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This book is the first part of a trilogy of Gorky's autobiographical novels. Alyosha lost his father when he was young and came to his grandfather's house with his mother. My grandfather was in charge of everything in the family. He had a very bad temper and regarded wealth as his life. Alyosha was often beaten for making mistakes. Later, Alyosha left his grandfather's house and set foot in society alone. Although he was bullied, he remained strong and unyielding.

With the French Revolution as the background, this book cleverly connects the two cities of Paris and London, thereby staging the grudges between Doctor Manette's family and the old French aristocracy, and showing the author's deep thinking on revolution and human nature.

In this book, Don Quixote, a declining country squire, is obsessed with chivalric novels and fantasizes about walking the world as a knight and fighting against injustice. Together with his servant Sancho Panza, he went out several times to perform chivalrous acts. Together, they experienced various strange events such as the windmill battle, the adventure of the lions, and the adventure of the Trojan horse. Finally, they returned to their hometown and suddenly woke up. The author Cervantes uses various absurd things to highlight the brilliance of Don Quixote's idealism and laments the end of the era of faith. The fantasy Don Quixote and the practical Sancho have now become classic images in world literature.

"The Idiot" is a novel written by the 19th-century Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. The novel describes Nastasia, a stunning woman from a noble family in the 1860s, who has been ravaged by the landowner Totsky for many years. Later, Totsky was willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the despicable Ganya. At the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Myshkin, who was regarded as an idiot by people, suddenly appeared and was willing to marry Nastasiya unconditionally, which moved her deeply. On the day of her upcoming wedding to the Duke, although she loved the Duke deeply, she ran away with the playboy Rogozhin. Finally, he was killed by Rogozhin. The novel gives a broad description of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform and involves complex psychological and moral issues. The work expresses that the world cannot be quantified rationally, and is even beyond human imagination. What is inexplicable and unachievable by humans does not require thinking, and those who think about it and practice it are "idiots". This should be a perfect irony of the belief advocated by many Enlightenment thinkers that "man's logical calculations must conform to the laws of nature, and human calculations are equal to heaven's calculations." This kind of logic that overly believes that the world can be calculated and excludes all contradictions and willful movements is actually the arrogance of human beings.

"The Wandering Child" is a novel written by the French writer Hector Marlowe, first published in 1878. The novel tells the story of the protagonist, little Remy, who was abandoned on the street due to his parents' greed and cruelty. A legendary plot unfolds around Remy's fate. It reveals some ruthless social phenomena in capitalist society and is a mirror reflecting French social life in the 19th century.

"Walden" is a record of the American writer Thoreau who lived alone by Walden Pond, describing what he saw, heard and thought during more than two years. The first feature that distinguishes this work from previous literary works is its detailed description and extension of nature. The changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons, as small as the fight between two ants, are all vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen, and the descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist.

This book takes readers into a wonderful world with fantastic stories. Everything there is confusing and unpredictable, sometimes interspersed with humorous word games, puns or limericks, as well as the author's own English vocabulary. It may seem absurd when read, but it is actually full of strict logic and profound connotation. It is a wonderful crystallization of wisdom and fantasy. It is said that this book is the most widely circulated book in the UK besides Shakespeare's works and the Bible. This book also makes its author Carroll become a novelist after becoming a mathematician and logician.

"Les Misérables" is a novel written by Hugo during his exile. It is his masterpiece and one of the treasures of the world's literary treasure house. Through the tragic experiences of Jean Valjean and others and a series of touching deeds after Jean Valjean was inspired by Bishop Bian Furu, "Les Misérables" profoundly exposes and criticizes the decadent nature and evil phenomena of French feudal autocratic society in the 19th century. It expresses compassion and sympathy for the exploitation, fraud and cruel persecution suffered by the poor people under the weight of feudalism.

"War and Peace" is a novel written by Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and is also his masterpiece. The work centers on the Patriotic War of 1812 and reflects major historical events from 1805 to 1820. Politically and militarily, Tolstoy focused on the Russian Patriotic War of 1812. In expressing social life, Tolstoy focused on describing the changes and explorations of young members of the four major families.

"Don Quixote" was created between 1606 and 1615 and is Cervantes' most outstanding work. Russian critic Belinsky said: "In all European literary works, seriousness and comedy, tragedy and comedy, triviality and vulgarity in life are so seamlessly blended with greatness and beauty... Such an example can only be found in Cervantes' "Don Quixote"."

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It has a touching plot and is one of the classics of world literature. The story connects the two major cities of Paris and London, and revolves around the family of Dr. Manmanet and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The main idea of ​​the book is self-sacrifice for the sake of love. The "Twin Cities" in the book's title refer to Paris and London.

The novel "Madame Bovary" is Flaubert's masterpiece. The author uses concise and delicate writing to reproduce the social life of France in the mid-19th century through the experience of Emma, ​​a passionate woman. The artistic form of "Madame Bovary" makes it a new turning point in modern novels. This is not only an exemplary novel, but also an exemplary essay. His books have been translated into many languages ​​and reprinted many times.

Tolstoy's masterpiece novel. Novels from life. A brand new translation of famous names. "Anna Karenina" is the masterpiece of the great Russian writer Tolstoy. It unfolds from two clues that seem to be distinct, but are actually closely connected. One of the clues revolves around Anna's feelings, telling the process of Anna and Vronsky's acquaintance, love, and destruction, as well as the whirlpools this incident stirred up in the surrounding social network; the other clue mainly focuses on the other protagonist Levin, telling his life, story, and his personal thinking in a religious sense. The story covers St. Petersburg and Moscow as well as the vast Russian countryside. The author uses the tragedy of Anna's failure in pursuing love and finally chooses to commit suicide by lying on the train and the various problems faced by the Russian countryside through Levin's perspective, restoring a complete and realistic picture of Russian society.

In a deserted desert, a pilot stranded due to a plane crash met a child who suddenly appeared like an elf. He is the little prince from asteroid B612. Why did the little prince come to earth? What kind of amazing journey has he experienced? Will the earth be his end? Open this world-renowned classic fairy tale, experience the little prince's journey together, and feel the truth, kindness and beauty of the little prince.

"The Brothers Karamazov" is a novel written by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and one of his masterpieces. The book is adapted from a real patricide case, describing the sharp conflict between the old Karamazov and his three sons, as well as the court trial of the patricide case. The whole novel has two levels: on the surface, it is a case of patricide, and the victim's sons are suspected of conspiracy to some extent; but on a deeper level, it is a drama about the human spirit, telling a moral battle between lust, faith, reason and free will. The work shows an intricate tragic theme of society, family, morality and human nature.

"Crime and Punishment" is a novel written by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and is also his masterpiece. The novel describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who is poisoned by anarchist ideas and believes that he can do whatever he wants. Forced to make a living, he killed the old loan shark Alyona and her innocent sister Liza Veda, creating a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sophia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. The work focuses on depicting the protagonist's psychological changes after committing a crime and reveals the miserable life of the Russian lower class people.

With a desolate and tragic tone, the novel unfolds the two main lines of the story, one is the tragic fate of Neli's family, and the other is the misfortune of Natasha's family. The culprit of the destruction of these two families is Duke Valkovsky. He abducted Neli's mother, defrauded Neli's grandfather of all the family property, and finally caused three generations of Neli's family to die out of hatred. He also falsely accused Natasha's father and bankrupted his family. Natasha was also deceived by the Duke's son. The writer angrily reveals the dark reality of society and expresses deep sympathy for the "insulted and damaged" people at the bottom of society. But the novel is full of dark, tragic, and groaning tones. While maintaining the style of his works in the 1840s, in this novel, he began to preach about docility, patience, forgiveness, and voluntary suffering that cannot cleanse the soul. Christian humanism, the dominant idea in Dostoevsky's creation, began to take shape.

"I kept falling and slipping, encountering unexpected setbacks, losing my temper, and then calming down my temper and continuing to climb... Every little bit of progress I made was a great encouragement." "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" includes the autobiography "The Story of My Life" and the famous essay "If You Give Me Three Days of Light", which truly records Helen Keller's change of mentality from pessimism and negativity to positivity when faced with tragic life circumstances. It conveys the eternal value of finding light with strong will no matter how dark you are. She used affectionate language and delicate brushwork to express her love for life and life, bringing courage and hope to countless people and becoming a spiritual model for all mankind.

The work tells the story of Anna, an aristocratic woman, who pursues love and happiness, but is defeated by Karenin's hypocrisy and Vronsky's indifference and selfishness. She eventually ends up committing suicide by lying on a train and leaving her body in a station. The manor owner Levin opposed the private ownership of land, resisted the capitalist system, and sympathized with the poor peasants, but he could not get rid of the aristocratic habits and fell into an inextricable contradiction. Contradictory periods, contradictory systems, contradictory characters, and contradictory psychology make the whole book bump in the whirlpool of contradictions. This novel is a portrayal of the nervous and panic-stricken Russian society in the transition period between the old and the new.

Strickland is a successful securities broker. He has both fame and fortune, a happy family, and a comfortable life that others envy. One day, when he was over 40 years old, he suddenly disappeared without a word after leaving a note. He abandoned his wealth, status, and family, endured ridicule, doubt, and hunger, and insisted on studying painting in a foreign country. However, his colorful paintings were not recognized by the outside world, and he fell into the abyss of poverty and illness. After some twists and turns, Strickland decided to live in Tahiti, far away from modern society. The local natural environment inspired his creation, and a stunning work was born from his pen. However, he ordered it to be burned after his death. The freedom and happiness of dreams, the cruelty and corruption of reality, when the moon symbolizing dreams is deep in the heart, how should the sixpence at the feet be placed?

The protagonist "I" in "Minna" is a young Danish man named Hellad. After accidentally meeting the governess Ming Na, the two fell in love together. But at that time, Ming Na and the bohemian artist Stephenson were experiencing a bitter love. In order for the lovers to finally get married, Minna wrote a letter to Stephenson and informed her of the incident. As a result, a tragedy began. Stephenson regained Minna out of strong possessiveness. However, after the two got married, Stephenson quickly exposed his true nature. Mingna lived a very painful life, and she died of a heart attack in despair soon after. Before he died, he left a suicide note to Haild that made people burst into tears...

Armand, a son of a wealthy family, studied in Paris and met the beautiful Margaret of the Camellias. Armand fell deeply in love with Margaret, and Margaret gave up her luxurious life for Armand. But at this time, Margaret's illness became more and more serious, and Armand's father objected to their relationship because of Margaret's humble background. What choice will the two make? Can they go on happily?

"The Growth of the Earth" tells the story of a farmer who reclaimed wasteland with his own hands, married a wife, had children, and established a family. At the beginning of the book, readers are transported away from the modern civilized world and returned to the desolate wilderness. The protagonist, "tough guy" Isaac, and Inger, a straightforward and strong woman with a harelip, lived a peaceful life here and had two sons and three daughters. Later, many other families moved in here, and it was impossible for people's interests to be satisfied. It was only when people finally realized that they were just an insignificant part in this world that they were able to finally move towards peace and quiet. In this place far away from the world, everyone's fate is different, which actually represents the entire society.

This is a novel written for children by the Nobel Prize-winning writer and famous Polish novelist Sienkiewicz. It has been made into movies twice. It is a literary classic that has accompanied the growth of generations in Poland and many places around the world. The land of Africa looks particularly magnificent and magical under Sienkiewicz's epic writing, and the friendship between boys and girls also shines with brilliance. Readers can feel the strong appeal of the great literary works in "Where Are You Going" and "Fire and Sword" everywhere.

"Taisi" is a novel written by French writer France in 1890. Is an anti-Christ masterpiece and a soul-saving story. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. Reason for the award: "His brilliant literary achievement lies in his noble style, compassionate human sympathy, charming charm, and the characteristics formed by a truly French temperament." The young priest Barneyforth in the novel is a practitioner who strictly abides by Christian rules. He respects the dogma of Christ in words, deeds, and thoughts. He practices assiduously and tries to save ignorant sentient beings with Jesus-like fraternity.

"The Late Pascal" is the most famous novel by the famous Italian writer Pirandello. It describes the experience of rural librarian Mattia Pascal twice abandoning his original identity and seeking another "self". The author's bizarre plot depicts the coercive force of absurd social life on people, as well as the contradictions between people and society, people and people, and people and themselves.

"The Little Prince" was written in 1943. It is a work of innocence that keeps people childish forever. The author is the legendary French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The story tells that "I" as a pilot met a weird, strange, innocent and pure little prince in the Sahara Desert. After a quarrel with his beloved rose, he ran away in anger and roamed around the planets, looking for a cure for loneliness and pain. The work is rich in poetry and philosophy, and the lines contain the author's deep understanding of major issues such as love and life. This book is a three-language version in Chinese, French and English, printed in full color, and comes with English and French audiobooks.

The novel describes the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. It is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the life experience of the protagonist, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism.

Eugenie Grandet is the heroine in the novel "Eugenie Grandet" written by the French critical realist novelist Balzac. She is the most kind and pure character in the novel. The entire novel is based on her tragic life as the central clue. Her virtues gradually emerged in her painful life and in comparison with old Grandet, Charles, de Bonfeng and others. The more suffering she encountered in life, the more prominent the hypocrisy and ugliness of other characters around her, and the more obvious her kindness, tolerance and love became.

The Famous Translation Collection of World Literary Names is a set of world famous works with prominent status in literary history carefully selected and published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House. It selects classics handed down from generation to generation and translates the works by famous writers, thus integrating into the "Famous Translation Collection of World Literary Famous Names (a set of 50 volumes in total)". "A Collection of Famous Translations of World Literary Famous Names (Set of 50 Volumes)" selects translations by famous writers. Well-known experts and scholars such as Chen Xiaoqing, Yang Wuneng, Li Yumin, Li Gang, Yang Mingjiu, and Zhou Lu have commented and interpreted the whole book from multiple aspects such as ideological and artistic value. The masterpieces written by great writers ensure the depth and breadth of thought, and the translations by well-known translators bring enjoyment of language.

An old Cuban fisherman fought alone with a giant marlin at sea for three days and finally subdued it. However, he was attacked by a shark on his way back. He fought day and night and finally returned to the seaside with an empty fish bone. People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated. All the profound meaning of life is contained in this tough guy and his fish bones.

The little prince on a distant planet ran away in anger because of a quarrel with a beautiful and delicate rose, and began his own interstellar wandering. He visited six planets inhabited by kings, vain people, drunkards, businessmen, lampkeepers, and geographers. Then he came to the earth and met snakes, foxes, switchmen, traders, and pilots, and started thinking about love and responsibility...

"Anna Karenina" is a novel written by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and is also his representative work. Through the two clues of the heroine Anna's tragedy of pursuing love, and Levin's reforms and explorations when he faced a crisis in the countryside, the book depicts a broad and colorful picture of Russia from Moscow to the countryside in other provinces. It has described more than 150 characters and is a social encyclopedia-style work.

The story takes place in France in the seventeenth century. The queen accidentally transferred the jewelry given to her by the king to her lover, the Duke of Buckingham. Minister Richelieu discovered this and regarded it as a great opportunity to display his ambitions. At the same time, d'Artagnan, who had practiced swordsmanship as a fledgling, came to Paris to join the musketeer captain Treville. He met the three musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis unexpectedly, and they formed an irreversible friendship without fighting. D'Artagnan meets the queen's maid by chance and falls in love with her at first sight, but unexpectedly learns that Richelieu, the powerful red-coated leader, wants to sow discord between Britain and France for his own plan to destroy the country, intending to create a royal scandal and cause King Louis XIII to misunderstand the queen. In order to fight against the evil conspiracy of the red-dressed leader and protect the queen's innocence, the people with a sense of justice started a battle of wits and courage with the enemy...

"Gone with the Wind" is a novel about the war. Margaret focuses on the experience and feelings of the women who stayed at home and suffered from the war. From the beginning of the war, she had a reverence for the war and fully supported the war, to the pain of losing relatives due to the war, having to succumb to the fate of failure, and the arduous journey of rebuilding her homeland after the war...

This product is a short story in "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English Original)", which is a famous short story by Maugham. The story begins, develops and ends in the rain. Human nature has become so that perhaps only constant heavy rain can wash away the sinful soul, and the rain can bring purity and holiness to human nature.

This product is a short story from "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English Original)", a collection of Maugham's classic short stories. It tells the story of a captain lost at sea, swinging between dreams and reality. Maugham laid out the story in his usual calm and delicate writing style, mixed with incisive discussions based on his profound understanding of life.

This product is a short story from "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English Original)", which tells the conflict between naturalism and Western civilization. The author's yearning can also be seen from the beautiful description of island life.

This product is a short story from "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English original version)". It uses the story of Lawson and Ethel to illustrate the issue of compatibility of civilizations. This is a short story written by Maugham based on his experiences during his travels in the New Zealand Islands. It is meaningful to read and makes you think deeply.

This product is a short story from "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English Original)", which allows us to see the coexistence of dictatorship and ignorance, the battle between despicability and innocence, and the entanglement of good and evil in human nature under the background of colonialism, and everything eventually leads to death.

This product is a short story from "The Trembling of a Leaf. The Trembling of a Leaf (English original version)". It is a slightly fantasy story, implying that the readers' fantasy stories are not reliable, and the cruel reality is the truth.

"The Knife's Edge" is a novel written by the British writer William Somerset Maugham, first published in 1944. Maugham condensed his thoughts on the world and life in this work, and the book has the shadow of his own mental journey. The theme expressed in the novel is the pursuit of the meaning of life and the meaning of self-existence.

This collection of Maugham's short stories includes six stories he created that took place on small islands in the South Pacific, establishing his status as a short story writer. Opening this book is like opening six cans of tropical fruits with different flavors. Under the rich exotic flavor, different tastes of life are revealed.

"The Moon and Sixpence" is a novel written by the British novelist William Somerset Maugham, written in 1919. Maugham deeply explores the contradictions and interactions between life and art in his novels. The theme of escapism revealed in the novel is consistent with the pursuit of many people in the West and has become a popular novel in the 20th century.

In "Pleasure", Maugham drew materials from reality, blended fiction and reality, and used the narrator Ashenden to narrate his early relationship with the famous writer Driffield and his ex-wife Rosie. "Joy" is one of Maugham's most popular novels. This novel with a strong autobiographical flavor can be said to be Maugham's most mature work in writing skills.

One day, if you become a beetle, alienated from your loved ones and abandoned by the world, how will you survive? Is this a game between human nature and bestiality, or a struggle between individuals, family, and social relationships...

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

A very unlucky old Cuban fisherman went out fishing alone and caught nothing for eighty-four days. On the eighty-fifth day, he still decided to get up early and go to sea. This time, he sailed the boat into the deep sea and finally hooked a marlin that he had never seen before. The big fish was so powerful that it dragged the boat drifting for two days and two nights. In the boundless sea, as the sun rose and set, the old man was thirsty, hungry, his hands were cramped, and his back was injured, but he kept confronting the marlin and persisted. Finally, after the marlin was exhausted and finished its circle, the old man struggled to catch the fish and tied it to the bow of the boat. During the triumphant return, the bleeding marlin continued to attract shark attacks, and an inevitable disaster occurred. The tired old man continued to fight with the sharks, but in the end the marlin was eaten up by the sharks, and the old man only dragged back a bare fish skeleton. A very unlucky old Cuban fisherman went out fishing alone for eighty-four days and caught nothing. On the eighty-fifth day, he still decided to get up early and go to sea. This time, he sailed the boat into deep sea and finally hooked a marlin that he had never seen before. The big fish was so powerful that it dragged the boat drifting for two days and two nights. In the boundless sea, as the sun rose and set, the old man was thirsty, hungry, his hands were cramped, and his back was injured, but he kept confronting the marlin and persisted. Finally, after the marlin was exhausted and finished its circle, the old man struggled to catch the fish and tied it to the bow of the boat. During the triumphant return, the bleeding marlin continued to attract attacks from sharks, and an inevitable disaster occurred.

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During the Soviet Patriotic War, in a small village, Warrant Officer Vaskov reluctantly accepted two classes of young female soldiers assigned by his superiors. He wants to direct them to guard the 171 concession facility. Not long after the female soldiers were stationed, before they were familiar with field life, they accidentally discovered German scouts. Therefore, Vaskov decided to lead five female soldiers to deal with the enemy, and launched a desperate battle with the German invaders in the dense forest... "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" is the representative work of the famous contemporary Soviet writer Boris Vasilyev. After being published in the Soviet magazine "Youth", it was translated into many languages, and was adapted into movies, dramas, operas, and ballets. It is loved by people in many countries around the world. The author of the novel won the first prize for children's literature in the Soviet Union and the Soviet State Prize. It was put on the screen in 1972 and won the 1973 Venice International Film Festival Memorial Award and the All-Soviet Film Festival Grand Prize, etc., Becoming a generation classic.