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"Thoughts" is the representative work of Pascal, a famous French philosopher, scientist and religious thinker. The book mainly records his in-depth thinking on major themes such as life and religion, as well as the results of his thinking, one by one, and edited it into a volume for publication. This book is Pascal's masterpiece, and it had a profound influence on many subsequent religious thinkers.

Freud was the greatest psychologist of the 20th century. The psychoanalysis he founded influenced the entire Western world in the 20th century and also influenced China at the end of the 20th century. Since his books were introduced to Chinese readers in the 1980s, many people have become loyal fans of Freud. Freud's book is primarily concerned with the analysis of dreams. Of course, he explained dreams in a scientific way, not in a Chinese superstitious way. At the same time, he also conducted a more in-depth analysis of the dream. Among the books published among them is the book "The Psychology of Dreams". The book "The Psychology of Dreams" also has a subtitle (as shown in this manuscript), which is a step-by-step introductory book for people who care about psychoanalysis. In other words, to correctly understand psychoanalysis, you must start with this book. In this book, the interpretation of dreams is already very profound. In addition, since "The Psychology of Dreams" is not very long, the editor has attached another Chinese translation of "The Diary of a Girl" that has been published in China, making it a two-in-one bound edition. In order to enable readers to have a deeper understanding of dream analysis and understanding through the analysis of dreams and subsequent specific cases. This English translation is the most authoritative English translation widely popular in the West.

American writer Thoreau's record of living alone by Walden Pond describes what he saw, heard and thought for 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. The author meticulously describes the life of living alone by the lake for more than two years, with the purpose of proving to readers through this personal experiment: In fact, you can live well and happily without a lot of money.

"A Study in Scarlet" is a novella by the famous British detective novelist Conan Doyle. It tells the story of Dr. Watson, who was injured and retired from the battlefield in Afghanistan, and Sherlock Holmes shared an apartment at 221 Baker Street in London. Soon, he discovered that this person had the power of careful observation and extraordinary reasoning and analysis ability beyond ordinary people. At the same time, there were often some mysterious visitors coming in and out of their apartment. Until one day, they were involved in a murder case...

Among Edgar Allan Poe's novels that explore love and hate, The Tell-Tale Heart (see the table of contents of this volume) is the most outstanding and famous. Edgar Allan Poe described these two completely different and even opposing emotions in a psychological sense that penetrated the back of the paper. It is based on this that Freud, the world-famous master of psychological analysis, developed his psychological theory that affects the world: Psychoanalysis. He explained that the so-called love and hate seem to be two different psychological emotions, but in fact they are just emotions intertwined in people's inner world. The two are sometimes inseparable, but the means of expression take different forms. This collection also includes another famous novel by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat. The novel describes a gentle animal lover who eventually turned into an evil cat killer. The transformation process is full of amazing things. Edgar Allan Poe not only used love as the theme of his novels, but also wrote his works with death as an overriding theme. At the same time, with the major theme of death, he often uses some kind of mask as a tool to further develop the plot of his novels. For example, The Cask of Amontillado and The Masque of the Red Death in this series. Edgar Allan Poe's novels are full of ups and downs. Once you read them, you often feel inextricable. You can't concentrate on doing other things until you finish reading the entire novel. Some people say that when reading Edgar Allan Poe, one must be prepared for a serious illness. This is not unreasonable, because Edgar Allan Poe is profound and because of Edgar Allan Poe's grasp of human nature. Poe liked to use symbolic objects to show the world that they might have some meaning. He used Whirlpool to symbolize madness in MS. Foundina Bottle (see the book list of this series); in The Tell-Tale Heart, he used "eyes" to symbolize human nature, and so on. It can be said that Edgar Allan Poe's novels contain a huge amount of information. And all of this requires us to read and feel bit by bit.

Don Quixote created by Cervantes is one of the most successful artistic images in the history of world literature. Westerners often refer to him as three outstanding models along with Hamlet and Faust ("The Most Classic English Library" has published "Hamlet" and "Faust" in the first five volumes), which shows his far-reaching influence. The main reason why the novel "Don Quixote" has won readers all over the world and has remained popular for more than 400 years is the author's unique portrayal of the character of Don Quixote: this is a man who is divorced from reality and acts blindly, a man full of justice and fond of fighting injustice, a man who makes people laugh and at the same time awe...

Napoleon Bonaparte, a French bourgeois politician and military strategist, emperor of the First French Empire and the Hundred Days Dynasty, was born into a declining aristocratic family in Corsica. After graduating from the Paris Military School, he became an artillery captain. He joined the revolutionary army during the French bourgeois revolution, won the battle of Toulon in 1793, and was promoted to major general. During the Directory period, he led troops to attack Italy in 1796 and invaded Egypt two years later. In 1799, Napoleon launched the "Brumaire Coup" to form a ruling government and served as the first consul. Subsequently, Napoleon carried out a number of major reforms in military affairs, education, justice, administration, legislation, economy and other aspects, and promulgated the "Napoleonic Code". The Napoleonic Code had a significant impact on the legislation of Western capitalist countries such as Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. This code transplants the rights protection part of the Declaration of Human Rights promulgated during the Great Revolution into the field of civil law, and is an inheritance of the spirit of the Declaration of Human Rights. In 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and established the First French Empire. He tried his best to strengthen the centralized military-bureaucratic state institutions and suppress the restoration forces of the royal party. He continued foreign wars, smashed the anti-French alliance many times, and dealt a heavy blow to the feudal forces in Europe. In October 1806, Napoleon led the French army to defeat the Prussian army in Jena. The French soldiers actually plundered the property of the philosopher Hegel, leaving his family with nothing. Fortunately, Hegel basically completed the writing of "Phenomenology of Spirit" before the Battle of Jena. Even so, on October 30, when Napoleon was riding through the street, Hegel saw him from the window of his residence. A few days ago, Hegel had just mailed the manuscript of "Phenomenology of Spirit" and was now worried about whether his manuscript would be destroyed in the war during the mail. An anxious Hegel stared intently at Napoleon and related the Frenchman to his own philosophical concepts. That night, in a letter to a friend, Hegel wrote: "I saw the emperor - the spirit of the world - riding out on horseback to inspect the whole city. I saw such an individual who controlled the world and dominated it, riding on horseback." At the same time, Napoleon also tried his best to compete for hegemony with Britain and Russia, and continued to plunder and expand, which led to the resistance of various oppressed nations and the intensification of domestic conflicts. After the Battle of Jena, Napoleon declared a continental blockade. On February 8, 1806, the French army defeated the Russian army at Hello. After Napoleon returned to the country, he continued to reform the internal affairs, rectify the police and universities, and stipulated that the task of universities was to "use the same mold to cultivate bourgeois youth loyal to the country and the Fourth Dynasty, abolished the bill review committee, the Senate and the Legislative Chamber, and implemented a strict censorship system of newspapers, periodicals and books , even the most important writers at the time, Chateaubriand, Madame de Staal, and Constant, were very hostile to the empire. In 1812, Napoleon went on an expedition to Russia and burned Moscow. After learning of the conspiracy, Napoleon quickly returned home, the French army fled, and the allied forces invaded France, accelerating the collapse of the empire. In 1814, the European anti-French coalition captured Paris, and Napoleon abdicated and was exiled to the Island of Elba. On March 1, 1815, Napoleon returned to France and regained power, but it only lasted 100 days. After the defeat of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated for the second time and was imprisoned by the British. Confined to St. Helena Island, he died of stomach cancer on May 5, 1821. Before his death, this great commander, whom Hegel called "the spirit of the world on horseback," lamented: "I once commanded an army of millions, but now I have no one; I once swept across three continents, but now I have no foothold." Jesus is far better than me. He has not a single soldier, and he has not conquered any land. Yet his kingdom is established in the hearts of all. There are two weapons in the world: spirit and sword. In the long run, the spirit will defeat the sword. "Indeed, today, more than 200 years later, Napoleon's martial supremacy has become a thing of the past, but the "world spirit on horseback", as a symbol of Hegel's philosophy, is known all over the world and has existed for a long time. The author of this book, Louis de Polligne, and Napoleon met in Corsica when they were 8 years old. They met and formed a friendship. As an adult, Napoleon entered the military academy and later joined the army; Polligne studied diplomacy in Vienna and Leipzig. In 1795, Polligne returned to Paris to reunite with Napoleon. At this time, Napoleon was preparing to lead his army to Italy. With the possibility of becoming a great man throughout the ages, Polignac began to consciously record and copy files. After 1797, Polignac followed Napoleon on an expedition to Egypt. After returning to France from Egypt, he assisted Napoleon in launching the "Broken Moon Coup" and participated in the promulgation of the "Napoleonic Code". During Napoleon's campaign, Poligne recorded admiringly Napoleon's methods of seizing power and wealth for himself and his family. In the autumn of 1802, Napoleon began to distance himself from Poligne, and a few weeks later, he fired him without any explanation, and the two became strangers.

The French literary world in the 19th century was full of bright and colorful stars. There are at least three dazzling stars, all of whom have become masters and whose writing techniques are also unique. The famous literary critic Mr. Li Jianwu summed it up as "Stendhal, profound; Balzac, great; Flaubert, perfect." In the writing of "Madame Bovary", Flaubert completely updated the narrative techniques of the novel, used realism to describe a real world for readers, and showed us a meticulous painting of the intertwining of various characters in French society and industrialized society in the mid-19th century. Therefore, "Madame Bovary" is considered the originator of modern novels. It is worth mentioning that Maupassant, the famous French short story writer known to the world (the works of this writer have been selected in the "The Third Series of the Most Classic English Library"), chose to study under Flaubert. Later, this great disciple also became famous in the world of literature. The theme of the story "Madame Bovary" was not made up by Flaubert out of thin air. The entire storyline is based on real life. Charles Bovary is based on the prototype of Oujie de la Marme, an intern at Flaubert's father's hospital. Emma, ​​a beautiful rural girl with romantic dreams, recites poems about the sea, forests, stars and other natural poems while walking towards a city far away from nature and full of material and desire. In the early days of Emma's marriage to Charles, her heart was full of expectations for a better married life. She tried her best and used all the romantic means she knew: reciting poems, painting, playing the piano and singing. However, her husband, who has neither the appearance of a knight but also is cowardly, mediocre, dull, vulgar in manners, and incomprehensible to romance, has no interest in her, and cannot satisfy her needs in sexual relations. She soon loses her patience with her husband, and her marriage becomes a stagnant water. So, she decided to break out of the "cage" and find the romantic "love" in her mind. Ever since she embarked on the road to pursue love, Emma's tragic fate has been doomed. Emma has experienced three stages in her life: transformation, degradation and destruction. Flaubert's pen is like a scalpel, dissecting all the weaknesses in Emma's humanity... The most important point is that the English translation published this time is the most authoritative version, and it is also the unabridged version.

"La Traviata" is a masterpiece by Alexandre Dumas, the son of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas in the 19th century. More than a hundred years after its publication, it has been recognized as a classic of world literature and has also become a must-have in Western spiritual and cultural life. This version has also become the most classic model version of the English translation. Main content: Story content: The protagonist of the story is a young man who fell in love with the prostitute Margaret. But the young man's father did not agree that this relationship would come to any fruition. So, there was a lot of obstruction. As a result, a touching love story was born. This section covers the big issues in human nature such as hope, love, compassion and forgiveness, and also provides a very perspective analysis and exposure of social classes.

"Slaughterhouse (English Version) \u002F Classic English Library" exposes the poor working conditions in Chicago meat processing plants and describes the tragic experiences of Lithuanian immigrants Jorgis Ludkus and his family after they settled in the United States. Jurgis's father died of illness due to overwork. Jurgis suffered a work injury and lost his job. His wife was raped by the foreman. In revenge, he beat the foreman, but was arrested and imprisoned. After he was released from prison, his wife and son died. He was alone and wandered around. Only with the education and help of some socialists did he see the light.

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"The Complete Essays of Montaigne" has a total of 107 chapters and more than 1 million words. It was published in three volumes in France from 1580 to 1588. Since then, the book has never been out of print. "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" is a voluminous volume with extensive quotations, brilliant literary talent and moving eloquence. Together with Bacon's "On Life" and Pascal's "Thoughts" (already included in the "Most Classic English Library"), it is known as the three classics of modern European philosophical prose. Since then, the essay has been established as a literary style. The background of the creation of "The Complete Essays of Montaigne" was during the French Civil War. The cruelty of the religious war deeply hurt Montaigne's heart. The sorrow and pain of the chaos of his family and country ran through the process of writing the essays. However, as a thinker, he tried to maintain a sense of rationality and depth in his creations. He turned his anger into fresh and exciting words. By talking about himself, humanity, and the world, he guided people to understand the true meaning of life contained in the words. The content of Montaigne's essays is complex and roughly focused on three aspects. The first is the author's self-writing and expression. Montaigne advocated pursuing a life of self, and his essays recorded his simple and natural lifestyle, his true appearance, and his personality. In the "Preface", Montaigne made it clear: "Reader, this is a sincere book... I wrote this book purely for my family and myself." "I would rather appear in front of readers in a simple, natural and ordinary manner without making any artificial efforts, because what I depict is myself." Famous "Love Life" is his reflection on the value and meaning of life: "Our life is gifted by nature, and it is extremely superior"; "Seeing that my time in life is limited, the more I want to increase the weight of life." Secondly, the essay records the author's experience and thinking of reading ancient sages, and then questioning human nature. In "On Hermitage", Montaigne explores the true purpose and correct way of hermit life by introducing the poems of Horace, Virgil and others. As a humanist, he emphasizes putting people first and believes that people are the most beautiful existence in the world. He highly admired the wisdom of Socrates and agreed that human wisdom should not be used to destroy oneself. Self-righteousness is the greatest weakness of human beings.

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"The Prince and the Pauper (English Edition)/Classic English Library" is a satirical novel. The story is based on the social conditions of England in the 16th century. It describes in the form of a fairy tale that Tom, a poor boy in the slums, dramatically changes his identity with Prince Edward by chance and becomes the King of England. After the kind-hearted Tom became the king, he implemented some benevolent policies, abolished some cruel punishments, and pardoned some innocent prisoners, thus gaining the love and support of the people. The real prince Edward experienced various social conditions under the autocratic rule of the feudal monarchy, which enabled him to witness the suffering and shortcomings of the people with his own eyes, which made him deeply aware of the cruelty of British law and the contradictions of social classes. The writing style of the work is light, but the meaning is profound. Every line reveals the author's dissatisfaction with the rulers and sympathy for the suffering people.

The Divine Comedy is a cross-section of the human spiritual structure. From the perspective of Freudian psychology, hell is a world of self-indulgence, where human instincts and desires such as pride, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed for money, lust, and gluttony cannot be controlled; purgatory is where the self gradually purges away its sins and breaks away from the self to be reborn. Process, the seven kinds of sinful souls living in it, although they have sinned but to a lesser extent and have repented, are the self that can control themselves, and can ascend to heaven after repentance; heaven is the paradise of God, angels and good people, the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, and the superego that transcends control. From the three sections of human spiritual structure, corresponding to the three realms of the Divine Comedy, we can also see Dante's value orientation and exploration of human nature.

"Shangshu", an early book called "Shu", was written around the fifth century BC. The traditional "Shangshu" (also known as "Jinwen Shangshu") was handed down from Fu Sheng. Legend has it that it is a work left over from the ancient culture "Three Tombs and Five Codes". "Shangshu" is listed as one of the important core Confucian classics. "Shang" means "up", and "Shangshu" is an ancient book. It is a compilation of ancient Chinese historical documents and some works that trace ancient deeds. It is an early collection of historical documents in my country.

"O Pioneers! " Tells the story of the Bergson family. The Bergson family were immigrants from Sweden. After many hardships, they finally came to the Nebraska Highlands in the United States. This place is described in the novel as "the dividing line." Of course, in Oh Pioneers! "The novels not only tell stories about land, but also include romantic stories of love and human tragedies. But if we look closely, we will find that the more touching story is not about the land itself but about the people. The heroine of the novel, Alexandra, not only owns the land under her feet, she belongs to it. The author's wonderful description of the heroine leaves a very deep impression on people: her personality charm, her ambition...

Before Legge, the linguist Sir William Jones (Sir W. Jones) had translated the Book of Songs in the 18th century. Legge also drew from it in the process of translating the Book of Songs. However, Sir William Jones's translation was rather borrowed from the title and was not a faithful reproduction of the Book of Songs. The "faithfulness" that translation emphasizes is by no means equal to "one-to-one correspondence." As far as poetry translation is concerned, it is not difficult to achieve the standard of "faithfulness", but to achieve "faithfulness", "expression" and "elegance" at the same time is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky. What is even more insurmountable is the gap of "meter".

The heroine of the novel is a woman from a noble family named Anna Elliot. Anna never married in her life, and she rejected the proposal of the man who loved her. The man who allegedly loved her was a naval officer. Anna rejected him because she had listened to the advice of her friends and family that the naval officer was not the right man for her. Anna Elliot is the oldest heroine in all Austen's novels, she is 27 years old. In the British society at that time, she had lost the best age to get love. For a long time, Anna lived in her memories of summer, and at the same time she could feel that the days ahead were as cold as winter.

Yeats's most widely read poem in China is "When You Are Old". This time we publish it together and attach a Chinese translation for the convenience of readers.

"Carmen" tells the story of Carmen, a free and uninhibited bohemian woman, and her adventures in smuggling. The protagonist Carmen is beautiful, straightforward and daring. She seduced the soldier Don Jose, causing him to be expelled from the army, and also induced him to commit smuggling crimes with her. Later, Carmen fell in love with another woman, and the conflicts between Don Jose and her continued until she paid for it with her life. The work was adapted into an opera and was widely circulated.

The outline of the story of "The Last of the Mohicans" is roughly as follows: The time has come to the late 1750s, and the war between the French and the Indians is going on in the virgin forests of western New York. The French army was violently attacking a stronghold called William Henry. This stronghold was originally built by the British and is currently occupied by Colonel Monroe. Colonel Monroe's daughters Alice and Clara came here from Edward's Castle to visit their father. They were led by Major Duncan Heywood through the dangerous jungle. Soon, a man named David Gamu joined in. This man named David Gamu had a loud voice, sang very well, and was also a follower of Calvinism. They hurried along cautiously, and they met a white boy scout halfway. The child's name was Hawkey. He was accompanied by two Indians, who were father and son. They were all members of the once great Mohican tribe. The Boy Scouts said that a guide named Magua betrayed the Mohican tribe and led them astray. The Mohicans were trying to capture the traitor, but he escaped.

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (English version)/Classic English Library" is a very good work by Jules Verne. In this work, he brought his fantasy of the ocean to a good use, showing human beings' confidence in understanding and controlling the ocean, and demonstrating the tenacity and bravery of human will.

The author Stendhal is loved by readers for his profound analysis of the psychology of characters in novels, and is considered the earliest practitioner of literary realism. The novel records that a young man from another province not only used his own talents and hard work, but also used some deceptive means and double-dealing in his life to complete his struggle to climb up the social ladder and become a so-called upper-class person. But in the end, his true inner feelings betrayed him. The so-called "red" and "black" refer to religion (black) and secular (red). This was also the focus of society at that time and caused fierce controversy.

In "Tolerance", Fang Long reflects on human ignorance and paranoia from the historical origins from a humanistic standpoint. He finds that fear of dissidents is the cause of all intolerance. Due to differences in beliefs, morals, customs, etc., Humans have formed different interest groups. Each group resists the outside world and influences from the outside in a fortified castle of paranoia and stubbornness. Paranoia and stubbornness have brought many tragedies to mankind. Many characters who pursued freedom and new knowledge died trying to break through this barrier.

"The Gadfly" (The Gadfly), written by the Irish female writer Egel Lillian Voynich, describes the life of the Italian revolutionary Gadfly. The protagonist, Arthur, a naive and naive patriotic young man, was misunderstood by his revolutionary comrades, so he pretended to commit suicide by drowning in a river and fled to South America. Thirteen years later, when he returned to his hometown with a disability, the painful experience had tempered him into a determined revolutionary. He participated in the struggle against the Austrian rulers and fought for the independence and reunification of the country, and finally gave his life for it. The novel touches on the colorful themes of struggle, faith, and sacrifice.

The story of "Phantom of the Opera" is this: In the beautiful city of Paris, there is an opera house, and strange things always happen inside. The prima donna was almost killed by something inexplicable once. Then, there is always a creepy-sounding man's singing voice echoing in the air in the theater. The sound comes from a "ghost" in the theater's underground labyrinth. This ghost fell deeply in love with the actress Christine and secretly taught her singing skills, eventually helping her get the position of the heroine. However, this woman has always been in love with an agent named Raoul. As a result, a series of plots such as jealousy, chasing, and murder followed. Until the end, "Ghost" has self-discovery and knows that his love for Christine has risen to some kind of spiritual love, not just possession. So, he gave up on Christine, left the cloak and mask behind, and disappeared into the dark underground palace alone.

One hundred years ago, American writer Willa Cather (1873-1947) published My Antonia, a classic of American western literature. She described the natural landscape and historical vicissitudes of the American reclamation era at the end of the 19th century with affectionate pen and ink. She used unique artistic techniques to create an image of a heroic and tenacious pioneer, and she became a spokesperson for the reclamation era. The novel tells the story of the growth of the immigrant girl Antonia from the perspective of the narrator Jim Burden. The structure of the novel is well-proportioned, the plot is concise and lively, the writing is calm and elegant, the expression is delicate, the imagination is rich, and it has the character of a lyric poem. She breaks the traditional linear narrative model, abandons the third-person omniscient perspective, and creates a three-dimensional heroine image from multiple angles. The author hides behind Jim, the narrator, and integrates the values ​​he advocates into the life experiences of the characters. For example, Antonia embodies the writer's pursuit of kindness, hard work, optimism, and love for nature.

"Women in Love" is a novel written by the British writer D. H. Lawrence. It is the sequel to "The Rainbow" and was first published in 1920. "Women in Love" revolves around the emotional entanglement of two pairs of lovers: Ursula, a female teacher, and Burkey, an inspector, broke through many barriers with their love for life, and the lovers finally got married; Ursula's sister Gretchen and the mining magnate Gerald, due to their huge differences in concepts, experienced numerous conflicts and eventually their relationship broke down. Gerald finally ended his life in a desolate, silent, windy and snowy deep valley. This book is entirely in English.

"Les Misérables" is a novel published by the French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. Its content covers the Napoleonic War and the following ten years. The main line of the story revolves around the personal experience of the protagonist Jean Valjean, a torture prisoner in Toulon, and integrates French history, revolution, war, moral philosophy, law, justice, and religious beliefs. The work has been adapted into film and television works many times. The book is divided into 5 volumes, and this book is the first volume among them, and it is in English.

The most important theme of "Uncle Tom's Cabin (English Edition)" edited by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is the accusation and exposure of slavery. The purpose of Mrs. Stowe's creation was firstly to make northerners aware of the terrible things happening in the south, and secondly to inspire people's sympathy for southerners trapped in slavery. The most commonly used subtitle of the novel - The Life of the Lowly, shows the author's attitude: slavery is not only an individual evil, but also a mercenary institutional evil. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was Stowe's fierce response to the Fugitive Slave Act. Another theme of the novel is the irreconcilability between slavery and the spirit of Christianity. Mrs. Stowe's potential target audience was mainly devout Protestants, so she tried every means to show that slavery was contrary to Christian creed.

"Flowers of Evil" was new and unique from all angles. It was beyond people's expectations and immediately attracted the attention of people from all walks of life. Some people considered this monster-like collection of poems to be immoral and blasphemous. As a result, Baudelaire also suffered a lawsuit. Not only was the collection of poems banned, but both the poet and the publisher were fined. But the great writer Mr. Hugo praised this book, saying that it was like a dazzling star, bringing a new tremor to the French poetry world. Hugo's judgment becomes more and more correct and fair as time goes by. It was this "Flowers of Evil" that ushered in a new era of modern French poetry and left an indelible impact on the Western poetry world. People are increasingly aware that this is a work of very high artistic skills and extremely rich ideological content.

During World War I, a British ship was hit by a German torpedo, and the people on board fled for their lives, creating a chaotic scene. An American girl was about to board a lifeboat to escape when a British man appeared in front of her. The man thrust a small paper bag into her hand and asked her to protect it, then hurriedly gave her his contact information and fled. In the blink of an eye, World War I was over. The hero Tommy and the heroine Toppans in the novel were originally ordinary people. They were childhood sweethearts and met unexpectedly in London. The two were so happy that they decided to set up an adventure company together. However, the twists and turns of their ordinary lives were like adventure stories. They encountered dangerous events one after another and then escaped from them. They met Mr. Carter, a member of the intelligence agency, and Yuri, an American millionaire. The story further escalates. During their adventure, they also met the beautiful and very wealthy Ms. Rita and the mysterious Mr. Brown. At the same time, a maid named Annette was also involved. The heroine had just been working as a servant for two days when she found her master's body lying in the bedroom. The male protagonist Tommy was inexplicably knocked unconscious and even placed under house arrest.

The first line of "The Iliad" is "The wrath of Achilles is my theme." Achilles, the general of the Greek coalition, was fiery and he showed his anger twice. The epic poem writes that the war has been going on for nine years and ten months, and the outcome is still uncertain. At this time, internal strife broke out among the Greek coalition forces due to the plague. The plague was caused by Agamemnon, the commander of the coalition forces, who refused to return a female prisoner because she was the daughter of the priest Apollo, the sun god. Apollo's priest asked Agamemnon to return his daughter when he was refused, so he prayed to Apollo to punish the Greek coalition forces. If the plague continues to spread, it will make the Greek coalition unstoppable, so Achilles asks Agamemnon to return the female prisoner to prevent the plague from spreading further. Agamemnon reluctantly returned the female prisoner, but unfairly took away another female prisoner originally assigned to Achilles. As compensation for his own loss, Achilles refused to participate in the battle in anger.

In the play, O'Neill uses the image of "hairy ape" to refer to people in modern society, revealing the tragedy of modern people losing themselves in industrial civilization. The protagonist Yank is a stoker on an ocean-going ship. He is proud of his physical strength and is respected by his companions. However, he is insulted by a rich woman among the passengers, so he goes to look for his status in life. In the end, he has to make friends with a gorilla in the zoo, only to die in its strong embrace. The script shows that in a ruthless capitalist society, workers like Yank can only endure inhuman treatment. Trying to change this situation will only lead to a more tragic ending.

"Little Women" is a tender coming-of-age novel for women. In the highly-immigrated United States, it has attracted almost all female readers from different national backgrounds and classes, who were deeply touched by this distinctive female image. Like Louisa's other works, this book is based on her childhood memories and has a strong autobiographical flavor. In the story, the author becomes the protagonist, and the other three female characters Meg, Amy and Beth are based on her three sisters. Formally, the novel is closer to a family diary, describing the growth story of the four sisters in the March family in the New England town during the American Civil War, revealing the social changes and cultural inheritance at that time. In the seemingly fresh, simple and slightly trivial female narrative, it is easy to feel the author's meticulous observation and profound thinking on social issues, as well as her strong realistic concern and universal feelings.

This book uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver (also translated as Lemuel Gulliver) to narrate his experience of traveling around four countries. Through Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom, it reflects the corruption and sin of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century. It also expresses the thoughts and ideas of the author Jonathan Swift in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author used rich satirical techniques and fictional fantasies to write absurd and bizarre plots, which profoundly reflected the meaningless partisan struggle in the British Parliament at that time, the stupidity, decadence and profit-seeking of the ruling group, and exposed and criticized the cruelty of the colonial war; at the same time, it praised the heroic struggle of the colonial people against the rulers to a certain extent.

The novel "Heart of Darkness" deeply explores many issues related to imperialism from multiple levels and perspectives. The protagonist, Mr. Marlowe, wants to go from the outer railway station to the central railway station, and then ford a river to reach the inland railway station. During the entire journey, Mr. Marlowe saw many scenes of torture, appreciated the cruelty of human nature, and witnessed with his own eyes a society that was close to slavery. The detailed descriptions of the places where the events took place all provide brutal pictures and reveal the darkness of colonial rule. ...

The plot of The Thirty-Nine Steps is roughly as follows: Mining engineer Richard Hannay returns from southern Africa to his London apartment. When I was feeling bored, an unexpected guest came. This man's name is Scudder, and he is an American. He discovered that a spy organization code-named "Blackstone" was actively planning a plot to assassinate the British Prime Minister. The purpose is to cause further chaos in the UK domestic situation. They wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal an important piece of national defense and military intelligence. Scudder discovered this shocking secret while tracking a member of the organization. But at the same time, he is also in danger of being silenced at any time after being discovered by the other party. Hannay believed this man's words and agreed to let Scudder stay in his apartment for a few days to wait for an opportunity. However, Hannay soon discovered that things were getting out of control and his situation became more dangerous. So he decided to flee to Scotland to avoid the double pursuit of the police and the "Black Stone".

In France, there is a priest who is called Monsieur Myrière. He focused his main energy on religious preaching to the poor. On many occasions, he almost spent all his money to help the poor. There are few luxuries in his life, except for a relatively expensive set of silverware. There was a criminal who was released after being imprisoned for 19 years. This criminal's name was Jean Valjean. The main reason he was imprisoned was because he stole a loaf of bread and tried to escape from prison. After being released, he came to a town called Dini and wanted to stay in a small hotel. However, according to the laws of this town, he must show his valid identification. Because of his criminal record, the hotel rejected him. Although he can pay his bills, everyone else in town has closed their doors. Only M. Myrière opened the door to him. Jean Valjean didn't know how to respond to Mr. Myrière's friendly gesture. At this age, I have never been treated sincerely by anyone. Unfortunately, after he was released from prison, he was short of money, so he couldn't help but steal the priest's set of silverware and ran away. Mr. Myrière did not call the police. However, Jean Valjean was arrested. The police brought Jean Valjean back to Mr. Myrière. The priest did not tell the truth to the police and concealed the fact that his silverware was stolen by Jean Valjean. It is tantamount to saying that the priest lied. However, he kindly reminded Jean Valjean that the set of silverware was expensive, and now he just hoped that Jean Valjean would live a good life from now on. The implication is to tell Jean Valjean not to continue on the path of crime. The priest's words touched his inner world, and Jean Valjean began to fight between heaven and man. Even as his mind was in confusion, Jean Valjean stole a few steel jumpers from a boy's pocket. Finally, Jean Valjean decided to change his mind and open up a new life path from now on. He came to Monterey, just offshore. This time he hid his true identity. He sold the silverware and used the money as start-up capital to open a factory. Later he became the mayor of this place. At this moment, a girl named Fang Ting also came to the same city. Her arrival eventually caused a turmoil. Jean Valjean's true identity was exposed, and the police officer Javi who had been looking for him appeared. Jean Valjean had to embark on the road to escape again...

The novel tells the story of Sir Simon, a Tailing who has been dead for three hundred years. He has been haunting Canterville Castle and prides himself on scaring people. However, Mei Ting, who has moved in, is not afraid of ghosts. A series of hilarious "scare" stories happened between them. The ups and downs of the novel's plot demonstrate Wilde's narrative skills and astute humor. The elegant text is full of sympathy for human misfortune and yearning for a world of love.

"Moby-Dick" is a novel with ocean themes published in 1851 by the 19th-century American novelist Herman Melville. The novel describes the story of Captain Ahab chasing and killing Moby Dick, the white whale (actually a white sperm whale), and finally perishing with the white whale. The story creates an atmosphere where people are sailing on the sea and encountering various dangers and even death at any time. It is the author's masterpiece.

"Dublins" is the most famous collection of short stories in modern Western literature, published in 1914 at the beginning of the 20th century. The author uses Dublin as the background, and his writing directly targets the lives of the middle and lower classes. The book is composed of fifteen stories in total, each of which is like an impressionistic painting, showing the life scenes of Dubliners in a bleak world.

When most people mention the author of "The Grimm's Fairy Tales", they generally call him "Grimm". In fact, Greene was composed of two brothers, William Greene and Jacob Greene. And calling them "authors" is not strictly accurate. The two brothers studied together at the University of Marburg in the early 19th century. They were just in their early 20s at the time, and their tutor, Federici Sagne, who taught them law courses, encouraged them to collect popular folktales and related materials from the Germanic peoples. Mr. Federici Sagne was one of the important figures in the German Romantic Movement. He called for the entire German nation to be unified, both politically and culturally. He formed a group with his colleagues and friends, which had made a difference during the French Revolution and was closely watched by German society. It is conceivable that such an important person's advice to the 20-year-old Brothers Grimm was very important. The two brothers listened to his words. From then on, they began their work of collecting and organizing Germanic folktales, and they got out of hand. Their mentor, Mr. Federici Sagne, further appealed to the whole society to listen to the real voice of the people. Mr. Federici Sagne's group included writers, poets and academics. He believed that the so-called "voice of the people" could be widely heard through stories, ballads and language itself.

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is one of the author's long science fiction collections "Wandering in the Known and Unknown Worlds". The novel tells the story of Professor Lidenbrock, a resolute, courageous and dedicated scientific explorer, his nephew Axel and his guide Hannes, who followed the guidance of their predecessors and carried out scientific exploration after three months of arduous trek underground.

"Bleak House" tells the story of a girl who discovers her parents' hidden secrets. The story includes murder, suicide, betrayal, love and fear. Almost all human emotions that readers can imagine are included in Dickens. However, "Bleak House" also deeply explores the philosophical significance of charity and the philosophical thought of loving your neighbor as yourself from another angle: How much attention should we pay to people who are not favored by the goddess of luck in life and are suffering from tragic fate? The so-called charity, how to give alms? How much charity? How can we avoid focusing on one thing and losing another? In addition, there is a more important question: How do poor people escape poverty? Must they rely on the good will of individuals? What role should the government play in this? How much responsibility is there to help them? The reason why Dickens raised so many questions was mainly because he felt about the British society at that time.

This book is a collection of short stories in verse, narrating the gathering of a group of 30 pilgrims at the Taiba Inn. These pilgrims include knights, monks, nuns, businessmen, craftsmen, doctors, lawyers, scholars, farmers, housewives and other people from all walks of life in the British society at that time. They are preparing to go to Canterbury to worship St. Thomas. The innkeeper loved the fun, so he volunteered to be their guide, and suggested that each person tell two stories on the way to and from the Holy Land to relieve the loneliness during the journey. The innkeeper would act as a referee and select the storyteller. After returning to the hotel, everyone gathered together to treat him to a meal. Everyone accepted the shopkeeper's suggestion, so they embarked on a pilgrimage together the next day and started telling stories.

In "Sea Wolf", Jack London puts the social stage on a seal-hunting sailing ship, the "Devil". The protagonist Van Weyden is a literary critic. On his way back from a weekend vacation with his friends, they encountered heavy fog and their boat was sunk. As he was dying in the cold water, the lucky Wei Deng was rescued by Captain Larson of the "Devil". Due to the death of the first mate on the ship, Larsen did not agree to send Weiden back to San Francisco, but forced him to go to sea with the ship and do various hard labor. During this time, Weiden witnessed Larsen's ruthlessness and his violent rule. Nicknamed "Sea Wolf", Larson is stronger than the average sailor and has infinite strength. We firmly believe that "the big swallows the small, the strong bullies the weak". In order to save one of his sailboards from being washed away by the big waves, he actually risked the life of a sailor Kelly. When he was unhappy, he took it out on the cook Thomas, had him caught, tied with a rope and thrown into the sea to torture him. As a result, one of his feet was bitten off by a shark. When Wei Deng accidentally removed the ashes on him, he punched and kicked him. Eventually his violent rule sparked a rebellion, and several sailors banded together to throw him and his first mate overboard, where they perished. However, he climbed back onto the ship and regained control. Later, he used the excuse to retaliate against the two sailors who led the resistance, and used the storm at sea to kill them.

The story of "Tender Is the Night" takes place in Europe, but the novel still shows the social life of the "Jazz Age" in the United States. Dick Diver is a young and promising psychiatrist from the American Midwest who conducts pathological research on mental illness in Zurich, Switzerland. He was involved in the treatment of rich girl Nicole Warren, who became mentally ill as a result of incest with her millionaire father. The main content of "Tender Is the Night" introduces strong nostalgia, regret, lost hope, shattered illusions, and split personality. It is a highly autobiographical novel that explores a process of emotional and mental breakdown that is very similar to that experienced by the author.