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"A Study in Scarlet" is a novella by the famous British detective novelist Conan Doyle. It tells the story of Dr. Watson, who was injured and retired from the battlefield in Afghanistan, and Sherlock Holmes shared an apartment at 221 Baker Street in London. Soon, he discovered that this person had the power of careful observation and extraordinary reasoning and analysis ability beyond ordinary people. At the same time, there were often some mysterious visitors coming in and out of their apartment. Until one day, they were involved in a murder case...

The novel is set in the upper class life of Paris, France, in the mid-19th century, and takes the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé's family as the main line. It narrates the whole process of how the baron, driven by crazy lust, betrayed his pure and loving wife step by step, hurt his innocent daughter, ruined the reputation of his family, tarnished the reputation of the army, and was ultimately ruined. Various characters, intricate plots, and thrilling battles between spirit and flesh, love and hatred, good and evil, constitute a vivid tragedy and comedy in the world, a colorful history of civilization, and an endless elegy for the inevitable collapse of upper class society.

"My University" is the last part of Gorky's trilogy of autobiographical novels. The work tells the story of Alyosha's life in Kazan. When he was 16 years old, he came to Kazan with the dream of going to university. After his dream was shattered, he had to work hard to survive. He lived in a "large courtyard", worked hard, interacted with homeless people, and interacted with all kinds of small citizens, college students, and intellectuals. He entered a vast "social university" and eventually grew into a revolutionary intellectual. In this university, he experienced the complex path of spiritual development, withstood the test of life in many aspects, and made his initial exploration of the meaning of life and the complexity of the world.

Niels' Travels on the Goose was first published in 1907. It is written about a fourteen-year-old rural boy named Niels. Because he played a trick on an elf, he was magically transformed into a little man as big as a thumb by the elf. From then on, he traveled around Sweden on the back of a goose. The author uses novel and flexible techniques, humorous and vivid writing style to depict various beautiful pictures of Sweden for children. Through fascinating storylines, he makes true records of Sweden's geography and landforms, animals, plants, cultural monuments, the lives and customs of inland residents and people in remote minority areas, integrating literature, art, knowledge and science. "Niels Riding the Goose" is the first and only fairy tale in the history of world literature to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

"Gone with the Wind" is set on a manor in the southern United States and tells the story of the ups and downs of Scarlett Hao, the daughter of the manor owner during the Civil War. Scarlett Scarlett, the rich daughter, is proud and charming. She originally enjoyed being surrounded by boys like stars. However, overnight, the peaceful pastoral time was annihilated in the flames of war, and her wealthy life turned into a constant struggle for survival with death. Faced with the destruction of her home, the death of her loved ones, and the turbulent current situation, how will she get out of the predicament? Where will the love between her and the two most important men in her life go...

"The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation". It was first published in 1749 and is the most representative work of Henry Fielding. This book is both a coming-of-age novel and a picaresque novel, describing the story of the abandoned baby Tom Jones who grows up after being adopted by Mr. Ovetz. Tom Jones's life is full of ups and downs, encounters of all kinds, and love is hard-won. This book is written from the countryside to the city, and the characters and classes are all-encompassing. It is a comprehensive picture of British society in the eighteenth century. The central plot of the story is to describe the life experience of the abandoned child Tom Jones. Tom Jones was an illegitimate child who was abandoned soon after he was born. Later, he was adopted by the gentleman Zhen Kejing. Zhen Kejing made Tom Jones fall in love with the manor owner's daughter Sophia. Buli Fei was very jealous of this and tried his best to slander Tom Jones in front of his uncle Zhen Kejing. So Tom Jones was expelled and wandered around. In London, he was imprisoned for wounding a gangster. Sophia's father forced Sophia to marry Blife. Sophia disobeyed her father's orders and fled to London to find Tom Jones. Finally, the identity of Tom Jones was revealed, and he turned out to be the illegitimate son of Zhen Kejing's biological sister, and the half-brother of Bu Lifei. The book ends with Blifei's conspiracy to persecute Tom Jones exposed, and Tom Jones marries Sophia.

This book is based on Gorky's real growth experience, and the protagonist Alyosha is the author "I". "Childhood" tells the story of the difficult childhood "I" spent at my grandfather's house since I was 3 years old. "In the World" tells the story of "I"'s ups and downs when I was kicked out of the house by my grandfather when I was 11 years old and had to make a living on my own in society. "My University" tells the story of "I" going to Kazan to study alone at the age of 16 but growing up as an intellectual through many "social universities". The writing style of the whole book is cold and dignified, but it is also humorous. The atmosphere is a bit depressing and sad, but it can make people see the tenacious vitality and immortal hope.

"Letter from an Unknown Woman" is a collection of Zweig's novellas. It tells the story of a man who received a thick unsigned letter on his forty-first birthday. The letter was written by a dying woman. Between the lines was her unforgettable love for him for eighteen years, but the man who received the letter had no idea about it. In addition, it also includes the famous works "The Burning Secret", "Tropical Madness", "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", "The Story of Chess", etc. "The Fall of a Heart" is a collection of Zweig's short stories. Zweig's works are good at meticulous character characterization, as well as descriptions of personal experiences and souls under strange fates. He is especially good at insight into women's inner activities in the torment of passion. This book contains more than twenty famous short stories, such as "The Story of a Woman's Enforcement", "The Invisible Collection", "The Death of a Heart", etc.

"Crime and Punishment" is an excellent social psychological novel and the masterpiece that won Dostoevsky worldwide reputation. The novel takes the protagonist's crime and the punishment of his conscience and morality as the main line, and extensively describes the desperate plight of the poor in Russian cities and the increasingly acute social contradictions. With true sympathy and full of anger, the author mercilessly presents the darkness, abject poverty, despair and filth of the Russian capital in the 1860s to readers.

As the father of Austrian modernist literature and Freud's "double shadow" in literature, Schnitzler spent his life exploring the human soul. Drama and novels are the two most important forms he uses to realize literary exploration. Schnitzler's representative plays and novels fully embody the innovation of modernist literature, and have made remarkable achievements in the selection of themes, narrative techniques, expression methods and artistic conception. Schnitzler wrote more than sixty novels in his life, including a novel "The Road to the Wilderness". This manuscript selects Schnitzler's four famous short stories "The Story of Dreams", "Ensign Gust", "Miss Elser", "The Dead Speechless" and two early short stories "The Widower" and "The Other Man", from which we can get a glimpse of Schnitzler's novel creation.

"Gulliver's Travels" is a fantastic and thrilling travel masterpiece, and it is also a fairy tale where reality and fantasy are intertwined. An ordinary person who loves adventure went on four voyages and visited four magical countries, which opened the eyes and made people laugh while causing many sighs. This fictitious fairy tale-like magical world is like a sharp dagger, striking directly at the darkness and absurdity of reality.

This book collects 19 of the author's best short stories and short stories, including "The Old Man and the Sea", which won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and immortal chapters such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "A Soldier's Home" and "An African Story". These works allow readers to fully appreciate the great charm of the author's short stories and short stories, which are exciting and long-lasting to read. They have created the image of a "tough guy", and many works reflect "elegance under pressure." "People can be eliminated, but they cannot be defeated." This brave and fearless spirit runs through many works. Simple and clear dialogues, intricate plots, and intriguing stories attract readers into the author's unique literary world.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), one of the most outstanding writers in the United States, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is one of his major works. Robert Jordan, an American young man, volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in blasting activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of blowing up the bridge. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl who had been raped by the enemy, thereby smoothing out the trauma in Maria's soul. In three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. On the way to retreat after the bridge was blown up, he gave up his hope of survival to others, but his thigh was broken by a cannonball. He stayed alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave his young life for the Spanish people.

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles-A Pure Woman" is a pearl of British literature in the 19th century, establishing Hardy's status in British and even world literature. Through the description of the unfortunate fate of the protagonist Tess, the author reveals profound social problems such as class differences and inequality between rich and poor, and openly challenges the hypocritical social morality of the Victorian era. It is rich in connotation and has strong social criticism. The book has long been loved by readers not only in the author's home country, but also around the world. It has attracted the attention of professional researchers, been courteously received by artists in the film and theater circles, and is recognized as Hardy's masterpiece. Our publisher's translation of "Tess" by Zhang Guruo has been recognized as the most classic translation of "Tess" for many years. It has undergone many rounds of revisions by the translator himself and his descendants. Because of its smooth language, clear writing style, accuracy and literary nature, and reproduction of the charm of the original work, it has been widely praised by readers and researchers over the years, and has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

"Little Women" describes the life of a family during the American Civil War in the mid-19th century. In this autobiographical work, the four sisters' father joined the Northern Army in the war. They lived with their loving mother and experienced many tearful and laughing stories. Although the four sisters have different ideals and destinies, they are all self-reliant, cherish their family, and cherish their love. In this book, you can find all the emotional experiences and life experiences that all girls have to go through and face.

In the history of human literature, "The Count of Monte Cristo" can truly be called a great life-changing novel. It has brought hope that cannot be weakened by any setbacks to people who have been insulted and damaged for thousands of years.

Prince Hamlet of Denmark's father, old Hamlet, died suddenly. Hamlet's uncle Claudius succeeded to the throne and married his mother. After Hamlet returned home, under the guidance of his father's ghost, he gradually figured out the truth behind his uncle's murder of his brother and usurpation of the throne. He followed the instructions of the dead soul and decided to avenge his father, but the cunning Claudius struck first and designed a trap to harm him.

Chekhov embraces and understands the characters he writes with the heart of a great lover. He tells them accurately and carefully, and at the same time defends their existence from the height of lyric poetry. Through works such as "Death of an Official", "The Man in the Trap", "Trouble", and "Wanka", we can not only see the tragedy hidden in ordinary life, but also see the light behind a tearful smile; we can not only see the high-quality plots and the truth of life under the plot, but also the majestic historical trajectory and realistic trend hidden under the truth.

With "The Legacy of La Traviata in Paris" as its original title, "La Traviata" was translated into classical Chinese by Lin Shu as early as the end of the 19th century. It was the first Western novel translated by a Chinese and became popular all over the country as soon as it was published. Margaret, who lives in a hypocritical vanity fair, devotes her most sincere heart to love. Yan Fu, a modern enlightenment thinker and translator, lamented after reading it: A poor scroll of La Traviata has broken the heart of a Chinese prodigal.

Eugenie Grandet is the heroine in the novel "Eugenie Grandet" written by the French critical realist novelist Balzac. She is the most kind and pure character in the novel. The entire novel is based on her tragic life as the central clue. Her virtues gradually emerged in her painful life and in comparison with old Grandet, Charles, de Bonfeng and others. The more suffering she encountered in life, the more prominent the hypocrisy and ugliness of other characters around her, and the more obvious her kindness, tolerance and love became.

"Utopia" is a travelogue written by Thomas More, a famous British utopian sociologist and famous humanist thinker. It was first published in 1516. The book is divided into two volumes. The first volume uses the words of a traveler to talk about what he saw during his travels around the world, which leads to the observation and criticism of the situation in Britain at that time; the second volume is a description of an imaginary country named after "Utopia". The book "Utopia" is the first book on utopian socialism in Europe. It describes the picture of utopian socialism completely for the first time. In the history of socialist thought, it criticized the evils of primitive accumulation of capital for the first time, put forward the principles of public ownership and equality based on organized production and universal labor, laid the foundation of utopian socialism, and provided valuable ideological materials for the future development of scientific socialism.

One of the 37 world literary masterpieces recommended by Mao Dun for Chinese readers to read, and selected into the "Ideal Book Collection for Chinese Readers". One of the personal ideal books recommended by the French "Reading" magazine in 1999. The protagonist Emma committed adultery in pursuit of a romantic and elegant life. Eventually, she was ruined because she was in debt and could not repay it, and committed suicide by taking poison.

Maupassant's works have a spicy style, and are good at capturing and discovering typical fragments of ordinary and trivial life, reflecting reality from small perspectives, and describing the human world. In addition, his novels are unique in their conception and layout, and their character language and story endings are unique, making people endlessly memorable. This book selects 19 classic short stories by Maupassant, including his representative works "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules".

John Christopher, who was born into a poor family, had amazing musical talent since childhood. However, after his grandfather passed away and his father became an alcoholic, the entire burden of the family fell on his weak shoulders. As an adult, Christophe went to Paris alone, eager to defeat fate with his talent and hard work, but the fist of fate knocked him to the ground again and again. Broke out of love three times, suffered repeated humiliation; lost a close friend, lost a close friend; was isolated and slandered; suffered ridicule and cold treatment... Is there fairness in the world? What is the meaning of life? John-Christophe stumbled and was bruised all the way. He finally recognized the cruelty of fate, and his love for life became more and more surging.

"The Mysterious Island" is the last part of the "Verne Trilogy". In this work, he connected the plots and clues in the first two films, "Captain Grant's Children" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". The story narrates that during the American Civil War, five northerners who were besieged in Richmond took advantage of an accidental opportunity to escape from a deserted island using a balloon. They united and helped each other, overcame many difficulties with collective wisdom and labor, and finally lived a happy life. And whenever they are in crisis, there seems to be a mysterious figure helping them. It turns out that this man is Captain Nemo, the protagonist in the book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and the builder of the diving ship "Nautilus".

"Life" describes the life of an aristocratic woman who pursues happiness but cannot obtain it. The protagonist Yona was born into a declining aristocratic family. Influenced by her parents, she loves fantasy and has all kinds of beautiful dreams and longings for the future, but the cold and ruthless reality shatters her dreams one by one...

"Resurrection" was written by Leo Tolstoy over a period of 10 years. The noble young man Nekhlyudov seduced the serf girl Katyusha Maslova and then abandoned her. Seven years later, Maslova, who had become a prostitute, was falsely accused of murder and thrown into prison. In the court, Nekhlyudov, as a juror, discovered that the criminal on trial was Maslova, and was deeply condemned by his conscience. He ran to avenge her and asked to marry her to atone for his sins. After the appeal failed, he was exiled to Siberia with Maslova. His actions touched her and made her fall in love with him again. But in the end Maslova rejected him and married a revolutionary.

Let us discover a more vivid world through the eyes of this young man! This is an American novel that was praised by Hemingway, highly recommended by Somerset Maugham, and devoured by Wang Xiaobo! Hemingway angrily praised: The entire modern American literature originated from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." This is our most excellent book, and there is no comparable work before or after it! The official manuscript, translated from the original American first edition! Brand new translation, not a word has been deleted! Includes 2 original color illustrations, showing classic scenes! Includes an original adventure map and let Huckleberry take you on an adventure! In the history of human literature, Mark Twain, the father of American literature, understood the world of adults from the perspective of a naughty boy and created "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which is known as the "source of American literature." In order to rebel against the rules of the adult world, Huckleberry decides to "fake his own death" and run away for adventure. Mark Twain not only created a child who was witty, kind and full of courage, but also re-examined the world through his eyes!

The Spanish gypsy girl with an acacia in her mouth turned a blind eye to the ethical norms of the world and believed that love was a bird that could not be restrained. Even if her lover took away her life, he could not take away her free and uninhibited heart. Carmen was written by the 19th-century French novelist Melleme. Her alluring charm is world-famous, and she is filled with unconscious ideas of female liberation. She is one of the most mythical female characters in the West.

"A Woman of Thirty" is an important work in Balzac's "Human Comedy". This book is actually a combination of six short stories published at different times. When included in "The Human Comedy", the author unified the names of the protagonists of the six stories and changed the overall title to "A Thirty-Year-Old Woman". In this book, for the first time, the author connects private customs with the era of characters' lives. The conflicts in private life and the conflicts in social life are integrated and complementary to each other. Love life, family life and public life are interdependent and harmonious with each other. In addition, this book also includes "The False Mistress".

"How Steel Was Tempered" is a semi-autobiographical novel that shines with lofty idealism. The novel successfully portrays the image of Paul Korchagin, a proletarian hero. It shows Paul Korchagin's life and emotional world with vivid and life-rich language and shocking spiritual power, and has become a literary classic that inspires generations of young people in China.

"The Magic Mountain" is the masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann. The novel is centered on a sanatorium and describes many feudal nobles and bourgeois figures in Europe, including Prussian officers, Russian ladies, Dutch colonists, Jesuits... They are all parasites of society. The entire sanatorium is filled with a morbid and dying atmosphere, symbolizing the decline of capitalist civilization. The work reveals the kinship between decadence and fascism through the ideological conflicts between the characters.

The story takes place in Spain. The protagonist Carmen is a smart, beautiful, independent, and very willful Gypsy girl. She is a woman with a strong personality who demands freedom. She has evil characteristics and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, but the most important thing is her sincerity, frankness, and perseverance. She despises the moral laws of capitalist society and uses bad habits to resist society. She is a rebel in society. The novel was adapted into an opera shortly after its publication, with music composed by French composer Bizet.

"David Copperfield" is the masterpiece of Dickens, the great British realist writer in the 19th century. The protagonist Copperfield is a posthumous son, and his stepfather abuses him and his mother. His mother died soon, leaving Copperfield an orphan. He found his aunt and started a new life under her guardianship. The world has changed, family and friendship are joyful, and turmoil and pain have tempered people. Copperfield finally became a successful writer and was happily married to his beloved. The work has humorous language, clear love and hate, twists and turns in the plot, and grand pictures, which reflect Dickens's consistent style.

"How Steel Was Tempered" is an enduring red classic. The protagonist Paul Korchagin was born in poverty and is full of fighting spirit. After the "October Revolution" broke out, Zhuhelai came to Paul's hometown to do underground work, cultivating Paul's revolutionary enthusiasm. After Paul joined the Red Army, he charged on the battlefield. He was seriously injured and could not return to the front line, so he devoted himself to the work of building the country. During this period, he parted ways with his lover Tonya. After that, Paul suffered from total paralysis and blindness, but he got out of the trough with his will and wrote the novel "Born of the Storm", realizing his ideal in another way.

There are 154 "Shakespeare's Sonnets". In the history of world literature, it is also known as "Sonnets" by Petrarch of Italy and "Sonnets of the Portuguese" by Elizabeth Barrett (Mrs. Browning) of England. It was created between 1592 and 1603. It is a group of thoughts. Poetry with profound and high artistic achievements covers religious emotions, personal life, historical events, social issues, etc., Covering all aspects of life, greatly expanding the field of expression of this poetic style, and opening up a broad path for the creation of poets such as Donne, Milton, and Keats. The first 126 original poems are dedicated to a beautiful young man, while the 127th to 152nd poems are mainly written to a "black girl". The two sets of poems have a strong narrative and are interrelated, which not only greatly enhances the readability of the work, but also leaves a lot of confusion for future generations to understand.

"The Scarlet Letter" is a classic work written by the famous American writer Hawthorne in 1850, and is considered by the world to be his masterpiece. The content of this work was written against the background of the Puritans in Massachusetts in the 17th century. Through the cruel content of the story, the author attempts to explore the deep meaning of social ideologies such as legality, original sin and crime.

"Insects" is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by the outstanding French entomologist Fabre. It is a scientific encyclopedia focusing on the study of the insect world. It is also a literary masterpiece rich in knowledge, interest, beauty and philosophy. The writer Fabre used beautiful language to integrate his lifelong research results and life insights. He cared about the nature of insects with human nature. In his description of insects' abilities, appearance characteristics, living habits, reproduction and ultimate death, he reflected his unique vision and attitude towards life and world affairs. Every line is filled with respect and love for life. Here, you will see a wonderful and mysterious world of insects. Praying mantises, grasshoppers, cicadas, golden beetles, butterflies, scorpions... Their every move is endowed with human thoughts and emotions by the author; as living creatures, the similarities between them and human beings make people amazed and fascinated...

"Faulkner's Selected Works Series" is a series of literary masterpieces. Specific titles include "The Sound and the Fury", "Go, Moses", "As I Lay Dying" and "Absalom, Absalom!" "The Temple", "The Intruder in the Grave", "August Light", "A Rose for Emily" and "Faulkner's Essays" are nine kinds. This publication selected classic translations that are generally recognized by experts in the literary field and readers. Some of the titles and chapters were revised by the translator.

There is a town in the middle of the United States that is famous for its beauty. Every spring, small white flowers bloom around the town, migratory birds begin to build nests on the branches, and the creeks are filled with various fish for human fishing. People from all over the world come here to enjoy the beautiful scenery, taste delicious food, and listen to the singing of birds... Everything is broken by a white powder. Agricultural aircraft drop the powder, covering forests, creeks, fields and homes. The first to fall were domestic animals that drank from the stream. After that, people found that the pest infestation became more serious, the small animals that often appeared around disappeared, and humans even fell ill. People are moving away from this place that once seemed like a paradise. In the spring of the next year, the songs of the birds disappeared, and there were no more bustling people here. The once bustling town became very quiet. What exactly is this white powder? How did they trigger this series of reactions? This book will try to give the answer.

Although "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel, her writing skills are already quite proficient. Every plot in the story has been ingeniously conceived by the author. The superficial causal relationship and the underlying reasons hidden behind the scenes are all natural and reasonable. The heroine makes reasonable speculations and judgments based on superficial phenomena. Although careful readers may have various doubts from time to time, their thoughts will naturally develop with good observations. When the final result appears, it will be completely different from the superficial phenomena, resulting in an unexpected comedy effect. If you read it over again, you will find that the factors that lead to the inevitable result have already been seen between the lines. The plot of the novel revolves around the mate selection activities of the two heroines, focusing on revealing the bad habit of using marriage as a way for women to seek economic security and improve their economic status in the British social trends at that time, and the ugly fashion of focusing on family status and ignoring women's feelings and human rights.

"Tomcat Moore's View of Life" is the author's masterpiece, marking the peak of Hoffmann's creation and an excellent work of the German Romantics. The novel consists of two parts: a biography of Tomcat Moore and a biography of bandleader Kreisler. 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. The short stories and novellas selected in this book are all masterpieces of Hoffmann. Among them, the novella "Miss Scoudeli" is set in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th century. It tells a bizarre story about an eccentric artist. It was hailed by some critics as "the first important detective novel" in German literature and had a certain influence on future generations of such novels. "Beautiful Mandala" tells a bizarre marriage and love story of a young college student. "Cousin's Corner Window" is a conversational novel about an episode in the life of a seriously ill, quadriplegic writer in his twilight years. "The Golden Vase" and "The Legend of Zack the Dwarf" are both artistic fairy tales. The former uses a humorous style to describe how a college student escapes from the depressing philistine environment and escapes to a whimsical and wonderful kingdom; the latter criticizes the current social ills and the corruption of the feudal court through the experience of a character who has no real talent and only knows how to cheat and bluff. It is Hoffmann's most cherished masterpiece and the most important satirical work of the German Romantics.

"Anna Karenina" is the pinnacle of Leo Tolstoy's three novels. Anna abandoned her family, wealth, and social status for the one she loved, openly challenging worldly conventions. When the love she had gained through all her efforts gradually cooled down, Anna finally died in despair. Tolstoy tears away the outer covering of love fairy tales and lets us see its fragile core - the purer the love, the less it can withstand the burden of reality. Similar to Anna, Levin, the other protagonist in the story, is also a person who deviates from the norm. As a landowner, he lives a comfortable life and has a happy family, but he lives in panic. He hoped to change the miserable living conditions of farmers and conducted various explorations and experiments, but all ended in failure. He looked inward for the meaning of his existence, but could only see nothingness and absurdity. Through Anna's love tragedy and Levin's spiritual crisis, the work reflects the shaken traditional values ​​and social customs during the transition period when "everything is turned upside down", as well as the confusion and anxiety this turmoil brings to individuals.

"Ah, is it you?" "Hey! Prodigal!" It was Takeo. The train is speeding away. The prodigal son leaned out of the car window like crazy and threw out the dark purple handkerchief in his hand. "It's dangerous, miss!" Ji Ma rushed over and hurriedly grabbed the prodigal son's sleeve. The lieutenant general, still holding the newspaper in his hand, immediately stood up and looked out the window. The train traveled ten or twenty meters... The prodigal son leaned out and almost fell off. When he turned around, he saw Takeo frantically waving the handkerchief and calling. Suddenly the track turned around the corner of the mountain. Outside the car windows in both places, there are only green mountains. But hearing the whistle blowing was like the sound of breaking cloth. The train was speeding toward the west. The prodigal son covered his face and fell on his father's knees.

This book selects 25 fairy tales written by Andersen in different periods, including "The Ugly Duckling", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "The Daughter of the Sea", "The Emperor's New Clothes", etc. Andersen's fairy tales are full of poetry and fantasy. Birds, animals, insects, fish, flowers, trees, the whole nature and even the furniture and dolls in the home are given life, injected with thoughts and feelings, lively and fascinating. Bold fantasy transcends the boundaries of time and space, curious thirst for knowledge penetrates the secrets of nature, the ugly duckling turns into an elegant swan, the little mermaid turns into a beautiful girl for love, the nightingale's wonderful song subdues death...

Robinson was born in the middle class. His father often taught him the philosophy of contentment and asked him to be satisfied with the status quo. But he still couldn't resist the temptation of the new world overseas. He went to sea several times and finally got trapped on a desert island. Twenty-eight years of living on an isolated island still failed to stop his adventurous spirit. With perseverance, he built houses, cultivated fields, planted food, and raised livestock on the desert island, and finally built a paradise on the desert island. Finally, he escaped from danger and returned to Europe.

The novel describes the story of Carrie, a rural girl who came to the big city of Chicago to find happiness. In order to escape poverty, she sold her virginity and later became a singer with her beauty and singing voice.

"Anne of Green Gables" is the sweetest novel describing children's life. It is also a spiritual book that parents, teachers and children can gain insights from. Canadian female writer Montgomery uses fresh, smooth, vivid and humorous writing to tell the story of the innocent, kind-hearted and life-loving heroine Little Anne, who lost her parents at an early age and was adopted at the age of twelve. However, she has a distinctive personality, is full of fantasy, and has self-respect and self-reliance. With her hard work, she is not only loved by her adopters, but also wins the respect and friendship of her teachers and classmates.

"The Old Man and the Sea" is one of the masterpieces of the American writer Hemingway. It was published in 1952 and was the last novel published by the author during his lifetime. In Hemingway's own words, this is "the best work he can write in his life. Other excellent and mature works are greatly inferior to it." Hemingway created many "tough guy" images in his works, among which Santiago in "The Old Man and the Sea" is a representative one. The old man Santiago fought with the big fish at sea, adhering to his life motto "A person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated." It was a duel between the strong and the strong, and only in this duel can the "tough guy" spirit become more dazzling. In the end, the old man dragged the fish bones back home. He failed, but he became an out-and-out hero.

Alexandre Dumas, a famous French popular historical novelist. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is his masterpiece. Dantès, the first mate of the Pharaoh, was young and promising, and had a beautiful woman in his heart. Unexpectedly, he was hated by others and was framed and imprisoned. Dantès, who suddenly lost everything, fell into the abyss of despair. Fortunately, he met the prisoner Father Faria, and learned from him the secret of the treasure on Monte Cristo Island. Dantès found the treasure after escaping from prison and became extremely rich. However, after fourteen years, things have changed: the enemy has become famous, and the lover has married someone else. Dantès transformed into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, stepped into Paris's upper class society, and launched an act of revenge. This book is full of romantic legend, and the chapters are unique, novel and fascinating.