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"The Volcano Lover" is Susan Sontag's most famous historical novel. It traces the decades of history before and after the 1799 Naples Revolution through the actions of the British ambassador to Naples, the ambassador's wife and her lover the British admiral. He criticized the dissoluteness of the British forces and the Naples feudal dynasty, the inhumanity of suppressing the revolution, and sympathized with and praised the revolution.

Half the world is reading all night long! The first part of Ken Follett's "Medieval Trilogy", author of "The Fall of Giants", a novel that brings the history of the Middle Ages to life! BBC Readers' Choice Novel of the Year, and recommended by talk show queen Oprah's Book Club, its reputation has spread all over the world. The British drama adaptation of the same name stars Oscar winner "Freckles". Twelfth century England. A poor builder wanted only to build a beautiful cathedral. After many twists and turns, he finally encountered an opportunity. But the construction process of a cathedral is a struggle between various forces: the church, the nobility, the royal family, "witches"... The construction of the church has been repeatedly interfered with. Every sound has the potential to make or destroy him.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand - in the spring of 1553, Jane and her sister Catherine held their wedding at the same time. This was the starting point of the Gray sisters' happiness, but their fate was overturned by the early death of King Edward. Henry VIII had no more heirs, and his daughters, who had lost their titles as princesses, regarded the Gray family as pretenders to the throne and wanted to get rid of them. The devout Jane serves God wholeheartedly, the romantic Catherine just wants to spend this life with her lover, and the younger sister Mary, who was born with a disability, strives to live an ordinary life. The three people who originally had nothing to do with power disputes are about to embark on a completely different path under the burden of the Tudor crown... The translation has been comprehensively revised to improve accuracy and fluency, and the overall unified translation has improved the deficiencies of the old translation. The reprinted character relationship diagram and supplementary annotations make it easier for readers to read without any threshold.

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"Chronicles of the Nations of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is a chapter-length historical novel describing the history of my country's Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It relatively comprehensively reflects the deeds of various countries competing for hegemony and dominance during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty for more than a hundred years. The whole book is based on the famous ancient historical books "Zuo Zhuan", "Guoyu", "Warring States Policy" and "Historical Records" as the basic basis for narration, and takes the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period as the main line. The grand scenes, the large time span, the complexity of the events, the number of characters, and the profound descriptions are difficult to match in the history books of later generations. The stories connected in chronological order contain the political strategy of strengthening the army and enriching the people, the diplomatic wisdom of all-in-one, and the philosophy of life in dealing with the world. They enable people to gain a high-level overall thinking and profound and pure cultural nourishment, which has far-reaching influence.

This book contains nine short stories by the talented American female writer O'Connor. Including "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "Greenleaf", "Apocalypse", "All Things That Rise Must Converge", etc. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" has become O'Connor's masterpiece with its thrilling and comical aesthetic effects. A family of six drove to Florida and encountered the fugitive "Misfit" on the way. The grandmother at home kept chattering all the way, and she still refused to stop her self-righteous preaching when faced with the danger of the gangsters. Contrary to the appearance of pretending to be pious, she was selfish and vain in her heart, full of all kinds of small calculations, and finally pushed the whole family off the cliff of fate. Other works included in this book also demonstrate O'Connor's outstanding imagination and extraordinary narrative ability. These unparalleled works have become an important foundation for American southern literature.

The Chinese translation of "Cold Spring Harbor", the representative work of Richard Yates, a faithful recorder of mainstream American life in the mid-20th century and "a writer's writer", is released for the first time; Richard Yates is on par with Chekhov, Fitzgerald, and John Cheever in terms of literary attainments. Driven by famous writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Andre Du Bois, Nick Hornby, David Hare, Raymond Carver, Joan Didion and Richard Ford; "Yates, Fitzgerald and Hemingway can be called the twentieth century Three of America's undisputed great novelists. The highest praise I can give Yates is that his work feels more like a playwright than a novelist: he wants you to see what he describes." - David Hare ("The Hours") " and "The Reader" playwright) In the United States before World War II, the Shepards and their sons encountered a car breakdown in the West Village of New York. No one would have thought that the next unexpected encounter would once again change the fate of their son Evan, a handsome but stupid young man. He hurriedly entered into marriage with the immature Rachel. This was his second marriage. However, the two seemed destined to repeat the tragic mistakes of their parents. The reality after marriage quickly shattered their beautiful illusions about the future. Facing the siege of life, Evan and Rachel desperately tried various ways to escape, but found that they all led to the seaside town of Cold Spring Harbor...

"Eugénie Grandet" is a novel by the famous French writer Balzac. It tells the story of the innocent and beautiful Eugenie, the only daughter of the miserly and shrewd millionaire Grandet. She fell in love with her bankrupt cousin. For his sake, she did not hesitate to anger her money-loving father and spent all her private savings to help him make his way into the world. At this point, the relationship between father and daughter broke down, and the timid and virtuous mother was so frightened that she fell ill. The girl who lost her parents and her youth in the bitter expectation ended up with a heartless man who returned rich.

He came from the north on horseback, with white hair and a weathered face; he is a stranger and a demon hunter who takes slaying demons as his own duty and walks between the fog of reality and legend. A shape-shifter who can perfectly copy the appearance of others and even steal their souls; a tree spirit hidden deep in the jungle, guarding the cruel tradition; a "child of destiny" who is bound by a magical contract and destined to follow Geralt... Faced with the malicious trick of fate, the witcher struggled, resisted, and escaped at all costs. When he stopped, he found in despair that the destined ending was still waiting for him! The blood of monsters will eventually be washed away. How will human sins end? Now, do you hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance?

He came from the north on horseback, with white hair and a weathered face; he is a stranger and a demon hunter who takes slaying demons as his own duty and walks between the fog of reality and legend. The truth about the Ancient Blood gradually emerged, and its only heir, Ciri, was trapped in a gang. The situation was changing rapidly, but Geralt never gave up the search. He stubbornly refused help and ran around the war-torn continent alone. It's a pity that fate never goes as one wishes. The more you resist, the more you persist. Poets, archers, dwarves, and mysterious Nilfgaardians follow invisible guidance and join the team of demon hunters, but their purpose has not been revealed until the end of the journey... Now, do you hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance?

He came from the north on horseback, with white hair and a weathered face; he is a stranger and a demon hunter who takes slaying demons as his own duty and walks between the fog of reality and legend. All the forces are eyeing the son of the ancient blood. Geralt and Yennefer are running around for Ciri, anxious, but no one knows that the girl has fallen into the hands of a cruel bounty hunter. He almost killed the entire Mouse Gang with one person, put Ciri in a collar, tied a chain, and took her to the fatal "stage" that had been prepared. The tower struck by lightning symbolizes chaos and destruction, and standing on the top of the tower is a swift. Ciri, a girl named Swift and holding the Swift Sword, her only salvation is the legendary tower - now, do you hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance?

He came from the north on horseback, with white hair and a weathered face; he is a stranger and a demon hunter who takes slaying demons as his own duty and walks between the fog of reality and legend. The ability of the son of the ancient bloodline has awakened, and he can travel between ancient and modern worlds. The war between the Nilfgaard Empire and the Northern Kingdom is imminent. Its tragedy will be sung by bards forever. Geralt and his friends are still looking for the girl's whereabouts untiringly. --Ciri, where are you? At this time, in ancient England, Galahad, the great Knight of the Round Table under King Arthur, met a beautiful lady by a beautiful lake. She seemed to come from the center of the lake, mysterious and unpredictable. Now, do you hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance?

"Flowers in the Mirror" is a long fantasy novel written by Li Ruzhen in the Qing Dynasty. Wu Zetian ordered all the flowers to bloom because she was drunk. Unfortunately, the Baihua Fairy was traveling, and the flower gods had no way to ask for instructions, so they had to bloom together. Therefore, it violated the rules of heaven, and the Baihua Fairy was demoted to earth and became Tang Ao's daughter Tang Xiaoshan. Later, Tang Ao was framed and executed by a traitor. After gaining fame, he was disheartened and traveled overseas by boat with Duo Jiugong and others, passing through more than 30 strange countries such as the Daughter's Kingdom, the Junzi's Kingdom, and the Wuchang Kingdom. He saw many strange people and strange things, got to know the reincarnation of the Twelve Flower Fairies, and continuously took fairy grass to gain supernatural powers. Tang Ao saw through the world and entered Xiao Penglai to become an immortal. Wu Zetian selected talented girls in the imperial examination. Tang Xiaoshan followed his father's wish and reincarnated twelve flower fairies, among which one hundred talented girls passed the examination. They all showed their talents in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, medicine, divination and arithmetic.

After reading "The Veil", I realized that you can do without love, but don't lose yourself! The representative work of "Story Master" Maugham in his mature period is a novel based on his personal experience after traveling to China in 1920. It uses the story of a British woman who came to China in a turbulent era to explore the meaning and value of women's existence in the world. It has been adapted into movies three times, touching countless fans, and is known as "a classic for women's spiritual awakening." Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Zhang Ailing, and Wang Anyi moved to recommend. Reader Classic Library's new hardcover illustrated edition of "The Veil" specially includes "Maugham's Travels in China" to help readers understand the story behind "The Veil" and further understand "The Veil". Specially included are original hand-drawn illustrations, which wonderfully present the classic scenes of the novel. A new translation by veteran young translator Liu Yongjun. He has translated Maugham's works such as "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Shackles of Humanity", "The Blade", "Maugham's Short Stories", etc., And can perfectly restore Maugham's sharp writing style! "I am determined to keep my daughter away from all this. I hope she will become a brave and sincere person. I hope she will be an upright person, not relying on anyone, and taking control of herself. I hope she will live freely and live a more exciting life than I did." Faced with the betrayal of her lover, Katie had to team up with her husband to go to a strange country where cholera was rampant. After witnessing poverty and disease, betrayal and death, she finally unveiled the veil of humanity and recognized the direction of her life...

That year he and she broke up because of a misunderstanding, because the wind was full of the smell of wild ginger flowers, and both of them missed each other bitterly. They always held each other's letters in their hands and fell asleep, but when they had the chance to meet, they always stubbornly looked away and wasted the time they could love each other without realizing it. Maybe this is a gentle and dancing love like candlelight. Because the light is too weak, it always needs to be held firmly in the palm of the hand. He and she were once very careful not to dare to breathe loudly. They may not be able to see the warmth again in this life. How can they just give up? Every lonely person has his or her own worries. Don't be so ignorant that you try to comfort them. Please don't disturb them. No matter who leaves this world, the remaining people can still live well. She hugged her friend and listened to her cry. She had various reasons but no longer wanted to hear him explain that the two most difficult things in the world were to give up and the other to forgive. She only did the first one, and it still hurt the same. Putting on a pair of shoes and walking on the road filled with fallen leaves, she thought that they didn't need to say goodbye after all. Please forget the beauty related to youth. No matter how firm the vows were, you could turn around and never see each other again.

Power and love are always difficult to have at the same time, but truth and death go hand in hand. In the summer of 1548, two girls with their own secrets met for the first time in the Tudor court: one was a princess who had an affair with her stepfather, and the other was a Jewish descendant who was avoiding religious trials. I thought it was just a one-time relationship, but who knew the two were destined to meet again. Hannah, who was born with the ability of psychic vision, became the jester in the palace and witnessed the story behind the change of the throne: the murderous "Bloody Mary" was once a compassionate king, but Elizabeth, a wise king, had a cold heart... How do the desire for power and fighting distort people's hearts and bury the truth? The translation has been significantly revised in all aspects to improve accuracy and fluency. The overall unified translation has improved the deficiencies of the old translation. The reprinted character relationship diagram and supplementary annotations make it easier for readers to read without any threshold.

Miyamoto Musashi, a well-known legend in Japan. A Japanese swordsman, strategist, and artist from the late Warring States Period to the early Edo Period. In the hearts of the Japanese, Miyamoto Musashi is a strong man, a wise man, a philosopher, a martial artist, and the eternal winner. This book describes the complete life legend of the sword master Miyamoto Musashi, reveals the spiritual code and cultural spirit of the Japanese nation, awakens sensitive, impetuous, and weak modern people, and regains the strong mental outlook, dreams and sincere pursuit of life possessed by human beings. It is a must-read for modern people to temper their lives, challenge themselves, and overcome difficulties. "Miyamoto Musashi" is a novel that Yoshikawa has practiced for twenty years. From a broad humanistic perspective, it weaves the true appearance of historical figures, showing Musashi's "sword and Zen" and true inner world, making this enigmatic historical figure eternally vivid on the page.

There was a dangerous house in Alley J, Street Y, City S. The municipality seems to be planning to demolish it, but that's just a plan. Thanks to everyone's ability to make do, the twenty households in the building (including me, of course) actually lived in the dilapidated building for many years. Thank God, now, no one can find this building that makes people fearful all day long. Its dilapidated and decaying image has disappeared from the horizon. The original site of the dangerous building is breaking ground and undergoing extensive construction work. It is said that not long after, the tallest building in S City will rise here. The dilapidated building no longer exists, but the residents of the dilapidated building are still there. The following stories may be living around you, but they turn out to be some of the stories of my neighbors.

"I write every work as a posthumous work." Mishima Yukio's final posthumous work, Mishima's "dynastic love novel," was praised by Kawabata as "the sublimation of the author's brilliant talent." It is a love tragedy in the palace that is as fleeting as the snow in spring. It is a poignant love story between aristocratic young people during the Taisho period. Men and women who love each other are not recognized by society, and eventually part ways. This book describes the intricate love entanglement between Kiyoaki and Satoko during the Taisho period of Japan. Kiyoaki and Satoko, who were born into noble families, have been childhood sweethearts and have loved each other since childhood. However, Kiyoaki's admiration for Satoko was pregnant with an uneasy feeling. Satoko failed to grasp his feelings and had to accept the emperor's order and became engaged to Prince Harunori. At this time, Kiyoaki realized the unforgettable love for Satoko deep in his heart, and kept in touch with Satoko through his friend Honda, and courted Satoko. Satoko had a relationship with Kiyoaki in confusion. After Satoko became pregnant, her parents knew the truth and felt that the disaster was coming. So Satoko could only go to another place to have a secret abortion under the pressure of her family. After the abortion, Satoko saw through the mortal world and became a nun privately. Qingxian went to the temple in the snow to see Satoko, but Satoko declined, and passed away in depression at the age of twenty.

The word "Dunhuang" means magnificent, vast and mysterious, or does it mean romantic and distant? After traveling to Dunhuang in the 1970s, Chen Shunchen, a famous writer in Japan, combined a large amount of historical data with Chen's imagination and reasoning to present readers with an authentic Dunhuang style. At that time, many Japanese young people read this book and traveled to Dunhuang with their longing for Dunhuang, triggering the unprecedented "Dunhuang fever". Looking back on this book forty years later, Ke Tiao is one of the best reading books for the current "Dunhuang fever".

"Pride and Prejudice" tells the story of the love and mate selection of five sisters in an ordinary middle-class family in England in the early 20th century. In the book, Darcy, the hero of the rich family, is arrogant, which makes the heroine Elizabeth prejudice him, and almost misses the true love in his heart. Later, these misunderstandings are all resolved, and the lovers finally get married.

This book is a love novel about betrayal and redemption. British woman Katie is dissatisfied and boring in her marriage. After her husband Walter discovers his wife's infidelity, he takes Katie with him to the distant mainland of China to quell a cholera epidemic that is going crazy. In the beautiful but dangerous environment of a foreign country, they experienced torture and death. After Katie experienced disillusionment and separation from life and death, the veil of life was gradually lifted from her eyes, and she embarked on a path of spiritual growth without regrets.

"Major General Ziqian's Mother" tells the story of a beautiful woman who married Guo Jing, who was fifty years older than her, because of her family's financial difficulties, and gave birth to her son Ziqian. Her natural beauty attracted Pingzhong's admiration, and even aroused the possessive desire of Kunikune's nephew Shiping. At a banquet, Shiping designed to seduce the drunken Kunjing and give his wife to him. From then on, the young Ziqian lost his gentle and beautiful mother... "Diary of a Crazy Old Man" depicts the complex and subtle inner world of an old man in his final years. Due to old age and frailty, the old man developed an unethical desire for his young and energetic daughter-in-law. The old man allowed himself to indulge in his twisted lust for his daughter-in-law, using her as his pillar and belief at the end of his life, almost going crazy. "Major General Nogikan's Mother" weaves an anecdote from the Heian period using historical research methods. It has a strong classical flavor and is considered to be the synthesis and highest crystallization of all elements of Tanizaki literature. "Diary of a Mad Old Man" is Tanizaki's masterpiece in his later years. It shows the erotic world of the elderly in the form of a diary. It is a representative work of the demonic aesthetic style in the early days of Tanizaki's return.

Chunqin, the daughter of a medicine merchant, is beautiful, elegant in manners, and excellent in piano skills. However, she has a changeable temperament due to her blindness since childhood. The person who takes care of Haruko's daily life is Sasuke, a young man four years older than her. Because he admires Haruko, he becomes his teacher and practices the shamisen diligently. After that, Haruko treated Sasuke increasingly harshly, almost to the point of being abusive, but Sasuke obeyed without complaint or regret. Haruko's surly character eventually caused her face to be disfigured due to being hated by others, and Sasuke did not hesitate to destroy his eyes in order to show his steadfastness... Cruel and beautiful, "Harukotso" is the pinnacle of Tanizaki Junichiro's creative career and a peak of Japanese aesthetics.

Includes Yasu Inoue's three works: "Shotgun", "Bullfighting" and "Heather on Mount Hira". "Shotgun" is Yasushi Inoue's famous work. The core of the novel is the love between Ayako, Sanosuke and Midoriko. The three protagonists are all unfortunate. Under the seemingly calm narration, there are vague secrets and hideous scars that have lasted for many years. "Bullfighting" is a work written by Yasushi Inoue and published in "Literary World" in December of the 24th year of Showa (1949). Yasushi Inoue won the Akutagawa Literature Prize for this work. At that time, it was in the early days after the end of World War II. Japan's national economy was on the verge of bankruptcy, inflation was rising, and people's lives were in poverty, but businessmen were making a fortune. The novel revolves around the bullfighting competition held by the Osaka Shine Evening News Company in the early post-war period. It depicts the image of Tsugami and others. Through the intrigues between the protagonist Tsugami and speculators and his love affairs, it reveals many dirty shady transactions, shows the world situation in the difficult early post-war Japan, and reflects the social reality of post-war Japan from the side. "Heather on Mount Hira" is the last short story included in this book. Inoue created the image of a stubborn old scholar Miike Shuntaro. The prototype of his image is Inoue Yasushi's father-in-law Adachi Buntaro. This short chapter outlines the old man's intellectual life, which was melodramatic but never regretted and remained as determined as ever.

Botanist Arizu participated in a voluntary sperm donation when he was young and remembered the name of the recipient Saeko Munemiya. Ten years later, Yujin, who has a happy family, reunites with Saiko, who has become a single mother. Faced with Saiko, who gave birth to his son ten years ago, Yujin can't help but fall deeply in love with her, and they have the fruit of love. However, the fetters of genes and the fate of ethics have plunged Yujin into a deep contradiction. Where will the streets of Hokkaido with lilac petals floating in the air lead him...

This book is a continuation of Chunming Foreign History. Beijing Qiantai flower farmer Liu Desheng, because of the opportunity to sell flowers, worked under the manager Wang of the bookstore and became a gardener. Because he offended the manager's distinguished guests, he changed his job to become a third-class soldier in the automobile team of the commander Xue Youpan. Once, because of his storytelling, he was highly appreciated by the commander-in-chief and was promoted to the commander of the advancing battalion. After fighting a few bad battles and appeasing a few bandits, he was promoted from regiment commander and brigade commander to division commander. He was powerful and wealthy. He rode in cars, lived in a western-style mansion, smoked big cigarettes, had sex with women, drank and drank, had fun and did whatever he wanted. Unexpectedly, there was a mutiny, betrayal and separation, and he became a mere commander. So with 800,000 silver dollars in savings, he returned to Beijing to find his concubine, the famous actor Wu Yueqing, and agreed to get married on an auspicious day. Unexpectedly, during the preparations for the wedding, he suddenly saw his immediate boss, Brigadier Bao, living on the street. Sun Dujun cut him to death with a sharp knife. He also learned that Wu Yueqing had an affair with someone else and did not love him. He felt disheartened. On the wedding day, he cut off his green hair and walked out with a flick of his sleeves...

"Shuncho" is the representative work of Japanese national writer Junichiro Tanizaki, and is recognized as an immortal masterpiece of Japanese aesthetics. Haru Koto, a druggist born in Doshu Town, Osaka, has a beautiful and elegant appearance, and his piano skills are superb. But he has been blind since childhood and has a sensitive and perverse temperament. Sasuke, who was originally an apprentice in a medicine shop, volunteered to serve around him because of his fanatical admiration for Haruko, and took Haruko as his teacher to learn shamisen. The relationship between the two seems difficult to understand for others. The way Chunqin treats Sasuke is almost abusive, while Sasuke's treatment of Chunqin is almost religious worship. A poignant and shocking love story unfolds. However, after reading the book, what comes to mind is not just the shocking love.

"Rainbow" tells the story of a Japanese man and woman who are struggling to find happiness. The scene is set in the beautiful land of Tahiti. Eiko, now 27 years old, works as a waiter at the Tahitian restaurant "Hong Kong" in Japan. She loves her job so much that she is so devoted that she is overworked and collapses to the ground. Therefore, she accepts the arrangement and temporarily adjusts her job to doing housekeeping at her boss's house. However, Yingzi could not let go of her dedication and love for working in the restaurant. She decided to quit her job as a housekeeper and take a good vacation. The destination was Tahiti, where the restaurant's head office is located and the hometown of her beloved boss. From Tokyo to Tahiti, the full love buried deep in Yingzi's body is about to awaken.

This book continues the gorgeous yet pure language style of Shen Xingyu's love novels, telling a fable about "sleep" and "awakening", a warm love that breaks into the hearts of urban people. Product designer Li Luo is a patient with hereditary narcolepsy. After becoming a volunteer at a sleep treatment center, he accidentally met Han Zhenzhi, another narcolepsy patient. Li Luo is responsible for accompanying her regularly every week and trying various methods to wake her up. A personal notepad discovered by chance gave Li Luo the opportunity to enter Han Zhenzhi's inner private world. Just as Li Luo witnessed a woman sleeping, he also accidentally discovered the love sleeping in his heart. Finally, Han Zhenzhi woke up early on a Thursday at noon... "He (she) will not just disappear. You have never met him, just because love is sleeping..."

"Pride and Prejudice" was published in 1813 and has been read, recognized and passed on by readers around the world for two hundred years. Somerset Maugham included it as one of the top ten novels in the world, and the famous American literary critic Edmund Wilson said that amidst the changes in literary tastes, "Shakespeare and Jane Austen are the only ones that have endured for a long time." In the novel, Squire Bennett's family has five daughters who are waiting for marriage. The major event in Mrs. Bennett's life is to marry off her daughters. Several love stories unfold as Mr. Bingley rents Netherfield Hall. Due to many misunderstandings, Elizabeth formed a deep "prejudice" against Darcy's "arrogance". What follows is a series of misfortunes that bring the Bei family to its lowest ebb, and this is when the plot of the novel begins to take a turn for the worse. Eventually, prejudice dissolves and arrogance takes on a brighter side. In terms of its attitude towards marriage and love, Pride and Prejudice can still directly resonate with modern women.

Shan Ying, an ordinary girl, a lonely girl who believed that her destiny was connected with Pluto, who was kicked out of the nine planets. She was rejected by her teachers, ostracized by her classmates, ignored by her parents, and used by her only friend Han Jialing... Until one day she walked into the sight of a boy - wearing an ordinary skirt and school uniform, like a pale movie shot on a DV under natural light. Lonely and depressed, his heart instantly collapsed...

Why are such excellent women always denying themselves? In their eyes, I am a deviant poet, an enigmatic cultural icon, an otherworldly classical muse, and a much-sought-after oracle. But in my heart, I will always be a cowardly and submissive housewife, a liar who escapes reality, a clown who creates illusions, and an overweight girl who everyone hates. I am Joan Foster, and I am thousands of women. This is my story and what every woman has been, is, and will go through.

Banker Charles, a middle-aged man with a successful career, suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from home in order to pursue his secret dream of painting. He knows very well that every identity of a person is a kind of self-kidnapping, and only losing it is the way to freedom. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. He said: I have to paint, just like a drowning person has to struggle. After experiencing various bizarre encounters, he came to an isolated island in the South Pacific, married a local girl and had children, and successfully created a series of stunning masterpieces...

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It tells the story of a young man named Albert Savarone who graduated from law school and fell in love with the Italian princess Francesca Colonna. After more than ten years of arduous struggle to match his beloved, he was finally divorced by others and abandoned the world and entered a monastery.

Kitty, a beautiful but vain British woman, accepts the proposal of Walter Fane, a withdrawn doctor, in order to prevent herself from becoming an old girl. She came to Hong Kong with Walter and had an affair with a married man, Charlie Townsend. Faced with his unfaithful wife, Walter decided to take his family to practice medicine in mainland China where cholera was rampant. In a distant and beautiful foreign land, they passed by death and despair every day, and experienced emotional waves they had never experienced before... Kitty, struggling in the whirlpool of love, betrayal and death, experienced disillusionment and separation from life and death, and finally gradually lifted the veil of life from her eyes, and embarked on the road of spiritual growth without regrets. As the original novel of the movie of the same name, the novel's meticulous portrayal of love and betrayal, death and disillusionment has made it a timeless classic.

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On an ordinary summer day in the suburbs of London, Kate, a middle-aged housewife, has been living a quiet life for many years. The family is busy planning their summer vacation, and the house is about to be rented. Kate finds herself dispensable for the first time. Feeling lost, Kate accepted a job offer, walked out of the house, and began a long summer trip. Three condensed periods of time, three unusual encounters, and dreams that appear at any time are intertwined. Kate is lost in the breath of freedom, and suddenly wakes up in memories, wandering, and thinking.

"The Surprise on the Case at the Second Moment" is a collection of novels written in a Chinese script. It is collectively known as the "Er Pai" together with the author's previous work "The Surprise at the First Moment". It is also commonly referred to as the "Three Words and Two Pai" together with Feng Menglong's "Three Words", that is, "Ming Yan", "Words to Warn the World" and "Everlasting Words to Awaken the World". They are both the most famous collection of short stories in the vernacular in ancient my country. The author claims that "the puppet show is based on one or two odd situations that have been heard in ancient and modern times and can be recorded." Most of the themes are taken from the predecessors. The ideological content of the book is relatively complex, but overall, it reflects the ideas of the emerging citizen class to a certain extent.

"Meihua Ridge" is an essay written by Quan Zuwang, a writer and historian in the Qing Dynasty. The article traces Shi Kefa's sacrifice in Yangzhou to resist the Qing Dynasty and the huge impact of his sacrifice. It warmly praises Shi Kefa's generous spirit of sacrifice.

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This book collects all existing Nalan poems, a total of 348 poems, aiming to show the true appearance of a generation of poets as comprehensively as possible. The book carefully collects the original text, annotations, extended links and other columns, and records the comments on Nalan Ci by famous writers in the past. At the same time, this book also selects three documents in the appendix that are extremely related to Nalan Ci: Gu Zhenguan's "Preface to the Ci for Drinking Water", Wu Qi's "Preface to the Ci for Drinking Water", and Lu Chao's "Inscription to the First Collection of Jin Ci".

The author of this book, Nalan Xingde, uses words to describe the story of his life. Each of the short words seems to come at his fingertips, but it can cause huge waves in the readers' hearts. Each short poem in the book is equipped with annotations and word translations, and is interspersed with elegant colorful Chinese paintings, allowing readers to enjoy the visual beauty brought by Chinese paintings while appreciating the words.

In the sky, Mercury has a mountain named after her, which is the honor of poets all over the world. On the earth, this talented poet spent her romantic and ups and downs life. Her life is a mixture of joy and sorrow. She gained everything in the first half of her life and lost everything in the second half of her life. She was born into a well-known scholarly family, and she showed amazing literary talent when she was young. She picked up "Like a Dream" at her fingertips, "fighting for the crossing, startling a beach of gulls and herons", which made many famous people praise her wildly. The three words "Li Qingzhao" have since become synonymous with talented women in the world. At the age of eighteen, she married the young talent Zhao Mingcheng. This perfectly matched couple lived in harmony and lived a poetic life of indulgence in poetry and painting. However, with the sudden invasion of Jin soldiers and the Song family's journey south, Li Qingzhao and his wife also fell into a life of escape. They could not help themselves in troubled times and Mingcheng died on the way. From then on, her life was in trouble, displaced, experienced ups and downs, and wandered for half her life. "Do you know whether you should be green, fat, red, and thin?" Writing poems and lyrics became her only soul comfort. Her poems are full of sweetness, true feelings, beauty, and sadness; they have the power to travel through time and are proof of immortality. This book is based on the engraved version of Shu Yu Ci written by Wang Pengyun Siyinzhai in the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. It is revised and revised with reference to the Yuefu Ya Ci and the unengraved version of Shu Yu Ci by Jiguge.

On March 20, 1995, the subway sarin incident occurred in Japan that shocked the world. After the incident, Haruki Murakami personally spent a year interviewing people who had witnessed the incident, conducted audio-recorded interviews, and added necessary text processing to compile and compile this book "Underground". This is a documentary literary work by Haruki Murakami tracking the subway sand forest incident. The description is realistic. It is also Haruki Murakami's first non-fiction work, which is of great significance. "Underground" is Haruki Murakami's transformational work, his first full-length documentary work, and a profound reflection on Japan's "responsibility-avoiding closed society." "Underground 2" is Haruki Murakami's second documentary work after "Underground". Most of the space is the shady story of the cult dictated by former cult members. It is as detailed, realistic and shocking as "Underground". In search of healing, why did they create "Subway Sarin", an indiscriminate killing without redemption? Why do they find it difficult to live a normal life in this world? Where is the dream country they pursue? Thorough interviews with Aum believers and unguarded conversations with Mr. Hayao Kawai reveal the dark side of the heart enveloped by modern society.

On March 20, 1995, the subway sarin incident occurred in Japan that shocked the world. After the incident, Haruki Murakami personally spent a year interviewing people who had witnessed the incident, conducted audio-recorded interviews, and added necessary text processing to compile and compile this book "Underground". This is a documentary literary work by Haruki Murakami tracking the subway sand forest incident. The description is realistic. It is also Haruki Murakami's first non-fiction work, which is of great significance. "Underground" is Haruki Murakami's transformational work, his first full-length documentary work, and a profound reflection on Japan's "responsibility-avoiding closed society." "1Q84" is the ruins of "Underground". The story concept that started in "Underground" and continues to develop was tried to be put into practice in "1Q84", but it was not fully realized. Perhaps in this sense, "Underground" is more successful than "1Q84".

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The contents of this book include cities in the Sahara Desert, mysterious cities, high-altitude flights, dictators, new prisons, black factories, marriages between savages and Tibetans, forest legends, jealous wives, etc.