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The Complete Collection of Yushou Cleansing Series (10 Volumes in Total)

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There are 10 volumes in the Mitarachi series, including: "The Melody of Mitarachi", "Greetings of Mitarachi", "The Dance of Mitarachi", "Crime in the Sloping House", "The Foreign Knight", "Abnormal Place", "The Man-eating Tree of the Dark Slope", "The Screwman", "Astrological Killing Magic" and "The Clown on the Roof".

Confessions of a Wicked Woman

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Seven years ago, literary editor Lifan received a submission called "Keeping a Dog". The novel was full of brutal sadism and aversion to men. The work was rated as "heavy-tasting and demeaning to men" and was not published, and the author has since disappeared. Seven years later, Lifan received the second submission from the mysterious writer. The story begins with the reunion of two old friends from their student days. The two people with different stances have differences in the conversation, and their murderous intention becomes stronger and stronger. "Just kill this woman." As the plot progressed, Lifan was surprised to see his own shadow in the protagonist of the novel. What's even more frightening is that this novel seems to be inextricably linked to the violent "Raising Dogs" seven years ago...

Mr. Spy: the Infallible Killer

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Forsyth, the master of spy novels who alarmed the world's four major intelligence organizations! Forsyth worked secretly for MI6 for more than 20 years, drove a tank at the age of 6, and became a fighter pilot at the age of 19! He is well aware of the espionage techniques of various countries around the world, and is the focus of the CIA and Israel's Mossad! At the same time, he is also the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Eight of his works have been adapted into movies, with cumulative sales exceeding 70 million copies! In the world of espionage, if you can't solve the problem, you become the problem! This book contains a total of 10 classic suspense short stories by Forsyth, including assassination, conspiracy, revenge, hijacking, blackmail and counter-blackmail. Its ingenious and witty arrangements and unexpected endings will surely amaze you. For most wealthy people, finding a partner who doesn't love money is crucial. Sanderson, who had been single for many years, met such a woman. They admired each other, but fate played a big joke on them: she was already someone else's woman. The intertwining of love, need, desire, and lust left Sanderson in agony. He was determined to get rid of the troublesome husband. Sanderson's assassination plan was precise and rigorous. However, the fruit of the nightmare had been quietly planted long before he had thoughts of murder...

The Night Walk of One Hundred Ghosts Full-length Series: the Principles of the New Wife (complete Collection)

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On May 2, the 27th year of the Showa era (1952), a 19-year-old girl in Tokyo was tragically killed by having her eyes pierced with a cone in front of her tenant's house. Starting from this murder, a 35-year-old promiscuous woman, a 30-year-old female teacher, and a 28-year-old satin shop proprietress were murdered by the same method one after another. The society was shocked. The media called the murderer the "Eye-Bearing Demon." The Metropolitan Police Department identified the murderer as the tenant of the first murder case, but the whereabouts of the murderer were unknown, and the four victims could not find anything in common, so the police investigation fell into a stalemate... In the remote countryside of Chiba Prefecture, rumors spread about St. Bernard Women's College, an aristocratic Christian school for girls: seven mysteries, collective prostitution among students, a wishing constellation stone that can cause the death of the cursed object, the Black Madonna wandering around the campus late at night... After a female student who was insulted by a male teacher made a wish to the constellation stone, the male teacher was strangled. The female student also jumped off the building after seeing the teacher's body. A strange atmosphere filled the campus... The eldest daughter and her husband-in-law, a wealthy weaving writer in Chiba Prefecture who had a close relationship with the Zaibatsu Shibata family, died suddenly one after another. Rumors spread that the father and daughter were poisoned. Antique dealer Imagawa was invited to a weaver known as the "Spider Web Mansion" to appraise antiques. However, his successor and son-in-law was brutally murdered. The seemingly wealthy weaver had many unknown inside stories. Several seemingly unrelated murders eventually pointed to the weaver. At the invitation of the Shibata family, Enokizu and Chuzenji intervened, but they were still unable to prevent the deaths of related figures. How Chuzenji finally uncovered the netherband (i. E., The spider) covered with heaven and earth, let's look at "The Theory of the Arborist Lady" by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, which has a precise layout, compact plot, and powerful writing.

Star Color

Star Color

General Fiction

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Lovecraft expert Donald R. Burleson called the story "one of his stylistically and conceptually finest short stories." He extends terror into the universe. The film of the same name starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2019 and will be released in the United States in January 2020. The story begins with an unknown surveyor from Boston, told from the first-person perspective. The surveyor came to Arkham to conduct surveys to help build a local reservoir. Later, through the narration of the locals, he gradually uncovered a dusty history and terrible secrets - about a place called the "Blighted Wasteland" that was avoided by the locals in Arkham. The locals are tight-lipped about the so-called "blighted wasteland". So the surveyor couldn't get any information from the townspeople, but he did learn that a man named Old Ami Pierce knew the details. So the surveyor found an Ami Pierce - he looked exactly like the local residents said, a crazy-looking old man. After hard work, old Ami Pierce told the surveyor a personal experience and the story of the farmer Gardner family who once lived on the cursed land. Ami claimed that it all started when a meteorite fell on the Gardner property in June 1882. But then, the color it brought not only took away the lives of the Gardner family, but also gradually caused nature to take on otherworldly and otherworldly tones. Under its influence, all bright and beautiful things became mutated, corrupted, turned gray and brittle, until they disappeared.

Maid Strange Stories: a Collection of Short Stories Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Eul Yi's Debut

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A new work by Otoichi, the winner of Japan's original reasoning award! Five imaginative news, five unexpected reversals! If the obsession is too deep, it becomes a sharp knife that stabs oneself! A stubborn maid accidentally enters a deserted old house, hears strange cries, and pursues the truth about the ghost; a man is bent on hiding the secret of unemployment, but is deeply obsessed with fantasy and completely crazy; the gardener suddenly dies in the middle of the night, and the real culprit is among the paranoid rich man, the maid, and the housekeeper; through the film, the young man actually gets a glimpse of his life decades later, and cannot leave the world behind; the mysterious girl is still resentful, and a wonderful encounter allows her to realize her long-cherished wish for revenge! Five imaginative news, five unexpected reversals!

Missing Holiday

Missing Holiday

General Fiction

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This is a heart-warming novel about "loneliness and love", a masterpiece of reasoning intertwined with sadness, tenderness, terror, youth and evil. Revealing the gentle, bright, lonely and unknown side of "Baek Yiyi". "Bai Yiyi" series of pure love works, see how Yiyi plays with healing reasoning. "Happy Baby" How does he live in the same room with the dead and look for opportunities for rebirth? "Maria's Finger" I hid her "disappeared" finger, but who was the murderer? Why did a girl from a wealthy family sleep with a kidnapper in "The Missing Holiday"? Cut out words from the magazine and spell them out as a kidnapping letter, then secretly send it home. Starting today, my stepmother's harsh words, my father's betrayal, and the fact that this family can continue to function without me, all don't matter to me. On January 4th, the weather was fine, and I kidnapped-myself! A teenager who is afraid of being forgotten, afraid of being hurt, and refuses to contact the outside world. Every time he holds his breath and disappears, he actually tries his best to shout, "Actually, I am here!" He disappears in order to be found by someone. "Missing Holiday" is a missing person notice written by Yiyi for each missing person. So believe that no matter how secretly you hide, someone will find you.

Summer Ghost

Summer Ghost

General Fiction

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Know the urban legend of the Summer Ghost? It is said that whenever fireworks are lit on a summer night, the ghost of the young woman will appear from the abandoned airport runway. Tomoya, who is unable to move towards the life he loves, Aoi, who cannot find a place to live, and Ryo, whose days are numbered in the future - three teenagers who want to commit suicide, come to the airport with different moods. They hope to see the deceased and ask them: "What does it feel like to die?"

The Frequency of Loneliness (hardcover Edition)

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A collection of stories about loneliness and affection. "Future Forecast" After the boy with the power of prophecy said those words to me, our lives changed forever... "The Girl in the Film" "Sadako" who called my name in the film slowly turned her head in the video, teacher... What's wrong with you? "The Hand Grabbed by the Thief" The hand that quietly reaches into the crack in the wall for the purpose of stealing, what it grabs is not banknotes or jewelry, but another hand? "The Lost World" After becoming a vegetative state due to a car accident, I stood alone in the darkness, looking for a way to make my family happy...

Learn Slowly

Learn Slowly

General Fiction

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"Learning Slowly" collects five short stories published by Thomas Pynchon from 1959 to 1964 in his youth: "Little Rain", "Lowlands", "Entropy", "Under the Rose" and "Secret Fusion". Each article contains the iconic themes and techniques of Pynchon's novel creation, and also reveals many clues about his growth trajectory: his naval career, his tribute to le Carré, the origin of his obsession with "entropy"...

There is a Kind of Harem Called Concubine De (四)

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Night of the Rat

Night of the Rat

General Fiction

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The director of a hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo, was called out by a phone call and reappeared as a corpse. The dean was stabbed with a sharp weapon and had two circles of wire wrapped around his neck. He died miserably. What made the police even more confused was that the deceased was wearing a medical white coat, which should have been specially put on by the murderer after his death. Why did the murderer bother to put a white coat on the body after committing the crime? While the police were investigating, another doctor disappeared... This book contains nine short stories, showing the beautiful but cruel world written by Renjo Mikihiko.

There is a Kind of Harem Called Virtuous Concubine (1)

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Book of Two Worlds: Stealing Heaven (volume 3)

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Murder 1990

Murder 1990

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Accident Widow

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Looking for Remains

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The Tragedy of the Orangutan

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Professional Assassin

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Fatal Error

Fatal Error

Suspense

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Deals in Your Pocket

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Pink Female Thief

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Final Sleep

Final Sleep

Suspense

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39K06

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Goal 20

Goal 20

General Fiction

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Lisa is back! The girl who calmly saved herself after being kidnapped sent the trafficker to jail. But it wasn't over yet. On the day of the trial, Lisa was stopped in the court parking lot by Verada, a girl who said she was also a victim of a human trafficking organization. Verada told Lisa that the kidnappers were just members of several branch organizations, and that the core "central ring" of the organization was still behind the scenes, and planned to turn Lisa into the 20th victim of the "lobster pool" eighteen years later. What is a "lobster pond"? Where is the "central ring" hidden? In order to find the answer, complete the revenge plan, and save all the victimized women, Lisa followed the clues left by Verada and pursued her for 18 years, even her mother died for it. In grief, Lisa turned into a sharp knife and went straight to the throat of the mastermind behind the scenes. This time, no one can escape justice...

The Wizard of London (volume 3): Call of Light

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Red London - the balanced world protected by magic; Gray London - the cruel ordinary world; White London - the representative of power and absolute control; Black London - the source of magic destroyed by the plague and isolated from the world. Hundreds of years ago, the door connecting the worlds in London was opened, and the world was balanced and stable. But the good times didn't last long. Humanity's thirst for power, endless demand for magic, and expansion of desires led to the fall of Black London, and the magic disappeared. People closed the door to travel and stayed away, assigning the few remaining "travelers" selected by magic to travel through it and exchange information through letters. Red London, which lost Antari, fell into chaos. The evil shadow calling itself "God" controlled the entire city, intending to force everyone to surrender and seize the world. Laila went to White London alone to rescue the scarred Kyle. After the two returned to Red London, they found that the world had become riddled with holes. They had to sail away to find the hope of victory. After successive blows, forced growth, and tragic betrayal, the grieving Len had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire kingdom, guard the palace alone, never give up, and defend his Red London...

Dentist Murder

Dentist Murder

General Fiction

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One, two, buckle the shoes; three, four, close the door; five, six, hold the branch; seven, eight, straighten it; nine, ten, the fat hen; eleven, twelve, explore deeply; thirteen, fourteen, the female courting; fifteen, sixteen, the cooks; seventeen, eighteen, waiting; nineteen, twenty, finally dispersing. How scary is going to the dentist? When the great detective Poirot went to Dr. Morley's clinic for a dental check-up, his self-confidence dropped to zero. Unexpectedly, Dr. Morley committed suicide in the consulting room a few hours later. Why did a dentist commit suicide during a busy working day? A shoe buckle becomes the key to solving the case. Now, true to the nursery rhyme, can Poirot pick out useful branches and build them into a bird's nest?

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Youth Fiction

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He is the coldest and most domineering male protagonist in history. On the way to their premeditated meeting, she brought her ID card and household register to interview her, and she woke up to become his legal wife. What reunion could be more successful than theirs? All this stems from an accident three years ago. She was forced to move away from home, and he lost his medical qualification because of her. Three years later, she desperately returned to him, wanting to fulfill her promise. However, the person she once loved the most had become a complete stranger - was he keeping her by his side a deliberate revenge, or a hidden affection? She didn't know that in fact, his longing for her was the biggest premeditated plan, which made him unable to help himself and gradually trapped her into a trap of deep love.

Popular Chapter Novel: Liaohai Danzhonglu (1)

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Love is Always Unknown (collection of Works of Ryu Murakami)

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The mysterious bar that transcends time and space is filled with a dreamlike atmosphere, inviting you to embark on an unprecedented spiritual journey; 40 European and American classic old songs, each of which is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation after nearly a century of time; the suspenseful storyline fully demonstrates Murakami Ryu's amazing ability to integrate music into words. According to rumors, there is a dream jazz bar that transcends time and space in Tokyo, New York, Paris, or somewhere else. In order to find it, the hero talked with various men in various bars. They all remembered the passing time with him and talked about music, love and dreams with a touch of sadness. At the end of every conversation, a female jazz singer will always appear on the stage of the bar to sing jazz classics for us. The lyrics are poetic and dreamlike, integrating with the state of mind, making people forget about the world and become completely intoxicated. At the end of the story, I finally walked into that dreamy jazz bar while half asleep, and experienced the ultimate happiness in life...

Brodeck's Report

Brodeck's Report

General Fiction

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In a small village on the border of France and Germany, a mysterious stranger was killed. Brodeck, the only college student in the village, was responsible for drafting a report to the higher-level administrative agency. In the process of investigating the incident, Brodeck, who is also an "outsider" himself, retraced the strange events that happened after the strangers arrived in the village, and discovered many secrets hidden by the villagers. He gradually uncovered the darkness and ugliness of human nature, and also awakened his own painful memories of World War II.

The Most Thrilling Tomb-exploring Journey: the Master of Tomb Robbers

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The loquat ghost at the foot of Mount Laoshan; the giant turtle in the East China Sea; the Loulan Underground Dynasty in the Western Region; the Six Paths Demon Cave in the Holy Lake... What monster appears in the Corpse-Eating Cave in Kunlun Mountain? What is there in the secret underground base of the Japanese army in Tengchong, Yunnan? Where is the legendary tomb of Genghis Khan? What kind of rare treasures are there? What are water repellent beads? Are there any ancient legends in this world that we have never heard of? ...

Zero Point

Zero Point

General Fiction

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A past of change of heart and betrayal, two women with completely different personalities, and three pairs of young men and women trapped in emotional entanglements. At the gathering at Seagull Point, everyone gathered from all directions felt the tragedy was coming. In fact, the murder has already begun. It silently goes through the cause and process, and reaches its climax at a specific time and place. The murder itself is the end of the story, the zero-point moment.

The Daughter of Time (new Translation)

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Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard, who is good at studying faces, is hospitalized after breaking his leg. Bored, he discovers a historical mystery that has been hidden for four hundred years: Did Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty of England, send someone to kill his two nephews who were said to be imprisoned in the Tower of London in order to retain the throne? How did Detective Grant peel off the cocoons, get closer to the historical truth, and overturn the case of Shakespeare's infamous Richard III? This book can be called a representative work of historical mystery novels. "Truth is the daughter of time." "A completely untrue story gradually turned into a legend, while those who knew it was not true stood by and said nothing."

The King of Nordic Suspense Novels: the Works of Yo Nesbo (12 Volumes in Total)

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This set of books is the most comprehensive police detective suspense novel by the king of Nordic suspense novels, Yo Nesbo. They are "Headhunter", "Bat", "Cockroach", "Mockingbird", "Avenger", "Penta", "Redeemer", "Snowman", "Cheetah: Two Volumes", "Ghost", "Police" and "Thirst", a total of 12 volumes. "Headhunting Game": An intriguing scam × two hunters with their own scheming × a headhunting game with a different tone: the plots are interlocking, the rhythm is tense and exciting, and the famous spoof scenes are frequent, absurd and funny. "Bat": Multiple blond women were sexually assaulted and then strangled to death. When all the clues pointed to a circus clown and an arrest was imminent, the clown was brutally murdered! "Cockroach": The Norwegian Embassy in Thailand was found dead in a brothel hotel. The tough-guy police detective Harry went to a foreign country again and ventured into Bangkok's red light district to search for clues, but found that he was sent just as a smokescreen and no one expected him to find the truth. "Mockingbird" from the Oslo Trilogy: A sniper rifle with unknown purpose and great power sneaks into Norway, pointing to a crime that has not yet been discovered and is brewing secretly. "The Avengers" of the Oslo Trilogy: a bank robbery with no trace, a love song of life intertwined with love and hate. Harry's ex-girlfriend dies suddenly, and he becomes the number one suspect in the murder... The Oslo Trilogy: "Pentagram": The successive murders or disappearances of women have torn apart Oslo's leisurely and quiet summer. This is a death game set by the devil, and everything is related to the number "5". "The Redeemer": the prequel to Nesboden's "The Snowman". This is the last mission and this mission requires only one bullet. "The Snowman": This year, Harry is about to enter the 40th mark, and his lover is also involved in danger... "The Cheetah: Complete Two Volumes": A terrifying weapon called an apple, a crazy hunter hiding in the dark. "Ghost": Maybe life only teaches you one thing, and that is that you cannot turn back time. "Police": There are some things in life that you cannot escape after all, because completing them is the meaning of your existence! "Thirst": His thirst is like fire. If it is not extinguished, it will engulf everything.

Emperor Kangxi: Chaos and Xiaoqiang

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"Chaos in the Xiaoqiang" is the fourth volume of "Emperor Kangxi". It focuses on the selection of the crown prince by Kangxi and the conflicts among the princes competing for the crown prince. There were many bad policies in Kangxi's later years. For example, officials were corrupt and perverted the law, and unjust cases occurred repeatedly; relatives and veterans of the imperial family borrowed money from the treasury, resulting in a national treasury deficit; land taxes were uneven and land was highly concentrated. Kangxi sent people to clean up and rectify many times, but because the crown prince Yin was cowardly and incompetent, greedy and promiscuous, ignorant of government affairs, and busy with party disputes, he had to give up halfway. Kangxi was very dissatisfied with this and had to depose him, then establish him again, establish him again, and then depose him. The princes took the opportunity to cause chaos, formed cliques, and competed to become the crown prince, which caused a feud among the brothers. Kangxi later simply "released the deer in the Central Plains" and allowed them to compete with each other. The fourth prince Yin had always been mean to others and was known as the "cold-faced king". Due to the guidance of counselor Wu Sidao, he had outstanding political achievements in eradicating bad governance and was selected by Kangxi. Kangxi issued a condemnation edict: the fourth prince who was passed down would be the future Emperor Yongzheng.

Rosie Must Be Rescued

Rosie Must Be Rescued

General Fiction

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Extremely paranoid love often hides extreme murderous intent. A suspenseful masterpiece from the International Dagger Award winner! Read it in 2 hours and find out the absurd truth behind the extreme crime! "Rosie Must Be Rescued" is the third installment in the "Camille Verhoeven Sheriff Quadrilogy", which also includes "Alex Must Be Found" and "Camille Must Be Sacrifice". Each one can be read individually! A man claimed to have planted seven bombs in the bustling center of Paris, but after the first bomb exploded, he voluntarily surrendered. He told the police that unless his mother Rosie was released, a bomb would be detonated every 24 hours. But there's more to his plan...

Big Deal

Big Deal

General Fiction

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Although Zhang Yong is a commoner, he has ambitions, wants to make money, and wants to get rich; he borrows money to raise money, makes big bets, merges and reorganizes; joins forces, big fish eats small fish; strategizes in the fierce business competition, step by step to make small businesses bigger, make small companies stronger, and finally create his own business empire.

Faulkner's Nobel Prize-winning Collected Works: the Sound and the Fury

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"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel written by American writer William Faulkner in 1929. It tells the story of the family tragedy of the Compson family, a declining landowner in the South. Readers who like Faulkner's works should not miss this book. Old Compson was idle and addicted to drinking and drinking. His wife is selfish, cruel, and resentful. The eldest son desperately clung to the so-called old traditions of the South. He was filled with love and hate because of his sister's romantic nature and her status as a southern lady, and even committed suicide by drowning. The second son is cold and greedy, while the third son is an idiot. At 33 years old, he only has the intelligence of a 3-year-old child. The full text revolves around the sister's fall through the inner monologues of the three sons. Finally, the black maid's "limited perspective" on the first three parts is supplemented. The work uses multi-angle narrative methods and stream-of-consciousness techniques such as montage. It is a classic work of stream-of-consciousness novels and even the entire modern novel.

Tenant

Tenant

General Fiction

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In 1922, in post-war England, men were scarce. Frances's brother died, her father died, and her servants left. It was difficult to maintain the original decent life. She and her mother had to rent out the second floor of their home for newspapers. The young Barbour couple moved into their home, and the old bedroom was given a new look. The quiet house was filled with party noises. The intimate coexistence also awakened the desire in Frances's heart. When the secrets were lifted from her chest, the love affair was as bright as the summer in England. However, one autumn rainy night, a conflict exposed the lies beneath the gentle surface, and a fresh life suddenly ended. This was a secret that the two of them guarded quietly, but when it was stained with blood, it finally shocked the whole city.

The Chronicles of Narnia 4: the Silver Chair

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Eustace and the girl Jill were chased by a group of bad students and escaped into a small door leading to the wilderness. They unexpectedly found themselves in Aslan's land. They accepted the task entrusted by Aslan to find King Caspian's missing only son, Prince Rilian. The queen was bitten to death by a green snake, and soon the prince was lured away by a beautiful woman in green. In fact, the beauty in green is a snake spirit who uses magic to control Prince Ruilian. Prince Ruilian was awake for only one hour at night. But at this time, the snake spirit tied him in a silver chair and controlled him with magic. Eustace and Gil, together with the swamp monster who helped them, embarked on a dangerous road of search, but because Gil forgot Aslan's instructions, a lot of dangers increased.

Snow Falls on Fragrant Cedar Tree

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An American middle school teacher spent ten years writing a story about his overnight fame. He fictionalized an island near Seattle with green cedars and strawberries, a small world closed by the sea, intertwined with love, war, racial discrimination and suspenseful murders... Two men came to the life of the Japanese girl Hatsue: Ishmael, a neighbor boy, was her first love, and they had the same breath; Miyamoto Kabuto, a Japanese classmate who had a crush on her and eventually became her husband, they were connected by blood. The Pearl Harbor incident broke out, and the contradiction between Japan and the United States intensified unprecedentedly. Japanese residents were deported to concentration camps in the western desert. Men take to the battlefield. The war rudely interrupted love and intertwined fate... Many years later, at the scene of a suspected murder trial, the three protagonists in a love story that could not seek justice reunited at the intersection of fate. The soul of an island and a Japanese suspect face the court trial together: the themes of good and evil, love and forgiveness, justice and prejudice, kindness and indifference are intertwined and played on the keys and strings of every unpredictable heart, forming a magnificent, subtle and soul-piercing symphony of humanity.

Mediocre People (collected Works of Richard Yates)

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The representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and the "writer's writer"; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in literary attainments, and is deeply loved by Kurt Vonnege. Gut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Richard Ford and other famous writers fans; "Yates, Fitzgerald and Hemingway can be regarded as the three indisputable American figures in the twentieth century. The greatest compliment I can give Yates is that he writes more like a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see what he describes." - David Hare (The Hours and The Reading) The protagonist of the novel, John Wilder, is a real visionary. Over the age of 35, he is a boring but slightly successful salesman in the countryside. He has a lovely wife and a 10-year-old son, who is plain but warm. However, life is always full of twists and turns: his family no longer regards him as the glory of the family, because he abandoned and betrayed his marriage, his former family collapsed, he had nowhere to go, and eventually became addicted to alcohol. Overwhelmed, Wilder left home, resigned, and came to Hollywood, where he believed his dream would eventually become a reality. It seems that bad luck has never let go of this sinner who has made mistakes. His lover abandoned him and the producer ruthlessly rejected him. All kinds of misfortunes deepened his dependence on alcohol and dragged him into an increasingly bottomless hell.

Poor Relative 1: Uncle Bangs

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Uncle Bangs was a musician, an honest and noble self-reliant man. He likes the art of painting very much. In order to seize the inheritance of the lonely Hambans, some high-sounding people like Camusot, the chief judge of the royal family, tried every means to murder him and would not give up until they achieved their goal. For Pons, collecting famous paintings was a noble hobby; for his wealthy relatives, famous paintings were just a means to make a fortune.

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In the early morning hours of July 2, 1950, a figure approached the relic hall of Kinkakuji Temple, a national treasure of Japan, in the dark. Soon, flames shot into the sky and many precious cultural relics were reduced to ashes. Soon, the police suddenly announced that they had caught the arsonist: a 21-year-old college student, who confessed that he ignited the crime because he was envious of the beauty of Kinkakuji... The news spread, shocking the whole of Japan. Popular writer Mishima Yukio decided to go to the crime scene in person to find the truth. He was vaguely aware that there were unknown secrets hidden here.

The Curate of Tours (complete Works of Fu Lei)

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"The Curate of Tours" mainly tells the story of how a bishop rose from obscurity, lurked at the bottom, and was suppressed by others for more than ten years. When everyone saw that he was about to die and relaxed their vigilance, with an attitude of sympathy and mercy, step by step, by what means, he finally succeeded in climbing to the position of bishop; and how did he turn around and attack at the most hopeless moment?

Possessed

Possessed

General Fiction

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"Possessed" is the masterpiece of the Austrian writer Hermann Bloch, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature and is known as one of the "four greatest novelists in Central Europe". The story takes place ten years after the First World War. It tells the story of a tramp who comes to a small mountain village and pollutes the entire village with his deadly and harmful thoughts, causing all the villagers to fall into a state of obsession, which then triggers a series of evil events... "Possession" provides a profound and sharp analysis of the blind obedience of the masses and reflects on the cultural shortcomings of Europe. It is considered one of the most classic works about the rise of the Nazis, comparable to Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain". So far it has been translated into English, French, Japanese, Hungarian, Czech and Polish and other languages. This is the first time it has been translated into Chinese.

The Count of Monte Cristo (all 4 Volumes)

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"The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844-1845) is also translated as "The Count of Monte Cristo". This novel is the most righteous masterpiece among Alexandre Dumas's works. The novel tells a wonderful story of revenge. A young and handsome captain was assassinated by his friends. After experiencing a long and difficult injustice, he learned the essentials and principles of surviving in desperate situations with superhuman perseverance and wisdom. When he finally escaped from the unjust prison and breathed the first breath of free air after going through all kinds of hardships, he got a second rebirth from body to soul. Fate gave him infinite wisdom and huge wealth, which enabled him to finally succeed in revenge...

Dual Personality

Dual Personality

General Fiction

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"Double Personality" is one of Dostoevsky's important works. It caused a huge response when it was published. It clearly reflects Dostoevsky's creative characteristics. The exploration of the human heart was advanced at the time and is still of practical significance today.

Roth's Novels 4: Endless Escape

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"Endless Escape" is one of Roth's early masterpieces. The protagonist Tonda is a lieutenant in the Austrian army. He was captured by the Russians during the World War. After being rescued by the Poles, he stayed in a remote farm in Siberia until the end of the war. While trying to return to Vienna via Ukraine, he was injured and rescued and became a member of the Soviet Red Army. Tongda experienced the war and peace at the beginning of the Soviet Union. After her love affair with Natasha and Alya ended, she returned to Vienna to find her fiancée Irene. At this time, everything in Europe was different from the past, and he could no longer integrate into the old life with his previous vision and attitude. The novel shows the confusion and loss of the young generation in Europe after the war. Against the background of the great changes of the times, it calmly and profoundly writes about individual hesitation and thinking. "Strawberry" belongs to Roth's works of the same period. With Roth's precise pen and ink, it describes the life of a small city in eastern Europe and records the last appearance of the old world before the advent of modern industry and commerce.

Angel, Looking at Hometown (complete Collection)

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Eugene was born in a small town called Altmont. His mother, Eliza, drove him and his sisters to the streets to earn money when he was very young. When he was 8 years old, Eliza made the South City a boarding house, and Eugene stayed with her. Eugene's sister Helen has been staying at home with her father. Other children moved between the two homes. Eugene hates "Nando". At the age of 16, Eugene entered state college. By the end of his senior year, Eugene had become a big figure on campus. Later, the sudden death of his brother Ben put him in extreme pain. His father was seriously ill, and there were quarrels between the brothers and sisters over the inheritance. Because Eugene had gone to college, they deducted his share of the inheritance and forced him to sign. His mother promised to provide him with one year's tuition, and he left his hometown to go to Harvard University...

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