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"La Traviata" is a masterpiece of world literature. It has been published and performed in three forms: novel, drama, and opera. All three have become masterpieces handed down from generation to generation due to their immortal artistic value. Margaret, a courtesan in Paris, was conquered by the sincere love of Armand, who was not rich, and fell in love. Just when the lovers in love were looking forward to a better life in the future, Armand's father secretly forced Margaret to leave Armand. Armand does not know the truth and thinks that Margaret intends to abandon him. Margaret endured the humiliation and died of hatred due to the double torment of illness and grief. This innocent love ended in tragedy.

"Robinson Crusoe" describes the story of the protagonist who encountered a shipwreck at sea and drifted to an deserted island alone. In order to survive on the island, he had to abandon his previous living habits and live a return to nature. The book is beautifully written and vividly expresses the social ethos of advocating adventure and encouraging individual struggle. The novel has been translated into many languages ​​and circulated around the world, and is favored by readers.

"Troilus and Cressida" tells the story of the Trojan War and the love tragedy of Troilus and Cressida during the war.

This book is an immortal masterpiece in the history of world literature. The author uses superb artistic skills to create a series of distinctive characters and describe all kinds of human emotions and world conditions. There are a total of 559 characters in the book, ranging from emperors, princes, diplomats, generals, and nobles; to landlords, businessmen, farmers, and soldiers. Such many characters are endowed with a new vision and color under the pen of an art master who is best at expressing the psychology and personality characteristics of characters. The heroes and heroines appear in front of readers with all the complexity and uniqueness of their spiritual lives. This book has an epic style, with a vast picture and numerous characters. The book contains both narrations of major historical events in Russia and Western Europe, as well as fictional plots; it contains both battles with swords and blood, as well as comfortable and quiet daily life; it contains both impassioned discussions of people and the world, as well as delicate and graceful lyrical narratives.

The novel depicts a historical picture of an era in Russian society. He used detailed language to depict the tragic life of people in the lower class, and how an orphan struggled, survived hard, and pursued his ideal experience. This book is an autobiography of the author's childhood. It is not only the life history of a young man, but also the artistic history of an era. This book reflects the disintegration process of petty bourgeois handicrafts caused by the growth of industrial capitalism in Russia. The bankruptcy of "my" grandfather's family is a true portrayal of Russia from the 1870s to the 1880s.

"The Insulted and Injured" was serialized in issues 1 to 7 of The Times in 1861. Because it is a long series, in order to attract readers, the plot of the novel must be fascinating, with ups and downs, climax after another, and it must be interrupted suddenly when it reaches the climax, so that people can continue to read the next issue. Therefore, this type of novel was called "essay-style novel" at that time, and it was famous for its tense and tortuous plot. This book is the first important work Dostoevsky completed after returning to Petersburg from exile. The novel describes the tragedy of two families caused by the bourgeois adventurer Valkovsky. First, he embezzled the only farm belonging to the poor and declining Ikhmenev noble family, and ruined the marriage between Ikhmenev's daughter Natasha and his son Alyosha in order to marry Katya, who had a millionaire fortune, as his daughter-in-law. The other is the old man Smith's family. His daughter was abandoned by Valkovsky from beginning to end, defrauded of her property, and died of poverty and illness. Smith eventually died of poverty. Smith's granddaughter cannot forgive her father, Valkovsky. Her stubbornness and crazy spirit of resistance arouse people's sympathy for those who are "insulted and damaged" and their hatred for the dark society, which shows the realism power of the novel. In the novel, these unfortunate people are often resigned, showing a sense of despair with no way out.

"Shangshu", an early book called "Shu", was written around the fifth century BC. The traditional "Shangshu" (also known as "Jinwen Shangshu") was handed down from Fu Sheng. Legend has it that it is a work left over from the ancient culture "Three Tombs and Five Codes". "Shangshu" is listed as one of the important core Confucian classics. "Shang" means "up", and "Shangshu" is an ancient book. It is a compilation of ancient Chinese historical documents and some works that trace ancient deeds. It is an early collection of historical documents in my country.

With his exquisite artistic skills, flowing natural writing style, and pure language, Maupassant's novels have become models that showcase the charm of French and occupy an irreplaceable position in the history of French and even world literature. His works have been translated into more than a hundred languages ​​and are still popular today. This book selects 49 excellent works from the "Complete Collection of Maupassant's Short and Novellas", "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", and "The Captive", among which "Ball of Suet" is Maupassant's famous work. By portraying the passengers on a stage car during the Franco-Prussian War - nobles, businessmen, politicians, nuns and a prostitute nicknamed "Ball de Suif" - the author condenses the attitudes and positions of people from all walks of life in France at that time facing war and crisis. The petty bourgeoisie are the class that Maupassant wrote more about. The "Necklace" and "Umbrella" selected in this book reflect the author's ruthless exposure and satire of the vanity, greed, selfishness, hypocrisy and other characteristics of the small citizens...

The "man in the trap" is a person who wraps himself up in layers. No matter the weather, wear a raincoat, bring an umbrella, and stuff cotton in your ears. He sealed everything in covers, kept the doors and windows of his home closed, and hung the curtains when he slept. He is afraid of change and any "abnormality" makes him uneasy. He lives within a narrow orbit, not daring to go beyond it at all, and restrains others by this standard... He makes the whole town feel suffocated. In the end he died, but the shadow still seemed to hang over him. Contains 24 novels by Chekhov. From the first famous work "Death of a Civil Servant" at the age of 23 to "The Fiancée" a year before his death, it runs through the writer's entire writing career; including "The Man in the Trap", "The Sixth Ward", "The Woman with the Puppy" and other popular masterpieces, which embodies his artistic style and all core themes. With a few strokes, Chekhov painted a portrait of every weak and good man; with simple words and gentle tones, he revealed the absurdity and cruelty of reality; with the ever-chaotic plot and artistic conception, he interpreted the essence of life - regret and beauty.

This book is a novel by the British writer Dickens. It tells the story of a dead body found in the Thames River in London. After identification, it was determined to be John Harmon who was rushing back to England to inherit a huge inheritance. This led to a greedy and insidious fight for the inheritance, but in the end it was discovered that the deceased was not the real John Harmon; at the same time, some ordinary people and poor people from the lower class showed their kindness and integrity.

This book selects more than thirty excellent short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant. It includes all of Maupassant's classic masterpieces, including "Ball of Suif", "Two Friends" and "The Adventures of Walter Schnaffs", which accuse the Franco-Prussian War; "My Uncle Jules", "The Necklace" and "The Medal", which express the petty bourgeoisie; "Daliet Spring", "Pierrot the Dog" and "The Rope" which describe life in Normandy; the tear-jerking love tragedy "The Woman Repairing the Upholstered Chair"; the heartstring-tugging "Moonlight", etc. Maupassant raised the art of short stories to an unprecedented level. His works mostly focus on daily life, are less dramatic, downplay the plot, and only use almost invisible clues to connect various small things. The character description is also close to normal, and the person's behavior, expression, etc. Are used to show his image and personality. It expresses rich life content in a short space.

This book is a novel written by the former Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, written in 1933. Through the growth path of Paul Korchagin, the novel tells people that only when a person defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when he connects his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people, can he create miracles and grow into a steel warrior. Revolutionaries are forged into steel in struggle, which is an important theme in the novel.

"Biographies of Famous People", also known as "Three Lives of Giants", consists of the biographies of three art masters: Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy. It is also Romain Rolland's most classic work. The author grasps the personality charm of the three art masters and uses simple words to depict them It shows that they did not forget their original aspirations during the bumpy life journey, bravely persisted in their passion for art, and conveyed the masters' noble personality, persistent quality, and brave spirit to readers. Over the past 100 years since its publication, it has had a profound impact on people around the world.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless love stories depicting the joys and sorrows of prostitutes, but only "La Traviata" has gained world-wide reputation and has been circulated among hundreds of millions of readers. "La Traviata" creates a beautiful, sincere and lovely female image Margaret. The author uses the form of flashback to write this love story in the first person. The meeting of the hero and heroine and the emergence of love are written with twists and turns, and the sudden changes are arranged reasonably. The bad blood that preceded the tragedy has stirred up again. The story is not monotonous, but the details are simple and unpretentious, the development process is simple and natural, and it has fascinating artistic charm.

"Anecdotes of Charles IX" is a novel by Mérimée. It takes the famous religious tragedy "St. Bartholomew's Night" during the period of Charles IX in the 16th century as its theme, and shows the darkness and cruelty of medieval feudal autocracy. The protagonist Melky is a young aristocratic Huguenot from the province. After the religious peace in 1570, he went to Paris to join the Protestant leader Admiral Collini. After Melky came to Paris, he met his brother George, who had been separated for many years and converted to Catholicism during the Civil War. Under the direct command of the king, the massacre of the Protestants began. George refused to carry out the bloody order and was thrown into prison. Melky fled Paris and took part in the revolt against the king in the Huguenot city of Rochelle.

This book is a record of the American writer Thoreau who lived alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. The changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons, as small as the fight between two ants, are all vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen, and the descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist.

Everyone who wants to constantly improve themselves should read "Resurrection"! Brand new! Recommended reading for the Ministry of Education's new curriculum standards! The masterpiece of the great realist writer Tolstoy! Leading generations of people to pursue spiritual salvation and moral perfection. Tolstoy has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for five consecutive years and is known as "the greatest writer since the Renaissance who can challenge Homer, Dante and Shakespeare"! "Resurrection" lasted ten years and six drafts. It completely and profoundly interpreted Tolstoy's literary creation thoughts. Zweig called it "the summary of Tolstoy's life of thought and art". The reader's classic library version of "Resurrection" has four major features: 1. Classic translation by the famous Russian-Soviet literary translator Ligang, a literal Russian translation, carefully edited 2. Special inclusion of the translator's introduction to "The Resurrection of Humanity" for an in-depth interpretation of "Resurrection"! 3. Original Tolstoy memorabilia, a picture to understand the life of the great writer Tolstoy 4. Original poster-level illustrations, restoring classic scenes. In the history of human literature, "Resurrection" is the peak of creation by the great realist writer Tolstoy, leading generations of people to pursue spiritual salvation and moral perfection. In court, a prostitute is being tried for a murder. At the same time, the aristocratic young man who was a juror discovered that the female prisoner was the lover who had been let down by him. He decided to save her and his imperfect self... Resurrection is a novel written by Tolstoy based on a real case, which took ten years and six revisions. It fully and profoundly interprets Tolstoy's thoughts on literary creation.

This book uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver (also translated as Lemuel Gulliver) to narrate his experience of traveling around four countries. Through Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom, it reflects the corruption and sin of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century. It also expresses the thoughts and ideas of the author Jonathan Swift in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author used rich satirical techniques and fictional fantasies to write absurd and bizarre plots, which profoundly reflected the meaningless partisan struggle in the British Parliament at that time, the stupidity, decadence and profit-seeking of the ruling group, and exposed and criticized the cruelty of the colonial war; at the same time, it praised the heroic struggle of the colonial people against the rulers to a certain extent.

An old man named Geppetto carved a puppet out of wood and named him Pinocchio. Although Pinocchio always wanted to be a good boy, he could not change his bad habits. He skipped school, lied, made bad friends, was fooled several times and refused to change his ways. Later, a fairy taught him that every time he lied, his nose grew longer. He lied three times in a row, and his nose grew so long that it was impossible for him to even turn around in the room. At this time, Pinocchio began to wake up, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of the bad boys and followed them to the "Land of Toys" again. A few months later, a pair of donkey ears sprouted from Pinocchio's head, and he soon became a full-blown donkey and was sold to a circus. Soon, Pinocchio broke his leg during the performance, and was sold by the circus owner to a businessman to skin the drum heads. At the critical moment, it was the fairy who rescued him. Pinocchio decided to change his ways and finally one day became a child of flesh and blood.

Here is a true portrayal of the life of CIA officials: the espionage and counterintelligence training they received, and the battle of wits with Soviet spies, FBI agents, etc.; It reveals in depth the "Berlin Tunnel" incident that humiliated the United States, the Bay of Pigs incident and the resulting Cuban Missile Crisis, and even provides an in-depth explanation of Castro's various conspiracies to subvert and the assassination of President Kennedy; it particularly shows the political entanglements between the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the State Department.

The smartest detective in the world, the most mysterious case in the world, there are only endings you can't think of, and there is no mystery that Sherlock Holmes can't solve. Every chapter is a mystery with exquisite layout and strange design. Every picture is the crystallization of wisdom and courage. There is no far-fetched plot, and there are no deliberately designed coincidences. All the details seem to be natural and seamless. No detective novel in the world can compare with it.

In 1928, the American writer H. P. Lovecraft published the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", which was the beginning of the famous "Cthulhu Mythos System" in the history of horror and fantasy novels in the world. This book contains a total of nine Lovecraft representative novels, including "The Call of Cthulhu", "Dagon" and "At the Mountains of Madness". Although these novels are independent chapters, their contents often refer to each other. Together, they build the prototype of the "Cthulhu Mythos System". In 1999, "Call of Cthulhu" was included in the famous classic literature series - Penguin Classics. I think the most merciful thing in the world is that the human brain is unable to connect all the thoughts in the brain. Nowadays, we live on a quiet island of ignorance in the middle of a dark sea, but this does not mean that we must go sailing and explore. Although scientific research in various fields has tried its best to develop along its own trajectory, it has not caused us any harm so far. If we can one day piece together all the unrelated knowledge, then what will appear in front of us will be a very scary reality, and our situation will be full of fear. Until then, we will either be driven mad by the known truth, or we will flee the light and enter a new age of calm and darkness. --"Call of Cthulhu"

The mysterious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlywed woman who is afraid of her husband; a precious necklace hidden in a cherry basket; a mystery writer arrested for murder; an unprecedented marriage plan; can you get a wife with only two pence? Of course, as long as you seize that golden opportunity! ... A relaxing and romantic love adventure, an unexpected ending like O. Henry, and twelve bedtime sketches that will take you into a golden dreamland.

"The God of Murder" is the representative play of French playwright Yasmina Reza. On an ordinary day, two 11-year-old boys had an argument in the park. The former broke the latter's mouth with a stick. This minor dispute over children brought together two couples who had never had any contact with each other. Starting from the negotiation of the child's injury, they uncovered the undercurrents surging under the surface of peaceful life one by one. The laughter, anger, and cynicism between families, between husbands and wives, and between men and women are not only doubts and refutations about the two cognitive concepts of civilization and roughness, but also the collision of Western values ​​​​: killing or peace, heroism or silence. After the release of "God of Killing", it has been performed in many countries around the world. The film of the same name adapted by Polanski won the 2011 Boston Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble, the 2011 Venice Film Festival Little Golden Lion Award, and the Caesar Film Festival Best Adapted Screenplay Award. The script has been adapted on the stage many times in mainland China.

"Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by the British playwright William Shakespeare. The play describes how Romeo, the son of Montague, and Juliet, the daughter of Capulet, fell in love at first sight. In order to pursue free love, they dared to ignore family feuds and even died for love. "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy with romantic lyricism, and it is also an ode to advocating freedom, equality, and marital autonomy.

Euripides was an ancient Greek tragedian who had a great influence on the development of European drama in later generations. He brought the daily lives of ordinary people to the stage. His works presented distinct social issues, created some important images of ordinary people, and also showed profound psychological descriptions. He was an innovator in the development of ancient Greek tragedy. "Medea" is one of Euripides' most famous tragedies and one of the three major tragedies of ancient Greece. Medea was a princess of a barbaric country. She betrayed her country and killed her brother because she fell in love with Jason. At this time, Jason married another Corinthian princess and abandoned Medea. The Corinthian king even wanted to expel her from the country. Medea had no choice but to poison the princess as a gift, then reluctantly killed her and Jason's sons, and escaped in a dragon chariot to take revenge on Jason.

"Timon of Athens" is the last tragedy written by the British playwright William Shakespeare, which was written around 1607-1608. The plot tells the story of the Athenian nobleman Timon, who was generous and charitable by nature, so many people took the opportunity to come and defraud him of money. Later, he went bankrupt, his "friends" left him one after another, and finally died alone in despair. The script exposes the dominant role of money and the evils of money worship. When the protagonist Timon was rich, those dignitaries surrounded him like flies biting blood. When he went bankrupt, they ignored him. Facing the cruel reality, Timon finally woke up and understood that they had never loved him, all they loved was his money.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Tragedies Volume One" contains three of Shakespeare's tragedies. "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's famous dramas. The story tells the story of two people who fell in love at first sight at a dance and then learned each other's identity. In order to be together, Juliet first took fake poison and woke up to find Romeo committing suicide, and he also committed suicide one after another. "Hamlet" is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. The play tells the story of uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, usurped the throne, and married the king's widow; Prince Hamlet therefore avenged his father's death on his uncle. "Othello" is a tragedy written by Shakespeare around 1603. Among Shakespeare's four major tragedies, "Othello" may have the most rigorous dramatic structure, so it can also be said to be the most perfect in terms of artistry.

This set of books is the first complete work of Shakespeare in verse in the Chinese-speaking world. The original form of Shakespeare's drama is a verse drama, which is a verse drama with blank verse as its basic form. Translating poetry into verse, trying to make the translation closer to the original appearance of Shakespeare's drama in terms of tone and language rhythm, is the ultimate appeal of this version. "Historical Drama Volume 2" contains three English historical plays written by Shakespeare. "Henry VI" is Shakespeare's first work, written around 1590-1592. Henry VI had a 14-year history in which the British feudal rule suffered a series of major blows. In France, the Anglo-French war was still going on; in England, the Royal House of Lancaster and the Royal House of York launched the protracted "War of the Roses." "Richard III" is a work by the British playwright William Shakespeare. It realistically describes the short reign of Richard III. The play is believed to have been written around 1591. After Shakespeare completed "Henry VI", he understood that the audience expected a beginning and end of the War of the Roses on the stage, so he wrote "Richard III" following the historical trajectory of "Henry VI". "Henry VIII" is a historical drama created by Shakespeare in his later years after the legendary plays. It is different from his early historical dramas. It has no bloodshed of revenge, no conspiracy to riot, no coup, no war. Some Shakespeare scholars call it "a historical drama without corpses."

With the establishment and development of the liberated areas, the literary and artistic movement in the liberated areas also flourished. Comrade Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art formulated the line and policies of the revolutionary literature and art movement, and profoundly answered a series of long-standing questions in the development of revolutionary literature since the "May Fourth Movement". As a result of implementing Mao Zedong's literary and artistic line, all aspects of literature and art in the liberated areas have taken on a new look. At the same time, although the environment and conditions of literature in the "Kuomintang-controlled areas" are different from those in the liberated areas, the progressive literary and art circles also have climaxes in lashing out darkness and calling for light, rushing towards New China and towards the great meeting of people's literature and art. Every scholar has his own "history of modern Chinese literature" in his heart. Different people have different opinions and can interpret, discuss, argue, and even be incompatible with each other. In fact, perhaps it is precisely because of the numerous authors and diverse opinions that readers are given the opportunity to judge, choose, and ultimately form their own independent opinions. Therefore, I believe that one should never boast that this series of books is superior to others.

"The Hairy Ape" is a play written by Eugene O'Neill that combines realism, expressionism and symbolism. The protagonist Yank is a stoker on an ocean liner. He is proud of his physical strength and is respected by his companions. However, after being insulted by a rich woman among the passengers, he loses the direction of his life and searches for his own sense of belonging. He becomes friends with a gorilla in the zoo, but dies in its strong embrace. The script shows that in a ruthless capitalist society, workers like Yank can only endure inhuman treatment. If they want to change this situation, they will only suffer a more tragic ending.

A top-secret document about the country is missing. Once the contents are leaked, war will break out across Europe... The Prime Minister personally visits Baker Street, trying to recover the damage... The tense international situation is about to break out... Can Holmes recover the stolen document? Can the amazing detective turn the tide this time?

Naoki Award winner Yamamoto Fumio's masterpiece novel is similar to the hit "The First Half of My Life". Mayumi, an urban white-collar worker, became a full-time housewife after getting married. Her husband Hideaki, who works as a salesperson in a residential construction company, is gentle and considerate, and her daughter is cute and well-behaved. She thought her dream life had finally come true, but she was overwhelmed by the unchanging days and determined to return to the workplace. However, her husband became increasingly reticent and difficult to communicate with each day. Eggplant Taro has a stable job and a warm family. His wife Ayako keeps the house in order, and his two sons are smart and lively. He thinks this is a happy life. For the sake of his family, Taro decided to find a residential construction company to renovate the old house. However, after that, Ayako often went out mysteriously. In the reflection of thousands of lights, the happy family is as fragile as a phantom. When the promise of staying together for a lifetime turns into an unchanging ordinary life, how should men and women face all this?

In 1922, Count Rostov was deemed an unrepentant nobleman and sentenced to house arrest in the Metropolitan Hotel opposite the Kremlin. This gentleman, who had never worked a day before and whose only priority in life was the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge, could only live in the attic of this five-star hotel since then, watching the great changes unfolding in Russia under the wheel of history from a unique perspective. His life has also opened a new chapter. Mysterious actresses, quirky girls, chefs and waiters with different personalities... All kinds of encounters and interactions made him experience diverse, subtle and rich emotions. The limited space of the hotel allowed his spirit to enter a broader world.

"Of Mice and Men" is a novella written by Steinbeck. It tells the tragic story of George and Lennie, two impoverished but dependent American migrant agricultural workers during the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s, from having dreams, chasing dreams, getting close to dreams, to having their dreams shattered. The story reveals that in the United States, where the rich and the poor are divided and money is paramount, the loneliness of workers is eternal, the friendship between workers is sincere, and the workers' hope for happiness can only be a straw.

This book takes the protagonist David's growth experience as the main line and describes the ups and downs and joys and sorrows of a large number of characters. It reveals the true face of society at that time on multiple levels and highlights the corrosion of money on marriage, family and society. The author also reveals the corruption of the British education system and the cruelty of the child labor system through David's half-life experience.

Bernie disappeared for a while. Oh no, it should be said that he had reformed. After some hard work, he finally managed to make the second-hand bookstore barely break even. He thought his life would be so comfortable, but he also encountered a problem that most people have trouble with - soaring prices. The new landlord issued a notice that the rent would be increased, and it would be more than ten times the original price. The repentant thief seemed to have only one option left. On the first night he returned to his old business, Bernie encountered a corpse...

After one of the most famous works of the famous 19th century British writer Emily Bronte. The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, an abandoned gypsy boy who was adopted by the old owner of the mountain villa. Due to humiliation and failed love, he went out to get rich. When he came back, he took revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole novel is filled with a strong fighting spirit against oppression and striving for happiness, and is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere. It was initially regarded as a naive fantasy of a young female writer that was divorced from reality. However, combined with the fierce class struggle in the region it describes and the social phenomenon in Britain, it was soon highly recognized by critics and warmly welcomed by readers. The film and television works adapted from this novel have been popular for a long time.

The works of "Oliver in the Twist" have been selected according to the reading lists specified in the new Chinese curriculum standards, embodying the spirit of the new Chinese curriculum standards. Taking into account the fact that the majority of primary and secondary school students have limited study time, and that many world literary masterpieces are voluminous and inconvenient for primary and secondary school students to read, we have referred to and learned from many advantages and strengths of previous translations, and highly condensed them while remaining faithful to the original works, maintaining the outline of the original works. And essence, and adds an introduction before each work to introduce the author's life, the background of the time when the book was written, etc., And indicate the characteristics of the work, its impact on the world, and its position in literary history.

This book is based on a real event. It mainly describes the male protagonist Nekhlyudov seducing his aunt's maid Malosva, making her pregnant and driving her out of the house. Later, she became a prostitute and was tried for murder. The hero appeared in court as a juror and was deeply condemned by his conscience when he saw the woman he had seduced in the past. He ran to avenge her and asked to marry her to atone for his sins. After his appeal failed, he accompanied her into exile in Siberia. His actions touched her and made her fall in love with him again. But in order not to damage his reputation and status, she finally did not marry him and married a revolutionary.

If you are tired of the same life, welcome to Gulliver's world! In the history of human literature, Swift used his advanced thinking to fill "Gulliver's Travels" with novel imagination and became the source of inspiration for countless fantasy novels! The source of inspiration for works such as "The Jungle Book", "Animal Farm", "1984", "Castle in the Sky" and "Harry Potter"! Selected as a recommended must-read for the new curriculum standards and a recommended reading series for "Chinese Language" compiled by the Ministry of Education! "Gulliver's Travels" has been published for nearly three centuries, has been translated into 51 languages, and is widely circulated around the world! Maugham and George Orwell praised this book! Five major features of the new color-illustrated and detailed annotated edition of "Gulliver's Travels": (1) A brand-new translation specially revised by well-known translators Baima and Gemu. The editor has carefully edited and edited it without deleting a word! (2) New detailed annotations! It contains 160 annotations written by two translators for the new edition of "Gulliver's Travels". (3) Special inclusion of translation postscript! Well-known translator Mr. Baima carefully writes and explains Swift's life story in detail! This time, you can read "Gulliver's Travels"! (4) Original new color adventure maps and illustrations, restoring the classic scenes of the Four Kingdoms, making you feel as if you are actually there! (5) Carefully designed chapter pages and text layout, new editing, and smooth reading without obstacles. Four sea adventures, four fantastic and magnificent countries, and four bizarre journeys, let Gulliver take you to temporarily escape from the same life!

"The Gadfly" is the representative work of the Irish female writer Voynich. After being introduced to China in the 1950s, it became very popular and became one of the favorites of young people at that time. Arthur, an Italian young man, was born into a wealthy businessman family, but he resolutely joined the revolution as an adult. Due to negligence, he leaked the secret, which led to the arrest of his comrades in arms, misunderstood his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Gemma, and painfully discovered that he was the illegitimate son of Father Montanelli, whom he had admired for a long time. Under the harsh reality education, he used fake suicide as a cover and ran away angrily. After 13 years of wandering abroad, he became a determined revolutionary under the pseudonym "Gadfly". He returned to his country to organize armed forces, smuggled arms and actively prepared for the uprising. In the end, he was unfortunately arrested. Faced with threats from the military and his biological father's persuasion to surrender, he remained unmoved and died calmly. "Gadfly" also tells the story of the snow-like pure and innocent love between Gadfly and the girl Qinma, as well as the intertwined love and hate for his father. It is very sad to read.

This book is Montesquieu's only literary work, and it consists of one hundred and sixty letters. The letter contains detailed observations and sharp criticisms of the French society at that time, descriptions of bloodshed, sensuality and death, conversations between black and white eunuchs and their imprisoned wives and concubines, and lingering love words from the master in a foreign country. This is a novel that combines travel notes and political commentary, as well as a philosophical novel.

Mark Twain is the founder of American critical realism literature and a world-renowned master of short stories. William Faulkner called him "a truly American writer from whom we all descend." "Mark Twain Short Stories (Hardcover Collection)" collects Mark Twain's famous short stories. These popular short stories are humorous in writing and pungent in language. They sharply satirize and expose the speculation, money worship, and dark social reality that are prevalent in the United States like a plague.

This book includes three biographies: "The Biography of Beethoven", "The Biography of Michelangelo" and "The Biography of Tolstoy". The work emphasizes the spirit of freedom and allows the world to "breathe the breath of heroes." The three biographies of this book are all extremely talented and great figures in human history. Their lives are rich and colorful, their works are profound and magnificent, and their influence lasts for generations. Romain Rolland firmly grasps these three artists in their respective fields. The similarities between them are focused on depicting their mental journeys of enduring hardships and ups and downs without changing their original intentions in the troubled life journey, highlighting their noble personality, fraternal emotions and broad mind, thus composing another "heroic symphony" for us.

To improve your writing skills, read Chekhov. A word is an image, a sentence is a story. The new curriculum standards recommend reading, and the selected articles "The Man in the Trap" and "The Chameleon" are required readings in the "Chinese" textbook. The brand new version combines test points, reading expansion, Chekhov research experts review the full text, and analyzes the test points of key chapters of "Chameleon" and "The Man in the Trap". In the history of human literature, "the world's master of short stories" Chekhov raised the art of short stories to a new level with his concise and powerful writing style. The book selects 18 representative works of Chekhov's novels, including "The Chameleon", "The Man in the Trap", "The Death of an Official" and other famous works. The police officer who adapts to the wind; the conservative and stubborn teacher; the timid official... Each of Chekhov's novels is like a miniature world. Reading Chekhov is reading our own lives. In the history of human literature, Chekhov, the world's master of short stories, used concise and powerful writing methods to deeply observe the daily lives of ordinary people and created a new literary form.

"Millions of Pounds" was selected as a must-read series for the new curriculum standards. It is a novel by the famous American writer Mark Twain. It tells the story of Henry, a poor clerk, and his adventures in London. Two wealthy brothers in London made a bet to see how Henry would end up within a month by lending him a million-dollar note that could not be cashed. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only did not starve to death or be arrested, but instead became a rich man and won the heart of a beautiful lady. Mark Twain used a slightly exaggerated approach to humorously satirize and attack the money worship that was popular in society at that time. This book also contains many satirical and legendary novels such as "Running for Governor" and "The Mysterious Stranger". With the help of vivid paintings of the world, it analyzes the weaknesses of human nature such as desire, greed, hypocrisy, suspicion, etc. It serves as a warning to the world, makes people think, and allows us to understand ourselves more objectively, treat our own weaknesses correctly, and then establish a correct outlook on life and values.

"Crime and Punishment" is an outstanding social psychological novel. It heartily analyzes the psychology of criminals and tears apart the gloomy veil of society. It is the masterpiece that won Dostoevsky world-wide reputation. The novel describes a poor college student, Raskolnikov, who was forced to commit murder due to the pressure of making a living. After experiencing a painful inner struggle, he met the girl with a holy soul, Sonia, a prostitute who fell into prostitution for the sake of an unfortunate family. This finally led him to the road of atonement and the dawn of new life... The novel takes the protagonist's crime and the conscience and moral punishment he received after the crime as the main line, and extensively describes the desperate situation of the poor in Russian cities and the increasingly acute social contradictions. With true sympathy and full of anger, the author mercilessly presents the darkness, abject poverty, despair and filth of the Russian capital in the 1860s to readers.

This book tells the story of a poor farmer who was sentenced to a heavy sentence for stealing a piece of bread. When he was released from prison nineteen years later, his heart was full of hatred for this unfair society and a strong desire for revenge. But a kind-hearted bishop influenced him with love. From then on, he determined to be a good person and do good deeds, live with dignity and value, and also use love to influence others. The humanitarian spirit of supremacy of benevolence runs through the central idea of ​​the book.