruthless loan shark. Its theme praises benevolence, friendship and love, and also expresses humanistic thoughts on issues such as money and law. "The Taming of the Shrew" tells the story of a smart man who used ingenious strategies to successfully transform a grumpy rich girl into a gentle and virtuous wife. "Much Ado About Nothing" has two parallel clues around the theme of proposal, telling the story of two couples' experiences of falling in love, proposing, and finally getting married.

There are two big families in the city of Vanluona who have a feud and kill each other, but in the embrace of hatred, a pair of star-crossed lovers are born. They talked to each other in the language of poetry in the garden at night, and tasted despair in the dark tomb. This is a real event that happened in Italy. Through Shakespeare's wonderful writing, it became synonymous with "love". Taking the love tragedy of "Romeo and Juliet" as the prototype, later writers wrote countless masterpieces, but none of them surpassed Shakespeare. Shakespeare is the eternal master in the elaboration of language and the development of plot.

"The Comedy of Errors" is a play written by the English playwright William Shakespeare. It is a comedy and was first published in 1623. "The Comedy of Errors" tells the story of the Syracuse merchant Igin's family who were separated for many years and finally reunited. It vividly reflects the social life and customs of Britain in the 16th century, and embodies the spirit of the Renaissance and the beautiful ideals of Shakespeare's humanism, which has certain ideological significance.

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"King Lear" is a play written by Shakespeare and is one of his four major tragedies. The story comes from an ancient British legend, and the story itself happened around the 8th century. Later, many plays were compiled in the UK. In addition to Shakespeare, there is also an earlier unknown work among the existing plays. It is generally believed that Shakespeare's King Lear was adapted from this play. The story tells that after the aged King Lear abdicated the throne, he was driven into the wilderness by his eldest daughter and his second daughter. The third daughter, who became the Queen of France, led an army to save her father, but was killed. King Lear died sadly beside her.

The Tragedies of Euripides (18 volumes in total), this series also includes "Euripides Tragedies 16: Iphigenia at Aulis", "Euripides Tragedies 12: The Mad Hercules", "Euripides Tragedies 18: The Round-Eyed Giant", "Euripides Tragedies 11: Orestes", "Euripides Tragedies 4: The Children of Hercules", etc.

What needs to be expressed on the stage is the situation, not the character. The masterpiece of drama by Diderot, the outstanding French Enlightenment thinker, is the culmination of Diderot's drama creation thoughts. "The Dramas of Diderot" is the eighth volume of the "Collected Works of Diderot" and contains three representative works of Diderot's plays - "The Bastard or the Test of Morality", "Head of the Family" and "Is He a Good Man?" Or a villain? ", And a talk about theater - "A Talk About." Among them, "The Bastard" tells the story of Dorval, an illegitimate son who was invited by Clavier and his sister to stay at their home. During this period, Doval fell deeply in love with Clavier's fiancée Rosalie, and was tortured by his conscience for this. "A Conversation About" explains Diderot's thoughts on drama creation through the dialogue and debate between Doval and Diderot, the male protagonists of "The Bastard". Diderot's "serious drama" - "People cannot always be happy without pain, so there must be a middle ground between comedy and tragedy" - advocates no longer focusing on myths and historical legends, but getting the source of life from the joys and sorrows of ordinary people.

In May 1975, "The President" premiered at the Academy Theater in Vienna, Austria (the second stage of the Burgtheater). In an unnamed European country, the president and his wife are preparing to attend the funeral. Not long ago, an anarchist assassination attempt against the president failed. The president himself survived, but the president's close aide, the colonel, and the president's wife's pet dog unfortunately lost their lives. While the president and his wife were freshening up and changing their clothes, they recalled the thrilling assassination and described a life in high positions, with power and fear. No one understands that they don't understand that these people don't understand anything. They only have despicable ambition and hatred in their minds. What else can there be...

"Sanshiro", "Ever After" and "The Gate" are Natsume Soseki's classic love trilogy. The novel stories respectively correspond to the three stages in a boy's life: youthful love, love choice, and staying together after marriage. "Ever After" is the second part of Natsume Soseki's "Love Trilogy" in his middle period. It tells the story of a pair of young lovers who reunite in middle age, and how the hero re-examines his original choice and takes on his destiny. The novel is so touching that it was adapted into the movie "Afterwards" directed by the famous Japanese director Yoshimitsu Morita. It won several awards including Best Film at the 9th Japan Film Academy Awards, Special Mention Award at the 10th Montreal International Film Festival, and Best Film at the 10th Hochi Film Awards.

This book collects Junichiro Tanizaki's classic works when he debuted in the literary world and created the "devilism" style, including "Tattoo", "Kirin", "Secret" and other masterpieces. These early works combined a fresh classical aesthetic style with a decadent rebellious spirit, revealing his lifelong writing interest and creating the Tanbi style in modern Japanese literature. Or interpret classical philosophy with graceful writing like prose poetry, or depict the style of the times with ukiyo-e style paintings, or embark on exciting and wonderful love adventures in dream-like hallucinations, using delicate self-perception to build a world that is above reality and fantasy and full of unique beauty, which vividly expresses Tanizaki's unique satanic taste. Readers can explore the source of Tanizaki's creation, decipher the code of his style, trace the form of Tanbi literature at its inception, and enter into the unique aesthetic experience of Japanese culture. It is a must-read for fans and researchers of Japanese literature and culture.

The Second World War was a turning point in history. A decisive battle of unprecedented scale on the Soviet-German battlefield. The most brutal battle on the Soviet-German battlefield.

The Second World War was a turning point in history. A decisive battle of unprecedented scale on the Soviet-German battlefield. The most brutal battle on the Soviet-German battlefield.

Kwantung Army, a notorious name. During the "September 18th" adventurous military operation, this unit reaped all the benefits, and was thus regarded as the elite of the Japanese Army, the so-called "Flower of the Imperial Army." However, on the eve of World War II, the Kwantung Army exposed its serious flaws in the battle with the Soviet Red Army, and was even completely defeated by the Soviet Red Army in the late stages of World War II. The showdown between the Soviet Red Army and the Kwantung Army also profoundly affected the course of World War II. For the first time, this book provides a panoramic description of the previous battles between the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Red Army. It provides an in-depth interpretation and comparison of the battle command, quality of commanders and soldiers, intelligence use, weapon configuration and national-level strategic deployment of both sides, bringing people truly into the smoke-filled battlefield of World War II.

"Collection of Books on the Art of War" contains three parts: "The Book of Five Rings", "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "On War". It involves many military theoretical works from ancient and modern times at home and abroad. It is a classic reading book that collects the wisdom of Chinese and foreign celebrities. This book is a collection of the world's three most famous military books, and has received widespread attention from many military enthusiasts. Among them, "The Book of Five Rings" takes the spirit of Bushido as its source and discusses the way to win in the art of war. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is regarded as a military classic in China and has been studied throughout the ages. Li Shimin said, "Looking at all the military books, there is no one like Sun Wu." Today, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has been translated into many languages ​​and also plays an important role in the world's military history. After the publication of "On War", it received great attention from the military circles of various countries. "Encyclopedia Britannica" evaluates it: It is worthy of being the first theoretical work to comprehensively study military academics. To a certain extent, his work is the "Bible" of strategy.

The most famous documentary writer in the contemporary world - "Did Paris Burn?" "The authors, Lale Collins and Dominique LaPierre, have joined forces to present a documentary literature classic to readers around the world. The two authors spent two years interviewing a large number of historical participants, from heads of state to ordinary soldiers, and reviewed a vast amount of historical materials and first-hand precious information. On this basis, they spent another three years writing this book. The book records in detail the wars and games that took place around Jerusalem before and after the founding of the state of Israel. The author reproduces many lifelike characters and uses detailed descriptions like "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" to amazingly restore the historical scene and present the most realistic and vivid details.

"Harvard Chinese History 5: The Struggling Empire: Yuan and Ming" is the fifth volume in the "Harvard Chinese History" series. The famous sinologist Bu Zhengmin is unique in narrating the development, rise and fall of the Yuan and Ming empires from the perspective of climate and environmental history, highlighting two major characteristics of this era: the new political order in the East Asian continent after the Mongol conquest and the social survival dilemma caused by environmental changes, thereby presenting China's first coherent ecological history. At the same time, he also discussed a series of important issues such as autocracy, social complexity and commercialization in ancient China.

Chekhov's distinctive feature is his ability to reveal the essence of life from the most ordinary phenomena. He highly downplays the plot and only intercepts ordinary daily life fragments. He uses exquisite artistic details to truly depict and portray life and characters, and to reveal important social phenomena. But he does not fall into the "quagmire" of daily life. On the contrary, his profound realist images are often sublimated into philosophical symbols.

"Faust" is based on the ancient German legend of an alchemist who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and youth. In order to seek a new life, Faust signed a contract with the devil Mephistopheles and mortgaged his soul to the devil, and the devil had to fulfill all Faust's demands. If one day Faust thinks he is satisfied, then his soul will belong to the devil. So Mephistopheles used magic to give Faust a strange experience. He tasted the joy and bitterness of love, showed his skills in governing the country, performed extraordinary feats on the battlefield, and wanted to build a paradise on earth on a beach... Just when he was intoxicated with the longing for a better future, he couldn't help but say that he was satisfied. When the devil was about to take away his soul, an angel came and saved Faust's soul. This work demonstrates the broad, profound and noble content of life, and praises the enterprising spirit of human beings' continuous self-improvement.

The book "Childhood" truly describes the growth story of the protagonist Alexei. Alexey lives in the house of his grandfather, who is moody and has a bad temper. His grandmother is very loving to Alexei, telling him legends, fairy tales and folktales, and enduring all the pressures of life without complaint. After his grandfather went bankrupt, Alexey was forced to live in the world and start to make a living independently. The novel profoundly outlines a true picture of the decline and destruction of Russian society in the 19th century. At the same time, it shows the integrity, simplicity, and diligence of the lower-class working people, and reflects the writer's difficult life in childhood and his unremitting pursuit of light and truth.

"Don Quixote" (also translated as "Don Quixote", "Don Quixote", etc.) Is an anti-chivalry novel published in two parts by Spanish writer Cervantes in 1605 and 1615. When the story takes place, knights have been extinct for more than a century, but the protagonist Alonso Quixote (original name of Don Quixote) is obsessed with knight novels and often fantasizes about being a medieval knight, and then calls himself "Don Quixote de... "La Mancho" (the guardian of the De La Manche area), took his neighbor Sancho Panza to be his servant, "walked the world in chivalry and justice", and committed various unbelievable behaviors that were contrary to the times, and ended up running into obstacles everywhere. But finally woke up from the dream. He died after returning to his hometown. Literary critics all call "Don Quixote" the first modern novel in the history of Western literature and one of the treasures of world literature.

The historical background of the description is that during the American Civil War in 1861, the 16-year-old eldest daughter Scarlett, the owner of the Tara Manor in Georgia, fell in love with Ashley. Later, Ashley was going to marry a girl named Melanie. Scarlett is so angry that she marries Melanie's brother Charles. Later, Charles and Ashley were drafted into the army together, but Charles died of illness shortly after joining the army. The arms dealer Duande took the opportunity to win Scarlett's heart. Scarlett's home was almost destroyed by the Northern Army. The Confederate army was defeated and Ashley returned. The two relived their old dreams, but Ashley could not agree to elope with her. In order to protect her manor, Scarlett did everything possible to win the trust of the wealthy Frank and commit herself to him. After Frank's death, Scarlett had no choice but to marry Rhett. Soon, Rhett, who had gone through too many hardships, no longer trusted her and decided to divorce her. Scarlett knows that the person who truly loves her is Rhett, and she is determined to find Rhett who loves her again.

The novel is connected by three intertwined clues: the waves caused by the autocracy in the Grandet family, the overt and covert fights between the banker and the notary, and Eugenie's betrayal of Charlie after she fell in love with him. It tells a story about money destroying human nature and causing family tragedy, and reveals the corrosion and destruction of people's minds and souls by money. In terms of thought and art, it marks a leap in Balzac's novel creation. The novel successfully created the image of Grandet, a cruel, cruel, greedy and miserly capitalist, and he was passed down to future generations as one of the four misers in the gallery of world literary figures.

"Notre Dame de Paris" is a novel written by the French writer Victor Hugo, first published on January 14, 1831. "Notre Dame de Paris" uses a bizarre and contrasting approach to tell a story that took place in France in the 15th century: Claude, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame de Paris, was sanctimonious and vicious, loving first and then hating, and persecuting the gypsy girl Esmeralda. The ugly but kind-hearted bell ringer Quasimodo sacrifices his life to save the girl. The novel exposes the hypocrisy of religion, declares the bankruptcy of asceticism, praises the kindness, friendship and self-sacrifice of the lower working people, and reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts.

Original illustrations perfectly recreate Dickens's late classic! Translated by famous writers, out of print for many years. As one of the greatest achievements of the great writer Dickens, the Chinese translation of "Bleak House" is a rare and precious translation. It uses more than 30 precious original illustrations by the 19th century painter H. K. Brown. In 2005, it was adapted into a British drama of the same name by the BBC, which became popular all over the world. "Bleak House" is Dickens' late representative work. Through a protracted inheritance lawsuit that martyred the fate and youth of generations, the novel aimed its criticism at the incarnation of all injustice and unreasonable things in Britain at that time - the rigid and corrupt Chancery Chamber. The work describes a large group of despicable little people living under the shelter of this decadent law and the pathological aristocratic class who colluded with the law. It vividly expresses and exposes the dark side of British society at that time. The outstanding use of symbolic techniques in the work - the repeated rendering of natural scenery such as dense fog and clouds - makes it a classic with unique artistic appeal among 19th-century British realist novels.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding travel satirical novel by Jonathan Swift (translated as Jonathan Swift). The novel is written based on the experience of surgeon Gulliver's four voyage adventures. It expresses the author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author uses rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of the time in Britain.

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.

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The protagonist "I" in the book is an underappreciated writer in London. He met a stockbroker by chance. When he reached middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart and rebelled against everything. He first went to Paris, and then to Tahiti in the South Pacific to live with the indigenous people. He devoted himself to painting and became famous after his death. After he became famous, "I" began to trace his past interactions with the artist and his subsequent life experiences. The artist's story is based on the life of Gauguin, a French post-Impressionist painter who lived in extreme poverty and was prepared to die in glory.

"La Traviata" is a masterpiece of world literature. It has been published and performed in three forms: novel, drama, and opera. All three have become masterpieces handed down from generation to generation due to their immortal artistic value. Margaret, a courtesan in Paris, was conquered by the sincere love of Armand, who was not rich, and fell in love. Just when the lovers in love were looking forward to a better life in the future, Armand's father secretly forced Margaret to leave Armand. Armand does not know the truth and thinks that Margaret intends to abandon him. Margaret endured the humiliation and died of hatred due to the double torment of illness and grief. This innocent love ended in tragedy.

"Robinson Crusoe" describes the story of the protagonist who encountered a shipwreck at sea and drifted to an deserted island alone. In order to survive on the island, he had to abandon his previous living habits and live a return to nature. The book is beautifully written and vividly expresses the social ethos of advocating adventure and encouraging individual struggle. The novel has been translated into many languages ​​and circulated around the world, and is favored by readers.

"Troilus and Cressida" tells the story of the Trojan War and the love tragedy of Troilus and Cressida during the war.

This book is an immortal masterpiece in the history of world literature. The author uses superb artistic skills to create a series of distinctive characters and describe all kinds of human emotions and world conditions. There are a total of 559 characters in the book, ranging from emperors, princes, diplomats, generals, and nobles; to landlords, businessmen, farmers, and soldiers. Such many characters are endowed with a new vision and color under the pen of an art master who is best at expressing the psychology and personality characteristics of characters. The heroes and heroines appear in front of readers with all the complexity and uniqueness of their spiritual lives. This book has an epic style, with a vast picture and numerous characters. The book contains both narrations of major historical events in Russia and Western Europe, as well as fictional plots; it contains both battles with swords and blood, as well as comfortable and quiet daily life; it contains both impassioned discussions of people and the world, as well as delicate and graceful lyrical narratives.

The novel depicts a historical picture of an era in Russian society. He used detailed language to depict the tragic life of people in the lower class, and how an orphan struggled, survived hard, and pursued his ideal experience. This book is an autobiography of the author's childhood. It is not only the life history of a young man, but also the artistic history of an era. This book reflects the disintegration process of petty bourgeois handicrafts caused by the growth of industrial capitalism in Russia. The bankruptcy of "my" grandfather's family is a true portrayal of Russia from the 1870s to the 1880s.

"The Insulted and Injured" was serialized in issues 1 to 7 of The Times in 1861. Because it is a long series, in order to attract readers, the plot of the novel must be fascinating, with ups and downs, climax after another, and it must be interrupted suddenly when it reaches the climax, so that people can continue to read the next issue. Therefore, this type of novel was called "essay-style novel" at that time, and it was famous for its tense and tortuous plot. This book is the first important work Dostoevsky completed after returning to Petersburg from exile. The novel describes the tragedy of two families caused by the bourgeois adventurer Valkovsky. First, he embezzled the only farm belonging to the poor and declining Ikhmenev noble family, and ruined the marriage between Ikhmenev's daughter Natasha and his son Alyosha in order to marry Katya, who had a millionaire fortune, as his daughter-in-law. The other is the old man Smith's family. His daughter was abandoned by Valkovsky from beginning to end, defrauded of her property, and died of poverty and illness. Smith eventually died of poverty. Smith's granddaughter cannot forgive her father, Valkovsky. Her stubbornness and crazy spirit of resistance arouse people's sympathy for those who are "insulted and damaged" and their hatred for the dark society, which shows the realism power of the novel. In the novel, these unfortunate people are often resigned, showing a sense of despair with no way out.

"Shangshu", an early book called "Shu", was written around the fifth century BC. The traditional "Shangshu" (also known as "Jinwen Shangshu") was handed down from Fu Sheng. Legend has it that it is a work left over from the ancient culture "Three Tombs and Five Codes". "Shangshu" is listed as one of the important core Confucian classics. "Shang" means "up", and "Shangshu" is an ancient book. It is a compilation of ancient Chinese historical documents and some works that trace ancient deeds. It is an early collection of historical documents in my country.

"Hey! What was knocked off just now?" "Well, a Western-style plate, bought for a dime." "Huh, a plate bought for a dime? You probably think that the plate is only worth a dime, so it will be knocked off, right? But you don't know that whether it is a dime or a dollar, these are the prices that people temporarily mark at their will. To me, the value of that plate is more than a dime. Even a plate is worth a penny. It's so precious. Oh, please sit down. You have knocked down five plates in one month. You were not thinking about the plate, so the plate got angry and fell from your hand. You really shouldn't be thinking about Tokyo at all. You don't understand the richness of this quiet pastoral life. "

The "man in the trap" is a person who wraps himself up in layers. No matter the weather, wear a raincoat, bring an umbrella, and stuff cotton in your ears. He sealed everything in covers, kept the doors and windows of his home closed, and hung the curtains when he slept. He is afraid of change and any "abnormality" makes him uneasy. He lives within a narrow orbit, not daring to go beyond it at all, and restrains others by this standard... He makes the whole town feel suffocated. In the end he died, but the shadow still seemed to hang over him. Contains 24 novels by Chekhov. From the first famous work "Death of a Civil Servant" at the age of 23 to "The Fiancée" a year before his death, it runs through the writer's entire writing career; including "The Man in the Trap", "The Sixth Ward", "The Woman with the Puppy" and other popular masterpieces, which embodies his artistic style and all core themes. With a few strokes, Chekhov painted a portrait of every weak and good man; with simple words and gentle tones, he revealed the absurdity and cruelty of reality; with the ever-chaotic plot and artistic conception, he interpreted the essence of life - regret and beauty.

This book is a novel by the British writer Dickens. It tells the story of a dead body found in the Thames River in London. After identification, it was determined to be John Harmon who was rushing back to England to inherit a huge inheritance. This led to a greedy and insidious fight for the inheritance, but in the end it was discovered that the deceased was not the real John Harmon; at the same time, some ordinary people and poor people from the lower class showed their kindness and integrity.

This book selects more than thirty excellent short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant. It includes all of Maupassant's classic masterpieces, including "Ball of Suif", "Two Friends" and "The Adventures of Walter Schnaffs", which accuse the Franco-Prussian War; "My Uncle Jules", "The Necklace" and "The Medal", which express the petty bourgeoisie; "Daliet Spring", "Pierrot the Dog" and "The Rope" which describe life in Normandy; the tear-jerking love tragedy "The Woman Repairing the Upholstered Chair"; the heartstring-tugging "Moonlight", etc. Maupassant raised the art of short stories to an unprecedented level. His works mostly focus on daily life, are less dramatic, downplay the plot, and only use almost invisible clues to connect various small things. The character description is also close to normal, and the person's behavior, expression, etc. Are used to show his image and personality. It expresses rich life content in a short space.

This book is a novel written by the former Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, written in 1933. Through the growth path of Paul Korchagin, the novel tells people that only when a person defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when he connects his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people, can he create miracles and grow into a steel warrior. Revolutionaries are forged into steel in struggle, which is an important theme in the novel.

"Biographies of Famous People", also known as "Three Lives of Giants", consists of the biographies of three art masters: Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy. It is also Romain Rolland's most classic work. The author grasps the personality charm of the three art masters and uses simple words to depict them It shows that they did not forget their original aspirations during the bumpy life journey, bravely persisted in their passion for art, and conveyed the masters' noble personality, persistent quality, and brave spirit to readers. Over the past 100 years since its publication, it has had a profound impact on people around the world.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless love stories depicting the joys and sorrows of prostitutes, but only "La Traviata" has gained world-wide reputation and has been circulated among hundreds of millions of readers. "La Traviata" creates a beautiful, sincere and lovely female image Margaret. The author uses the form of flashback to write this love story in the first person. The meeting of the hero and heroine and the emergence of love are written with twists and turns, and the sudden changes are arranged reasonably. The bad blood that preceded the tragedy has stirred up again. The story is not monotonous, but the details are simple and unpretentious, the development process is simple and natural, and it has fascinating artistic charm.

"Anecdotes of Charles IX" is a novel by Mérimée. It takes the famous religious tragedy "St. Bartholomew's Night" during the period of Charles IX in the 16th century as its theme, and shows the darkness and cruelty of medieval feudal autocracy. The protagonist Melky is a young aristocratic Huguenot from the province. After the religious peace in 1570, he went to Paris to join the Protestant leader Admiral Collini. After Melky came to Paris, he met his brother George, who had been separated for many years and converted to Catholicism during the Civil War. Under the direct command of the king, the massacre of the Protestants began. George refused to carry out the bloody order and was thrown into prison. Melky fled Paris and took part in the revolt against the king in the Huguenot city of Rochelle.

This book is a record of the American writer Thoreau who lived alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. The changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons, as small as the fight between two ants, are all vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen, and the descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist.

Everyone who wants to constantly improve themselves should read "Resurrection"! Brand new! Recommended reading for the Ministry of Education's new curriculum standards! The masterpiece of the great realist writer Tolstoy! Leading generations of people to pursue spiritual salvation and moral perfection. Tolstoy has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for five consecutive years and is known as "the greatest writer since the Renaissance who can challenge Homer, Dante and Shakespeare"! "Resurrection" lasted ten years and six drafts. It completely and profoundly interpreted Tolstoy's literary creation thoughts. Zweig called it "the summary of Tolstoy's life of thought and art". The reader's classic library version of "Resurrection" has four major features: 1. Classic translation by the famous Russian-Soviet literary translator Ligang, a literal Russian translation, carefully edited 2. Special inclusion of the translator's introduction to "The Resurrection of Humanity" for an in-depth interpretation of "Resurrection"! 3. Original Tolstoy memorabilia, a picture to understand the life of the great writer Tolstoy 4. Original poster-level illustrations, restoring classic scenes. In the history of human literature, "Resurrection" is the peak of creation by the great realist writer Tolstoy, leading generations of people to pursue spiritual salvation and moral perfection. In court, a prostitute is being tried for a murder. At the same time, the aristocratic young man who was a juror discovered that the female prisoner was the lover who had been let down by him. He decided to save her and his imperfect self... Resurrection is a novel written by Tolstoy based on a real case, which took ten years and six revisions. It fully and profoundly interprets Tolstoy's thoughts on literary creation.

This book uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver (also translated as Lemuel Gulliver) to narrate his experience of traveling around four countries. Through Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom, it reflects the corruption and sin of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century. It also expresses the thoughts and ideas of the author Jonathan Swift in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author used rich satirical techniques and fictional fantasies to write absurd and bizarre plots, which profoundly reflected the meaningless partisan struggle in the British Parliament at that time, the stupidity, decadence and profit-seeking of the ruling group, and exposed and criticized the cruelty of the colonial war; at the same time, it praised the heroic struggle of the colonial people against the rulers to a certain extent.