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The ultimate goal of love is the mutual consent and union of body and mind. The essence of love is nothing more than the process of realizing the desire of a man and a woman to attract and pursue each other. However, in this process, one cannot just rely on bravery and enthusiasm to charge forward as one wishes, but there are indeed some rules that no one can avoid.

Looking back on my youth, there was love and affection, but at the same time there were also a lot of worries, hesitation and confusion. I wrote this book because I wanted to summarize and reflect on everything in my past. The characters and places in the book are not limited to my youth around the age of 20. All the regrets, confusions, homesickness, and resentment I experienced in my teens, thirties, forties, and even today are all recorded in this book. --Junichi Watanabe

For Cocteau, Picasso "had a charm... (He) had a miraculous company, stirring up trivial things... Furniture, animals and people intertwined like the body of a lover". Cocteau took Picasso into the theater world, rekindled his interest in modeling, and was at the forefront of the movement and return of "restoration of order" and restoration of traditional values ​​- a decisive fact of the 1920s, which Cocteau regarded as the honor of his life. "Meeting Picasso" shows Cocteau's artistic compatibility with his contemporary creators, Picasso's decisive influence on him, and his connection with masters such as Satie and Apollinaire - Cocteau was their fellow traveler and sometimes their discoverer. That's what this book is about.

Notes on the struggles of Yeluzi plant lovers on the balcony, written for fellow balcony planters! The ten precepts for growing flowers are especially suitable for plant killers, Buddhist flower growers, and people with handicapped stars! The Japanese drama "Plant Man's Balcony Star" was adapted from this book. Won the Kodansha Prose Award. The "balcony people" who have chosen an urban life without a courtyard and use the limited space on the balcony to grow flowers and plants have various rules for their plant life. I wish to love them appropriately and firmly believe that the dead plants are due to improper placement. Do not sweep the soil to the neighbor's balcony. Keep the ones abandoned by others. After eating, you should look for seeds that can be planted... A collection of Ito Masayuki's plant life full of philosophical speculation and self-entanglement. Whether you grow flowers or not, you will laugh while reading this.

"The Quartet of Truth" is a collection of four selected works by American Indian flag bearer Louise Erdrich, including "La Rose", "The Shadow Game", "The Butcher's Club" and "The Beet Queen". Most of Erdrich's novels are set in North Dakota, USA, and incorporate Indian culture. Several novels are related to each other and together form a larger story. Some characters who appear in one novel may continue to develop their stories in another novel, but each novel can still be regarded as an independent individual. Among them, "La Rose" is the final work of the author's "Justice Trilogy". It won the Novel Award from the National Book Critics Association, one of the three major literary awards in the United States, and is listed as a must-read for American high school students and college students. "The Shadow Stepping Game" is based on the author's real marriage tragedy, focusing on women's weak status and weak culture, triggering diverse discussions on women's living conditions and identity. "The Uncrowned King" in Erdrich's novel "The Butcher's Club" is a masterpiece of her peak period. It incorporates elements such as suspense and murder, and has a strong story. It has been rated as one of her works full of life wisdom by readers. "The Beet Queen" is one of the author's early masterpieces. It was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1986 and is also a controversial work of the author.

"The Reveries of a Solitary Wanderer" was a work written by Rousseau before his death. It was not completely completed and was not published during his lifetime. He even never thought of publishing it. The ten walks have no certain order or style, and even the exact writing time cannot be verified. For Rousseau himself, these ten walks are just an explanation of himself. He is trying to accept himself, his own philosophy of life, and his own explanation for his sudden failure in life. He said, "I have a strong interest in the lonely life, and I even never want to leave this life." In the final analysis, it is just a proud sigh. It was under this circumstance that "The Reveries of a Lonely Walker" became Rousseau's "most distinctive" work.

"Thinking of Germany: A Spiritual Portrait of Rhenish Culture" uses a critical thinking perspective and a passionate writing style to lead readers to explore the deepest meaning of German culture. Starting from the key figures and events in German history selected by the author, the book draws out the various customs and customs that ran through the original German civilization and even modern Germany, covering life, thought, history, customs and other aspects. It skillfully integrates allusive materials, social reality and personal inspiration. It is both rigorous and solid in academics and poetic in literature. In a flowing style, it narrates the essence of German culture.

British natural history writer Richard Mabey said weeds are defined by how humans view them. Weeds live next to us. On the one hand, Maeby defends plants that are not favored in nature, and on the other hand, he explores the complex relationship between weeds and humans from history, novels, poems, dramas and folktales. The wild nature behind civilization has never gone far. It is a history of the game between human beings and nature, and it is also a huge picture of the migration and wandering of weeds.

There are a group of "losers" living in the houseboat on the Thames - Nina who lives alone with her two daughters, Richard who has a successful career but can't keep his wife, Willis, a marine painter who can't keep up with the times, Morris who always has a suit ready but never wears it for an interview... Life itself has a destructive power, making them flow slowly and deeply lost. Temporarily, they form a small community on the river, but a storm soon approaches.

"The Joy of Letters" is an aphoristic work presented in a meditative style, divided into forty-six fragments, arranged in alphabetical order. The author talks about desire, examines the body, sees the confusion of language as an opportunity to reach a state of bliss, and determines that interruption can induce happiness, so he adopts the form of short film writing. The relationship between language and ideology is also a major topic. This translation also adds two articles, "Supplement" and "Literary Theory", adding articles and fragments in which the author discusses writing and images.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel set against the background of the French Revolution in the 18th century. "Two Cities" refers to London and Paris. The story revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The upright and kind-hearted Dr. Manette was secretly imprisoned in the Bastille for exposing the evil deeds of the nobles. Eighteen years later, his orphan daughter Lucy rushed from London to Paris and was finally reunited with her father. On the way back to London with her father, Lucy met the aristocratic young man Darnay and fell in love with him. As the son of Dr. Manette's enemy, Darnay was forgiven and recognized by the doctor and married Lucy, but he was about to be guillotined by Madame Defarge, who had a sworn hatred against his family... "A Tale of Two Cities" is not only a touching and lamentable love novel, but also a well-conceived suspense novel, and a magnificent social novel and historical novel.

"The Story of the Romans" is a book about history and evaluation of men today by the author Shiono Nanao. "Stories of Men" can be said to be a complete record of men from ancient to modern times, writing stories from Pericles, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon, to film director Fellini, athlete Lewis, and even ordinary restaurant waiters. Shiono looks at modern characters from a historical perspective, and interprets men in history from a modern perspective. "Portrait of a Man" talks about Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Oda Nobunaga, Medici, Napoleon, Churchill and other most admired men in history. Tired of hearing praises about them, let's take a look at Shiono Nansei, who has a clear distinction between love and hate, and how he evaluates them sharply. "For Men" will open your eyes. In the book, Shiono talks about many hot topics today: men's fashionable dressing methods, inequality between men and women, the importance of food and appearance, the definition of successful and sexy men, etc. Shiono even used his own personal experience to give advice to straight men who don't know what gifts to give to women – "What this salesman gave was a simple silver bracelet and a scarf that was pure silk but nothing special. But he understands etiquette and knows how to give gifts. Directly. It was really boring when I handed it to the other person. He put the bracelet on me with his own hands and gently put the scarf around my neck. The coolness when the bracelet was on my wrist, the soft feeling when the scarf was wrapped around my neck, and the sensual pleasure like a spring breeze, still feel like yesterday after 20 years.

"Three Men in a Boat" (Three Men in a Boat) was written in 1889. It was once selected as one of the "50 Most Humorous Literary Works in History" and has remained popular for more than 100 years. Three ordinary and quite contented young people, with a bully and naughty dog, left London in high spirits and went rafting on the Thames River. Can they, who failed to get up on the first day, finally triumph in style? In their absurd and interesting travel experiences and memories, the scenery along the Thames and the social climate of Britain in the 19th century slowly unfolded like a picture scroll. Jerome, a representative writer of British humor, writes with ease, making people laugh and think deeply. Series# contains more than 60 black and white line drawings and four watercolor reproductions.

This book collects the people and things that Teacher You Jin met while traveling around the world. Teacher You Jin uses her concise and fresh writing style to bring readers the poetry and distance she sees.

This book collects many of Teacher You Jin's insights on life. She condensed many of her thoughts on life, the world, love, and friendship into words, and wrote beautiful articles to encourage everyone to maintain a positive attitude and appreciate the many beauties in life.

Thoreau revised his manuscript seven times and finally published it in 1854. "Walden" records Thoreau's secluded life and thoughts during more than two years at Walden Pond, showing nature with human presence. Using trees, plants, soil and wildlife as references, the fate of humanity is pondered. The book is structured around seasons, mixing proverbs, historical facts and anecdotes, integrating scientific observations into a high degree of poetry.

"Under the Tuscan Sun" is a long masterpiece by the well-known American writer and poet Frances Mays. It records every moment of her coming to the ancient Italian town of Tuscany to indulge in life and work. An old house where I grew up in Tuscany. On a bright sunny day, pleasure wakes up the body, exploring olives in the fields for the first time, and exploring mountain towns along ancient roads; on sleepless and quiet nights, peace accompanies the soul, slowly stretching and wandering with the square light and shadow reflected on the floor by the moonlight. I have counted pigeons cooing sixty times a minute. The Etruscan stone walls on the top of the mountain date back to the eighth century BC. We can chat slowly, there is plenty of time.

"Beautiful Tuscany" is another masterpiece by the well-known American writer and poet Frances Mays after "Under the Tuscan Sun". It records her daily life in Tuscany for ten years. A house with apricot yellow exterior walls and rose red murals facing the valley. The Apennine Mountains stretch endlessly, with olive groves and simple and pleasant farmhouses scattered throughout. There are stars, a moon, the cheerful green of spring, and the cool, clear nights of summer. At home, you can plant flowers and grass, and delicious food is at your fingertips. When you go out on the street, you can be greeted one after another, and you can encounter warmth all the time. A bouquet of flowers, a smiling face... Half host, half tenant. If he can't bear the cold rain in spring, he flies to the mild south; if he doesn't like the dry heat of summer, he goes to the beautiful water city. I lived like this for ten years.

Life is like a journey, with good fortune and graceful sincerity. It is not only the creative spirit of Matsuo Basho, but also the essence of his philosophy of life. It will be passed down to future generations and resonate with the spiritual world of contemporary people! The travelogues and complete works of haiku by Japan's "Hai Hai Saint" Matsuo Basho, who is as famous as Du Fu, are treasures of Japanese classical literature comparable to "The Tale of Genji"! Famous artists such as Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Yasunari Kawabata, Junichiro Tanizaki, and Shu Zuoren unanimously recommend it! It collects all chronicles and haiku, including more than 50 exquisite essays such as "Oshu Trail", "Sarako Chronicles", "Kashima Chronicles", and "Ji Zhi Xiaowen", which are the models of chronicles. Elegance, tranquility, mystery, and blandness... Japan in Basho's works is not only beautiful, but also beautiful. With poetry and prose and beautiful scenery, this is a classic trip to Japan. If you love Japan's natural scenery, customs, cultural heritage, etc., You must read Matsuo Basho. More than three hundred years later, Matsuo Basho's "Oshu Trail" has been translated into many languages ​​and continues to move the world. The "Oshu Trail" has also become one of Japan's most popular tourist routes.

A Swedish scholar who escaped from the city became a shepherd and recorded the changes in his mentality while living in nature. 1021 Shepherding days, 133 diaries full of touching, philosophical thoughts and humor. Shepherding requires full concentration and cannot be treated as a part-time job. As the days passed, Axel Linden began to feel that he was not raising sheep, but the sheep were guarding him... Through getting along with the sheep and his daily observations, Axel Linden found inner peace outside the hustle and bustle of modern city life. At the same time, he made a sensitive and interesting meditation on the small miracles of the world, guiding readers to observe life and perceive everything spontaneous in nature, while also teaching us about ourselves and our place in the universe.

Dean Leonard participated in a race across the Gobi Desert in China. During this race, he met a stray dog ​​(later named her "Gobi"). During the week of the race, they stayed together. This experience changed the trajectory of their lives and led to a series of touching stories.

In 1940, at the beginning of World War II, 19-year-old wealthy girl Vivian dropped out of Vassar College and went to her aunt Peg, who ran the Lilly Theater in New York. In this gorgeous but crumbling old-fashioned theater, Vivian discovers her talent for designing costumes and meets a group of women who have influenced her life: Celia, a dancer who is indulgent and dreams of conquering the world with her beauty; Olive, who is serious and mediocre from head to toe, but is the beloved lover of her maverick aunt; Edna, a British actress who regards drama as life and the godmother of style who is not beautiful at all; Marjorie, a weird girl in a second-hand clothing store who looks ridiculous but has great ideas about life. Through them, Vivian experienced a liberation from body to mind, and fully experienced the charm and freedom she understood in New York. Until an unexpected sex scandal occurred, Vivian fled New York in a hurry and began her journey towards maturity... 70 Years later, 89-year-old Vivian used a long letter to tell a feminist named Angela about her life experience: New York in her eyes, this "their city" flashed across Yao's intoxicated days and nights, her love for sewing and clothing, her shame and pain, the love and freedom she realized... Throughout her life, she never became the "lady" that the era expected her to be, but there was a real Vivian Morris in the world, and she spent her life following the fire in her heart.

The representative work of Mary Austin, the "mother of the environmentalism movement" in the United States and a female nature writer; changed people's understanding of the desert and is known as the "immortal desert classic". The dry, rainless, empty and barren desert became a charming landscape with life and vitality in Austin's writings, thus creating the "desert aesthetics" that no one in the United States was interested in at the time. "Stars and Indian Land" is one of the masterpieces of the famous American female writer Mary Austin. It was written based on the author's twelve years of life experience in a desert town. It changed people's understanding of the desert. In her writing, the dry, rainless, empty and barren desert, like the shores of Walden Pond in New England or the Yosemite Mountains in California, has become a charming landscape with life and vitality.

"The Green Mountains of Africa" ​​is a documentary novel by Hemingway. Based on his trip to East Africa in 1933, he recreated the hunting process in the primeval forests of Africa with delicate and full strokes. This book has been controversial since its inception. Hemingway's meticulous descriptions take readers to the mysterious Africa, where they can experience the thrilling scenes of competing with animals and indirectly enjoy the thrill of hunting. At the same time, the anthropocentrism and cruel hunting of wild animals shown in the works have long been criticized by critics. Interpreting this work can provide a more comprehensive and profound understanding of Hemingway's world view and view of nature.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin", also translated as "The Death of a Negro," is an anti-slavery novel published by American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (Mrs. Stowe) in 1852. The novel's views on African Americans and American slavery had a profound impact. It is considered to be a major factor in stimulating the rise of abolitionism in the 1850s, and to some extent intensified the regional conflicts that led to the First World War. In the first year of its publication, 300,000 copies were sold in the United States. The book was also very popular abroad. In the UK, 40 publishing houses published the book, with sales reaching more than 1.5 Million copies. At the same time, it has also been warmly welcomed by readers from all over the world, and has been highly praised by famous writers such as Tolstoy, Turgenev, George Sand, Heine, Dickens, etc. It has been adapted into plays, musicals, etc. And has been performed on stages across the United States for many years. It has been translated into more than 40 languages ​​​​in the world.

This book is a collection of nature essays by the famous French writer Jules Renard, which is based on simple and romantic rural life. It contains more than 80 articles on animals and plants. With the attitude of a simple onlooker, Lenard returns to his original nature with his brushwork, using the eyes of all things to observe the fun and agility of nature, and reproduces the harmonious and harmonious charm of life of all things in the world. A natural literature classic comparable to "Insects" provides insight into the reality and excitement of life under a magnifying glass: Jules Renard, a French writer known as the "poet of nature", has a collection of nature essays based on simple and romantic rural life. This edition is a newly translated and complete version of the original work, which contains more than 80 articles on animals and plants. The author uses the attitude of a simple bystander, returns to his original nature, and uses the eyes of all things to observe the fun and agility of nature, reproducing the harmonious and harmonious life charm of all things in nature. It is a healing work for urbanites to return to nature, and parents and children can share the beauty of literature and art: the author's relaxed and smart words, vivid and keen observations, easy-to-find poetry, and the original humor unique to nature allow the tired body and mind trapped in the city to immerse themselves in the imagination of literature and art, forget the cramped and rough reality, regain the innocence and freedom of being in the wilderness, and relive the pure beauty that has passed away.

"When the Stars of Mankind Shine" is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It intercepts the shining moments of great figures such as Mohammed II, Napoleon, Goethe, and Nietzsche to show their impact on a person's life and death, the survival of a nation, and even the fate of the entire human race. The moment when the stars shine does not come often, but there is no doubt that in our time it is coming. Zweig used his lofty and fiery words to describe the moments when the stars shine, and these moments also bloomed with more dazzling brilliance because of him.

In order to free Jiang from his love affair with a young woman, Jiang was forced to study abroad in Copenhagen and continue his studies. A year after he arrived in Copenhagen, trouble continued to follow him: After receiving an international call from Beijing, Jiang hurried back to Beijing. On the night he left Denmark International Airport, a Copenhagen police officer found a couple brutally murdered in their apartment. They had just returned to Denmark from a long stay in China. Who is the murderer? This book was conceived and written by the author when he was the director of the Nordic Police Office in China.

"The Decameron" (1348-1353) is the first realist masterpiece in the history of European literature. The work begins with a prologue, describing what happened to ten young men and women who took refuge in a villa in the countryside against the background of the plague in Florence. Each of the ten young people told a story every day, and a total of one hundred stories were told in ten days, hence the name "The Decameron". Each story is of different lengths and all-inclusive in content, and humanistic thought is the main thread running through the book.

"Walden Pond" is a record of what the American writer Thoreau saw, thought, and realized when he lived alone on the shores of Walden Pond. He lived in a cabin he built by the lake for two years, two months and two days. The Walden Pond in his works is clear and pure, deep and meaningful, suitable for winter and summer, sunny and rainy, suitable for viewing from a distance and close up, suitable for close reading and shallow appreciation, and suitable for the ages. He uses it as a means to wash away the worldly dust and cleanse the spirit. This great poet was wandering by the lake. He had talents and philosophical thoughts that transcended time and space. With his wonderful pen, he turned this small lake of only 61 acres into a bright starry sky that the whole world looked up to. This is a simple book, but also a profound book, a simple book, but also a gorgeous book. Today, when the natural ecology is subject to unprecedented pollution and damage, it has even more special significance. Walden Pond has become a symbol of mankind's desire to return to nature.

Sometimes, we are enveloped in a sense of loneliness, feeling alone and facing this huge world alone. When we are trapped in loneliness, how can we comfort ourselves when we are vulnerable? How to broaden social boundaries? How to increase happiness in life? How to like or even love someone? How to follow your heart and find your own path? Yataro Matsuura sincerely reveals the language deep in loneliness. These 150 reassuring passages teach us to be friends with loneliness and have the powerful power to protect ourselves.

Morris has moved! A new school, new friends, and a new playground. He was looking forward to the unknown life, but he didn't expect that the first week would make him so crazy! He is anxious, scared, misses his friends, and finds it difficult to adapt... Can Morris adapt to the new environment in a short period of time? How can his family and teachers help him channel negative emotions, overcome timidity, and actively cope with changes?

This book is a collection of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, which includes ten short stories, including the most classic works such as "Rashomon". In Akutagawa's writing, the spider's thread connects the paradise and hell, and the good and evil of human nature sway between this soft spider thread. Ryunosuke Akutagawa, an old soul who is too precocious and sees life too thoroughly, constantly reflects and dialectics on the issues he faces in his own life in the world, and uses his pen to penetrate human nature to reveal the root causes of the era and the troubles of society. "Run!" "Melos" is a collection of passionate and bright novels by Osamu Dazai, a master of "rogue" literature. The selected chapters in this book subvert Dazai Osamu's decadent image of "I'm sorry for being a human being". It contains 6 short and medium-length stories in his youthful and passionate style, which are full of Dazai Osamu's enthusiasm and positive attitude towards life and being a human being. These works also fully demonstrate the youthful, persistent and egoistic side of Dazai Osamu, the "original chuunibyou". "The Life of Budoli" is a collection of fairy tales and poems by Andersen of Japan and national fairy tale poet Miyazawa Kenji. Selected are Kenji Miyazawa's classic fairy tales such as "Night on the Galaxy Railway" and famous poems such as "No Fear of Wind and Rain". The animals and people in Miyazawa Kenji's works, although weak and humble, are bullied, but they also live very hard and are not afraid of sacrifice for the happiness of everyone. Miyazawa Kenji does not hesitate to burn himself but also illuminates the tenderness and determination of everyone, so that he can still give people the power to survive today, a hundred years later.

"Speechless" is a novel with a strange conception. The story begins with the disappearance of many elderly people in a village near Osaka, Japan. The police found nothing, but the media reported a lot. Someone submitted a confession to the police, describing the crime in detail, and signed it by Oda Sotatsu, an unknown young man. From the time of his trial to the time he was sent to the gallows, he remained silent. The novel is based on interviews with Oda Sotatsu's father, mother, sister, brother, as well as prison guards, Sato Okakura and Yoshitoshi Taku, who were responsible for this case, and builds the entire story structure. The author connects the materials together and uncovers the mysteries layer by layer, showing the inner state, living situation and various helplessness of modern people, and revealing the failure of the social mechanism.

This book is the author's reflections written while on vacation at the seaside in middle age, including thoughts and revelations brought about by life. She picked up various shells from the seaside and lived alone for a period of time, during which she gained inspiration and wrote this book. The author writes about a new understanding of life, including relationships with partners, families, and children, and thoughts on various stages of life. In the book, she talks about self-acceptance, separation, solitude, various tests in middle age, the relationship between parents and children, intimacy, etc. Although the content of this book was written decades ago and has been tempered by the years, it still seems to be fresh and can bring spiritual guidance and comfort to people.

"Gravity's Rainbow" is a classic work in postmodernist literature. It has a unique position in the history of 20th century world literature and has caused huge controversy. The plot of this masterpiece is complex, and the dream-like fantasy is full of confusing and intricate cross-relationships, various, weird and messy narratives, specious discussions, and descriptions of physics, rocket engineering, advanced mathematics, psychology, international politics, and abnormal sex. The background of the novel is the Second World War. German V-2 rockets frequently attacked London. The British and American intelligence agencies discovered that the place where an American intelligence officer had sex was often the landing point of the rocket. They studied this phenomenon, which attracted and implicated many people and events.

This book has five characteristics: first, the articles introduced in the book are all the most representative works of the United States since the founding of the United States, so they are highly readable, and many of them are translated for the first time; second, the translation pays special attention to the transmission and reproduction of the original author's style; third, the translation is prudent, concise, meaningful and elegant; Fourth, the annotations are also very serious, responsible, and detailed; fifth, the preface of the book and the style analysis at the beginning of each chapter give a brief explanation of the origins, trends, and characteristics of each style of American prose development, from which it is not difficult to get a glimpse of the general development trajectory and overview of the country's prose from its growth to its heyday. This book is a reprint of "Selected British Prose" (1996) published by Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House.

This book is based on "Reminiscences of Baudelaire" by the famous French novelist, poet, and art theorist Gautier. Turning to the title page of "Flowers of Evil", this most famous collection of lyric poems in modern times was presented to the author of this book. Baudelaire called him "a very dear and highly respected teacher and friend." Less than half a year after Baudelaire's death, he wrote this deeply affectionate and eloquent essay, which is both a memoir and a biography with a unique style. The book also contains the essence of Poe's poems, articles and letters, which is indeed an excellent memory and commemoration of this extraordinary poet. Guy Sand called it a "biographical masterpiece", a rare "jewel" in prose that cannot be removed word for word.

"Selected American Prose" is a reprint of "Selected American Prose" (1989) published by Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House. The purpose of reprinting is based on the following considerations. As far as we know, the book has been widely welcomed by readers at home and abroad (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) since its release. However, due to the small print run and the fact that it has not been reprinted, the book market has disappeared for a long time, causing book buyers to often give up and return. In view of this, our publisher has decided to republish this book to meet the needs of readers and to give this excellent translation a new lease of life.

"Earth" is an essay by André Gide, a famous French writer in the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is a classic work with lasting influence and a fascinating reading for young intellectuals. It is called "the Bible of the restless generation". The book eulogizes personal efforts and dedication, and believes that people should follow nature, pay attention to gaining strong feelings and rich experiences, constantly improve themselves, and create new people to the greatest extent.

Fyodor Dostoevsky, a famous Russian writer in the 19th century, left behind a large number of letters in addition to his voluminous novels, political commentaries and literary reviews that had worldwide influence. These letters provide valuable information about the writer's creation, thoughts, social activities, and even his personality in various periods, and are undoubtedly an important part of his literary heritage. This book selects and translates more than 200 of his letters, which mainly involve the writer's creation, literary and artistic views, political thoughts and major events in his personal experience.

Stevenson cherished his free days very much and made several long-term trips to France. Once, as described in "Travel with a Donkey", he left his hometown and came to the mountain town of Monastie alone. He drove his donkey across the Severn Mountains, chatting with random acquaintances along the way, and sleeping under the stars at night. Along the way, the scenery of the mountainous areas of southern France is gradually presented to the readers as the author's journey progresses. Also, I have to mention the other protagonist in the book, "Little Wenwen". "Little Wenmei" is the name given by the author to his traveling companion, the little donkey. The author uses humorous writing to describe the complete bankruptcy of the author's little intellectual fantasy in the face of "little gentleness" who has no understanding of humanistic customs, which leads to a tense relationship with "little gentleness" along the way. It is so interesting to read that you can't help but laugh.

"The Point Is" continues Susan Sontag's consistent acumen and diversity of perspectives. In her latest collection of essays, "The Point Is Where It Matters", she casts her sights on important modern and contemporary poets, writers, dramatists, dancers, and various types of art and literary forms. Due to her unique sensitivity, the significance of her articles is not limited to a certain field. Through the article itself, we see the eternal humanity, the eternal sense of justice, the eternal critical spirit, the eternal passion, and the eternal calmness.

Irving was a master of prose and one of the founding fathers of American literature. His literary talents are concentrated in the book "Notes on What He Sees and Hear", which is a work that coexists truth and fiction and reflects the old and new worlds with superb skills and rich imagination. In this book, the author extracts various anecdotes he heard and saw while traveling in the United States and Europe, and recounts them one by one with the technique of a novelist and the calm thinking of a philosopher. The author uses comic strips to outline the characters. The lazy Rip, the romantic ghost groom and the greedy country teacher Crane have become classic images in the treasure house of world literature. The author's strong humanistic thoughts run through the documentary and travel notes in this book. The famous English essay translator Mr. Gao Jian has dedicated his life to the research and translation of English essays. He is an accomplished selector and translator of English and American essays in China. He is especially famous for his translation style. His translations are exquisite, thoughtful, elegant, pure and sophisticated. There are many scholars who have written papers on Gao Jian's translation theory and style. "Notes on What I See and Hear" is Mr. Gao Jian's representative work in prose translation.

"Letters to a Young Poet" is a collection of ten letters written by Rilke between 1903 and 1908 to the young man Kabuse who longed to become a poet. These letters are Rilke's thoughts on creation, and are also answers to life problems such as hardship, loneliness, and love. They are true spiritual guidance for young people.

Francis Bacon (1561--1626) was the greatest philosopher and writer of the English Renaissance, "the true originator of British materialism and the entire modern experimental science." He not only made outstanding achievements in literature and philosophy, but also made great achievements in the fields of social science and natural science. He is known as the "tongue of law" and "light of science". Bacon's "Collected Essays" is the pioneer work of British essay literature, with a total of fifty-eight short essays. With its concise language, beautiful writing style, thorough reasoning, and repeated aphorisms, it has become one of the greatest prose works in the history of world literature. Shelley, the great British poet, once praised in his famous "Poetic Defence": "Lord Bacon is a poet. His language has a sweet and solemn rhythm, which satisfies our senses, just as the almost superhuman wisdom in his philosophy satisfies our intellect; the tone of his articles, majestic and majestic, impacts the limitations of your heart, and pours your heart together, rushing towards the universe with which it will always resonate."

"Essays in Translation: Against Interpretation" is one of Susan Sontag's most famous collections. It is the famous work that established her status as "the most discerning essayist in existence" in the United States. The commentary has spread across European and American avant-garde literature, drama, and film. It embodies the revolutionary posture and achievements of "new intellectuals" who "oppose interpretation" and re-evaluate the entire literature and art with "new sensibility."

"A Moveable Feast" is one of the most famous works about Paris. The dedication on its title page - "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you were young, then no matter where you go in your life, it will be with you, because Paris is a moveable feast." It has become Paris's "cultural business card" and is widely read. In this semi-documentary and semi-fictional work, the customs of the Paris literary circle in the 1920s slowly unfolded. Those who were influential in the world's literary and art circles at that time were vividly sketched with a few strokes, and they were forever integrated with the city and this book.

Most of Emerson's works are written in prose, and most of them are processed from speeches. His works do not pursue gorgeous rhetoric, but use concise language, vivid metaphors, and thorough reasoning. Just like the rolling water of the Mississippi River, it has a majestic momentum that cannot be contained, forming a far-reaching "Emerson style". The selections of "Emerson's Essays" cover the collections of "Speeches", "Essays", "Representatives" and "British Characteristics". Although it is not the complete collection, it contains most of it. The selection is broad and precise, and the translation is careful and careful. It can be called a comprehensive and sophisticated anthology.

Natsume Soseki's "Soseki's Diary" is finally out. It contains several of the most important time points in Soseki's life, recording Soseki's unreserved thoughts, as well as the pieces that had a profound impact on his career until the last moment of his life. Including "Diary of Studying Abroad in London", "Diary of "Later Events"", "Diary of Travels to Manchuria and Korea", "Diary of Great Trouble at Shuzenji Temple", "Diary of the End of Meiji", "Family Diary of the Third Year of Taisho" and "Final Diary of the Fifth Year of Taisho". Mr. Chen Dewen's passionate translation restores the life of Natsume Soseki, a great writer in the Meiji era, to the greatest extent possible. Natsume Soseki's diary is published for the first time in China, taking you into the 100% authentic Natsume Soseki; truly projecting Soseki's inner thoughts at several important points in his life, it is an indispensable and valuable historical material for studying Soseki's thoughts. His integrity is not limited by the prejudices of the times, he is not afraid of illness and strengthens his will. During the historical transition period, he fully expresses his life ideal of "removing selfishness from nature" and records the life trajectory of Soseki's outlook on life and worldview.