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Crow Lake

Crow Lake

General Fiction

L

145K0

Zoologist Kate Morrison is the only one in her family who has left the countryside through education. On the smooth road to the future, she tries to bury her bitter past and refuses to mention anything about her hometown of Crow Lake. But a letter from Crow Lake forced her to return north, back to the icy blue sky, and face the origin of her life: her home, her three brothers and sisters, and the choices they made after a death and a series of tragedies. And she didn't understand the truth behind those choices as well as she thought.

Snow Mountain Love

Snow Mountain Love

General Fiction

Ding Yan

142K0

"Love in the Snow Mountains" is Ding Yan's new collection of novels. Starting from the northwest of Qinghai-Tibet, she uses frost-like cold brushwork to carve out the love and pain in the subtleties of emotion, observing the banality and solemnity of human beings.

Piano Teacher

Piano Teacher

General Fiction

(o) Elfrid Jelinek

173K0

"The Piano Teacher" narrates the love experience of a woman named Erica under the influence of her mother. The book describes a symbiotic mother-daughter relationship. Although Erica is already in her late teens, she is still under her mother's supervision. The appearance of Erica's student Kramer broke the silent life between mother and daughter. Kramer passionately pursues his female piano teacher, but he finds himself trapped in a terrible love trap...

Goal 20

Goal 20

General Fiction

(us) Shannon Kirk

169K0

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...

Death Fantasy: a Collection of Magical and Suspense Short Stories

Xuanhua

188K0

"Death Fantasy: A Collection of Magical and Suspense Short Stories" is a series of "Her" novels by the famous writer Jie Hua. "Death Fantasy" is the first article in this collection of short stories. It tells the story of a middle-aged man who was rejected by his lover and was ruthlessly murdered by his lover on a drunken and confused night. The tragic thing is that the man was always clear-headed from beginning to end, but he lost the ability to save himself. The moment the lover threw his body into the valley, he saw the shadow of another person falling straight from the sky. But the shadow was strange and inexplicable. He told the man that he was not a human being, but a mysterious messenger who came to announce his death and help him open the death system. What's worse is that the messenger arrived early, because the light speed express system he was riding on had a malfunction, so he arrived thirty minutes in advance, which meant that he predicted the man's death thirty minutes in advance. The man was inexplicably sad and angry. He cared more about the thirty minutes that had been taken away in vain than the tragic fate of being murdered. Everything got out of control and crazy, and the story unfolded. After experiencing mental madness, collapse, and useless accusations and struggles against the Dark Messenger, the man calmed down. He accepted a proposal that seemed to have nothing to do with changing his destiny that he did not deserve to die, and shared the thirty minutes of light of his life that he had lost in vain with a vulture. As a result, the smelly-looking vulture turned into a handsome killer with the man's generosity, and met a beautiful Southeast Asian woman whom he could never forget... This book also includes "Chang'an Strange Tales - The Phantom of Guhuo" and "The Past and Present of Liuhua River" in the "Her" novel series. "The World", "The Love of White Flowers", "Like Sparks, Like Butterflies", "Empty Room", "I Became His Cat" and "Begonia Jue", each article is suspenseful, unpredictable, confusing and fascinating reading experience, which will definitely make you read the last page with bated breath.

Cats Know All the Answers

Waiting In The Early Morning

144K0

This book is a collection of science fiction works about cats, written by several Galaxy Award-winning authors. Including "Cat" in the early morning, "The Promised Child" by Miss Cynic, "A Housewife" by Xinghe, "Cat at the Crime Scene" by Duan Ziqi, "Girl and Schrödinger's Cat" by Baoshu, "I Am a Cat" by Luo Longxiang, "I Am a Cat" by Fan Yilun "The Night Is Green Eyes", Guan Deshen's "Man and Cat" and other works. Among them, "Cat" in the early morning won the first prize at the 10th Galaxy Award, and Miss Cynic's "The Promised Child" won the Best Short Story Award at the 27th Galaxy Award. In "Cats", Ling Chen writes in an extremely emotional style about an "alien cat" that has been sleeping for ten years. It was captured, observed, and seriously injured. The first experience of Alien 071's arrival on Earth was not good. In order to escape, his consciousness entered the cat's brain. Hatred or reconciliation, escape or stay are intertwined in the mind of the "alien cat"... The artist Giacometti once said: "In a fire, between Rembrandt and a cat, I choose to save the cat." The "I" in "Man and Cat" really encountered a "fire". Can a man risk everything just for his cat? At the end of the story... There is nothing I can do about it, a man loves his cat. There is an episode in the American TV series "Love, Death, Robots". After humans become extinct, three robots travel to the earth for sightseeing, only to find that the earth is occupied by cats! That's right, in "The Night Is Green Eyes", after a great famine swept the world, the only survivors were cats... The worlds of cats and humans are intertwined with each other, but they never overlap. What would it be like if a person saw the world through a cat's eyes? Xin Li in a wheelchair rediscovered the world and himself through the "brain wave sensor"... Cats are silent, but they are a profound projection of human emotions. No animal is as close to humans as cats. Humans love and explore cats. Or maybe, in the world of cats, all of this is just human wishful thinking... So, Rembrandt or cat? Your answer?

The World of Machine Music

Bi Heng

101K0

Humans who want to become robots and gain immortality discover the exciting world of robots who want to become humans and experience passionate life... In order to save his mother, the young man explored the world of adventure, looking for his father, treasure, and the truth, but he found true love, the true meaning, and the true "self." A robot boy with a passionate human body falls in love with a human girl who is as perfect and cool as a robot.

Elegy of Innocence

Elegy of Innocence

General Fiction

(us) William Krueger

170K0

The boy's small body was run over by the train. The summer of 1961 started like this. For thirteen-year-old Frank, this supposedly beautiful summer was cast in shadow. Frank and his brother Jack continue their adventures on the tracks, unaware that they are heading towards their next death that summer. There was a flash of red floating in the river beside the railway track. It was my sister's swaying red dress - was it an accidental slip, or was it premeditated? The secrets of the peaceful town are slowly revealed, and the originally ordinary family is struck down by tragedies one after another. Two teenagers stand on the threshold of adolescence, forced into a world of darkness, lies and betrayal. The strength they possess is courage beyond their years. The railway track outside the door is like a river made of steel. It has been staying in place, and it has been moving forward.

The Cruelty

The Cruelty

General Fiction

(japan) Kirino Natsuki

88K8.312

It must be humiliating to be the object of someone else's imagination. Keiko was imprisoned by a strange man for a year when she was ten years old. During the day, the man is full of desire, rough and obscene; at night, he turns into a shy elementary school student who writes diaries with Keiko. The airtight room, the musty smell of the tatami, and the roar of the factory machinery downstairs are all part of Keiko's beastly life. When Keiko was rescued, she suffered a new humiliation: in the prison house, there was a small peephole like a performance stage for the neighbors. The body of a young woman was discovered outside the prison house, triggering countless imaginations about what happened to Jingzi. Parents, classmates, prosecutors, voyeurs - even Keiko herself are all speculating on the truth behind the imprisonment case. Jingzi had a premonition that this crime was far from over. Malicious speculation about the victim is an even more despicable crime!

Brothers Karamazov

Brothers Karamazov

General Fiction

G

671K0

"The Brothers Karamazov" is a novel written by the Russian writer Dostoevsky, and is also considered to be his most accomplished masterpiece. The novel begins with the murder of old Karamazov, a provincial rural landowner, and his son becomes a suspect and is put on trial. The author weaves a narrative surrounded by three-dimensional characters, developing a story with twists and turns, facing insurmountable philosophical dilemmas at each stage until it reaches the climax of the plot. In this work, Dostoevsky not only demonstrated the uncanny writing skills and talent of a literary master, but also conducted in-depth discussions on philosophy, psychology, religion, etc. The Brothers Karamazov is one of the greatest novels of all time. Among a small number of outstanding works, "The Brothers Karamazov" ranks first!

Martial Arts Yuwen Martial Arts Yuwen Supplement

Lin Shu Qian Jibo

44K01

Martial arts refers to the skill of using the body and equipment to fight. "Memories of Martial Arts" is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese written by Lin Shu. Each text is short and concise, focusing on describing a character who is good at martial arts. It has both storytelling and literary qualities. These characters come from three religions and nine streams and have distinct personalities. "Martial Arts Aftermath" created the trend of modern "martial arts" series novels. After 1910, many authors continued or supplemented it. Qian Jibo's "Martial Arts Supplement" was published earlier and began to be serialized in "Novel Monthly" in 1914.

Wan Zhen'er, the Beloved Concubine of the Ming Dynasty

Crazy Twenty-four Snakes

744K03

The world despises their love, but Ming Xianzong's love for Wan Zhen'er remains unchanged. Open this book and take a look at the legendary life of Wan Zhen'er, the beloved concubine of the Ming Dynasty! She entered the palace since she was a child, hoping to overturn her father's case, but she became a secret chess piece in the harem's struggle for power. She raised Prince Zhu Jianshen at the age of nineteen and accompanied him through his lonely and dark childhood. She became the favored concubine at the age of thirty-five and was the most popular in the harem. Empress Wu was deposed because of her, and Empress Wang was subordinate to her. She died of illness at the age of fifty-eight. The emperor Ming Xianzong missed her so much that he became ill and left with her. She witnessed and experienced a series of major historical events in the Ming Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua dynasties: the Tumubao Incident, the Gate Seizing Incident, the Nangong Restoration, Yu Qian's injustice, Xianzong's accession to the throne, the plowing of the courtyard, the establishment of Xichang...

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

General Fiction

(us) Kurt Vonnegut

99K0

When the atomic bomb landed on Hiroshima, Dr. Hernick, the "father of the atomic bomb," was playing a rope-turning game called "Cat's Cradle." He is a scientific genius and an emotional imbecile. He is fanatical and cruel, but also naive and indifferent. He is a madman who treats science as a game and has no sense of morality. But it is this madman who holds the remote control to destroy the world, again and again. Madmen destroy the world precisely because we naively trust madmen, worship madmen, and personally hand over power to madmen. The madman is destroying the world, but we naively expect him to save it.

White Night Like Day

White Night Like Day

General Fiction

Lao Tan

180K01

N cases of missing women, X period of thirty-year life with entangled fates. Based on real events, it tells the story of a number of women who disappeared in an old street on the border. In order to find out the truth, the rookie policeman has a wonderful showdown with an old and cunning serial murderer. Since the 1970s, many cases of missing women have occurred in the area where Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan meet. After three "severe crackdowns", the murderer named "Shadow" by the police is still at large. In 2005, while Lin Mo, a police officer from Fengkou Laojie Police Station in Qingjiang County, went to Longkou City to attend a meeting on "inter-provincial pursuit of fugitives", his girlfriend Ouyang Xuan lost contact while going to Laojie to sketch. At the same time, Hu Yanmei, a woman from Longkou City, also disappeared while traveling in Fengkou Old Street. The Longkou City Public Security Bureau assigned Leng Tong to Qingjiang County to participate in a joint investigation into the case of missing women. He and Lin Mo temporarily partnered and solved a series of cases such as the murder case of Guo Qinghai, a barber who disguised himself as a woman, the case of Li Guiming who cheated on his wife and killed his wife and dumped her body, and the rape and murder case of sex addict Ma Shaojun, and uncovered the truth behind a series of cases of missing women.

Chokecherries

Chokecherries

General Fiction

Corpse

107K0

A collection of coming-of-age novels. "She calculated on her fingers, she will be thirteen years old in one month, and she suddenly felt a certain heaviness. Next to the green sand forest, the white petals of Tangdi pollen showed through, and the faint fragrance attracted countless bugs." This is the pain of growing up; "The cherry tree on the back mountain I don't know when the peach tree has died, and its body has grown one circle longer than before. My mother said that when it dries, it can be cut down and used as firewood. I imagined that when it was cut off and thrown into the stove, the flames would rise up and shoot up to the blue sky. "There is also the beauty of growth!"

Woman Chasing Love

Woman Chasing Love

General Fiction

Qiu Zhihong

103K0

This is a story about women's growth and preparation for pregnancy. Several women with close relationships have experienced confusion, pain, failure, betrayal, and escape when facing love, work, marriage, and pregnancy. But as they encouraged and grew up with each other, they finally emerged from their cocoons and had a beautiful life of their own.

Yun Yan Ⅱ

Yun Yan Ⅱ

General Fiction

Jing Yan

102K01

Fang Tian is divorced and lives alone with her son. Her son's biological father came to propose to her, but she didn't agree. She felt that he had too many thoughts and she didn't understand him even though they had known each other for many years, even though they had a son in common. Shortly after the divorce, her ex-husband also asked to remarry, but Fang Tian didn't agree to it. She had a grudge in her heart. Can she still be happy even if she remarries? Colleague Cheng Xiao offered her an olive branch, but she was afraid of office romance and would repeat her previous mistakes and did not dare to try it. She felt that she was like a wisp of cloud, visible, impossible to grasp, full of illusion, and would drift away in the wind at some point.

Daughters Should Strengthen Themselves

Mu Xiaoyi

100K0

My little sister has been pampered since she was a child and does not know the hardships of life, but she has the love of our whole family, which can give her the courage to block the hardships of life at any time. She went to school, got married, and gave birth to children. She thought that love would be enough for her to have enough food and clothing and a safe life. But life is life and reality is reality. Her mother-in-law's repeated provocations and her lover's actions and inactions gradually made her understand that no one can live in a greenhouse forever. When the child was almost one year old, she also chose to go out into the society and work. Fortunately, she was not useless and she could find a job she liked. She must be self-reliant, self-reliant, face life bravely, and be herself!

Shenzhen Anjiaji

Shenzhen Anjiaji

General Fiction

Sister Moses

113K0

Hou Yingying grew up in a single-parent family and wanted to get rid of her mother's suffocating control. After graduating from college, she ventured to Shenzhen alone. He started his arduous career as a handyman in a print shop, working in design and sales. During the days of deep drifting, she and her programmer boyfriend Xiang Yong worked hard to own a house of their own and become real house slaves in first-tier cities, but many hardships almost made them give up on their dreams.

Laurel Love

Laurel Love

General Fiction

Dust-free

101K0

Wang Yue is a teacher at a university. Due to emotional frustration, she developed psychological problems and met Qin Feng, a psychological counselor. Qin Feng is a man with delicate emotions and as gentle as jade, and he has a soft spot for Wang Yue. After Wang Yue experienced a marriage change, she reunited with Fa Xiao Jiangdong at Yuegui Bar. Jiang Dong can't forget his old love for her. However, because of the appearance of a woman, Wang Yue went to a foreign country. A few years later, she reunited with her new and old love at the Laurel Bar. What kind of love story has been staged in Laurel Bar?

Can We Still Watch the Sunset Together?

Mu Xiaoyi

129K0

I am an older young woman who changed my job with my infinite love for life and yearning for love. Sure enough, in the new working environment, I found the love that I thought was my own. It's just that love is always illusory and disappears in the day-to-day life. Maybe for women, love and marriage are not safe deposit boxes. They just need to rely on themselves. After going through marriage and cheating, I found myself again, worked hard, and had a peaceful life of my own. Growth is a lifelong thing!

Legend of the Song Dynasty

Hong Liuhua

601K0

In the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Zhao Kuangyin, who was born as a soldier, took advantage of the opportunity of being in charge of the young country to create the Chenqiao Mutiny and wear a yellow robe. Then he drank wine and released his military power, thus consolidating the Zhao family's regime. However, the Liao, Jin, and Xia successively rose up, and the Song court was too weak to return. The two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were both prisoners. The court of the Southern Song Dynasty remained in peace, and finally made the same mistake again. The three little emperors were captured, died, or were buried in the sea... This book captures some historical stories from the Song Dynasty and objectively describes the historical figures, allowing readers to get closer to that era of wars and fierce blood.

Autumn Water and Long Sky

Kong Liwen

200K0

In 1944, two brothers, Meng Zhaozhong and Meng Zhaohua, were separated during the war and later joined the Anti-Japanese War camp together. They joined forces to repel the enemy during the Anti-Japanese War. Although they went through hardships and vicissitudes, their brotherhood remained the same and never changed. The turbulent and war-torn youth of two brothers, the joys and sorrows of a generation of Chinese people. This novel starts from family, love, and friendship, and writes about the feelings of family and country, and the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is rich in content and has profound implications.

Run All the Way

Run All the Way

General Fiction

Li Wanjun

118K0

Through the elaboration and description of Chen Qin's family's struggle to live a good life, a series of positive characters such as Yang Lao, Yang Jianming, and Li Yangqiao were created, and the rich history and culture, red culture, and green mountains and green waters of a place in the west were displayed. From one side, it reflected the fighting spirit of a small mountain village under the leadership of the Communist Party of China for a hundred years and the difficult process of revitalizing the countryside. It promoted the positive energy of the times and developed the new culture of the times.

I Want to Always Be Happy

Wang Erqiao

1.7M9.334

The roses that grow in the greenhouse will also experience the ups and downs of life; the girls that grow wildly like weeds will also reap their own spring. She is a girl from a wealthy family in a big city, but she encounters the schemes of Phoenix men, sexual harassment in the workplace, and rejection by her colleagues... She is a problem solver in a small town, blackmailed by fellow villagers, and sucked by her parents who favor boys over girls... She is a girl from a single-parent family, and she stepped into the chicken industry after graduating from college. Mao's marriage... She was the only daughter from a well-off family, but she suffered domestic violence from her mama's boy and was cheated on during pregnancy... Even if girls graduated from the same university and came from different families, their lives were very different, but they would all gain their own happiness in the end.

Youth Again

Youth Again

General Fiction

Xinyiwu

213K03

Zhao Xunxun's marriage is a besieged city. Even if there is no passion, there is the stability she longs for most. But she did not expect that the fireworks in the world that she had wholeheartedly converted to were nothing but bubbles, and the illusory city was crumbling. At this moment, she met Chi Cheng, and the thunder from the sky stirred up the fire on the earth. He is the storm that brings her destruction, and he is also the wave of youth that she cannot resist. He made Zhao Xunxun lose all escape routes, just because the only escape route was in his arms. Who would be crazy about love again, just like their youthful self? He has given all of himself with both hands, as long as she is willing. But sometimes, hugging someone requires more courage than walking into a city.

Blood Bleeds Red: Zhang Xianzhong and the Daxi Army

Luo Xuepeng

466K0

In June 1645, Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing, took advantage of the momentum of breaking through the bamboo, and marched westward. The place he passed was filled with flames and bloody paths. After Chengdu was captured on August 9, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't wait to hold the founding ceremony and sit on the throne of the Emperor of the Great Western Kingdom. From the first day that Zhang Xianzhong moved into the Palace of Shu in Chengdu, there was no peace in the country. He and Li Zicheng, the Ming army, and the Qing army repeatedly fought and strangled, poisoning the whole Sichuan, killing soldiers and civilians, and bleeding and drifting. It was called the "Mountain of Bones and Sea of ​​Blood". Its cruelty was unprecedented and unheard of. Just as the folk song at that time goes: "Every year comes when A, B, and B, the heavenly mansion bleeds red." It also goes: "Thieves come, thieves come, and the upper world sends him to behead people. If there is one person who cannot beheaded, the messenger of the plague is behind." Zhang Xianzhong's activities in Sichuan lasted less than three years, but he left too many huge mysteries. In order to unravel the eternal mysteries left by Zhang Xianzhong and the generals of the Great Western Army, the author is very knowledgeable and strives to make those historical figures who have passed away with the wind, along with the real tragic events that are unimaginable and thrilling for today's people, gradually and vividly presented to the readers from the dusty old papers.

Tianguanfu: the Legendary Life of Jian Yi, a Veteran of the Six Dynasties of the Ming Dynasty

Luo Xuepeng

523K0

Jian Rong was born in Fengjutuo, a small fishing village on the Jialing River in Chongqing more than 600 years ago. He was an out-and-out child prodigy. In the 18th year of Hongwu (1385), when he was 22 years old, he "served as a farmhouse minister in the morning and ascended to the Emperor's Hall in the evening." He entered the imperial palace examination as a juren and was named on the gold medal list. He was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting high on the imperial balcony of Jintai, and was given the word "righteousness". He jumped from the dragon gate, and his glory was brilliant, leaving his name in history! Jian Yi served as the highest power center of the Ming Dynasty until he left Hexi at the age of 73. This lasted for 54 years. Throughout his life, he assisted six emperors in planning, presiding over and participating in the establishment and relocation of the capital in Beijing, Zheng He's voyages to the West, and the compilation of the Yongle Ceremony. , The Southern Conquest of Annan, the Northern War against the Huns, and a series of major events that were full of legend and grandeur and influenced the direction of Chinese history. During this period, there were turmoils, ups and downs, and rich experiences that were unprecedented and unprecedented! The author combed through historical records, retrieved relics, spent several years, and exhausted his mind to finally present the image of this famous counselor of the Ming Empire to the readers.

Math Girl 6: Poincare Conjecture

H

138K0

The "Math Girls" series unfolds in the form of a novel, focusing on describing the process of a group of young people exploring the beauty of mathematics. The content is from the shallower to the deeper, and the mathematical explanation part is very exquisite. It is called "an excellent popular science book on mathematics". "Mathematical Girl 6: Poincaré's Conjecture" takes the century-old mathematical problem "Poincaré's Conjecture" as its theme. Starting from the Cosburg Seven Bridges problem, it explains in detail mathematical knowledge such as topology, non-Euclidean geometry, manifolds, differential equations, Gauss's wonderful theorem and Fourier expansion. It restores the exploration process of Poincaré's conjecture and leads readers to pursue "the shape of the universe". The whole book is written in one go and is very suitable for middle school students, high school students and adults who are interested in mathematics to read. Please open this book and join the protagonists on their journey of exploration.

Wang Zengqi's Novels

Wang Zengqi's Novels

General Fiction

Wang Zengqi

173K0

Wang Zengqi is a master writer of short stories in China. During his lifetime of creation, he wrote many famous works and they are very popular. Many chapters, such as "Ordering", "Da Nao Chronicles", "Chicken and Duck Masters", "Qili Tea House", "Golden Winter Heart", etc., Have become classics of Chinese short stories in the 20th century and are loved by readers. "The Complete Works of Wang Zengqi" has 12 volumes, including 3 volumes of novels. These three volumes were compiled into "The Complete Works of Wang Zengqi" and published, which is deeply loved by readers. This book selects one volume from three volumes of novels, selecting the best among the best. It is the representative work of Wang Zengqi's novels, which has the most "Wang flavor" and is convenient for readers to read quickly after work. This version of this book still uses the rare copies of "The Complete Works of Wang Zengqi" and "The Complete Collection of Wang Zengqi's Novels", which is carefully compiled and proofread.

Long Live 30

Long Live 30

General Fiction

Easy Or Difficult

233K02

They say you should get married and have children at the age of 30, but I want to live for myself! "She and Her Islands" is a new women's novel written by Yi Nan. Four women with very different personalities faced their own difficulties when they were about to turn 30: some resigned from big cities and returned to their hometowns to start a business with difficulty; some longed to have their own home, but were used by their husbands as a tool to have children; some were unable to realize their dreams due to accidents and stayed at home to escape reality; some were trapped in the trauma of their original families and could never get out of the haze... The unknown career future, the destruction of intimate relationships, and the world's prejudice against women have also made them confused, disappointed, and painful. But they chose to stand together, help each other, overcome one difficulty after another, move toward their respective 30s, and truly live for themselves!

Joy and Sorrow Trilogy

Joy and Sorrow Trilogy

General Fiction

(west) G. T. Ballester

857K0

Only these few people were left in the glorious Churucho family: a priest, a madman, a dreamer, and Carlos, an intellectual who had just returned from his studies. Carlos looked at the family's decline indifferently, but couldn't help but feel sad for the town's backwardness. Everyone is trying to be the savior of this town: the pastor said that the faith is gone, and we need to build a new church and pray sincerely; the factory director said that the income is low, and we want everyone to have a job and work hard to make money; the dreamer said that the system is wrong, and we need to set up a collective labor union to share assets. However, can a church, a job, or a reform really save the loneliness and emptiness deep in our souls?

R

R

General Fiction

H

188K0

"Faust" is Goethe's most important and well-known masterpiece. It took nearly sixty years from creation to final completion, covering Goethe's entire literary career. It is also an insurmountable classic in the history of German literature and has a worldwide influence. It is one of the four major European masterpieces along with Homer's epic, Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet". "Faust" is based on the German folklore about Dr. Faustus in the 16th century. It tells the story of Faust's contract with the devil Mephistopheles, starting from his study and entering the outside world, in his unremitting pursuit of love, power, beauty and ideals. Although Faust's pursuit constantly encountered tragedies, and he finally died when his work of transforming nature was completed, his spirit reflected Goethe's own exploration of the inner world and the world in his long life. It was also a microcosm of the cultural development during the rise of the European bourgeoisie in the three hundred years from the Renaissance to the early 19th century.

Clown Flower (selected Collection of Osamu Dazai)

(japan) Osamu Dazai

110K0

Dazai uses his own experience of a suicide attempt on the Kamakura Koshiko Dosaki Coast as the material to reproduce the various world phenomena of the protagonist Oba Haizou among selfish adults after his failure to die for love in multiple dimensions. The writer uses experimental techniques to observe the pettiness and ugliness of human nature, weaving his own extensive sensibility and subjective hesitation and uneasiness. How can we save ourselves on this giant ship of life? Through naked writing, writers provide the possibility of a new life for people who are tired of complex interpersonal relationships.

Big River

Big River

General Fiction

Zhang Xinke

399K0

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Hu Xuantao, who worked in the Jinan Public Works Bureau, resigned angrily in the face of the bleak situation and corrupt officialdom and returned to his hometown of Xuzhou on the bank of the canal. At this time, Hu Xuantao's brother and member of the Communist Party of China, Hu Xuanyu, returned to his hometown from Nanjing. The two brothers did not want to be slaves to the subjugation of their country, so they resolutely sold their property and formed an armed force to defend their homeland. Under the leadership of the two brothers, the Canal Detachment intelligently seized weapons, punished bandits, attacked traitors, and intercepted and killed Japanese troops... Its reputation spread throughout northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, and many anti-Japanese armed forces joined its ranks. The Canal Detachment, which was affiliated to the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, galloped across the land of Sulu and fought fiercely on both sides of the canal. Alongside the river, in the mining area, and among the mountains, their vigorous figures can be seen everywhere. On the Sulu secret communication line, they escorted a large number of important CCP personnel to Yan'an; inside the Japanese and puppet enemies, members of the Canal detachment explored the tiger's den alone, and captured the culprit in Longtan... They used their infinite loyalty and great wisdom and courage to fight hand-to-hand with Xiangchuan, Miura, Han Shizhong, Zhu Haochang, Sun Youzhong, Long Xizhen and other Japanese, puppet, stubborn, special and bandit forces in a bloody battle. Hu Xuanyu, Wang Tiezhu, Wang Zhixia and many other heroes of the canal detachment shed their blood until the ghosts were subdued and the bandits were subdued, and the river was calm.

Diary of Jane Summers 1: Diary of a Good Neighbor (lesing's Work)

G

188K0

"I don't expect my children to take care of me." "You are so stubborn now, but you won't say that later." "I will leave when I can't take care of myself." "Impossible." "Why do you judge me?" "Because I know that everyone says the same thing at all stages of life."... Jane is a capable magazine editor, a standard "independent new woman", and semi-actively became a DINK. After the death of her husband and mother, she lived a free and unrestrained life for a while, but found that the emptiness could not be filled. By chance, she met the old lady Modi. Modi's life was completely the opposite of Jane's. He devoted everything to his family, but ended up alone and helpless. The two women develop a wonderful friendship and a relationship that changes their attitudes toward each other's lives.

Us (dystopian Trilogy)

Us (dystopian Trilogy)

General Fiction

V

133K0

"Us" is the first book in the "Dystopian Trilogy" and was once listed as a banned book. The book is written in the form of notes, and through the mouth of a model citizen living in the future world, it simulates the lives and mentality of various people in a "grand unified country" that is highly digitalized and adopts centralized and unified management. In this unified country that has reached the "highest peak of human civilization", all citizens are named by numbers, and the "numbered citizens" are content with their assigned lives. But totalitarianism cannot extinguish the glory of human nature. The pursuit of freedom has never stopped. A disease called "mind" is spreading...

The Shackles of Humanity (selected Collection of Somerset Maugham)

(british) Maugham

536K0

The little boy Philip was born lame, lost his parents at an early age, sensitive and withdrawn, and was raised by his uncle and aunt. During his studies, he was bullied due to his shy nature; young Philip chose to leave his hometown, first to study in Heidelberg, Germany, then to London as an accounting apprentice, then to Paris to study painting, and finally returned to London to study medicine... The genius novelist Somerset Maugham used his unique and vivid writing to vividly express the confusion and frustration in growing up, the desire for the opposite sex, etc. Reality hits us face to face, human nature is subtle and complex, and our moods are secretly ups and downs... We are always asking for the meaning of life, but we will eventually return to ordinary people; the scenery of life that we are diligently searching for may be in truth and freedom.

The Eye of Trust

The Eye of Trust

General Fiction

Ye Wenbiao

166K0

There is endless darkness in the Black Forest, where humans have returned to ignorance. This is a place of death where there is only killing, and trust between each other has long since died. Unknown dangers lurk in the darkness, and bloodthirsty night beasts are always hunting around you. In the primitive and cruel competition for survival, people may become prey of others at any time. Everyone is participating in this never-ending cannibalism, but they forget that there can still be trust between people. In this crisis-ridden world, young Zayn grew up alone. However, he made a different choice - bravely trusting others and looking for partners. At that moment, even he himself could not have imagined that this would bring about earth-shaking changes to the world...

Rental City

Rental City

General Fiction

Wu Yading

282K0

At the beginning of the novel, an unexpected plane collision disaster occurs, leaving only a handful of survivors. What follows in the story is the struggle of this small group of survivors to escape from the shadow of death and pursue their dreams in the young city of Shenzhen. The novel uses the success and failure of the protagonist Ye Chan and his friends in their life struggles, as well as the complicated relationship between him and flight attendant Chen Ni to gain and lose his love. It shows the spiritual outlook and dream temperament of a group of people and a city, and expresses the insignificance, helplessness, confusion and struggle of individuals in modern society in the face of powerful material forces. The rapid changes of the times and the disintegration of social values ​​have made the meaning of life reflected in the thin line between life and death certainly lamentable, but the disputes and choices of survival in Vanity Fair are even more depressing.

Qianjiadong Festival (complete Collection)

Yang Qi

619K0

"Qianjiadong Sacrifice" reflects the story of the Yao people in Yuegu Mountain (Longjiao Mountain) in southern Hubei who created Qianjiadong culture, resisted the oppression of the imperial court in the late Song Dynasty, resisted the invasion of the imperial court in the early Yuan Dynasty, and were finally forced to leave Qianjiadong, which they had protected for thousands of years.

On Timeline

On Timeline

General Fiction

Huang Heng

159K0

Mo Yuntian has been a little annoyed recently. He participated in a group activity and was approached by a familiar beauty named Aqi. They went hiking together but did not leave any contact information. Then, Xizi, a former female traveler, got divorced and came to Chongqing to find him, as if she wanted to get close... Then there was Lan Ying, a traveler he was not very familiar with, who wanted to give him shares that might be worth tens of millions. Before he could figure out the situation, he encountered the F Group's private army blocking the road and arresting people. Then he fled for his life in a hail of bullets. On the way to escape, he was told that he was a wanderer in the space and did not even know where his hometown was. Aqi, who can dance on the timeline, told him about the fate of several reincarnations, and also mentioned the adventure of Jinzigou a few years ago...

Glory of Da Qin (volume 2)

Zeng Weibing

172K0

The Qin Dynasty swept across Liuhe, and its iron cavalry was invincible in the world. Would you rather have the guts? Using the law as a hero? Use martial arts as a hero? Overall, who is more righteous? They prospered due to the rule of law and died due to the abolition of the law. Their rise was rapid and their demise was sudden... Several legalists led the rise and fall, and many knights talked about right and wrong. Although they joked about it, they could not hide their bitterness...

Glory of Da Qin (volume 1)

Zeng Weibing

193K0

The Qin Dynasty swept across Liuhe, and its iron cavalry was invincible in the world. Would you rather have the guts? Using the law as a hero? Use martial arts as a hero? Overall, who is more righteous? They prospered due to the rule of law and died due to the abolition of the law. Their rise was rapid and their demise was sudden... Several legalists led the rise and fall, and many knights talked about right and wrong. Although they joked about it, they could not hide their bitterness...

Bleeding for Life (volume 2)

Qingcheng Wu

178K0

Passed down from generation to generation, they only deal with the dead, but they are secretly engaged in the search and rescue industry, looking for the lives of living people, a bloodthirsty compass, and a thousand years of mysterious metaphysics. They are more traditional than search and rescue organizations, and more professional than the three religions and nine schools. This business that deals with life and death has revealed a mystery that has been unsolved for thousands of years...

Bleeding for Life (volume 1)

Qingcheng Wu

188K0

Passed down from generation to generation, they only deal with the dead, but they are secretly engaged in the search and rescue industry, looking for the lives of living people, a bloodthirsty compass, and a thousand years of mysterious metaphysics. They are more traditional than search and rescue organizations, and more professional than the three religions and nine schools. This business that deals with life and death has revealed a mystery that has been unsolved for thousands of years...

Contemporary Heroes (classic Translation Lin)

(russia) Lermontov

101K0

"Modern Heroes" is a social psychological novel. Its language is like a lyric poem written by a poet. No matter whether it describes scenes or emotions, it is full of poetry. The protagonist Bi Qiaolin is an aristocratic young officer who serves in the Caucasus. He is full of energy, extremely intelligent, and has a straightforward personality, but he cannot find a goal in life. He is mentally empty, cynical, and causes trouble everywhere. He consumes his extraordinary intelligence and strong energy in half-truth and half-false love games and adventurous actions. His selfishness and callousness caused great misfortune to others and deepened his own inner pain and despair. Bi Qiaolin is another "superfluous man" image in Russian literature after Pushkin's Onegin, and has extraordinary literary and social significance.

Doctor Zhivago (classic Translation)

(soviet Union) Pasternak

347K0

Yuli Zhivago's mother died when he was only ten years old, and his father, who went bankrupt due to his extravagant spending, disappeared without a trace. The future father-in-law, the kind-hearted professor Alexander Gromyko, adopted the orphaned Zhivago. Misha Gordon and Tonya Gromeko became his playmates and most loyal friends. The young Zhivago loved to read poetry and began to write poetry. However, after graduating from high school, he was admitted to the university's medical major. At this time, a widow named Amalia Karlovna Kesar came to Moscow with her two children - Rodion and Lalisa. Relying on her lover relationship with the wealthy lawyer Komarovsky, the widow quickly settled in the city and opened a sewing shop. However, the lawyer soon defiled the young Lalisa and made her fall. The girl felt very painful for her moral degradation. Soon Larisa met Pavel Antipov, the son of a worker. For the girl, friendship with the ordinary and kind-hearted boy became the joy of her life. The fate of the protagonists in the novel gradually becomes a tightly wound ball of thread. Zhivago married Tonya, but in his heart he still held the beauty Lalisa. After graduating from school, Pasha (Pavel) Antipov married Larysa. After their marriage, they left Moscow to work as teachers in the Ural Mountains. But thrust unceremoniously into the lives of these protagonists were the First World War and the revolution that followed. Against the backdrop of national chaos, they suffered tragedies in their personal lives. Zhivago returned to Moscow after experiencing war, being captured, starving, separated from his family, etc. He saw a specious image of Lalisa from a distance on the street. Myocardial infarction caused by overly excited emotions dealt him a heavy blow. He fell on the streets of Moscow. At this time, he was only thirty-seven years old, leaving behind him wonderful poems and wonderful thought notes.

Brave New World (dystopian Trilogy)

L

138K0

This book depicts a future society with highly developed technology and a precise and "perfect" life for human beings. In this "brave new world", people in a state of "happiness" are born in industrialized nurseries with their own preset castes, receive various educations that are content with the status quo, love mechanized work and lifestyle, and all uncertain factors have been eliminated. They have stability and unlimited "freedom", but they have lost their personality, art, marriage, and even emotions; desire has replaced love, pleasure has replaced happiness, and settings have replaced thinking. Those who occasionally have doubts about the status quo or have a rebellious mentality will be regarded as unstable factors and exiled to remote areas...

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