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"Snow" is not only the pinnacle of the famous Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki's personal works, but also one of the outstanding masterpieces of the entire Showa literary world. French writer Sartre praised this work as "the highest masterpiece of modern Japanese literature". "Snow" is a genre novel describing the love story between Japanese middle-class young men and women. It tells the life story of four sisters from the wealthy Shifeng family in Osaka. The story revolves around the main plot of the second daughter Sachiko and his wife arranging the marriage of the third daughter Yukiko and the fourth daughter Taeko, and finally ends with Yukiko's successful blind date.

This edition is the Yang version of the Khazar Dictionary, which is different from the Yin version in 11 lines (according to paper book layout). It is also accompanied by a geographical map of the Khazar Khanate, a map of the characters of the Khazar Khanate, and six Jewish Halevi poems. "Khazar Dictionary", "the first novel of the 21st century". Khazar is a kingdom that existed in the Byzantine era. The "Khazar Dictionary" has always recorded the history of this kingdom that once existed and then declined. This "Khazar Dictionary" is divided into three parts: the Red Book (Christianity), the Green Book (Islam) and the Judaism (Yellow Book). It synthesizes the historical facts recorded by each of these three religions, and is recorded in the form of a dictionary. It does not use chronological processing, but records in alphabetical order. But after all, it is not a dictionary. Every name and event records the story and history of that name. Judging from the "data" reflected in the dictionary, the three books record events in three periods, forming a 3x3 matrix (3 may be a symbol of the Trinity). The characters in this book are constantly reincarnated, or traveling back and forth through time and space. In a relationship between three people, two people "entrust each other with dreams", and through dreams, these people travel through time and space. Russian critic Savelevoi believes that the Khazar Dictionary enables the author to "join the ranks of contemporary literary masters such as Marquez, Borges, Cortázar and Eco."

"Crazy Love" is the masterpiece of Junichiro Tanizaki. The hero and heroine in the work maintain a husband-and-wife relationship that is "unprecedented in the world." Joji Kawai is an electrical engineer who is dedicated to his work and particularly admires the West. He met a girl named Naomi (this is the phonetic pronunciation, her original name was "Naomi") in a bar. He fell in love with her mixed-race and foreign-like appearance. He took pity on her poor family and took her to live with him. Rangzhi hopes to cultivate Naomi into a tasteful and educated woman and then marry her. So Rangzhi sent Naomi to English and dance classes, and also covered all her expenses. Later, Rangzhi married Naomi as he wished, but gradually realized that Naomi had developed the habit of being arrogant and spending money like water, and she also interacted with various men through taking classes outside. Rangzhi couldn't bear her debauchery and once drove Naomi out of the house. But because he realized that he had been conquered by Naomi's physical charm, his days were like years. Naomi frequently went in and out of the bungalow she shared with Rangzhi under the pretext of taking things, seducing Rangzhi and making him unable to control himself. In the end, the two returned to living together: Rang Zhi was willing to be abused, while Naomi was still playful, coquettish and willful.

"Dream of the Floating Bridge" depicts the protagonist Jiu'er's strange attachment to his mother, or to his mother's breasts. The scene of sucking on the breast of my birth mother as a toddler is unforgettable. After his biological mother passed away and his father married another woman, Jiu'er showed no affection towards his stepmother. Even when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he often sucked his stepmother's breasts. My father also turned a blind eye. It wasn't until his stepmother gave birth to a baby but was sent away that Jiu'er began to realize the inappropriateness of his relationship with the wet nurse. The baby may be the child of the stepmother and Jiu'er. This incestuous relationship became the talk of the neighborhood for a while. Later, his father and stepmother died one after another, and Jiu'er went to find the baby and raise it alone.

"New Moon Collection" is a collection of children's poems by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by the translator Mr. Zheng Zhenduo. The works involve themes such as nature, life, and love. The words are ethereal and beautiful, and the forms are scattered and the spirit is concentrated. Reading them gives people a sense of beauty and romance. Tagore is known as the "Children's Poet" for "New Moon Collection".

This book is the pure English version of the masterpiece "The Image of the Golden Eye" by the famous American writer Carson McCullers. The book tells the story of the protagonist, Captain Pendant, whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of the lustful and charming Colonel Langton. It expresses the themes of alienation of human emotions and unfeasible love.

This book is the pure English version of the masterpiece "The Wedding Member" by the famous American writer Carson McCullers. The book tells the story of the heroine who dreams of attending her brother's wedding and flying away with them, but is unable to have meaningful communication in reality. It expresses the lament of everyone being locked in loneliness deep in their hearts.

The story of the book takes place on a seaside street in Monterey Bay, California before World War II. In the early 1940s, the production of canned sardines was the main feature here, so it was called Cannery Row. The central character of the novel is a marine biologist named "The Doctor". Being highly educated, he did not look down on his neighbors - gamblers, traders, prostitutes, and homeless people. In his eyes, these people were "very healthy and surprisingly clean." Another group of characters, Mark and his friends, are a group of penniless vagrants with no ideals or pursuits. They live happily in Cannery Row. Their lives are simple. They neither hide their desires nor let money corrupt their souls. They are sincere and helpful.

The book tells the tragic story of two American migrant agricultural workers, George and Li Nai, who were impoverished but dependent on each other during the Great Depression of the 1930s, who dreamed-chased their dreams-came close to their dreams-and their dreams were shattered. The book not only artistically displays the conflict between pastoral farm life and cruel social reality, but also reflects people's true feelings about living conditions. "The best designs of mice and men often fail" - it is an image portrayal of the human survival situation, which embodies the tragic connotation and philosophical implications of the work and sublimates it into a modern fable representing universal experience.

This book is a Greek history textbook written by Professor Miles. It recounts the history of Greece from the origins of Greek civilization to its conquest by Rome.

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"A Farewell to Arms" is a masterpiece by Hemingway, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. The hero and heroine of the story met in a small town in northern Italy during the war. An American lieutenant who volunteered to join the Italian camp and a Scottish nurse from the Red Cross fell in love with each other. The war almost destroyed their love, but the injured lieutenant was saved from death after a shelling. The two reunited in a hospital in Milan and spent a rare sweet time together. The lieutenant who returned to the battlefield had doubts about the meaning of war, and witnessed the annihilation of humanity during the retreat. He did not hesitate to return to his lover at all costs... This work, written by Hemingway in Paris, is the practice of Hemingway's famous "journalistic" writing and "iceberg theory". "Vicious" critic Ford Madox Ford commented Regarding this work, "Every word directly touches the heart. It is as if pebbles were taken directly from the creek, so vibrant and shiny, staying in their respective positions." This publication is a full translation of the 1948 SCRIBNER final version without abridgement. J. K. Rowling and McCullers translator Mr. Lou Wuting were specially invited to carefully translate and annotate it. It contains a selection of Hemingway's image archives and a long author's preface from Hemingway's twenty-year reprint to help you better understand the classics.

Learn this conversion method, get rid of the irritating waiting at the airport, and travel to all kinds of strange planes! People whose genes are 4% corn, a dream state that mixes the subconscious of all humans and animals, a new generation that does not need sleep, a royal country with only one commoner family... Beneath the interesting things on the surface, let Le Guin take you to explore the stories behind these planes.

Fiona Meyer in "Children's Act" is a female High Court judge who has always been known for her strict wisdom, precision and rationality. But her successful career could not hide the discord in her family. Years of infertility and her husband's infidelity put her thirty-year marriage into crisis. Adam, a seventeen-year-old boy, refused blood transfusion treatment because of his religious beliefs, and his life was hanging by a thread. As time passed, both the prosecution and the defense gave their reasons. In order to make a fair and reasonable verdict, Fiona decided to visit the boy in the hospital in person. A sincere conversation touched Fiona's deep-seated emotions. In the end, her ruling will bring unexpected consequences to the two... McEwan presents readers with a moral and legal dilemma in "The Children's Act": Should we respect religious beliefs and personal will, or should we adhere to the principle of the supremacy of life? Carrying the heavy shackles of a civilized society, which side will the balance of human nature tilt to? "This is McEwan's best novel since On Chesil Beach." - The Guardian

"The Unicorn" appears on the surface to be a complex, sophisticated and mysterious gothic romance. Hannah was first a vicious adulteress who committed adultery with others and pushed her husband off a cliff. Then she transformed into Jesus Christ, who carried the imagination of countless people, had no desires and demands, was willing to bear all sins, and was willing to sacrifice his life for the sins of the world. And when the savior suddenly turned into a real individual because of the imminent return of her husband, an evil woman who committed adultery and tried to murder her husband, the spiritual castle in the air created by her and everyone through their imagination collapsed instantly... The whole book has twists and turns, vivid and even romantic and mysterious stories, and is also enveloped in a religious-philosophical atmosphere where everything is unpredictable and everyone is absurd, which is both fascinating and thought-provoking.

"Three Stories" is the last complete fictional work published by Gustave Flaubert during his lifetime. It was created over a period of 30 years and is recognized as the author's mature work. It is the concentrated expression of Flaubert's novel art. Turgenev did not wait for the French original to be completed as a book before he translated it into Russian. Falcaut said: "Those who know Flaubert, find him here; those who don't know him, know him here." Among them, "The Legend of St. Julian's Mercy" is based on a medieval story. The author eliminates the bad and retains the essence, bringing the ethereal legend back to reality; "A Simple Heart" turns decay into magic, turning non-legendary material into a moving short story; "Herodias" makes history come alive again, concentrating conflicts into one day, from morning to night, recalling the rigorous structure of drama. These three short stories echo the author's "The Temptation of Saint Anton", "Madame Bovary" and "Salangbao" respectively.

The book "Emotional Education" written by Gustave Flaubert introduces that seeing these charming houses so elegant and quiet, some people might not want to be their owners. Until the day they die, they will always have a good table, a yacht, a woman or other dreams. Frederick thought of the house where he would live, the outline of a play, the subjects of some pictures, some future passions. He felt that the happiness worthy of his superior soul was delayed. He travels. He tasted the melancholy on the merchant ship, the cold awakening under the tent, the intoxication with the famous places and historical sites, and the bitterness after the breakup of love. He comes back. He went out into society and had other loves.

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Beauvoir used the writing and political life circle in which he lived as a model to describe the pursuit and disillusionment, hope and disappointment, sinking and rising of French intellectuals after the Second World War. He portrayed the image of intellectuals with distinctive personalities, including writers who endured hardships and persisted in their faith in life, and writers who despised fame and never wanted to be lonely. There are psychoanalysts, activists who are determined to make progress but finally settle down... This novel has the shadow of documentary. For example, Robert can correspond to the famous French writer and philosopher Sartre, and Lewis can correspond to the author's American lover, writer Al Goren. The opening dedication of the novel points out that the novel is dedicated to this American lover. Activists in the European cultural circles at that time may be compared to this. However, the author still uses novel writing skills, constantly changing the person's person, changing the narrator's tone, changing time and space, and unfolding the twelve chapters of the text in an intertwined form. There are continuations of existing love clues, such as the relationship between Henry and Pole from passionate love to hysteria to mutual resentment, Robert and Anna's lasting, A peaceful life-long partnership, Lewis and Anna's love at first sight but unable to stay together, as well as reflections and reflections on war, moral judgment, and the mission of intellectuals, such as Fan Shang's assassination of wartime elements who surrendered to the enemy, and Henry and Robert's debate on whether to disclose real-life shortcomings in "La Hope".

"Notes on Okinawa" written by Kenzaburo Oe is a long essay in which the author attempts to think about the following questions: How did the modern country called "Japan" come into being? As a result of modernization, what kind of existence does it have in the world, especially in neighboring countries? Is it really powerful? Have the Japanese truly learned the tragic lessons of their defeat? Therefore, the author turned his focus to Okinawa. How did the country called Ryukyu become incorporated into Japan? The author writes about the relationship between Okinawa and the people of Okinawa Prefecture and Japan and the Japanese in the modern history of Japan, especially the Battle of Okinawa in which Okinawa, Japan's only ground battlefield, was attacked by the United States during Japan's war of aggression. He also discussed the postwar survival of Okinawa as a U. S. Military base and the residents of Okinawa Prefecture returned by the United States. In the book, the author constantly asks: "What is a Japanese? Can you turn yourself into a Japanese who is not that Japanese?" This "bleak introspection" has been criticized by the Japanese political right as a "self-abuse" view of history. "Okinawa Notes" and therefore was pushed to the court.

"Watermark: Essays on Venice" is Brodsky's most witty, elegant and charming portrait of Venice, the most beautiful city. It captures every aspect of the city, from its waterways, streets, and buildings to its politics and people, customs and even traditional cuisine, fully displaying the natural and humanistic charm of Venice. What's more important is that this city has become a part of Brodsky's life experience and is inseparable from his flesh and blood. "Watermark" is the most beautiful and classic of all the narratives about Venice in the 20th century. It is Brodsky's only prose work that has been published in a single book. It has also become the poet's most sold and translated literary work.

Sometimes you can't help but think that our memories are similar to instant photos, just short and immediate fragments. In the spring of 1964, "I" met photographer Jan Sen, who worked for an American magazine. The two of us had a brief friendship. After that, he suddenly disappeared. Some people said that he went to Mexico, taking all the photos with him, leaving no trace of his existence. Thirty years later, "I" accidentally found a photo of the two of us, and just at this time, Jan Sen came back. Is this a coincidence? Is it just that the spring of 1964 was as bad as the spring of 1994? "I" met Jan Sen again, and the reunited friends once again fell into the memory and tracking of the past...

"The Sign of the Bastard" is the first English novel Nabokov wrote after moving to the United States. It was once widely studied by critics as a political novel. The background of the novel is an autocratic country. The leader Bartuk and the protagonist Kruger were middle school classmates. In order to force the internationally renowned philosopher Kruger to endorse his party's Ecclesianism, Bartuk kidnapped Kruger's son David. However, when Kruger compromised and the child was returned, people discovered that the child was with another child. A child with the same surname was mistaken, and the real David was tortured and killed in a juvenile detention center. Kruger then went crazy and attacked Bartuk. When he was about to be shot - Nabokov created the image of a novelist, and Kruger's story is only the work of the novelist. Kruger was spared a tragic fate, and the novel ended abruptly.

"Cheer up!" She shouted, "Look at those clowns!" "What clowns? Where are they?" "Oh, they are everywhere. All around you. Plants and trees are clowns, words are clowns. Scenes and numbers are clowns. Put two things together, one joke, one image, and you have a three-part clown. Come on! Play! Fictional world! Fictional reality!" I really did. Oh my gosh, I really did. To commemorate those first daydreams, I invented this great-aunt, and now she is walking tremblingly along the marble steps of the front porch of memory, sideways, sideways, poor lame lady, touching the edge of each step with the rubber tip of her black cane.

The plot of the novel is not fundamentally unfamiliar; in fact, I suspect that two respectable writers, Balzac and Dreiser, would accuse me of gross imitation, but, I swear, I had not read their absurd works at the time, and even now have no idea what they said in Under the Cypresses. After all, Charlotte Humbert's husband wasn't that innocent either. The question of the title of the book. The three face cards were all heart cards, so I kept them and discarded a small pair. The two new cards I was dealt might prove that the gamble was right, because I always have an ivory thumb in this game of gambling. Evenly matched, very lucky, and inextricably squeezed out a slight advantage through the sting of smoke. I can only hope that my good old poker partners, who all have a full house and a straight, think I'm trying to scare off my opponents with big bets.

A collection of systematically related personal memories spanning thirty-seven years (from August 1903 to May 1940), it is one of Nabokov's most important and famous works. It uses the precise language of a lepidopterist to observe the wonderful patterns on butterfly wings through a high-power magnifying glass and describe them, giving readers an extraordinary reading experience. Memory and review of the past often dominate Nabokov's novels, so this autobiography is an excellent code for interpreting his novels, because memory itself is a hidden bridge between fantasy and reality.

Nabokov's most autobiographical and witty classic. Originally serialized in four chapters intermittently in The New Yorker magazine from 1953 to 1957, it was Nabokov's first novel to attract widespread attention and popularity among American readers. Describes the life of an exiled old Russian professor teaching in an American university. Nabokov cleverly blended Russian culture and modern American civilization, and humorously and intelligently portrayed a distressed man who had lost his homeland, severed ties with his motherland's culture, and lost his love.

The book revolves around the protagonist Hugh Person and his four visits to Switzerland. It begins with a description of his fourth return to Switzerland, the first time he came here eighteen years ago. The young Hugh Person was a melancholy, shy publisher who fell in love with Amanda, who would become his wife, on his second trip to Switzerland. Hugh Person lives in memories and insists on staying in the same hotel every time he goes to Switzerland. However, at the same time, he tried his best to avoid memories, because memories can only bring pain.

This book is the author's first novel written in English. The protagonist Sebastian wrote several books and died young due to a heart disease. He was lost in love once in his short life. The book contains both the impoverished wandering life of the Russian aristocracy and the sincere memories of his half-brother. Fragments echo throughout the book, exploring time, love, death, art and other eternal themes in a gorgeous and simple way.

This book is Nabokov's third novel. It tells the story of a chess genius who gradually became insane due to his long-term addiction to the game. The protagonist Luzhin was an unattractive, withdrawn and melancholic child when he was a child. He was like a mystery to his parents and the object of ridicule by his classmates. Real life always made him anxious, so he used chess as a refuge from real life. It turned out that he was a chess genius and became a chess master. However, he also paid a price for this: the game of chess gradually replaced his real life. In one game, his carefully designed defensive strategy became worthless due to the opponent's unexpected move. This reality made his mental world finally collapse.

This book is Nabokov's first novel, which embodies the themes of youth's first love and homesickness in exile. The story describes the evil officer Ganin who was exiled in Berlin. From a neighbor's photo, he discovered that the neighbor's waiting wife Mashenka turned out to be his first love in middle school. In the following days, Ganin kept reminiscing about his past and the good times he spent with his loved ones. Time then set the neighbor's alarm clock to pick up Mashenka on his behalf, hoping to rekindle the old relationship with Mashenka. However, while waiting for the bus, Ganin suddenly realized that today's Mashenka is someone else's wife, and no matter how nostalgic the past was, it is gone forever. Finally, Ganin boarded another train and left Berlin to start a new life in France.

"Invitation to the Beheading" is a masterpiece of dystopian novels by the outstanding American novelist Nabokov. It shows the bizarre illusion of the irrational world and satirizes the Kafkaesque black comedy tragedy of totalitarian rule. It is a novel worth reading by everyone.

"Laughter in the Dark" was written in Berlin in 1932 under the title "Camera Obscura". It was published in Paris and Berlin. It was translated into English by Way Loy in 1936 and published in London under its original name. In 1938, it was significantly revised and re-translated by Nabokov himself and published in New York under the name "Laughter in the Dark". The novel imitates the kind of cheap love triangle stories popular in movies in the 1920s and 1930s. It uses the movie as its title at the beginning to introduce the relationship between the main characters. The actor Obinus wants to use the new technique of animation to "animate" the paintings of ancient masters, and proposes to cooperate with the caricature painter Rex. Obinas fell in love with the theater usher Margot at first sight. Margot, who was "obsessed with watching movies," dreamed of becoming a movie star. When she was convinced that he belonged to a class that could "provide the conditions for her to be on stage and screen," she decided to associate with him. The banquet hosted by Obinas to entertain the stars creates an opportunity for Margot to reunite with her former lover Rex, thus forming a triangle relationship until the novel ends in tragedy.

"Birds" is one of Rabindranath Tagore's masterpieces written in 1913, and is also one of the most outstanding poetry collections in the world. This collection of poems contains a total of 365 poems, which is a very philosophical collection of English aphorisms. "In this dusk haze, many things look like illusions - the lower floors of the spires disappear in the darkness, the tops of the trees look like spots of ink. I will wait for the dawn, and when I wake up, I will see your city in the light ." The contradictory existences of sunrise and sunset, betrayal and freedom, sparks and ice blades, streams and oceans were all integrated into profound philosophy of life by Tagore in short and concise sentences, which became the source that leads the world to seek wisdom and truth.

"Brazil: The Country of the Future" can be seen as a biography written by Zweig about Brazil. It is a work that Zweig created during his second trip to Brazil to comprehensively introduce the country. The first half shows the past, present and future of Brazil from three aspects: history, economy and culture, while the second half introduces different urban characteristics of Brazil based on cities. The book entrusts all of Zweig's hopes for human civilization. To this day, it is still one of the must-read books for understanding Brazil.

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"Holy Lily" is hailed as the most important masterpiece in the late period of Updike's creative career. Through the description of four generations of the Wilmot family, the work provides a 360-degree panoramic record, report and analysis of the religious, spiritual and moral outlook of the United States for an entire century. In particular, it vividly shows the rise and fall of religion and film, the two pillars of American spirituality. It can be called a history of the decline of American spirituality and morality in the twentieth century.

"Catman" is an important work that established Updike's reputation as a master. For this work, he won the National Book Award for the first time. It is also one of the most artistic masterpieces among all his works. The story of "Catman" is not complicated. It tells the story of a father's love for his son. But this is a work of great emotional strength. This father's love is written in the novel in a profound and tragic way. This book almost reminds us to pay attention to two points: one is the extraordinary theme contained in the weird image of the horseman, and the other is the perfect combination of theme and expression. It interweaves myth and reality, has both symbolic meaning and beauty, and the sharpness and cruelty of reality. It tells a story of father and son, love and sacrifice beautifully, profoundly and touchingly in the way of surrealism and cubism painting. An out-and-out "masterpiece".

"Kitchen Peace" was written by Junichiro Tanizaki in his later years (76 years old). Based on his own experience, he recalled the stories of several maids who worked in Chikura Raiyoshi's home (mainly in Kyoto and Atami) from Showa 10 to Showa 33. During the Showa era, a simple and lovely young girl from the countryside came to work as a maid in a wealthy family in a big city, and gradually matured. The works vividly depict women with different personalities, ranging from innocence to tenacity to sophistication. Different from the style of Tanizaki Junichiro's representative works, the work is based on the writer's real life, a mixture of fiction and reality, relaxed and interesting, and also full of the author's long-standing exploration of women and praise of female beauty.

"All My Sons" is Arthur Miller's famous work. It was an instant success after being staged in 1947 and ran for 328 performances. The script tells the story of factory owner Joe Keller who sold cracked cylinder heads to the Army Air Forces during World War II, causing twenty-one plane crashes. At that time, Joe's son Larry was fighting in the war. After hearing the news from the newspaper, he felt ashamed to see others, so he deliberately crashed his plane and committed suicide during the mission. Before he died, he wrote a letter to his girlfriend Ann. When Joe was under investigation, he blamed his partner Steve Deaver. Deaver was imprisoned because of this, and even his daughter Ann and son George were convinced of this, and they ignored their father in prison from then on. Three years later, Larry's brother Chris planned to marry Ann. However, Joe's wife Kate insists that Larry is still alive, and she is counting on Ann to wait as long as she does for Larry to return. At this time, George brought shocking news. He learned from his father that Joe was the culprit. Therefore, he firmly opposed the marriage between Ann and Chris. Chris heard the truth from the conversation between Joe and Kate, and angrily accused Joe of killing his brothers. Joe thought he did it for his family. Ann was forced to tell the truth about Larry's death. Keller finally realized that he had made a big mistake by sacrificing his big family for his small family, killing twenty-one pilots. Finally, he finally said "They are all my sons" and shot himself.

A master of the "tough guy" detective style, a detective novelist who has been recorded in the history of classic literature. All his works have been included in the authoritative "American Library". This set consists of 10 volumes in total, including "The Big Sleep", "Goodbye, Baby", "The High Window", "The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake", "Little Sister", "The Long Goodbye", "Replay", "Pulp Fiction: The Complete Collection of Chandler's Short Stories" (Part 1 and Part 2), and "The Simple Way of Murder: Chandler's Prose Letters".

There are five Mickey Albom books in the set: "Rebirth in a Day", "Meet Tuesday", "Five People You Meet in Heaven", "Have a Little Faith", and "Keeper of Time".

As the number one killer in the 23rd century, she did not expect to be betrayed by someone close to her. She died with thousands of killers and then traveled back to the body of the good-for-nothing fourth lady of the Mohist family. --Waste? It's okay, sister will let you understand what a peerless genius is! Timid? Don't worry, I'll let you know what it means to be bold! Cowardly? It doesn't matter, sister, let me show you what it means to be strong and domineering! -- She originally thought that she would occasionally torture scum, fight monsters, and live a leisurely and comfortable life with an upgrade, but she didn't want to get a cheap husband for free. Well, when she saw the handsome appearance of this husband, she would just accept it reluctantly. So a certain woman seductively hooked a certain man's shoulder: "From now on, I will be responsible for killing monsters and scumbags, and you will be responsible for being as beautiful as a flower!" A certain man: "..."

Long Shitian could never have imagined that he was the majestic king of the dragon clan, the most powerful among all the seas, capable of spreading wind and rain, turning rivers upside down, and possessing boundless magical power. One day, it appears in the 21st century for the first time? Not only did he become the father of five children on his first day here, but he was also the pretty boy kept by the female CEO of a listed group? ? ? A certain dragon is unhappy and dares to spread rumors again. Do you believe that a sneeze can send your whole family to Antarctica to feed the penguins? ... For the strong woman Zhou Sijin, she has made a lot of money by marrying this Dragon King husband. Not only does her five children have a father, but he also dotes on her and responds to her requests. As long as she asks, there is nothing he can't do.

"The Witches of Salem" premiered in 1953. The script was written based on a case of persecution of "witchcraft" that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, North America between 1692 and 1693. At the beginning of the play, Betty, the daughter of Pastor Barris of Salem, was frightened while dancing with her companions, causing her to fall into a trance and become ill. At the same time, Rose, the daughter of the Putnams in town, also fell ill. Rumors spread in the villages and towns about the emergence of witchcraft. Parris's niece Abigail is also one of the dancing girls. She works as a maid in Proctor's house. She was kicked out of the house by the hostess because she seduced the male master. She had a grudge against Sister Proctor. The girls participating in the dance were worried about being regarded as witches. Under the leadership of Abigail, they confessed that they had seen many people with the devil. Those who were framed were imprisoned, the dancing girls turned into saints, and Abigail took the opportunity to frame Sister Proctor. Proctor was imprisoned, and when his life was threatened, he decided to confess his dealings with the devil, but the lieutenant governor forced him to confess publicly and confess other people who were with the devil. Unable to go against his conscience, Proctor was unwilling to betray his friends and soul in exchange for a humiliating existence, and finally went to the gallows resolutely.

"The Rebel" is one of the masterpieces of Camus, the French literary master of absurd existential philosophy. In this well-referenced essay, Camus adopts a frank and honest attitude and re-examines the spirit of resistance that has emerged in the long history of mankind: the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution at the historical level; the thinkers include the Marquis de Sade, Saint-Just, Nietzsche, and Marx; and the ideological trends from nihilism to surrealism, from anarchism to liberalism. Camus' critical spirit revealed in "The Resistance" ultimately established the book's classic status.

The masterpiece of the famous writer Isherwood, the original work that became a Hollywood and Broadway classic, is a sketch of the chaos when Berlin fell before World War II. "Farewell, Berlin" is the most famous Berlin story written by the famous writer Christopher Isherwood. It is based on the bohemian decadent life of the author's youth. It depicts the chaotic chaos of Berlin before and after the Nazis came to power in the 1930s, and people's last carnival when the doomsday comes. The six short stories focus on various characters: the landlady Mrs. Schroeder and her tenant; two men with gay feelings; a struggling Norwegian family; a wealthy Jewish shopkeeper; the innocent yet sophisticated British gold digger Sally... Through the fate of characters of different parties, nationalities, and classes, the author accurately depicts a society heading into decline, allowing people to have a glimpse of the storm gathering over Berlin before and after the Nazis came to power, as well as the glimmer of humanity hidden within. "Farewell to Berlin" was adapted into the world-famous Broadway classic "Cabaret" (Cabaret). The film of the same name directed by Bob Fosse won eight Oscars in 1973, including Best Director and Best Actress. "Time" magazine and the U. S. National Library named "Farewell to Berlin" among the "Top 100 English Novels of the 20th Century."

"The Temptation of Saint-Antoine" is the masterpiece of the great French writer Flaubert (1821-1880). The first draft was in 1849, the second draft in 1856, the third draft in 1872, and the full text was officially published in 1874. It spanned 25 years, during which Flaubert completed three novels, "Madame Bovary", "Salangbao" and "Emotional Education". The writing of this book almost ran through the writer's entire creative career. The novel is based on the legend of the saint, that is, the story of the Egyptian monk Anton (about 251–356) who resisted various temptations in the desert. There are many works based on this in Western art. In 1845, Flaubert's sister Caroline traveled to Italy as a newlywed, and Flaubert accompanied him. At the Balbi Palace in Genoa, he saw the oil painting "The Temptation of Saint Anton" said to be by the Dutch painter Bruegel the Elder, and gained inspiration for writing. Byron's poetic drama "Cain" and Goethe's poetic drama "Faust" he had read when he was young also gave him a lot of inspiration. The novel is divided into seven chapters and describes in detail Anton's spiritual vision one night. The devil, the Queen of Sheba, and Anton's own disciples placed countless huge temptations in front of him: wealth, power, pleasure, and even more tempting ones: gods, rituals, scriptures, oracles... In the name of science, the devil created obstacles and hid the secrets of the universe. From sunset to dawn, dreams continue. In the end, Anton emerges from the confusion and moves towards new life. The novel is written in the form of prose poetry (or poetic drama), reflecting the rebellion against religious delusions and the rejection of the materialistic society. It is a work in which the writer devoted himself to "mania".

"Eugene Onegin" is Pushkin's masterpiece. This poetic novel broadly reflects the social life of Russia in the 1820s, truly expresses the anguish, exploration and awakening of Russian youth of that era, and raises many important social issues. Therefore, Belinsky called it "an encyclopedia of Russian life and the most popular work." The central protagonist of the work is the aristocratic young man Onegin. Onegin had a luxurious life similar to that of ordinary aristocratic youths, but the atmosphere of the times and progressive Enlightenment ideas, Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and Rousseau's "Social Contract", and Byron's poems praising freedom and individual liberation all had an impact on him, causing his attitude towards reality to change. He began to be tired of the empty and boring life in the upper class, and came to the countryside with a desire for a new life, and tried to engage in agricultural reform. However, the flashy aristocratic education did not give him any practical ability to work, and the bad habits of leisure and indolence left a deep mark on him. Coupled with the criticism and opposition from the surrounding landowners, Onegin was still in a state of idleness, depression and hesitation in the end, and contracted the typical disease of the times-melancholy.

"Selected Masterpieces of Matsumoto Seiho" (Part 2), following "Grand", continues the format of the first book, with an introduction written by Miyuki Miyabe, a Japanese civilian, and strictly selects eight representative Seiho-style short stories with different styles. When commenting on this set of books, Miyuki Miyabe, the editor-in-chief of this book, said, "Although I have the serious title of editor-in-chief, for me, this job is as happy as walking in a sea of ​​flowers." When I jumped into the giant footprints of Matsumoto Seiharu, I saw colorful flowers blooming freely in the footprints that were almost as deep as me. Matsumoto Seicho said: "I only write stories that I like." Reading should start from what you love in your heart. I believe that through "Bad Women", Matsumoto Seicho and Miyabe Miyuki's creative joy and reading experience will be shared with you one by one.