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General Fiction

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This book tells countless short stories that happened in school and life. It tells our readers that a person should not only learn various cultural knowledge well from childhood, but also learn something more important than this, which is love and respect for the motherland, hometown, people, parents, teachers, classmates, and everyone around them. The author of this book explains the true meaning of "quality education" through these stories. "Love" is the source of educational power and the foundation of educational success. This book is considered by educators around the world as a "must read" for life growth.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (audio Bilingual Classic)

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This classic work by Victor Hugo tells the heart-wrenching story of Quasimodo, an ugly bell-ringer with a good heart, and the beautiful and kind-hearted Gypsy girl Esmeralda. Quasimodo was instructed by the insidious archdeacon to kidnap Esmeralda, but she responded with kindness when he was punished. It was the Bell Ringer who saved Esmeralda when she was wrongly accused. The two were involved in the whirlpool of fate together, and ultimately could not escape their misfortune under conspiracy and persecution. The plot of the story is twists and turns, the imagination is magnificent, and it wonderfully presents the eternal themes of beauty and ugliness, good and evil, etc.

David Copperfield (part 1)

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This book is the eighth novel by the British novelist Charles Dickens. The protagonist Copperfield is a posthumous son whose stepfather abused 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. It is a must-read masterpiece for Dickens lovers.

The Mysterious Island (a Collection of Famous Translations of World Literary Names)

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"The Mysterious Island" is one of the masterpieces of the famous French writer Jules Verne. It is the last part of the trilogy ("Captain Grant's Children", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island"). In this film, he connected the plot clues of the first two films and set Captain Nemo in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" as the mysterious figure of this film. "Mysterious Island" tells the story of five northerners who were besieged in a Confederate city during the American Civil War and were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific. They united and helped each other, overcame many difficulties with their collective wisdom, and built a happy life. Although life on the desert island became more and more prosperous, they never gave up returning to their homeland, and finally returned to the United States aboard the Duncan. The whole book is full of beautiful imagination, showing the tests and gifts of nature in front of readers. The positive and optimistic spirit of "man can conquer nature" runs throughout the book.

Great History: Five Thousand Years of Prosperity and Glory of the Chinese Nation

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"Great History" takes the historical development time of Chinese civilization as a clue and collects the major historical events and deeds of outstanding figures in the past dynasties starting from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. It comprehensively introduces the major events, important figures, and outstanding achievements of science and technology and culture in the past dynasties. The content covers politics, economy, military, culture, diplomacy, science and technology and other fields. Let readers have a real and intuitive feeling about the development of the Chinese nation.

Grinding Iron Classic Library Series: a Tale of Two Cities

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During the French Revolution, Paris and London were characterized by fanaticism and chaos, and calm and restraint. Dickens witnessed the contradictory scene of nobles and commoners being executed together, with mixed feelings. He was determined to write biographies of the two cities, but he focused on the fate of individuals: some people were swallowed by hatred and turned into cold killing machines; some people resolutely went to the guillotine for the happiness of others. In the troubled times he writes, everyone is dust, and only those who love are the eternal shining stardust.

Count of Monte Cristo (middle)

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"The Count of Monte Cristo" mainly describes a story of revenge that took place during the French Bourbon Dynasty. Dantes, the young first mate of the Pharaon ship, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party before his death. He was framed by two despicable villains and the insidious prosecutor Villefort, and was imprisoned on death row. Depriving him of the beautiful sunshine, love and future that should have belonged to him. Eighteen years later, he escaped from prison with the secret told to him by his fellow inmate Faria before his death. After finding the treasure hidden by Faria, he became extremely rich. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished three enemies who wanted to kill him.

Henry Vi (part 1): English-chinese (shakespeare's Historical Drama Series)

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The latest classic version of FLTRP! "Henry VI" (Part 1) tells the story of the strife between the royal family and relatives during Henry VI's infancy, as well as the failure of Britain to safeguard its rights and interests in France.

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General Fiction

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"Disillusionment" is one of Balzac's masterpieces and is included in "Human Comedy·Provincial Scenes". The novel is set in Paris during the Restoration Dynasty, and creates two images of young people from the provinces - Lucien, an ambitious and vain young poet, who tried to enter the upper class of Paris with his intelligence and talent, but was ruined and returned to his hometown in despair; The novel shows a broad picture from the provinces to Paris after the French Revolution, depicts various phenomena with characteristic significance during the Restoration period, and reflects in the cruel and complex real society how the talents of young people were destroyed, how their fantasies were destroyed, and how the temple of literature was used as a place for shameless transactions and became filthy. Balzac himself called "Disillusionment" "the first work among my works" and "fully expresses our times."

How Steel is Made (selected Translations of Famous Works)

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"How the Steel Was Tempered" is an excellent novel that describes the growth process of new people and reveals their excellent qualities, written by the author based on his personal experience. It reflects the broad picture of struggle before and after the October Revolution, the period of civil war, the period of national economic recovery and the early stage of socialist construction. It creates the noble character of the protagonist Paul Korchagin who is persistent in his beliefs and perseveres. Paul Korchagin was seriously injured in the war, and later contracted typhoid fever and pneumonia, and finally became blind and paralyzed. With a high degree of political awareness and tenacious revolutionary will, he overcame the unbearable pain for ordinary people, persisted in self-study, engaged in literary creation, and made valuable contributions to the cause of socialism. The novel tells people that revolutionaries are made into steel through struggle, and one's life should be spent like Paul Korchagin. Paul Korchagin's famous saying, "The most precious thing for man is life..." Has inspired generations of readers to strive for the cause of human progress.

On Life (collection of Masterpieces of World Literature)

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Bacon was born into an official family in London on January 22, 1561. A good family education made Bacon mature earlier, and he showed unusual intelligence in all aspects. While studying at Trinity College, Cambridge University, he had doubts about traditional concepts and beliefs, and began to think independently about society and life. This book "On Life" is a collection of Bacon's essays. It is divided into the first volume "On Life" and the second volume "The Wisdom of the Ancients", and is named after the first volume. It is true that Bacon, who was rich and profound, had outstanding achievements in the world of science, nature, and philosophy. We cannot read his works in isolation of his social thoughts and philosophical thoughts. However, the master's accomplishments lie in integrating the humanities and natural sciences, and in condensing the charm of his personality and thoughts into beautiful and gorgeous words for later generations to understand.

John Christopher (all 4 Volumes)

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On the occasion of Mr. Xu Yuanchong's 100th birthday, a new commemorative collector's edition of "Three French Literary Classics" is launched. Among them, "Johan Christophe" is the masterpiece of the famous French writer Romain Rolland. Romain Rolland won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature for this work. The book consists of ten volumes, divided into four volumes. The novel tells the story of a musical genius's struggle with himself, art, and society. It traces the life evolution of a German musician in the process of artistic struggle. The protagonist John-Christophe left the small town and went to Paris. His works were not understood, his love was repeatedly frustrated, and his life became increasingly difficult. However, with his persistence in music and his optimism about life, he found the tranquility of life in the midst of hardships, just like a river flowing into the vast and deep ocean.

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General Fiction

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Charles Dickens, the author of "David Copperfield", was a great British realist writer in the 19th century. "David Copperfield" is his masterpiece. When the protagonist David Copperfield was not born, his father died and he grew up under the care of his mother and maid Peggotty. When he was 9 years old, his mother remarried, and his stepfather abused him and his mother in every possible way. His mother died soon after. David Copperfield was orphaned and sent to London to work as a child laborer. From then on, he lived a lonely and helpless life without enough food and clothing. He went through many hardships, but fortunately, the desperate David Copperfield finally found his great-aunt. His eccentric but kind-hearted aunt Miss Bessie took him in and sent him to school. From then on, he started a new life. Copperfield was not only kind, but also had a clear distinction between love and hate. He fell in love with Dora, the daughter of Spenlow's lawyer, and married her. After Dora became seriously ill and passed away, David traveled abroad to relax in grief. After going through hardships, he finally became a successful writer and found his true love, Agnes. They lived happily with his aunt Bessie and the maid Peggotty.

Christmas Carols

Christmas Carols

General Fiction

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"A Christmas Carol" is one of the three Christmas novels by the great British critical realist writer Charles Dickens, written in 1843. The other two are "The Bell" and "The Cricket on the Fireside". In the Victorian era when "A Christmas Carol" was published, Christmas was not known to many British people. Later, some of the plots in this story became Christmas customs, such as family reunions, gift exchanges, Christmas meals, and even the saying "Merry Christmas" became popular from this. Therefore, Dickens is called the "Father of Christmas."

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General Fiction

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The novel tells the story of a profit-seeking sixth-grade civil servant named Chichikov who bought and sold dead serfs. In Russian, the glyphs and pronunciations of "serf" and "soul" are exactly the same, which also contains the double meaning of the book's title. On the one hand, it refers to the main thread of buying and selling dead serfs that runs through the entire text. On the other hand, it also metaphors the protagonist's own soul in the novel, revealing "his most secret thoughts that are kept secret."

Dream of Red Mansions (vernacular Version)

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"A Dream of Red Mansions" is a monument in the history of Chinese and even world literature. Through the sentimental love tragedy of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, the work exposes and criticizes the sins of the four families of Jia, Shi, Wang, and Xue, represented by the Ningrong and Rongfus, and predicts the inevitable demise of feudal rule. The plot of the story is tortuous, vivid and touching, the writing is exquisite, the language is interesting, there are many characters, each with their own appearance, the content is rich and all-encompassing, and it is an encyclopedia for studying the society at that time.

In the World

In the World

General Fiction

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An inspirational classic that has inspired generations of people! His great life is a real experience of ordinary people overcoming suffering! Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 5 times. The Ministry of Education's new curriculum standards recommend required reading. A classic translation by the famous Russian translator Guo Jiashen. Specially added 184 detailed annotations to help readers clear reading obstacles. The full unabridged translation restores 100% of the Russian style of the 19th century. An immortal classic in the history of Western literature in the nineteenth century. His life was like a unity of the masses, with joy, anger, sorrow, and joy all connected. -Lu Xun. "In the World" is the second part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. It writes about Gorky's youth growth experience of never giving up in difficult situations. Eleven-year-old Alyosha, in order to survive, sold wild fruits picked with his grandmother. Later, Alyosha worked as a draftsman's apprentice and a dishwasher on the ship. Being at the bottom of society, he saw a lot of beauty and ugliness in society. At the same time, Alyosha began to read widely. Life experience and a lot of reading gradually opened Alyosha's horizons. He left his hometown and went to Kazan to attend "university".

Black Tulip (selected Translations of Famous Works)

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"Black Tulip" is based on the fierce political struggle and turbulent life during the Dutch bourgeois revolution in the seventeenth century. The protagonist, Cornelius Van Belle, 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. Van Belle's neighbor Boxtel also wanted to cultivate black tulips in order to get the bonus. He was very jealous of Van Belle and was afraid that Van Belle would get the first advantage. He unscrupulously monitored Norm Bailey's actions and secretly destroyed the tulips he cultivated. Later, he falsely accused Van Belle of hiding letters that were detrimental to the Dutch governorship, which resulted in him being imprisoned innocently and almost being guillotined. The whole book depicts thrilling and tear-jerking scenes around Black Tulip.

Goodbye

Goodbye

Literature

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30 end-of-life stories describe the possibility of everyone facing the end of life calmly; 6 important things describe the required courses that a well-known British palliative care expert devotes to every family; 40 years of medical practice experience are imparted to help you and your family enjoy your last days. Help the dying to improve their quality of life and spend the last journey of life safely; help caregivers get rid of helplessness and fatigue and obtain scientific and warm guidance. In this book, the author uses 30 touching stories to write a classic book that allows readers to understand palliative care and hospice care from six major aspects: understanding dying patterns, finding a suitable way to say goodbye, choosing a better time to discuss death, adjusting life expectations, leaving gifts to the world, and transcending the limitations of life. If you are accompanying relatives and friends who are approaching the end of their lives, if you are engaged in palliative care-related work, if you want to broaden the breadth of your life and improve the quality of your life, then this book will help you understand more about death, think more deeply about yourself, and be more fearless, turn things around against the wind, and face life with a smile.

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"100 Moments When I Love You" is a booklet full of deep love. This book is a beautiful token of love and an original gift. Its exquisite design, rich topics, and personalized frames can help you and your loved ones capture the full emotions, beautiful memories, and sour and warm love, bringing your hearts closer and letting your feelings stay forever between the lines. Every word presented and filled in in the book is simple, but inspiring and meaningful. It will jointly witness the upgrade of feelings, record important moments, and allow you to gain richer love in reading and writing.

Heidi: the Hundred-year Adventures of the Puppet

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"Heidi: The Hundred-Year Adventures of a Puppet" won the Newbery Gold Medal for Children's Literature. It tells the story of a puppet who experienced a thrilling sea life with sailors and escaped from the clutches of the island's natives; it also served as a model for a painter and in exhibitions. The star at the meeting... In this "life" of Hidi, she not only felt the incomparable warmth and care from the world, but also experienced the impermanence and coldness of the world, but she was always full of longing for everything in the world, and full of love and blessings for the people she paid attention to.

Looking for Pure Love

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People long for beautiful love, but what exactly is "pure love"? How to define "pure love"? Taking human nature as the starting point, Junichi Watanabe launched a series of discussions on "pure love", deeply exploring people's inner value judgments from many aspects such as culture, economy, and social life, so as to answer those confusing questions in the relationship between the sexes. The witty and perceptual essays will make readers laugh and bring them infinite thoughts.

The Truth of the World

The Truth of the World

General Fiction

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"The Truth of the World" contains ten short stories. "The Fall of Edward Barnard" tells the story of the protagonist who was forced to go to Tahiti in the South Pacific to do business after his father went bankrupt and committed suicide. At first, he was determined to return to Chicago and marry his girlfriend Isabel after winning wealth and opportunities. But two years later, his thoughts underwent earth-shaking changes... Maugham here created an image of breaking with the Western world, and regarded life in a semi-primitive state of nature far away from material civilization as an ideal model. "Before the Banquet" depicts the image of a woman who suffered misfortune in her marriage, experienced helplessness and hopelessness in Borneo, a colony in the Far East, until she became cold and heartless...

The Demon of Everest (complete Collection)

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The 1920s, the golden age of exploration. At that time, both the North and South Poles had been conquered, leaving only the third pole - Mount Everest. In 1924, Mallory, Owen and Lord Bromley disappeared while exploring Mount Everest. With the funding of Mrs. Bromley, a World War I veteran, a French mountain guide and a young romantic American boy, a group of three people once again launched a challenge on Mount Everest in order to find the truth about the disappearance. On the 28,000-foot peak, they were chased by "a certain creature", and a battle of life and death began... There are never winners on Mount Everest, only survivors!

The Distance between Us

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Her name is Chloe, and she was once a glorious actress. However, everything came to an abrupt end during a marathon. An explosion caused her to lose her legs and her once confident and glorious life. Now, she lives in an apartment on Fifth Avenue in New York, completely closing herself off. His name is Sanchi, and he came to New York from distant Mumbai in an attempt to seek new career opportunities. However, he accidentally became an elevator attendant in a Fifth Avenue apartment. This choice will change the lives of everyone in the building, including Chloe.

Natsume Soseki's Love Trilogy (set of 3 Volumes in Total)

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Young people a hundred years ago were just like you and me today, stuck in borrowing money, eating old age, and falling in love with an impossible person. "Natsume Soseki's "Post-Love Trilogy"" (a set of 3 volumes) includes "After the Spring Breeze", a short story written by the Japanese writer Natsume Soseki between 1912 and 1914, a novel "Pedestrian" that depicts physical and mental exhaustion and literary career, and a novel "Heart" that describes Japanese humanistic concepts in a love triangle. Natsume Soseki experimented and verified his own experiences and thoughts through the construction of the novel world. Compared with his earlier works, he paid more attention to reflecting the loneliness deep in people's hearts and criticizing the social and cultural psychology of the time. The trilogy deeply depicts the various groups of people in the Meiji era who began to consider issues of life and death and pursue self-interest, highlighting the contradictions, confusion, helplessness, and helplessness of the spiritual world of modern Japanese intellectuals. "Heart", the best-selling novel in the history of Japanese literature, depicts the inner loneliness and hesitation of intellectuals in the Meiji period. The humorous language and understatement of satire directly address the pain points of social and cultural psychology.

Henry James Novel Series: the Siege of London

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Nancy is an ambitious and decisive American woman living in Europe. Although she has experienced many failed marriages, she is still graceful, sexy and charming. She tried her best to cover up her past experience, and used various means to launch attacks on the British aristocracy, and finally captured Arthur Demesnay, a young aristocratic who had no experience in the world. However, Arthur's mother always suspected that her future daughter-in-law was an "irregular woman" and tried every means to find out her origins. Just at this moment, the person who knows Nancy's secret best appears... Translation description: The novella "The Siege of London" was first published in serial form in the American "Century Magazine" from January to February 1883. In the same year, it was included in the anthology "And" by the American publisher James R. Osgood and published in Boston. Almost at the same time, the novel was included in the novel anthology "" by Macmillan, a British publishing company, and published in London. Henry James lived in London for a long time during this period, and was able to personally guide and supervise the editing and publishing process of most of the British editions of his works at that time. Therefore, compared with the American editions, the British editions of his works often more faithfully reflect James' revisions. Based on the above considerations, the "American Library" edition of The Complete Works of Henry James adopts the British version when including this novel. This translation is from the "American Library" edition.

Chao Sao (collection Edition)

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"Aesop's Fables" is said to be a collection of fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was freed in the sixth century BC. It also added Indian, Arabic and Christian stories, with a total of 357 fables. "Aesop's Fables" contains more than 300 fables, most of which are related to animals. The stories told in the book are short and concise, and the images depicted are vivid and vivid. Each story contains philosophy, either exposing and criticizing social contradictions, or expressing insights into life.

Kham: English

Kham: English

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"Kham: A Tibetan Spiritual Epic" attempts to present the secret history of the soul that uses wisdom to build peace from the fate of three families with different beliefs; to see the love of humanity that bursts out in the process of bloody revenge using Bon magic; to see through a legendary life based on different understandings of the same thing based on different cultural concepts.

The Glass Key (hammett's Novel Series)

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Winged Darkness

Winged Darkness

General Fiction

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A letter of authorization and a threatening letter were sent to the private detective Yuya Kisarazu at the same time. He and his assistant Xiangyue arrived at Imakagami's house and stepped into the murderous world of Crow City. Each member of the Im mirror family has their heads missing, and no one can figure out the murderer's intentions and layout; in this predicament, people finally meet another detective - Mercator...

A Seven-day Limited Time Order

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Abbot Guihui's new work. Basic reasoning + multiple solutions + setting superposition. Yuu Kuroba fell from a high building. When he was about to die, he found that he had become a ghost, leaving his body and able to move freely. He hurried to an empty house where he had arranged to meet a couple the night he fell. Kuroba met a girl in an empty house. When he first met the girl, he threatened her with an axe, hoping that Kuroba would help him complete his revenge. The girl's parents both died in the empty house, leaving unexplained footprints at the scene. A ghost that can only exist for seven days joins forces with an elementary school student, determined to find out the real murderer, but why did Kuroba fall from the building? "Do you believe there are multiple answers?" Are there so many truths? The seemingly unrelated descriptions turned out to be hidden clues when answering. Voltage line, Voltage line, Voltage line! In the last 50 pages, logic is used to connect all the clues, bringing a dizzying answer.

Triangle Espionage

Triangle Espionage

General Fiction

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Readers from all over the world spend an average of one night reading it! Ken Follett's classic suspense work. Adapted from real historical events. As soon as "Triangle" was published, the Mossad Intelligence Agency asked "How do you know the inside story of this incident?" Real strength is not how many people you defeat, but how many people you protect! In a dangerous race to prepare a nuclear bomb, Israel's Mossad's top agent (nicknamed "The Pirate") was assigned to find and steal 200 tons of nuclear material - enriched uranium ore. However, the long-coveted KGB spy chief and Egyptian double agent secretly began a secret tracking operation. At this point, the three parties have launched a "nuclear battle" in a race against time...

The Tempest (shakespeare Comedy Series)

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The latest classic version of FLTRP! "The Tempest" tells the experience of Prospero who rules the Principality of Milan. He is a landless emperor and a great magician. He uses imagination as a commanding attendant spirit. He can sink ships, enslave enemies, and marry lovers at will. His omnipotence, and the source of all his power, lies in his gentleness, kindness, and charitable broad-mindedness.

Hemingway Selected Works Series: Selected Short Stories by Hemingway

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"Selected Short Stories of Hemingway" collects 26 of Hemingway's most representative short stories, including "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", "Mountains Like White Elephants", "Indian Camp", "In Northern Michigan", "Cat in the Rain", "On the Pier of Smyrna", "Closed Season", etc. Among all Hemingway's works, it was not his novels that made him famous the earliest, but these extraordinary short stories. These short stories are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions, short dialogues, limited revelations, a combination of fiction and reality, and endless meanings. They convey infinite connotations in a limited space and perfectly present Hemingway at his peak: precision, restraint, mystery, and sadness.

Divine Comedy·purgatory

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The Tale of Genji Illustrated Dictionary (japanese Classics Illustrated Reading Department)

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"The Tale of Genji" is a classic Japanese literary masterpiece that has had a huge impact on the development of Japanese literature and is known as the peak of Japanese classical literature. It narrates the life of a dreamy and handsome character "Genji", shows the various aspects of court life in the Heian period, and leaves an informative and rich sketch of the aristocratic life in the prosperous Heian era.

Uncle Bangs

Uncle Bangs

General Fiction

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187K0

Uncle Bangs was a musician, an honest and noble self-reliant man. He loved the art of painting very much. In order to enrich his collection of famous paintings, he devoted all his energy and thought. When people did not know that he had all these treasures in his house, no one took him seriously. When they learned the value of these famous paintings, in order to seize the inheritance of the lonely old man Bangs, some people from the upper class headed by Camusot tried every means to obtain his wealth.

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According to Catch-22, only a lunatic can be exempted from flying missions, but he must apply for it himself; and a person who can apply for this must not be crazy, so he must fly and die. "Catch-22" has long been included in the dictionary as a commonly used word. The human world is still unable to escape from this trap.

John Christopher

John Christopher

General Fiction

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189K0

"John Christopher" is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the protagonist's life experience, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility.

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General Fiction

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This book collects several short stories and short stories by Hemingway, the "tough guy in the literary world" in the United States, among which "The Old Man and the Sea" is the representative one. The old man Santiago subdued the big fish alone at sea. After being exhausted, he took turns fighting the sharks that came to prey on the big fish. Hemingway praised the old man's bravery, perseverance, and tenacious fighting spirit, which still inspires readers to face life bravely.

John Christopher (part 2)

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Around the World in Eighty Days (a Collection of Famous Translations of World Literary Names)

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"Around the World in Eighty Days" tells the story of a fantasy journey that started out as a result of a bet: without a plane and could only take trains and cruise ships, the British gentleman Fokker and his servant "Master" experienced many difficulties and obstacles, and finally completed the amazing feat of traveling around the world in eighty days. The thrilling journey, the strange local customs, the protagonist's valuable qualities of honesty and trustworthiness, and his calm and extraordinary wisdom are eye-opening for readers. After the work was published, it caused a sensation and was reprinted many times.

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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is a representative work of Lewis Carroll, the most famous British writer in the 19th century. It was first published in the 19th century. The work tells the story of a little girl named Alice who fell into a rabbit hole and entered a world of hallucinations. Although the storyline may sound absurd, it is generally very logical. The author's writing is very smooth to read, and it is a rare English book that is worth enjoying.

The Tale of Genji (selected Translations of Famous Works)

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1. "The Tale of Genji" was written in the middle of the Heian period in Japan. It is the earliest full-length novel in Japan and even in the world. It is the pinnacle of Japanese classical literature and a national treasure of Japan. It can be called the Japanese "Dream of Red Mansions" and is called the "Twin Jewels of Japanese Classical Literature" together with "The Tale of the Heike". "The Tale of Genji" opened the era of "Monogai" literature in Japan, which had a profound impact on the development of Japanese literature in later generations. "Monogai" has also become a nationwide national consciousness in Japan, and has been passed down through generations of poets, essayists, and Monogatari authors. The work has been adapted into comics, TV series, movies, and animations many times. 2. The book has a total of fifty-four chapters, spanning four generations of emperors, spanning more than seventy years, involving three generations, and nearly 500 characters. Centered on the protagonist Mitsugenji, it depicts a rich picture of the aristocratic society of the Heian Dynasty, including sad or beautiful love affairs, glory and decline, political desires and power struggles. 3. From the perspective of genre, "The Tale of Genji" is similar to the legends of the Tang Dynasty or the storybooks of the Song Dynasty. The book is elegantly written and full of prose charm. The book quotes more than 90 poems by Bai Juyi as well as historical facts and allusions from ancient Chinese classics such as "Book of Rites", "Warring States Policy", "Historical Records" and "Hanshu", and is cleverly hidden in the fascinating storyline. 4. The story is outstandingly elegant, the psychological description is ingenious, the structure is exquisite and meticulous, the beauty of the writing and the avant-garde aesthetic consciousness can be called "the classic among the classics", and it is worthy of being the highest masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature.

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"I must go my own way and pursue the light I see." In 19th-century Italy, when young Arthur was suffering from Gianma's misunderstanding of him, he accidentally learned that the priest he had loved for many years had also been deceiving him. Unable to bear the blow, he left home angrily. Thirteen years later, a revolutionary warrior named Gadfly returned to Italy and actively participated in the revolution. But during an operation, he was unfortunately arrested. In prison, he met the priest who came to persuade him to surrender. It turns out that Arthur is the gadfly. At this moment, facing his former mentor, he was determined to make a decision that followed his heart. It was this decision that inspired thousands of revolutionary youths.

Les Miserables (2 Volumes in Total)

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"Les Misérables" is one of the most famous "Trilogy of Destiny" by Victor Hugo, a famous French writer and representative of world romantic literature. This book deeply exposes and criticizes the decadence of French feudal autocratic society in the 19th century by describing the tragic experiences of Jean Valjean and others and a series of touching things that Jean Valjean did after being influenced by Bian Furu. It also expresses deep sympathy for the miserable lives of the poor people under feudal oppression. Hugo's passionate writing outlines a group of vivid little characters. Noble moral sentiments such as living with dignity, benevolence, righteousness, and kindness run through the entire book, making it soul-stirring to read.

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This biographical novel based on his own real experience tells the story of Paul Korchagin who grew from an ignorant boy to a Bolshevik soldier loyal to the revolution. Even though he was paralyzed and blind, he had to re-enter the charging ranks.

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