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Macbeth

Macbeth

Literature

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

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"The Merchant of Venice" is a play written by the British playwright Shakespeare. It is a satirical comedy. It was made around 1596-1597. The plot of the play unfolds through three clues: one is Portia's choice of marriage; one is Jessica and Lorenzo's love and elopement; and the other is the contract dispute of "cutting a pound of flesh". The theme of the script is to praise benevolence, friendship and love. It also reflects the contradiction between the commercial bourgeoisie and the loan sharks in the early stage of capitalism, and expresses the author's humanistic thoughts on issues such as money, law and religion in bourgeois society. An important literary achievement of this play is to create the typical image of Shylock, a profit-seeking, ruthless loan shark.

Selected Tragedies of Shakespeare

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This collection of Shakespeare's tragedies, translated by Zhu Shenghao, has selected passages including "Occidental", "Hamlet", "Othello", "Romeo and Juliet" and "King Lear". These tragic works represent Shakespeare's most outstanding achievements and profoundly depict the tragedy of human nature and the destiny of mankind. In terms of the depth and breadth of the social and psychological issues raised in these tragedies, or in terms of the richness of their ideas and the delicacy and profundity of their character descriptions, they are among the greatest works of world literature.

Summer Night Dream

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"A Summer Night's Dream" (also translated as "A Midsummer Night's Dream") is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics of Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's famous comedies. The plot tells the story of several lovers who finally get married. The story takes place in Athens, ancient Greece. The love between Hemeiya and Lishande, Helena's love for Demetrius, the story of the Fairy Queen and the Fairy King, forest elves and love potions are added to make this comedy full of romance and fairy tale color. Although the story is full of suspense and misunderstandings, the final ending is that the lovers finally get married.

Finally Get Married

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"We Are Married" is a work written by Shakespeare in the second period. The beautiful and capable heroine tries her best to win the love of a noble-born but arrogant and superficial playboy. The play is full of intrigues and betrayal. The period from 1590 to 1613 was the golden age of Shakespeare's creation. His early plays, mainly comedies and historical dramas, reached their peak of depth and artistry in the late 16th century. By 1608, he was mainly writing tragedies. Shakespeare advocated noble sentiments, and his tragedies often described sacrifice and revenge, including "Othello", "Hamlet", "King Lear" and "Macbeth", which are considered among the best examples in the English language. Towards the end of his life, he began to write tragicomedies, also known as romance plays.

Othello (chinese-english Bilingual Collector's Edition)

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"Othello" is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. Othello is a brave general in the Principality of Venice. He fell in love with Desdemona, the senator's daughter. But because he was black, the marriage was not allowed. The two had to get married privately. Othello has a sinister flag officer, Iago, who wants to get rid of Othello. He first informed the senator, but unexpectedly led to their marriage. He also provoked the relationship between Othello and Desdemona, saying that Cassio, another lieutenant, had an unusual relationship with Desdemona, and forged so-called tokens of love. Othello believed it and strangled his wife to death in anger. When he learned the truth, he drew his sword and killed himself in regret, and fell beside Desdemona.

Three Types of Plays by Bernard Shaw

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"Three Kinds of Bernard Shaw's Plays" is a collection of plays by Bernard Shaw, the Nobel Prize winner and the outstanding Irish realist playwright. It selects three plays: "Mrs. Warren's Profession", "Another Island of the British" and "Major Barbara". They are translated by three translators: Pan Jiaxun, Zhu Guangqian and Ying Ruocheng. Mr. Wang Zuoliang writes a preface. Bernard Shaw used profound realism techniques; he was good at expressing character conflicts and themes through character dialogue and ideological and emotional confrontation, which improved his dramatic art and made bold innovations; his language was sharp, full of wit, and he blurted out witty aphorisms, which changed the sluggish situation of British drama throughout the century. The three plays in this book are George Bernard Shaw's masterpieces and can showcase his dramatic achievements.

Euripides Tragedies 10: Helen

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The play tells the story of Duke Vincentio, who rules Vienna. He wants to temporarily leave the principality and send Angelo to act on his behalf. Not long after Angelo took up his new position, an incident occurred where a gentleman named Claudio seduced a young lady and caused her to become pregnant. Angelou put Claudio in prison in accordance with the provisions of the law and sentenced him to death. Claudio asked his sister Isabella to intercede with Angelo. Angelou has evil thoughts about the beautiful Isabella. He told Isabella that he would spare her brother's life if she would sacrifice her virginity to him. Isabella firmly refused. The Duke used a trick to expose Angelou's despicable behavior, saved Claudio's life, and also completed Claudio's marriage.

Tragedies of Euripides 9: Iphigenia in the Taurus

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Insignificant Woman

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"The Woman of No Importance" (1892) is one of Wilde's dramatic works in the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong". The plot tells the story of a young man named Gerald Yarbrough who was lucky enough to be favored by Lord Illingworth and wanted to use him as his secretary and support him. Gerald's mother, Mrs. Yarbrough, came to see Lord Illingworth to express her gratitude. When they met, they discovered that they were "old friends." It turns out that she was a lover with the Lord when she was young, but was abandoned after becoming pregnant. Gerald was actually the illegitimate son of Lord Illinwall. Mrs. Yarbrough had been humiliated and humiliated for her "mistakes" in her youth for half her life, and she had to bear a heavy moral cross. However, Lord Illingworth was not ashamed of what he had done, and regarded Mrs. Yarbrough as an "insignificant woman."

A Night at the Coffee Shop

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"I envy the fun life in a coffee shop. In this fragrant air, there is endless life to appreciate." After the death of the heroine Bai Qiuying's father, she came to a coffee shop in the provincial capital of Shanghai to work as a maid, making a living and finding love at the same time. Her childhood sweetheart Li Qianqing is the son of a wealthy businessman. Just because Bai Qiuying failed to continue her studies, Li Qianqing turned to another girl and got engaged to another rich girl.

Suburbanites·believer's Paradise

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Borges × Casares: Top Argentinian writers jointly create a collection of film scripts, published for the first time in China! "Suburbanites: Believer's Paradise" is the only script collection in "The Complete Works of Borges" and is released in China for the first time. Includes two film scripts co-written by Borges and his close friend, the famous Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, in 1955. "Suburban" is a "heroic epic" from the late 19th century, describing the pleasures and grudges of the world; "Believer's Paradise" is a romantic comedy. These two film scripts are beyond the usual film patterns in terms of language and structure, and are Borges's attempt at a new art form.

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"The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeare's four comedies. Written around 1596. The play describes Bassanio, a penniless aristocratic young man in Venice, who borrows money from his friend Antonio in order to propose to Portia, the heiress of a wealthy family. Since the cargo ship has not yet arrived, Anthony has to borrow money from Shylock, a Jewish loan shark, and is forced to make a covenant: If he does not repay on time, Shylock will cut a pound of flesh from Antonio. Bassanio and Portia fall in love at first sight, but Antonio's cargo ship is in danger and has not returned. When the debt is due, he will be fined with a pound of flesh. Portia resolutely disguises herself as a lawyer and goes to Venice to rescue Antonio. In court, Bao Xi used his amazing intelligence to refute Shylock and win the case.

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"We Are Married" is a play written by the English playwright William Shakespeare, first published in 1623. The play describes how a beautiful and talented heroine goes to great lengths to win the love of a noble-born, arrogant and superficial playboy. The plot of the play is simple, but the dialogues between the characters are rich, diverse, delicate and vivid.

Love in Vain (new Translation of Shakespeare's Complete Works)

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"Love's Labour's Labour" is one of Shakespeare's most satirical early court comedies with a lighter style. It mainly tells the story of the King of Navarre and three noble courtiers, who swore not to have sex with women for three years. Unexpectedly, the King of France sent a princess with three maids to negotiate the ownership of a certain place. The four men soon gave up their original intentions and fell in love with each other. Four pairs of men and women staged a series of burlesque plays. Although the play is called "Love in vain," judging from the plot, the theme of the play is that love can conquer all. The whole play is full of romanticism, eulogizing the magical power of love, praising the beauty of human nature, and praising the vitality of youth. It exudes a strong color of humanism and has publication value.

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"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the famous tragedies created by William Shakespeare. "Romeo and Juliet" is translated by the drama master Cao Yu, which is as close to Shakespeare's original language style as possible and preserves the integrity of the characters' dialogue, recreating the original appearance of the stage script of "Romeo and Juliet". There are two equally powerful families in the city of Valona, ​​Kaibu and Mengtai. However, among the feuding families, a pair of young lovers were born who are inseparable from each other. They fell in love at first sight at the dance, expressed their love in the moonlight night, and made a private decision for life in front of the priest... However, the burden of the family forced them to separate, and the blood of hatred was washed away by their youthful lives. The two dukes were finally moved when they saw the cold bodies of their children in the cold and humid cave, and turned a century-old war into friendship in front of the coffin.

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The play tells the story of Duke Vincentio, who rules Vienna. He wants to temporarily leave the principality and send Angelo to act on his behalf. Not long after Angelo took up his new position, an incident occurred where a gentleman named Claudio seduced a young lady and caused her to become pregnant. Angelou put Claudio in prison in accordance with the provisions of the law and sentenced him to death. Claudio asked his sister Isabella to intercede with Angelo. Angelou has evil thoughts about the beautiful Isabella. He told Isabella that he would spare her brother's life if she would sacrifice her virginity to him. Isabella firmly refused. The Duke used a trick to expose Angelou's despicable behavior, saved Claudio's life, and also completed Claudio's marriage.

The Complete Classics of Shakespeare: Comedies (1600-1604)

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Zhu Shenghao's 1947 World Book Company translation, original flavor. The British vintage cover features exquisite illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, president of the Royal Watercolor Society in the 19th century, reviving the classic. It includes three chapters: "Twelfth Night", "Finally Married" and "Tit for Tat".

Black Tulip

Black Tulip

General Fiction

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The protagonist Bayerle is a young doctor who is completely apolitical. He likes to cultivate tulips, and is trying to cultivate a large black tulip without any variegation, because the first person to cultivate a black tulip will receive a considerable bonus. Beierle's neighbor Boxdale also wanted to cultivate black tulips in order to get the bonus. He was very jealous of Bayerle, fearing that Bayerle would gain the upper hand first. He unscrupulously monitored Bayerle's actions and secretly destroyed the tulips he cultivated. Later, he falsely accused Bayerle of hiding letters that were detrimental to the Dutch governorship, causing him to be innocently imprisoned and almost guillotined. Baierle met and fell in love with the guard's daughter Rosa in prison, and finally got married. The book tells thrilling and tear-jerking stories around Black Tulip. The work mainly uses Byerle's experience to describe the fierce political struggle at that time. In order to seize power, the Prince of Orange did not hesitate to murder his adoptive father, and finally became King William III of England, which made people sigh. And the sentence at the end of the book, "Sometimes a person has suffered too much in his life, giving him the right to never say - I am too happy", even more makes the happy life that has gone through hardships cast a trace of sadness.

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"Gulliver's Travels" is the masterpiece of Swift, the outstanding British political commentator and satirical novelist in the 18th century, and a great satirical novel in the history of world literature. The novel uses Captain Gulliver's voice to narrate his experience of traveling around the Lilliputian, Adult, Flying Island and Houyhnhnm countries. The author uses magical imagination, exaggerated means, and allegorical writing to criticize the British political system, especially the corruption, incompetence, viciousness, debauchery, greed, and arrogance of the ruling class.

Gulliver's Travels (bilingual Classic)

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"Gulliver's Travels" belongs to the "Bilingual Classics" series of books. It is a long travel novel by the famous British writer Jonathan Swift. The author uses unusual imagination to describe all kinds of strange things that the protagonist Gulliver encounters when he travels to "Lilliput", "Adult", "Hyhnhnms" and other places. For example, in the "Lilliputian Kingdom", he could freely play with all kinds of people, from kings to common people, in the palm of his hand; while in the "Adult Kingdom", he could only be controlled by others like a child. After arriving in the "Hyhnhnms Kingdom", the horse became a symbol of wisdom, and people became inferior animals... Through these interesting stories, the author satirized various shortcomings of British society at that time, such as the intrigues of politicians and the greed of the rich.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (chinese Translation of World Literature Masterpieces Series)

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"The Picture of Dorian Gray", also known as "The Picture of Dorian Gray", is a novel written by the British dramatist and novelist Oscar Wilde. The story tells the story of Dorian, a young aristocratic boy with good looks and good heart, who saw his portrait made by a painter and discovered his amazing beauty. Under the instigation of the painter friend Lord Henry, he made a wish to the portrait: the beautiful boy will remain young forever, and all the vicissitudes of the years and the sins of the boy will be borne by the portrait. So he began to indulge his evil desires... This book is translated by Li Jiazhen.

Aw

Aw

General Fiction

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"Resurrection" is Tolstoy's last novel, a summary of the writer's life exploration and thoughts, and is known as the peak of the development of Russian critical realism. Through Maslova's suffering and Nekhlyudov's appeal process, the novel extensively and profoundly criticizes the corruption and darkness of courts, prisons, and bureaucracies. It exposes the extravagant and luxurious life of the feudal ruling class and the cruelty, stupidity, and inhumanity of reactionary officials. It tears off the hypocrisy of the official church, reflects the bankruptcy of the countryside and the extreme poverty of the farmers, and outlines a social picture of a serfdom Russia that is on the verge of collapse.

The Biography of Giants (volume 2) (collection of Translated Classics)

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Rabelais was an outstanding French novelist in the sixteenth century. "Giant" is a masterpiece that he devoted his whole life to. This is a satirical novel, with five parts in total, telling the miraculous deeds of two giant kings, Gao Canda and his son Pantagruel: Gao Canda's extraordinary birth; Pantagruel's adventures when he was studying in Paris; Pantagruel and Gao Canda's discussion of marriage issues; Pantagruel traveling across the ocean to search for the source of wisdom - the "Vase of God", and finally getting his wish.

Selected Essays on Baudelaire's Aesthetics (2nd Edition)

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Baudelaire was one of the greatest French poets, a pioneer of Symbolist poetry, and the founder of modernist literature. In 1857, he published his masterpiece "The Flowers of Evil". "Selected Essays on Baudelaire's Aesthetics" selects twenty-seven of Baudelaire's literary criticism works, covering poetry, novels, drama, painting, sculpture, music and other fields, and basically covers all aspects of his aesthetic thought. Baudelaire had a very fine taste, which prominently reflected the changing trends of the times. It not only inherited the tradition of romanticism, but also contained the germination of new concepts of modernism.

Hemingway Selected Works Series: for Whom the Bell Tolls

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During the Spanish Civil War, an American young man, Robert Jordan, volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in explosive activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact the local guerrillas in the mountainous area and carry out a bridge bombing mission. Although repeatedly obstructed by Pablo, the guerrilla captain who had lost his fighting spirit, Robert still won the support of Pablo's wife Pilar and other team members, and fell in love with Maria, a girl who had been raped by the enemy. In just three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. After successfully blowing up the bridge, Robert was unfortunately injured. In order to cover the safe retreat of others, he chose to stay alone to stop the enemy, and ultimately gave his young life for the Spanish people. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was published in 1940 and is one of Hemingway's most widely circulated novels.

After I Died, My Mother No Longer Loved My Brother

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Framed by my younger brother, my mother threw me into a dangerous house. He left without caring about my danger and my pleas, which ultimately led to my death. He even called me a bad person at one point. She didn't know her brother's true identity until she discovered the truth.

Night and Day

Night and Day

General Fiction

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"Night and Day" is an important novel by the famous British female writer Virginia Woolf. It mainly describes the story of Miss Catherine, a descendant of the great poet, and Rodney, a talented and charming young poet. The works express themes such as egotism, ideals, retreat, intimacy, and career.

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables

Literature

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The original title of this book is "Collection of Aesopus Stories". It is an allegorical story told in the ancient Greek and Roman times. It was processed by later generations and became the "Aesop's Fables" that are now circulated. "Aesop's Fables" is the world's earliest collection of fables. At the same time, "Aesop's Fables" is one of the most widely circulated fables in the history of world literature.

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"The Red and the Black" is the representative work of Stendhal, the pioneer of French critical realism literature in 19th century France. This novel shows the full picture of the French Restoration period. It not only reveals the fate of the restored feudal aristocracy, but also criticizes the despicability of the powerful big bourgeoisie and its intricate struggles with the nobility and monks. It successfully shaped the image of Julien. The novel closely focuses on the main line of the protagonist Julien's personal struggle and ultimate failure. It extensively displays "the social atmosphere brought about by successive governments that weighed on the French people in the first 30 years of the 19th century" and reflects some essential issues in the political and social life of France in the early 19th century. The novel fully displays the protagonist's spiritual space in a profound and delicate style, and extensively uses a variety of artistic techniques such as monologue and free association to unearth Julien's deep conscious activities, and creates the "stream of consciousness novel" and "psychological novel" in later generations.

Selected Works of Faulkner Series: as I Lay Dying

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"As I Lay Dying" is one of the important novels of Faulkner's "Yoknapatawpha". It was published in 1930 and made Faulkner famous in one fell swoop. The novel consists of fifty-nine stanzas of inner monologues, telling from multiple perspectives the "suffering journey" of Bendren, a farmer in the southern United States, who leads his family to transport his wife's body back to his hometown for burial in order to keep his promise to his wife. The entire ten-day trip was full of disasters: the water almost washed away the coffin, the mule pulling the cart drowned, and the fire almost incinerated the body. As a result, the eldest son lost a foot, the second son went to jail for setting fire to a barn, the third son lost his beloved horse, the daughter failed to have an abortion but was bullied by the pharmacy clerk, and the mentally retarded younger son did not get the little train he longed for, while Bundren got dentures and married a new wife. The whole novel constitutes a true picture of the challenges to the poverty, backwardness and traditional moral values ​​of the American South after the Civil War, and is a metaphor for the sufferings of real life.

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

General Fiction

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Geoffrey Chaucer's beautiful wife Philippa fell ill. In order to treat her illness, he set out to the famous pilgrimage site Canterbury to pay homage. On the way, he stayed at the Tybald Inn with the pilgrims to Canterbury. The next day, the shopkeepers and pilgrims set out with him. The innkeeper proposed that each of them tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two more on the way back, and the one who was recognized as the best storyteller could have a sumptuous supper for free on the return. So, under the auspices of the shopkeeper, the noble knight began to tell the first story...

My University (new Version)

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"My University" is the last part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. Alyosha lived in a large courtyard in Kazan, worked as a coolie, made friends with ordinary citizens and college students, and completely entered a vast "social university". During this period, he seized every opportunity to read, absorbed the nutrients from the book, enriched his mind, and increased his knowledge. Long-term thinking and exploration further strengthened his belief in revolution.

In the World

In the World

General Fiction

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This book is the second in a trilogy of Gorky's autobiographical novels. The protagonist Alyosha had to go to the society to make a living when he was 11 years old. He went through ups and downs and suffered the pain of the world. Five years later, Alyosha went to Kazan with the hope of entering university.

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"Crime and Punishment" is Dostoevsky's representative work. It is a psychological novel that reveals the characters' inner moral conflicts and the alternation of good and evil. It is a mature sign that the writer has completely moved towards originality. After the work was published, it attracted widespread attention from society and won the author worldwide praise. It was hailed as a "new Russian-style novel". Dostoevsky was hailed as "the unattainable master of European novel art" along with Balzac and Dickens in 19th-century Europe. His works focus on psychological analysis and consciousness disclosure. Through in-depth exploration of the sins of the world and sharp and ruthless anatomy of human nature, the narrative art has reached a new level. It reflects his artistic originality as a master of the Russian realist psychological school and is respected as a master by many modern literary schools.

King John (shakespeare Historical Drama Series)

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The latest classic version of FLTRP! "King John" tells the main experiences of King John's life, such as his war with the French royal family for the British throne, his persecution of the legitimate heir to the throne, his plunder of the church and his conflict with the Holy See, the betrayal and surrender of the nobles to him, and his poisoning to death by monks.

Little Women (selected Translations of Famous Works)

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"Little Women" was influenced by Emerson, a great thinker at the time, and emphasized the concepts of personal dignity and independence and self-discipline; the content is plain but delicate, the structure is simple but profound, and it is full of strong appeal. This book shows you this classic work of "women's self-civil war, the battle between tradition and freedom" in the form of a Chinese-English bilingual abbreviation.

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General Fiction

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The two families have been enemies for generations, but their children Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight. Forced by a feud between families, the two held a secret wedding. Later, Romeo was exiled because he stabbed Juliet's cousin to death in revenge for his friend. Juliet also faced the dilemma of being forced to marry, so she took sleeping pills and pretended to be dead. Romeo rushes back, not knowing the truth, and commits suicide. After Juliet woke up and saw that her lover was dead, she also ended her life in grief.

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Charles Dees called A Tale of Two Cities his "best work". The story is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution in the 18th century, connecting the two major cities of Paris and London. Manette, a famous doctor living in Paris, accidentally witnessed the atrocities committed by the feudal aristocrats Evermonde brothers who treated human life indiscriminately. Because of their injustice, he was thrown into the Bastille and imprisoned for eighteen years. After being released from prison, Manette's daughter Lucy fell in love with her enemy's son Dardenne. As a result, in the vortex of the French Revolution, scenes of family grudges were grandly staged... Through the confrontation of love and hate, and the struggle between good and evil, as the author said, "love can always defeat hate" and "evil is often short-lived and will perish together with the evildoer, while good will last forever", achieving the author's consistent creative intention of punishing evil and promoting good.

The Girl of Treppi (nobel Prize for Literature)

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This book is Paul Heizer's most representative collection of short stories and short stories, which not only describes pure love, but also praises beautiful human nature. The plot has ups and downs, and almost every work is rich in rare classical drama and romantic legend.

Shipwreck

Shipwreck

General Fiction

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"Shipwreck" is Rabindranath Tagore's masterpiece. The whole story describes the joys and sorrows of Nari Naksha and Kamana, an extremely pious and kind-hearted young couple. The accidental encounters in the story clearly indicate in Tago's writing that everything is God's arrangement or God's will. He deliberately used this to promote his religious ideas. But more importantly, Tagore actually fully expressed his outlook on life and world view through this story.

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"Rashomon" tells the story of a dismissed servant and an old woman who was a robber. When faced with a life-or-death decision, they "reviled the evil with evil" to survive "as a matter of course". The novel uses a suffocating and compact layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, conveying the author's perspective and thinking on human nature. "Rashomon" contains the most representative works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa: "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation", "The Nose", "Yam Porridge", "Kappa" and "Words of the Dwarf". Each novel is a classic work by the author. The plot of the novel is mysterious and profoundly demonstrates the choices and entanglements of human desire, conscience, and interests.

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Tom lost his mother when he was young and was adopted by his aunt. The smart and naughty Tom couldn't stand the control of his aunt and school teachers, and often skipped school and got into trouble. Late one night, while playing in a cemetery with his good friend Huckleberry Finn, he accidentally witnessed a murder. Because they were afraid that the murderer would discover that they knew about it, Tom and Huckleberry fled to a desert island with another friend and became "pirates". The family thought they were drowned, but they turned up at their own "funeral". After a fierce ideological struggle, Tom finally stood up bravely and testified against the murderer. Not long after, during a picnic, he and his beloved girl Betsy got lost in a cave. They were hungry and cold for three days and nights, and faced the threat of death. Later, he finally escaped from danger and found the treasure buried by the murderer with his friend Huck.

The Moon and Sixpence (masterpiece of World Literature)

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A broker of the British Stock Exchange already had a solid career, status, and a happy family, but he became obsessed with painting and felt like he was "possessed by the devil." He suddenly abandoned his home and went to Paris to pursue his ideal of painting. No one could understand his behavior. In a foreign country, he not only suffered physically from poverty and hunger, but also endured mental pain in search of expression techniques. After some bizarre encounters, the protagonist leaves the civilized world after his death and escapes to the isolated island of Tahiti. He finally found peace of soul and an atmosphere suitable for his artistic temperament. He lived with an indigenous woman and created one masterpiece after another that shocked later generations. Before he contracted leprosy and became blind, he painted a great work depicting the Garden of Eden on the fourth wall of his house. But before his death, he ordered the indigenous woman to burn the painting after his death.

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General Fiction

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This book describes in detail the bizarre experiences of Mr. Fogg and his party on the way and the numerous difficulties and dangers they encountered. The plot is tortuous and fascinating, and readers can also appreciate the styles and folk customs from all over the world.

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"The Sun Also Rises" (The Sun Also Rises) is Hemingway's first novel. The author became the spokesperson of the "Lost Generation" and created a unique Hemingway style of writing with this book. The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. The lady finally returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be combined...

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The first beautiful fairy tale written for adults in the history of literature! Wilde's masterpiece truly entered the temple of literature, and has since become the embodiment of beauty in the history of literature! The first beautiful fairy tale written for adults in the history of literature! Oscar Wilde said that my fairy tales are not written for children, but for adults aged 18 to 80 who have childlike innocence. The book includes Wilde's important events.

Jane Eyre (selected Translations of Famous Works)

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Jane Eyre, who was born into a poor family, fell in love with Rochester when she was working as a tutor. At their wedding, Jane Eyre discovered a mad woman hiding in the attic of Rochester's house, and she turned out to be Rochester's first wife. Jane Eyre left angrily. Soon, the mad woman burned the manor, and Rochester became blind and fell into poverty. Just when he was desperate for life, Jane Eyre came back to him.

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