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Dickens was a masterpiece of skill in his later years, and he often read new world classics. "Great Expectations" is a very important work by Dickens in his later years. In an autobiographical form, the book depicts the arduous journey of an orphan pursuing "Great Expectations", revealing that love, loyalty and conscience are always more important than wealth and social status: Great Expectations is certainly pursued, but if you cannot follow the right path to reach the extraordinary, don't go the wrong way for the sake of the extraordinary. Live well and die happily.

"Twin Cities" refers to the two large cities of Paris and London. The story revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the lower-class Parisian civilians headed by the Defarges. Love and resistance, sacrifice and revenge are wonderfully blended together, forming a tender, tragic and heart-wrenching story. French doctor Manette moved to London due to a tragic past incident. There, his beloved daughter Lucy met Charles Darnay, a tutor who was also a Parisian in France. The two young people soon fell in love. However, Sidney Carton, a young Londoner with a similar appearance to Darnay, also fell in love with Lucy and made a promise: "For you and for the people you cherish, I will do anything." A few years later, the French Revolution broke out. The wave of revolution swept over Darnay's former servants. It turns out that Darnay was a French nobleman. He hated his family's arrogance and extravagance, so he stayed away from Paris and made a living in London. He returns to Paris and rescues the servant. Unexpectedly, he was imprisoned because of his noble status. The doctor and Lucy tried every possible means to rescue Darnay, but in the end, Darnay was rescued by Caton. Carton paid the price with his life to fulfill his original promise to Lucy.

"Great Expectations" is a novel written by Dickens in his later years. The story is set from Christmas Eve of 1812 to the winter of 1840. The protagonist, orphan Pip, uses an autobiographical approach to narrate three stages of his life starting from the age of 7.

The Pickwick Papers is the first novel written by Charles Dickens. After the novel was published, it became a sensation and became a highlight in the British publishing industry at that time. Charles Dickens started writing "The Pickwick Papers" mainly with the intention of writing a series of novels. Therefore, the various chapters in "The Pickwick Papers" are very loosely related to each other and are more like a series of adventure novels. The protagonist of the novel, Mr. Samuel Pickwick, is a wealthy, kind-hearted old gentleman, and the founder and permanent president of the Pickwick Club. In order to have a deeper exploration and understanding of many strange phenomena in life, the old gentleman suggested that he should take the lead and be joined by three other members of the Pickwick Club (they are Mr. Wink, Mr. Snodgrass and Mr. Topman), and follow him from London to a distant place (it is said to be remote, but actually to the British countryside) to explore the meaning of life, and after returning, report what they saw and heard to the club members. As a result, the entire novel revolves around their excursions into the English countryside.

"Bleak House" tells the story of a girl who discovers her parents' hidden secrets. The story includes murder, suicide, betrayal, love and fear. Almost all human emotions that readers can imagine are included in Dickens. However, "Bleak House" also deeply explores the philosophical significance of charity and the philosophical thought of loving your neighbor as yourself from another angle: How much attention should we pay to people who are not favored by the goddess of luck in life and are suffering from tragic fate? The so-called charity, how to give alms? How much charity? How can we avoid focusing on one thing and losing another? In addition, there is a more important question: How do poor people escape poverty? Must they rely on the good will of individuals? What role should the government play in this? How much responsibility is there to help them? The reason why Dickens raised so many questions was mainly because he felt about the British society at that time.

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"Life" is the French writer Maupassant's classic debut novel, and it is also his only novel that has been adapted for the screen. This novel was completed under the care of his mentor Flaubert. It was revised several times and carefully polished. It is a work of female spiritual awakening about marriage, growth and disillusionment. Maupassant described the life of aristocratic girl Yana in "A Life". She was innocent, romantic and full of fantasy, but she suffered the betrayal of her husband, the death of her parents and the departure of her children. Exhausted physically and mentally, Yana could only seek some comfort from the dream of life in the maid. "Life" depicts the innocent dreams of women in the background of that era and the collision of their heads and blood in the real society of overflowing desires. It is the epitome of the miserable lives of most women. Even today, unfortunate women can see themselves in Yana and see in this book the heavy pressure they may face.

This five-volume set of Maupassant's short stories and short stories includes "Selected Novels of Maupassant's World", "Selected Romance Novels of Maupassant", "Selected Novels of Maupassant's War", "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Humorous Novels" and "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Bizarre Novels". It is the result of the author's appreciation and selection of more than 300 short stories and short stories by the "King of Short Stories" based on his long-term research and translation. It can also be said to be a collection of Maupassant's short stories in a classified form. Maupassant was first and foremost a social genre painter. Adhering to the fundamental principle of realism, his worldly novels mainly write about the two social classes he is most familiar with: farmers in Normandy, his hometown where he spent his youth, and clerks in Paris where he worked as an adult. Little characters occupy the center of literature; their lives, their anguish and despair are laid bare. What is particularly commendable is the writer's deep sympathy for the suffering people at the bottom. This book is equipped with original illustrations.

Maupassant's short stories and short stories are deeply rooted in reality and have a wide range of themes. They mainly describe the French social customs of his time, and all kinds of life are included in them. Among the collections of Maupassant's works published in France, the most influential one was the "Illustrated Complete Works of Maupassant" (1901-1912) published by Paul Hollandorff Publishing House. There are nineteen volumes of short stories and short stories in this complete collection, of which the titles and contents of fifteen volumes are basically the same as those of Mo's self-edited volume. There are another four volumes supplemented by the publishing house. These nineteen volumes collect a total of 272 short stories and short stories by Maupassant. The translator is now requested to include the thirty-four pieces not included in the Austrian edition as "addendums" to six of the nineteen volumes. The 306 Mo's short stories and short stories discovered so far are all included in them, and are accompanied by some illustrations from the Austrian edition, which can be said to be rich in pictures and texts. The translator Zhang Yinglun is an expert on Maupassant at the Academy of Social Sciences. He has been cooperating with our agency to translate Maupassant's short stories and short stories. His writing style is humorous and in line with Maupassant's writing style.

This book is a collection of Maupassant's two novels, "Life" and "Pierre and Jean". "Life" is Maupassant's first novel, a genre novel depicting the countryside of Normandy. "Pierre and Jean" tells the story of two brothers, Pierre and Jean, because the heir to an inheritance is their younger brother, which arouses the elder brother's jealousy and makes many words and deeds that hurt his younger brother and his mother. In the end, the younger brother decides to give up the right to inherit the inheritance, and the older brother realizes that he has gone too far and decides to develop abroad.

This five-volume set of Maupassant's short stories and short stories includes "Selected Novels of Maupassant's World", "Selected Romance Novels of Maupassant", "Selected Novels of Maupassant's War", "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Humorous Novels" and "Selected Selection of Maupassant's Bizarre Novels". It is the result of the author's appreciation and selection of more than 300 short stories and short stories by the "King of Short Stories" based on long-term research and translation of his works. It can also be said to be a collection of Maupassant's short stories. Love novels are also worldly novels, but the large number of short and medium-sized novels and novels written by Maupassant with love as the theme has won it a unique place. Love is an eternal theme, and Maupassant's love novels are a complete example. There is joy, but more tears and blood, and there are still some lingering sounds of the French knight tradition. This book is equipped with original illustrations.

Maupassant is one of the world's leading short story masters. The publication of "Ball de Suif" in 1880 made him famous in one fell swoop. The story has also become a classic in the history of world literature. The author compares "Ball of Suet", a prostitute who is at the bottom of society and is discriminated against, with all kinds of sanctimonious so-called upper-class figures, fully showing the former's beautiful soul with a strong sense of justice and compassion and the latter's extremely selfish, shameless and ugly soul. This book collects more than 30 fine works such as "Ball of Suet".

This book is composed of 29 Maupassant classics selected by the famous French literature translator Liu Mingjiu, including "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", "On the Journey", "My Uncle Jules", "The Burning Umbrella" and other popular masterpieces. The themes that Maupassant was good at were the Franco-Prussian War that he personally experienced, his ten-year clerkship career, and his life in his hometown in Normandy as a teenager. These three environments provided extremely rich themes for his short stories. From rural stories, market life to deep accusations of war, it outlines a vivid picture of French social life. Images of aristocrats, bureaucrats, merchants, civil servants, workers, farmers, homeless people, beggars and other characters all appear on the page.

The work tells the story of Duroy, a junior officer of the French colonial army in Algeria, who came to Paris and worked as a newspaper editor. He relied on his beautiful appearance and the ability to please women to seduce upper-class women, and used this as a springboard to embark on the road to prosperity. In the end, he kidnapped the daughter of the newspaper owner, forced the owner to marry his daughter to him, and became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The end of the novel also hints that he will soon become a senator and cabinet minister, and his future is still bright.

The protagonist Gwynplaine in "The Man Who Laughs" is a descendant of a noble family. He fell into the hands of human traffickers when he was young and was disfigured and mutilated. His face always seemed to be smiling strangely. The kind-hearted entertainer Yu Sousse adopted him as his adopted son, and also adopted the blind girl Di that Gwen Pulan rescued from the snow. A few of them wandered around the world and made a living by performing arts. Later, due to accidental factors and the needs of the British political arena, Gwynplaine was able to regain his title, but he refused this dirty gift, preferring to return to his companions in distress; by this time Dee was seriously ill. After the blind girl passed away, Gwen Pulan was so sad that she threw herself into the sea and committed suicide.

Hugo (1802-1885), a famous French novelist and poet. "Notre Dame de Paris" is his masterpiece novel. The gypsy girl Esmeralda is a street performer, and Froed, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame Church, wants to take possession of her. Later, it was discovered that she had another lover, and she assassinated her lover and framed the blame on her, resulting in her being sentenced to death. Quasimodo, the ugly bell ringer who was full of love and humility for her, rescued her and took refuge in Notre Dame. Froed kidnapped her and forced her to give in to his bestial desires. After being refused, Froude handed her over to the officers and soldiers and watched her being hanged upstairs in Notre Dame. In despair, Quasimodo angrily pushed Froude, who had raised him, off the attic and fell to death. He went to the Eagle Mountain Crypt to hug Esmeralda's body and died with her, completing the "wedding".

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is the first full-length romantic novel by French writer Victor Hugo. "Notre Dame de Paris" artistically reproduces the historical reality of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago, how the palace and the church colluded to oppress the people, and how the people fought heroically against the two forces. The novel has a strong romantic color and uses contrasting writing techniques. It is an artistic example of applying the contrast principle of romanticism.

"Ninety-Three Years" (1874) is Hugo's last novel. The novel creates three central characters: the Marquis de Lantenac, the leader of the Vendée rebels, his grandnephew, Guo Wen, the commander of the Republican Army who suppressed the rebellion, and Simourden, Guo Wen's tutor and commissioner of the Public Security Commission. An intricate plot unfolded around them, vividly describing the historical scene of the life-and-death struggle between the bourgeoisie and feudal forces in 1793. At the end of the novel: Lanternac, who had narrowly escaped death, returned to the burning castle to rescue three children due to his conscience. Guo Wen was moved by his uncle's humanitarian spirit and was willing to trade his own head for Landenac's life; Simulden shot himself while Guo Wen's head fell to the ground. "1993" Can be said to be the most perfect expression of Hugo's writing art and humanitarian spirit.

"Notre Dame de Paris" is the representative work of French writer Victor Hugo. It is a historical novel rich in romanticism. The book takes the twists and turns of the beautiful and kind-hearted street performer Esmeralda and the ugly Notre Dame bell-ringer Quasimodo as the main line. It panoramically displays the customs, beliefs, ethics, law, art and other aspects of medieval Paris, with exciting plots and rich scenes. With his certain philosophical cultivation and profound historical knowledge, the writer's profound insight into the society at that time and the rich presentation of the tragic situation of the people at the bottom triggered readers to think about what is truth, goodness and beauty, and what is false, evil and ugly. This made the novel a world literary classic that transcends time and space, and its influence continues to this day. The translator, Mr. Cheng Zenghou, had a lifelong love and accumulation of Hugo. When he was nearly 60 years old, he began to translate "Notre Dame de Paris" and regarded it as an academic project. In addition to careful consideration of the translation, it also provides contemporary Chinese readers with more than a thousand annotations and more than a hundred exquisite pictures that are rare in other Chinese translations, so as to help readers better experience the full picture of Paris in medieval France while reading the classics.

This book is the first large-scale romantic novel by French writer Hugo. It uses bizarre and contrasting techniques to tell a story that took place in France in the 15th century: Claude, the vice-president of Notre Dame de Paris, was sanctimonious and vicious, loved first and then hated, and persecuted the Gypsy girl Esmeralda. The ugly but kind-hearted bell ringer Quasimodo sacrificed his life to save the girl. The novel exposes the hypocrisy of religion, declares the bankruptcy of asceticism, praises the kindness, friendship and self-sacrifice of the lower working people, and reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts.

"Notre Dame de Paris" is a masterpiece of the novel by the famous French novelist and poet Victor Hugo. The gypsy girl Esmeralda is a street performer, and Froed, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame Church, wants to take possession of her. Later, it was discovered that she had another lover, and she assassinated her lover and framed the blame on her, resulting in her being sentenced to death. Quasimodo, the ugly bell ringer who was full of love and humility for her, rescued her and took refuge in Notre Dame. Froed kidnapped her and forced her to give in to his bestial desires. After being refused, Froude handed her over to the officers and soldiers and watched her being hanged upstairs in Notre Dame. In despair, Quasimodo angrily pushed Froude, who had raised him, off the attic and fell to death. He went to the Eagle Mountain Crypt to hug Esmeralda's body and died with her, completing the "wedding".

"Duology of Fools" is a series of works by the famous American writer Richard Russo. The novel tells the story of the decline of the American Rust Belt and the people at the bottom struggling in the decadence. Through the daily depiction of the small town, the writer keenly captures the life dilemmas, family conflicts, emotional entanglements, fulfillment and evasion of moral obligations of contemporary people. The seemingly simple family love presents complex emotional tension in Russo's writing. "Sully the Fool" is the first part of the "Duology of Fools". With humorous, sophisticated and touching words, the writer describes the life of Bath Town, a simple town in northern New York: unhappy marriage life, estranged father-son relationship, ruthless capital erosion, hopeless people who stick to the bottom line of human nature... "Fool Remo" is the sequel to "Fool Sally". In "Remo the Fool", former enemies have reached reconciliation, emotional betrayals have been forgiven, and the little people still walk forward with courage, humor and warmth.

"John-Christophe" is Romain Rolland's masterpiece novel. It reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the life experience of John-Christophe, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. The novel describes the struggling life of John-Christophe, 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. In 1915 Romain Rolland won the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Johan-Christophe". The translator of this book is Fu Lei, a famous Chinese translator, writer, educator, and art critic. The translation is beautiful and fluent. It accurately translates the author's descriptions of various types of music, and uses a vivid translation to present the author's high morale revealed between the lines.

"The Tale of Genji" is the world's earliest full-length realistic novel and Japan's immortal "national literature". It ushered in the era of "mono-sorrow" and had a profound impact on the development of Japanese literature in later generations. It is known as the source of inspiration for Japanese literature and the highest peak of Japanese classical realism literature. The work was written between approximately 1001 and 1008 AD. The novel is set in the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan, with the Genji family as the center. The first two parts describe the tragic or beautiful love lives of the Genji family and the women. The third part uses the son of the Genji family, Kaoru-kun, as the protagonist, and lays out the complicated love entanglements between men and women. The original text of the book is nearly a million words, and the 400-word manuscript uses about 2,400 sheets of paper. It has a total of fifty-four chapters, covering the lives of three generations, four generations of emperors, a period of more than seventy years, and nearly 500 characters. It shows the various aspects of court life in the Heian period (equivalent to the Northern Song Dynasty in my country), leaving a detailed and rich sketch of the aristocratic life in the Heian and prosperous times. 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 the highest masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature. "The Tale of Genji" is known as Japan's "Dream of Red Mansions" and is listed among the top ten ideal collections of Asian literature along with "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Selected Poems of the Tang Dynasty".

A dark family history full of revenge and deceit, repression and sadness, a dense forest intertwined with countless plots; a classic translation that has been out of print for many years, and precious original illustrations to reproduce Dickens's great classic. "The Little Society," published in 1857, is one of Dickens's greatest late works. The novel is set in Marshall West Gaol, a famous debtor's prison in London during the Victorian period. It tells the bitter and bumpy growth process of the "prison daughter" Little Dolly, and reveals the dark family history of Clennan, the hero, full of revenge and deceit, oppression and sadness. The story and characters are so complex that critics call it a "dense forest intertwined with countless plots". Reading it is like peeling off a cocoon, making readers sigh and find it difficult to put down the book. The book's broad depiction of British society in the Victorian era, its profound exposure of the greedy nature and filthy souls of capitalists hidden under the cloak of hypocrisy, and its ruthless mockery of the corrupt officialdom embody the characteristics of Dickens' later works: his ideological content tends to be more profound and rich, and his ability to control characters and plots tends to be more mature.

"Les Misérables" is a novel published by French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. "Les Misérables" is clearly about tragedy, but in fact it is about the glory of human nature. Through the tragic experiences of Jean Valjean and others and a series of touching deeds after Jean Valjean was converted by the bishop, the novel profoundly reveals the contradictions and ugliness of society, and eulogizes the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature. It is a model of the combination of realism and romanticism in the history of world literature. It is known as an encyclopedia of human suffering and has a shocking artistic appeal.

Lyman Frank Baum's fairy tale "The Wizard of Oz" has been around for hundreds of years and tells us a story that takes place in the magical magical kingdom of Oz. A little girl Dorothy and her puppy Toto were brought here by a tornado in Kansas, USA. In order to ask the powerful wizard Oz to help them return to their hometown, Dorothy and Toto set foot on the yellow brick road leading to the Emerald City. They also met the brainless Scarecrow, the heartless Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. What kind of trouble will Dorothy and her friends encounter on this journey? Will the great and terrible wizard help them realize their wishes?

"Dear Enemy" is the sequel to "Daddy-Long-Legs". This is also an epistolary novel, but the protagonist is replaced by Judy's college classmate and best friend-Sally. After Judy married "Daddy Long Legs" Jervis, the two lived a happy and sweet life. Judy wanted to improve the John Greer Orphanage where she once lived. When they saw that the optimistic Sally was still living a willful and muddled life, with "no progress" in their words, the couple decided to invite Sally to be the director of the John Greer Orphanage. Sally was reluctant at first, but after Judy's repeated persuasion and politician Gordon's cynicism (Sally believed that the latter had a greater driving force), this red-haired Irish descendant came to the orphanage resolutely...

The protagonist of "Daddy-Long-Legs", Joshua Albert (later renamed Judy), is a little girl who grew up in an orphanage. She is an excellent writer and was sponsored by an anonymous director of the orphanage to go to college. Judy had never met this director, but saw him by chance, so she called him "Daddy-Long-Legs." As a requirement for funding, the director asked Judy to write him a letter every month, reporting every detail of her life in order to practice her writing skills. This book is composed of letters written by Judy to Daddy-Long-Legs. From it, we can see a girl's growth path of studying hard, finding herself, becoming independent, and finally realizing her dream as a writer.

"Daddy Long Legs" is a novel written by American writer Jane Webster in 1912. The main story of this novel is that Judy grew up in an orphanage. When she was 18 years old, luck came to her. An anonymous director of the orphanage named "Daddy-Long-Legs" was willing to sponsor her to go to college. But there is one condition, that is, Judy must write a letter every month to report on her study and life situation, and there will be no reply to her. In the next four years, Judy, who was independent and self-respecting, kept writing letters to this uncle she had never met as a spiritual sustenance. Although she received help, she did not rely on it. Instead, she studied hard, obtained a scholarship, and used her vacations to tutor, determined to become a writer. But the letters she wrote were like nothing. When she knew she would never get a reply, she also complained to "Daddy-Long-Legs". And when she was about to confess her love to the excellent and outstanding Master Jiewei, "Daddy Long Legs" finally showed up - Master Jiewei was the "Daddy Long Legs" who supported her.

"Macbeth" tells the story of the Scottish general Macbeth who received a prophecy from the three witches that he would become king. Out of ambition and the instigation of his wife, Macbeth assassinated King Duncan and proclaimed himself king. Tormented by self-blame and fantasy, he soon degenerated into a tyrant until the couple finally perished.

"The Story of Donkey Skin" is one of Balzac's top ten classics. Human desires are like a piece of donkey skin. The more desires we have, the less life we ​​have! Observe the various aspects of life with a smile and read all the customs of the world! "Donkey Skin" is Balzac's first full-length philosophical novel. The novel ingeniously uses a donkey skin to symbolize the contradiction between human desires and life, and uses this to summarize his life experience and philosophical thinking. It tells the story of Valentine, a young man from an aristocratic background who went bankrupt and threw himself into the social scene. When he was desperate, he was about to commit suicide by drowning when an antique dealer gave him a magical donkey skin. This donkey skin can fulfill any of his wishes, whether they are good or evil thoughts, but once the wish is realized, the donkey skin will immediately shrink and his life span will be shortened.

The story takes place in a small city in Russia. The city has become corrupt, dominated by a rude and corrupt mayor and a group of officials who are gangsters but actually idiots. When this group of corrupt officials heard that the capital had sent an imperial envoy incognito for private patrols, everyone was so confused that they didn't know what to do. At this time, they suddenly heard that a man named Khlestakov was staying in an exclusive hotel in the city. Therefore, they mistakenly thought that Khlestakov, who had an extraordinary appearance but actually resigned and returned home for gambling and wandering, was the imperial envoy. The letter was written by the young man to his friends in Petersburg. In the letter, he ridiculed the fools who mistakenly thought he was the imperial minister, and gave each official an embarrassing nickname. When the mayor and officials were speechless over this incident, the real imperial minister arrived. The curtain fell while everyone was stunned.

Jean Valjean had to serve nineteen years of hard labor for stealing a piece of bread; Fantine sold her teeth in order to raise her illegitimate daughter; the corpse thief became the savior of the general who escaped death. What kind of miserable world is this? Hugo used passionate writing to recreate the dark and soul-stirring era from the Napoleonic Wars to the French July Monarchy, and outlined the lives of a group of little people living at the bottom of society.

"Half of a Yellow Sun" is a lament written by the Nigerian female writer Adichie about the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s (1967-1970). The 13-year-old Ugu comes from a poor family and works as a valet in the house of Odenigbo, a professor at the University of Nsukka. The learning opportunities given to him by his master gradually help him get rid of ignorance and superstition; Olanna, the daughter of the chief of the Igbo tribe, is Odenigbo's girlfriend. Her family had a prominent reputation and wealth before the civil war. Olanna advocates freedom. But she has always kept a distance from her snobbish and opportunistic family; Olanna's twin sister Kenene has been taking care of the family business, and she fell in love with Richard, a British journalist living in Nigeria. Richard, who hates the hypocrisy of post-colonialism, has always tried to record everything that this country has experienced fairly and objectively.

"Nine Stories" collects nine short stories Salinger published in The New Yorker. Each story is self-contained and interconnected, describing the "love and filth" of the postwar generation of young people in Salinger's eyes. In the story, there are innocent and desperate young people, there are precocious and confused children, and there are mothers who struggle to integrate into their children's hearts... Salinger allows the young people, children and immature adults in his novels to experience or see love, desire for love, death, despair and madness, showing the flashes and dilemmas of love and beauty in reality, revealing the fetters and drags of worldly interpersonal relationships on people, telling the importance of understanding life, and exploring and pursuing the liberation of the soul. Salinger, the master of literature, told the truth of life in dense words that were plain, calm, calm, but containing huge energy.

This book is the pure English version of the masterpiece "The Wedding Member" by the famous American writer Carson McCullers. The book tells the story of the heroine who dreams of attending her brother's wedding and flying away with them, but is unable to have meaningful communication in reality. It expresses the lament of everyone being locked in loneliness deep in their hearts.

"Andersen's Fairy Tales" is a literary work well-known to women and children. It was created by the famous Danish poet and fairy tale writer Andersen over a period of nearly 40 years. Andersen received royal tributes during his lifetime. He conquered the world with the magic of fairy tales. His fairy tales have been translated into more than 150 languages ​​and published worldwide. This book contains dozens of classic fairy tales such as "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "Thumbelina".

During World War I, 19-year-old Paul Boymer was inspired by "patriotism" and volunteered to join the army with his classmates. However, the cruelty of war and military life was completely beyond imagination. In boot camp, they are forced to abandon their former faith in knowledge and freedom and undergo a radical transformation. After a short training, the recruits were sent to the front line to fight, and what they saw and heard was cruel: the trenches were full of rats and lice; severe infectious diseases threatened the life of every soldier; comrades were killed one by one, or were injured and sent to field hospitals; the field hospitals were poorly equipped and lacked medicines, and the mortality rate of injured patients was extremely high. When Paul returned home on vacation, he found that Germany was still immersed in heroic fantasies about war. Ordinary people could not imagine the disasters suffered by soldiers on the front line. He was completely out of touch with his previous life, and no one could understand his feelings. Paul returns to the front line. At this time, the war is becoming more and more fierce, and the future is confused...

"The Scholars" is a novel written by Wu Jingzi in the Qing Dynasty. It uses realism to depict the different expressions of fame and wealth of various people, and represents the peak of ancient Chinese satirical novels. The use of vernacular in the novel has become more proficient, and the characterization of the characters is also quite in-depth and delicate, especially the use of superb satirical techniques, making the book a masterpiece of Chinese classical satirical literature.

"Flowers in the Mirror" is a novel written by Li Ruzhen, a literati in the Qing Dynasty. The first half of the book describes the story of Tang Ao, Duo Jiugong and others traveling overseas by boat, including their experiences in the Daughter's Country, the Gentleman's Country and other countries. The second half tells the story of Wu Zetian's imperial examination to select talented girls, Tang Xiaoshan, who was entrusted by Baihua Fairy, and one hundred talented girls entrusted by other flower fairies who passed the exam and made a difference in the court. His magical and humorous creative techniques are based on classics, and he cleverly outlines a gorgeous color picture of the heavenly wheel.

"The Romance of the Eastern Zhou Dynasties" is a novel about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Starting from the Western Weekend when King You of Zhou was killed, King Ping of Zhou moved to the east, and Qin Shihuang unified the world, the history of more than five hundred years is briefly described. The people and events of this period are the most prominent and typical in history. It is almost the theoretical source of success or failure for future generations, and it is also the standard and example for future generations to behave. Through rich and vivid storylines, the novel praises the good-hearted princes, strict rewards and punishments, generous princes and loyal, brave and strategic generals, as well as the brave, resourceful and courageous heroes who act for justice. The novel also tells about some foolish, cruel, shameless emperors, princes and other rulers as well as greedy, treacherous and insidious sycophants. "The Romance of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is divided into four volumes with a total of 108 chapters. This book is the third volume, including the content from "Chapter 55, Hua Yuan ascends the bed and robs the children, rebels against the old man, knots grass and Kang Du Hui" to "Chapter 81, Gou Jian cleverly uses beauty traps and Zigong recommends himself to the other countries".

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The "Pastoral Trilogy" contains three pastoral novels by the 19th-century French romantic novelist George Sand: "The Enchanted Marsh," "Little Fadette" and "The Outcast François." "The Enchanted Marsh" is the first pastoral novel written by George Sand when he secluded himself in his own manor in Nohant. It tells the story of farmer Germain and his neighbor little Marie walking together and falling in love with each other. This group of pastoral works based on rural life depicts simple and peaceful pastoral scenery, and eulogizes the innocent love between young men and women that transcends social class and the gap between rich and poor. With its bright and cheerful atmosphere, innocent and simple style, and the consistent awareness of social equality, it has won the love of many readers.

The Sixty Chapters of "The Appearance of Officialdom" was written by Li Baojia in the late Qing Dynasty. It is one of the "four major condemnation novels" in the late Qing Dynasty. It is also a satirical masterpiece that achieved a sensational social effect at the time of its publication. This book focuses on describing all kinds of dark, ugly and corrupt situations in the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty. The characters shown in the book include military ministers, governors and governors, admirals, as well as county magistrates, officials, and miscellaneous officials. They are either dirty and despicable, ignorant, or corrupt, forming a picture of the ugliness of the late Qing bureaucracy. In the structure of the book, one person is narrated and then transferred to the next person, and so on. Using the technique of exaggeration and irony, the characters are described deeply, thoroughly, and vividly. It has a profound influence at that time and in later generations, and has a long-lasting artistic charm.

"The Prince and the Pauper" is Mark Twain's attempt at a historical fantasy novel. The story is set in England in the mid-16th century. The protagonists are Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII, and Tom, a poor boy who is often abused by his father. Not only were they born on the same day, they even have the same appearance. After a chance encounter, the two exchanged clothes out of curiosity about each other's lives. From then on, Tom cautiously began his dream palace life, while Edward went through many hardships and embarked on a tortuous road back to the palace...

"The Prince and the Pauper (English Edition)/Classic English Library" is a satirical novel. The story is based on the social conditions of England in the 16th century. It describes in the form of a fairy tale that Tom, a poor boy in the slums, dramatically changes his identity with Prince Edward by chance and becomes the King of England. After the kind-hearted Tom became the king, he implemented some benevolent policies, abolished some cruel punishments, and pardoned some innocent prisoners, thus gaining the love and support of the people. The real prince Edward experienced various social conditions under the autocratic rule of the feudal monarchy, which enabled him to witness the suffering and shortcomings of the people with his own eyes, which made him deeply aware of the cruelty of British law and the contradictions of social classes. The writing style of the work is light, but the meaning is profound. Every line reveals the author's dissatisfaction with the rulers and sympathy for the suffering people.

"The Surprise at the First Moment" is a popular book with 40 short stories in total. It describes many fascinating stories in the form of a "parallel script" that is popular among the people, such as a businessman becoming rich due to bad luck, Scholars rose from poverty to fame; honest officials solved cases like gods, corrupt officials bent the law like tigers; villains committed adultery and sued, and swindlers engaged in intrigues; how young people pursued faithful love, and how feudal ethics created marital tragedies. The language is simple and concise; the plot is twists and turns, confusing, yet reasonable; the characters' inner thoughts are described in detail, and the artistic image is lifelike. It has always been highly praised.

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