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"Ulysses" takes chronological order and describes the lives of three ordinary Dubliners during the day and night on June 16, 1904. Joyce compared the protagonist Bloom's one-day wandering on the streets of Dublin to Odysseus' ten-year wandering overseas. By describing the events that happened to an ordinary person in one day, he portrayed people's senses, desires, words and deeds to the extreme, and used the technique of stream of consciousness to construct an intertwined and messy time and space, showing people a microcosm of human society. June 16th every year is designated as "Bloom's Day", which is the most important holiday in Ireland after the National Day.

After witnessing the sacrifice of his closest comrade to save himself, young Larry chose to leave the established life track, rejecting a bright future and a beautiful fiancée, and began a long journey of exploring the meaning of life wholeheartedly... In the cold and objective narration that praises and criticizes self-evidently, everything is revealed. Each character gets what they want: Elliot gets prestige; Isabel gets a solid position in a well-educated social group; Gray gets a well-paying, stable job; Susanna gets security; Sophie gets death; and Larry gets happiness. A person's life is like climbing on a knife's edge. At the end of the day, maybe we can get a glimpse of the clues.

The more people understand and pursue, the lonelier they become. In a hot and depressing southern town, the quiet deaf-mute John Singer has become the target of everyone's talk: a poor girl with a musical dream, a black doctor who pursues fairness all his life, a fanatical worker who hopes for reform, a cafe owner who has lost his passion for life... Everyone has found comfort from the mute, but no one can relieve his loneliness.

Early in the morning in Jerusalem, my wife was electrocuted to death while hugging her male neighbor. Rumors spread among the neighbors that Israeli agent Joel decided to retire early, take his daughter with mild epilepsy away from the place of trouble, and invited his mother and mother-in-law to live with him. The sudden change in lifestyle left him at a loss. Recalling the past, the former agent was shocked to realize that the wife he once thought he was so familiar with turned out to be the biggest mystery in his heart; he took the initiative to take on household chores, but he was constantly at odds with the women... The secret service called again, and Joel flatly refused for the sake of his family, thus escaping the fatal trap. After escaping from death, he began to examine his own heart, tried to understand women, and embraced and experienced new life.

Marcovaldo is a city worker. He has a pair of keen and sensitive eyes, always capturing the changes of the seasons and the secrets of the city. The mushrooms popping up in the flower beds in spring and the migratory birds over the city in autumn can make his gray and barren world colorful and fertile. For him, "there is something to look forward to in life besides an hourly salary, additional wage supplements and family allowances."

How do we prove our existence? Agilulfo, a walking armor, a non-existent knight. Composed of the spirit and the proud soul of a knight, he is loyal to Charlemagne by the force of his will, and he alone gives meaning to his armor. When his world-famous achievements are challenged, questioned, and about to be obliterated, can his existence still be established? Includes Calvino's own postscript, telling the creation process of the "Our Ancestors" trilogy: "The Non-Existent Knight" is far from an epilogue, but a prologue.

"Under Western Eyes" is regarded in British and American academic circles as a companion piece to Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". The protagonist Razumov is a top student at St. Petersburg University and hates revolution. His classmate Holding came to his residence to hide after assassinating government officials. However, he was afraid of being implicated and reported Holding, causing the latter to be executed by the government. But Razumov did not return to the study life he had hoped for because of his informant. Instead, he was coerced by government intelligence agencies and sent to Geneva, Switzerland, to spy on exiled Russian revolutionaries. In Geneva, Razumov happened to meet Holding's mother and sister. When Holding's sister confided her love to him, Razumov was tortured by his conscience and told the truth. He was eventually retaliated by the revolutionaries, beaten to deafness, and ended up spending the rest of his life in a remote village in Russia with a maid.

His stubborn father, who was nearly seventy years old and had been kicked out of the house and came to seek refuge, his increasingly picky and restless wife who had been married for ten years, and a job full of depression and struggle, all made Giovanni desperately want to escape. The arrival of his father made Giovanni's life more full of contradictions. His wife Simone took her sons Bartow and Diego back to her parents' home, and Giovanni was forced to get involved in a struggle. At the same time, he met the beautiful and charming Kalman... The young Bartow wanted to go home. He missed the computer with professional software and wanted to complete his ambitious plan - to edit the four-minute and one-second short film "My Family", which was a collection of trivia about family members' lives that he recorded with a camera, telling the story of those stolen lives. Will life get better when everyone is trying to clean up the past and rebuild the base?

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The work mainly describes the life of the royal family of a certain European country. Emperor Oscar is headstrong and dictatorial; Queen Elizabeth is beautiful and noble; Crown Prince Osoma is rational and sympathetic to the people, but indecisive. He seriously doubts his right to inherit the throne, but he is in the world and can't help it... Interspersed with the Crown Prince The underground love affair with the married Duchess Yemena, and the "normal love" between Prince Osoma and Princess Valerie, who was manipulated by the royal family... If "The Royal Family" is an allusive novel, then it is not too much to call Kupelles a "prophet". No chronicle of emperors can be written with such insight. Under the surface of a love story, "The Royal Family" is more like an in-depth analysis of human nature and psychology. Everything about royalty and aristocracy exudes a charming charm that is irresistible. The story took on new life in the hands of Kupelus, who gave its characters various dramatic plots. The publication of this work caused quite a stir at the time.

When Goethe was young, he fell passionately in love with the beautiful girl Lotte, and the two fell in love with each other. However, the girl was already married and could not accept this love; he had to leave sadly. This unusual experience prompted Goethe to write the immortal masterpiece "The Sorrows of Young Werther" based on Lotte, which shocked generations of young people. After 44 years of separation from Goethe, Lotte and her daughter came to Weimar. The small town that had brought her joy and pain suddenly became excited, and people flocked to see Goethe's former sweetheart. However, the elderly Goethe was very indifferent to Lotte and did not want to recall the past too much. This made Lotte very unhappy and she could not leave the house for several weeks. One day Goethe invited her to watch a play, and the two of them were riding in a carriage on the way home. This scene seemed familiar, and it reminded them of the past. They both confided to each other about their situations over the years, and their nostalgia for the past was beyond words. The novel reproduces the passionate love between the hero and heroine and the colorful social scene at that time; it is considered to be a supplement and continuation of "The Sorrows of Young Werther".

Anne is a little girl with a miserable life experience. Her parents died soon after she was born and she became an orphan. A kind-hearted neighbor raised her until she was six years old. After that, she went to another family to look after children, and was later sent to an orphanage. When she was eleven, she was adopted by Matthew and Marilla of Green Gables. Anne has a lively and optimistic nature and a rich imagination. Her innocence and fantasy caused a lot of jokes, but her kindness and straightforwardness also won her friendship and true love. She was smart and diligent, and passed the university with her own efforts, but she gave up her studies in order to take care of Marilla. This is a story about an orphan growing up, simple and gorgeous, full of childlike innocence and dreams. The Cuthbert brothers and sisters at Green Gables Farmhouse decide to adopt a boy to help with farm work in the fields. What is surprising is that the orphanage sends a red-haired child who loves fantasy and chatters, an elf. This little elf is like a breath of fresh wind blowing into the secluded farmhouse countryside...

1. Natsume Soseki, the master of Japanese literature, used his sophisticated writing skills to create a cat who is cold-eyed and fond of complaining. The story is interesting and thought-provoking, suitable for ordinary readers. 2. The world is as unpredictable as a cat's eyes. This book can allow current readers to understand how Natsume Soseki, once known as Japan's "national master", observed and thought.

This book mainly tells the story of childless Jane Merrick, who summoned three nieces she had never met before, Beth, Louise and Patsy, in order to choose an heir to her inheritance that she was satisfied with. In the book, three nieces with completely different personalities came to Aunt Jane's house with different purposes. Some had the attitude that they must win, some had the idea of ​​doing their best, and some had no intention of accepting it at all. When one of the nieces is accidentally injured, the love deep within all the children drives away their selfishness. They took good care of the little sisters. At this time, the three young girls were united.

"Setting Sun" is set in the chaotic and depressed Japanese society after World War II and describes the decline of an aristocratic family. The mother and her daughter Kazuko, who were born in the aristocracy, were unable to survive financially, so they moved to Izu to live. The mother and daughter depended on each other and lived quietly. The return of his younger brother Naoji, who was soon drafted into the army, broke the originally peaceful life... The alcoholic and drug-addled younger brother Naoji overprinted the author's early years, and his sister Kazuko, who was determined to risk everything for "love and revolution", highlighted the author's depressed spiritual world during the war... And the mother vaguely entrusted the author's aristocratic feelings and aesthetic ideals, like a ray of sunset passing through the miserable wind and rain, which is also the symbol or incarnation of the "setting sun". Translated by the famous translator Lin Shaohua.

This work uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. The protagonists are the five daughters of the Bennet family. As soon as the snobbish mother saw the wealthy young men Bingley and Darcy coming to the town, she couldn't wait to arrange for her daughter to catch golden turtles...

This book is based on the Trojan War caused by the abduction of the beautiful Helen by the Trojan prince Paris. It mainly narrates the story that took place around the fifty days of the tenth year of the war: the arrogance and greed of the Greek army commander Agamemnon aroused the anger of the army chief Achilles, which triggered a series of battles and killings.

In 1868, a publisher invited Louisa May Alcott to write a "book about girls." Based on her own life, Alcott tenderly described the life and growth of the four March sisters. This is the origin of "Little Women." The eldest sister, Meg, is a good wife and mother. After getting married, she takes care of her husband and raises children, and manages the family well; the second sister, Joe, is cheerful and open-minded, independent and self-respecting, and is keen on writing; the third sister, Beth, is introverted, good at playing the piano, and has high musical attainments, but is frail and sick; the fourth sister, Amy, is a typical lady who pays attention to body posture and likes to try art. They live in a harmonious family with loving parents, filial children, love and help each other, and are self-reliant.

Grandet, a typical miser, "talks about the ability to manage money... He is a tiger, a python: he will lie there, squat there, look at the prisoner for a long time, then pounce on him, open his bloody money bag, and pour in a lot of gold and silver..." He symbolizes the God of modern people, the God of Wealth with boundless power and ruthlessness. In order to make big money, he exploits outsiders! To save a little money, he was mean to his family. His last words before his death were to tell his daughter to guard his property and give him an account in the next world. However, the 20 million he had saved in his life did not help his daughter's fate. The shackles of gold and unfortunate love contributed to the double tragedy of Eugenie Grandet. Among Balzac's novels, this is one of the most classically structured works. The article is concise, elegant and natural, and can be regarded as the simplest epic.

"The Life of the Giant" illustrates various ideas of humanism by narrating the birth, education and great achievements of Gargantua and Pantagruel; it uses Pantagruel, Baruch and other partners as clues to study marriage problems and travel around the country in search of the bottle of God, showing the broad social picture of the Middle Ages, exposing and criticizing various social ills, and showing the author's unparalleled satirical art and unique charming language style.

This is a novel written for children by the Nobel Prize-winning writer and famous Polish novelist Sienkiewicz. It has been made into movies twice. It is a literary classic that has accompanied the growth of generations in Poland and many places around the world. The land of Africa looks particularly magnificent and magical under Sienkiewicz's epic writing, and the friendship between boys and girls also shines with brilliance. Readers can feel the strong appeal of the great literary works in "Where Are You Going" and "Fire and Sword" everywhere.

The novel shaped the diverse living conditions of people at the bottom and upper class of society during the Franco-Prussian War. It ruthlessly exposed and criticized the vanity, greed, selfishness, hypocrisy and other characteristics of the small citizens. It is a classic masterpiece of French realist literature in the 19th century. The style of the book is cool and playful, the characters are vividly depicted, and his outstanding artistic talent makes him known as the world's short story master together with Chekhov and O. Henry.

The ugly deaf man Quasimodo was adopted by Claude, the priest of Notre Dame de Paris, and worked as a bell ringer. After meeting the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda, the serious-looking priest Claude was seduced by her beauty and was fascinated by her beauty. He ordered Quasimodo to forcibly abduct Esmeralda. On the way, he was rescued by the captain of the cavalry captain Phoebus, and Esmeralda fell in love with Phoebus.

The novel tells the story in the first person of Lazarus, a poor child who was born in the Tormes River. He left his mother at the age of 10 and made a living by working as a slave for one master after another. He suffered from the pain of the world at a young age. Lazarus led a blind man and worked as a slave for priests and squires. He suffered from hunger, cold, deception, and beatings, and had to endure painful and humiliating days in order to survive. Life gave Lazarus a lot of hardships, but it also taught him to deal with one master after another with tact. He took ruthless revenge on the old blind man who abused him, ate his master's bread, exposed his master's pretentiousness in a humorous and ridiculing tone, etc. These details in the novel made readers laugh. The language of the novel is humorous, interesting, vivid, concise and fluent, showing the style of various characters from all walks of life in Spanish society in the sixteenth century. As the pioneer work of European picaresque novels, it had a huge influence on the subsequent literature of various European countries. The genre of picaresque novels is also called by critics as "the most representative and popular among the people" in the history of Spanish literature.

I believe that in this world, no matter whether Chinese or foreign, young or old, male or female, there are very few people who have never heard of the name "Holmes", because in detective novels both at home and abroad, no one can shake Sherlock Holmes's status as "the eternal boss". Needless to say, those who like reasoning and suspense, even those who feel shuddering at texts such as tragedies and murders, once they see the beginning of "Sherlock Holmes", it is difficult not to be attracted and want to read it in one breath, because the strict logic of one link and the tense arrangement of one scene after another are so fascinating and fascinating that people really can't stop.

One is a poor orphan girl, who is beautiful and cunning, and is regarded as a "gold digger" because she wants to join the upper class society; the other is a young lady from a rich family, who is gentle and kind but has no ambition, and is a "love brain" who gave up a good life for a heartless man. A red rose and a white lotus float up and down in the vanity fair of overt and covert struggles. Behind the glitz of chasing fame and fortune, what kind of price is waiting for people... Open this book and be a sober person who will not lose your way in the ubiquitous vanity fair!

"Crime and Punishment" is one of the masterpieces of Dostoevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who wanted to be a Napoleonic figure and believed that he was a superman. He was poisoned by anarchist ideas and forced to make a living. He killed the old landlady who was a loan shark and her innocent sister, and committed a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. The work focuses on the protagonist's mental state of being condemned by his conscience and feeling deeply lonely and fearful after committing a crime, and depicts his psychological changes before and after the crime. On the one hand, the novel depicts the miserable life of the lower class people in Russia and exposes the sins of the aristocracy; on the other hand, it also promotes the idea of ​​accepting one's fate and seeking liberation from religion.

"The Adventures of Good Soldier Schweik" written by J. Hasek, through the various encounters of an ordinary soldier Schweik in the First World War and the activities of various people around him, uses a wonderful technique of joking but not cruelty, adding solemnity and humor, and containing anger and laughter, exposing the cruel and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire and all its ugliness to the broad daylight.

"In the World" is the second part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. The novel describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha from 1871 to 1884. In order to make a living, he and his grandmother picked wild fruits and sold them to make a living. He also worked as an apprentice to a draftsman, a dishwasher on a ship, and an apprentice in an icon workshop. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs and interacted with people at the bottom of society. At the same time, he also had the opportunity to read a lot of books. Life experience and a lot of reading broadened Alyosha's horizons, and he was determined to "be a strong person and not give in to the pressure of the environment." With this belief, he left his hometown and went to Kazan.

On Christmas Eve, the fairy Belliluna told the woodcutter's children Tytil and Mytil that the blue bird was a symbol of happiness. She would take them to find the blue bird in order to save their sick daughter. Accompanied by cats, dogs and various still life souls, and guided by light, the children embarked on a dreamlike journey. They searched for the blue bird in the Land of Missing, the Palace of Night, the Palace of Light, the Future Kingdom, the Cold Cemetery and the Strange Forest. They went through many twists and turns, but never got the blue bird. On Christmas morning, Tytil and Mytil wake up. They were surprised to find that their little bird had turned into a blue bird.

"Aunt Bei" is a novel written by French writer Balzac in his later years. The story takes place in Paris in 1838 and revolves around the fate of Baron Hulot de Hervé and his family. The Baron had served as a military auditor and director of munitions in the republican era. Now he was the head of one of the most important departments of the War Department, and was also a counselor of state. He was awarded the second class of the Legion of Honor. The novel describes how, driven by crazy passion that lost his reason and morality, he gradually ruined the reputation of his family and the honor of the army, embarked on the criminal path of speculation, fraud, and embezzled military funds, and finally lost his reputation. There are three volumes in this book, and this volume is the third. This book is a public edition, compiled by China Edition Group Digital Media Co., Ltd., And is not an imported edition.

This book contains many short stories by Maupassant. Most of the protagonists in the stories told by Maupassant are minor characters. These characters constitute the main body of French society, and the stories that happen around them constitute all aspects of secular society. Many of his works, such as "The Necklace" and "My Uncle Jules", have become world famous. Maupassant's short stories are a model of natural storytelling and a model of secular stories ascending to the classics.

"The Imperial Envoy" is Gogol's masterpiece, which marks the beginning of the mature stage of Russian realist drama creation. The novel describes the playboy Khlestakov who lost everything in a bet and was at a loss. When he was passing through a city in another province from Petersburg, he was mistaken for an "imperial envoy", causing panic among the local officials and making many jokes. It fully exposed the bureaucrats' tendency to flatter others, take bribes, and engage in personal malpractice, thereby exposing the darkness, decadence, and absurdity of serfdom-based Russian society.

This book is a diary-style novel. The whole book is told in the voice of the protagonist Amway, from the first day of the fourth grade in October to July of the following year, his experiences and ideological activities in and outside the school. It also intersperses with many admonishing articles written by his parents for him, as well as touching stories read out by teachers in class every month.

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Prosper Mérimée. It includes short stories and short stories that represent his novel achievements and reflect his artistic characteristics: "Kalman's Passion and Death", "Damango's Bloody Story at Sea", "Matteo's Son Beheaded", "Federigo's Enlightenment", "A Gamble Lost and Eternal Hate", "Venus Stuns the City of Ill", etc. Among them, "Kalman's Love and Death" is the original novel of the world-famous opera "Carmen".

"Confessions" was written in Rousseau's tragic old age. It is an autobiographical work that defends his existence when he is surrounded by enemies on all sides. In the book, Rousseau, with a candid attitude and deep introspection, narrates his life experience of more than 50 years from his birth to his departure from St. Pierre Island in 1766, and tells all his thoughts and feelings. It's called Confession, but it's actually a work of accusation. The book records his fifty-year life experience from birth to the time he was forced to leave St. Pierre Island, recounts his tragic experience of being dependent on others as a child, denounces the injustices in life, and sympathizes with ordinary little people. When looking back on the past, the little things in life that violate moral conscience are readily apparent. "Confessions" tells all his thoughts and feelings, analyzing his behavior and inner world. "Confessions" has a delicate and ingenious conception, rich ideological content, vivid characters, and a light and refined writing style with a sense of music.

"Pride and Prejudice" is Austen's colorful and fascinating comedy masterpiece. It takes the love entanglements of the hero and heroine as the main line and describes four marriages. The writing of the novel is funny and spicy, and the dialogue is full of life. Through the interaction between Elizabeth and Darcy, it presents the marriage and love model that Austen longed for: in addition to equality and respect, there is also freedom and mutual understanding. To this day, we can still extract from Elizabeth the spiritual core that is suitable for today's women: she has her own thoughts, and insists on her own emotional choices beyond the label of "elegant woman".

The author Jane Austen uses the love story and self-growth of Squire Bennet's second daughter Elizabeth and the hero Darcy to lead readers to appreciate the rural life and worldly conditions of the British Regency period from the late 18th to the early 19th century. Although describing love and marriage, Austen went against the sentimental novel content and pretentious writing methods that were popular in society at the time. She used her "rare sense of humor" to express serious thinking and criticism, exploring women's self-discovery and growth in love, and their pursuit of personal independence and equal rights. Mr. Wang Keyi's translation retains the quaint charm of the original work, and Austen's ironic essence can be seen everywhere.

Catherine, the innocent daughter of a country priest, gets acquainted with the hypocritical Thorpe brothers and sisters, and falls in love at first sight with the upright and handsome rich boy Henry. She is warmly invited to his home by Henry's father, General Tierney. In Northanger Abbey, a deep and ancient house, Catherine, who has always been obsessed with Gothic novels, embarked on a ridiculous "adventure" journey in the house because of various terrifying phantoms in her mind. Although the snobbish General Tierney believed Thorpe's words and ordered Catherine to be expelled, Henry did not give in. After many twists and turns, he finally got married to Catherine.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British female novelist Jane Austen. This work describes the love and marriage of middle-class men and women. It uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content of sentimental novels and artificial writing methods that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

Enthusiastic Emma is concerned about Harriet's marriage. She thinks that the girl comes from a wealthy family, so she wants her to reject farmer Martin's proposal and blindly encourages her to love the Reverend Elton. Emma's brother-in-law, Knightley, is sixteen years older than Emma. He has always loved Emma, ​​but he often criticizes her shortcomings, including her subjective interference in other people's love affairs and marriages. After Harriet married Miss Hawkins, Emma asked Harriet to fall in love with Frank Churchill, but Harriet fell in love with Knightley. At this time, Emma was surprised to find that she had always loved Knightley in her heart. In the end, the two of them, Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax, as well as Martin and Harriet, finally got married.

This book revolves around the marriage affairs of several daughters of Squire Bennett's family. Mr. Bingley, a wealthy bachelor who recently moved from London, fell in love with the gentle and beautiful eldest daughter Jane, while his friend Darcy fell in love with the second daughter Elizabeth. However, due to Darcy's arrogance, Elizabeth's prejudice, and many rumors, the relationship between the two encountered many obstacles. After a series of interesting twists and turns, the misunderstanding was finally eliminated. Darcy overcame his pride, Elizabeth got to know him better, and finally the two got married. This book is a rare masterpiece in the world's library, and Maugham listed it as one of the top ten novels in the world.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a representative novel by the British female writer Jane Austen. It reflects the world customs of British society from the late 18th century to the early 19th century through the story of several middle-class girls from villages and towns talking about marriage. The plot of the novel is tortuous and full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It reveals the tragedy and comedy of life with superb skills. Wang Keyi's translation is recognized as a classic translation of "Pride and Prejudice", and its language style has the conciseness of classical literature. He accurately restored the humorous and sharp characteristics of the original work. The tension between Darcy's "arrogance" and Elizabeth's "prejudice" in the book is particularly vividly presented through Wang Keyiwen's white and white translation.

The latest classic version of FLTRP! "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.

The latest classic version of FLTRP! "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.

The only novel by the literary giant Dr. Johnson, the text is elegant but not heavy, and the writing style is vivid but not harsh. It is the last translation by the famous translator Mr. Shui Tiantong. It has been out of print for more than 30 years and has been newly revised and released. The translation was revised by the senior translator Mr. Pu Long. Samuel Johnson is a British encyclopedic literary giant, a poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer and linguist. To talk about his achievements, the first real dictionary in the history of English compiled by himself is the "English Dictionary". "The Travels of a Prince" is his most popular work, selling well in Europe and the United States for centuries and influencing later famous writers such as Jane Austen, Shelley, and George Eliot. Johnson only wrote one novel in his life, which was "The Travels of a Prince". This is a philosophical novel, with the legendary story of the Abyssinian prince escaping from the Valley of Happiness and traveling around the world as the main line. It discusses the pain and joy of life, family and marriage, life and death and other issues. The writing is elegant but not heavy, and the writing style is vivid but not harsh. It is worthy of the style of a master. Mr. Shui Tiantong is a great scholar in China in the 20th century who has mastered Chinese and Western studies. His Chinese and English are first-rate. Shui's translation of "Prince's Travels" was first published in 1988. When he translated the book, he was already in his old age. In addition, due to his poor health, he died suddenly before re-reading the proofs, so the book contained many errors. The current translation has been revised by Mr. Pu Long, a senior translator, and a new edition has been released. It is hoped that readers can appreciate the subtle meaning of this classic philosophical novel and that Mr. Shui's last work will not be forgotten.

In the play, O'Neill uses the image of "hairy ape" to refer to people in modern society, revealing the tragedy of modern people losing themselves in industrial civilization. The protagonist Yank is a stoker on an ocean-going ship. He is proud of his physical strength and is respected by his companions. However, he is insulted by a rich woman among the passengers, so he goes to look for his status in life. In the end, he has to make friends with a gorilla in the zoo, only to die in its strong embrace. The script shows that in a ruthless capitalist society, workers like Yank can only endure inhuman treatment. Trying to change this situation will only lead to a more tragic ending.

Gatsby was not rich when he was young. He fell in love with a girl named Daisy, and Daisy also fell in love with him. However, Daisy finally broke up with him and married Tom, a rich boy. Daisy was not happy after her marriage, and the satisfaction of her material desires could not fill Daisy's spiritual emptiness. Gatsby firmly believed that money made Daisy betray her chastity and determined to become a rich man. A few years later, Gatsby finally succeeded. He built a mansion opposite Daisy's mansion. Gatsby spent money like water and played the flute all night long, hoping to attract Daisy's attention and regain his lost love.

"Sir, I'm a fool!" Shuike is a complete fool, with a chubby round face and a silly smile that always hangs on his face. He was deemed an idiot by the military medical review board and retired from the army. From then on, he had to make a living by selling dogs and forging pedigree certificates for various mutts from humble backgrounds. Later, when the war was critical, he endured the pain of rheumatism and asked his maid to push him in a wheelchair to join the army. By coincidence, he became a captain and an orderly of the chaplain. From being drafted into the army to going to the front line, Shuai Ke obeyed his superiors unconditionally and carried out his orders to the letter. However, his mindless obedience and good intentions often make his superiors embarrassed and create one ridiculous farce after another...

"Don Quixote" is a satirical novel about chivalry and an epoch-making masterpiece during the European Renaissance. The protagonist Don Quixote is addicted to chivalry novels and decides to go out on adventures and become a chivalrous knight.