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"Dong Bei and Son" describes the rise and fall of Dong Bei and Son. Dong Bei is a greedy big capitalist, and his wife and children have become tools and furnishings for him to pursue profits. The company manager Kaker is a treacherous villain. After defrauding Dong Bei's trust, he single-handedly caused his bankruptcy. In the lessons of reality, Dong Bei's thinking changed. In the end, although he was unable to rebuild the family business, he achieved real family happiness. The beginning of "Dong Bei and Son" has been translated by Mr. Yang Jiang. Xue Hongshi continued her translation and re-translated the beginning.

"The Pickwick Papers" is a famous work by Dickens, the most important British writer in the 19th century. It was published in 1836. It is a work in the genre of a picaresque novel. Through a series of encounters experienced by Pickwick and his three friends during their travels, the book describes the social life and customs of the British urban and rural areas at that time. This book is one of Dickens's most important and representative works. Since its publication, it has been welcomed by readers from all over the world and has become an indisputable classic of world literature.

"Bleak House" is a novel (very long) written by Dickens in 1852. The novel focuses on exposing the decadence of British law and the corruption of the judiciary. The novel begins with a description of the heavy fog in London, which symbolizes the filth and darkness of the Supreme Court. The dead atmosphere during the court session, the mummy-like figures in the court, and the empty rituals all highlight the outdated, useless, and parasitic nature of the court.

This book is based on a real event. It mainly describes the male protagonist Nekhlyudov seducing his aunt's maid Malosva, making her pregnant and driving her out of the house. Later, she became a prostitute and was tried for murder. The hero appeared in court as a juror and was deeply condemned by his conscience when he saw the woman he had seduced in the past. He ran to avenge her and asked to marry her to atone for his sins. After his appeal failed, he accompanied her into exile in Siberia. His actions touched her and made her fall in love with him again. But in order not to damage his reputation and status, she finally did not marry him and married a revolutionary.

The most famous short story by American novelist Jack London at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This novel describes a tragic story with vigorous and rough writing, and vividly demonstrates the greatness and strength of human nature. Praise and praise for life are eternal human themes. This book can help young readers get their souls cleansed.

"Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel published by the British writer Dickens in 1838. Set in the foggy city of London, it tells the story of an orphan's tragic life experience and experiences. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, escaped with difficulty, fell into a den of thieves by mistake, and was forced to work with vicious murderers. He went through countless hardships. Finally, with the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness. Like Dickens' other novels, this book exposes many social problems of the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs recruiting young people to participate in crime. This book has been adapted into movies, television and stage plays many times.

This book is the work of Emily Brontë, one of the Brontë sisters, a British female writer. The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, an abandoned gypsy boy who was adopted by the old owner of the mountain villa. Due to humiliation and failed love, he went out to get rich. When he came back, he took revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine.

This book is the representative work of the famous British female novelist Jane Austen. This work uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and artificial writing methods of sentimental novels that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century.

This book is Stendhal's masterpiece. It is still recognized today as the most dazzling and exquisite artistic gem in the crown of European literature. It is one of the most classic works describing political darkness in the history of literature. The protagonist Julien is the son of a small business owner. With his intelligence, he hooked up with the mayor's wife when he was working as a tutor in the local mayor's house. After the affair was exposed, he fled the mayor's house and entered the seminary. Recommended by the dean of the seminary, he went to Paris to work as a personal secretary for the Marquis de Larmore, a backbone of the extreme royalist party. He was quickly appreciated and reused by the Marquis. At the same time, Julien had an affair with the Marquis' daughter. Finally, under the church's planning, the mayor's wife was forced to write an informant letter to expose him, ruining his career. In anger, he shot and wounded the mayor's wife and was sentenced to death and put on the guillotine.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding travel satirical novel by Jonathan Swift. It expresses the author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author uses rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of Britain at that time.

This book describes the story of Carrie, a rural girl who came to the big city of Chicago to find happiness. In order to get rid of poverty, she chose to sell herself in desperation. The writer, represented by Carrie, profoundly exposed the cruelty of the American capitalist system's oppression of poor people and the corrosiveness of the bourgeois lifestyle on petty bourgeois elements.

This book is Balzac's masterpiece. It is based on the French society during the Bourbon Restoration. Through the shaping of "typical characters in typical environments", it depicts a panoramic view of Parisian society that uses money as a lever: "Balzac's character is not just a character, but a typical example of the era. The tragic factors are not limited to personal temperament, but especially the licentious and corrupt social environment. Madame Beauseant represents the declining nobility. The family ends up in seclusion, and Rastignac and Vautrin represent the two styles of the emerging class: one penetrates into society like a plague, and the other blasts into society like a cannonball. The interplay between the struggle of careerists for fame and fortune and the desperate fatherly love of Goriot make the content of the novel even more bizarre and touching." The translator Chen Jing is an associate professor of French at Beijing International Studies University, and her main research interests are French women's literature and comparative literature. The guide, Wu Yuetian, is a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and Literatures of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a doctoral supervisor, the president of the French Literature Research Association in China, and a member of the Chinese Writers Association.

In the United States in the 1920s, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only connection in his heart is the little green light on the opposite bank of the river - in the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate vague dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the earthly world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal. A gorgeous "Jazz Age" elegy, written by Fitzgerald like a poem and a dream, leaving a deep mark on the history of contemporary American literature.

The world famous children's literature "The Wind in the Willows" is a story suitable for everyone to sit around the warm stove and listen to together: When the mole and the water rat, who were shivering in the snow, finally entered Mr. Badger's comfortable home, they got into the soap-scented house. When they got up the next day and saw two little hedgehogs eating buckwheat porridge at the dining table, when Mr. Toad jumped into the luxury car that fascinated him, started the engine with a "rumbling", and then drove away. Our eyes will sparkle when we listen to the story, and we almost want to jump into that fairy tale world immediately. "The Wind in the Willows" not only takes readers through the life stories of the animal protagonists as they change with the seasons, but also vividly depicts the friendship and warmth lingering in the willows.

This book is a biographical novel written by Zoya and Shura's mother, Liu Kosmodemyanskaya, describing how Zoya and Shura grew up to become heroes of the former Soviet Union's Patriotic War. Main story: Sudden artillery fire disrupted the peaceful life of Zoya and Shula's family. The two siblings used their actual actions to write the most touching answer to life. Youth, life, sunshine, and smiling faces disappeared in the flames of war, leaving behind the brave and fearless righteousness of the two little heroes. They were the two children's deepest love for their motherland, everyone around them, and their mother.

"Oliver Twist" is the first socially critical novel by the British writer Dickens. It is set in the foggy city of London and tells the story of the tragic life experience and experiences of orphan Oliver. Oliver grew up in an orphanage and worked as an apprentice in a funeral parlor when he was only nine years old. Unable to bear the abuse, he fled to London alone, and was tricked by thieves into becoming their accomplice. Despite all kinds of inhuman hardships, Oliver still sticks to his inner innocence and kindness. This persistence finally helped him wait for a bright future: Mr. Brownlow, Mrs. Merrie and others provided a helping hand in time; at the same time, the truth about Oliver's strange life experience was also revealed step by step. While the novel profoundly reveals social ills, it also leaves a series of vivid characters in the history of British literature, and has been deeply loved by readers for more than a hundred years.

"Jane Eyre" is the masterpiece of the famous British female writer Charlotte Bronte in the 19th century. It is an autobiographical work. The novel tells the story of a British woman who was orphaned since she was a child. She continues to pursue freedom and dignity amidst various hardships, persists in herself, and finally achieves happiness.

This book is a novel published by the great French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. It covers the Napoleonic War and the following ten years. It is one of the most famous novels of the 19th century. The main line of the story revolves around the protagonist Jean Valjean's attempt to atone for his sins. It incorporates French history, architecture, politics, moral philosophy, law, justice, and religious beliefs. Because of its rich content and profound connotation, "Les Misérables" makes readers feel the profound weight of the work, which has moved many readers.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is a popular historical novel and the masterpiece of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). The story tells that during the "Hundred Days" of the French Emperor Napoleon in the 19th century, Edmond Dantes, the first mate of the Pharaon, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Bonapartists. He was framed by two despicable villains and a judge, and was thrown into prison. The inmate Father Faria taught him all kinds of knowledge, and before his death, he told him the secret of a group of treasures buried on the island of Monte Cristo. After escaping from prison, Tangdais found the treasure and became a wealthy man. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo (Samba the Sailor). After careful planning, he repaid his benefactors and punished his enemies. Full of legend, strange and novel, fascinating.

Published in 1834, this book is one of Balzac's best works, and its artistic style best represents Balzac's characteristics. Father Goriot is one of a series of typical characters created by Balzac. He is a microcosm of the historical tragedy of the feudal patriarchal thought being defeated by the bourgeois moral principle of money supremacy. The protagonist of the novel, Old Man Gao, shows readers a special kind of fatherly love. He regards his daughters as angels and is willing to sacrifice himself to satisfy their extravagant wishes. For the sake of his daughter's dignity, he stopped his business and moved into the Vauquer apartment alone; in order to pay off his daughter's debt, he sold gold and silver utensils and his late wife's belongings, sold out his pension, and became penniless; in the end, still in order to get money for his daughter, he actually wanted to "steal", "rob", perform military service on behalf of others, "sell his life", and "kill people and set fire".

This book is a novel written by the former Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, written in 1933. Through the growth path of Paul Korchagin, the novel tells people that only when a person defeats the enemy and himself in the hardships of the revolution, and only when he connects his pursuit with the interests of the motherland and the people, can he create miracles and grow into a steel warrior. Revolutionaries are forged into steel in struggle, which is an important theme in the novel.

The heroine Tess was born in a poor hawker family. Her parents asked her to be sent to a rich old woman's house to meet relatives. As a result, she was seduced by the young master Alec. Later, she fell in love and became engaged to Claire, the son of a pastor. On their wedding night, she confessed her past misfortunes to her husband, but she was not forgiven. The two separated, and her husband went to Brazil. Years later, Tess met Alec again, who pestered her. At this time, she had to live with her enemy due to her family's financial difficulties. Soon Claire came back from abroad and expressed regret to her wife for her past ruthlessness. In this case, Tess painfully felt that it was Alec D'Urberville who caused her to lose Angel for the second time and she killed him angrily. Eventually she was captured and hanged.

Robinson Crusoe (also translated as Robinson Crusoe, literally translated as Robinson Crusoe) is the first novel written by Daniel Defoe when he was 59 years old. It was first published on April 25, 1719. The novel is considered to be the first novel written in diary form in English and holds the title of the first British realistic novel. The main structure is: the protagonist overcomes difficulties through hard work, wisdom and bravery, which reflects the social atmosphere of pursuing adventure and advocating personal struggle at that time.

This book tells the story of the protagonist, little Remy, who is an abandoned child of unknown origin and was adopted by a French farmer. Remy was kind and innocent by nature, and lived a poor but peaceful life under the care of his loving mother. After his evil adoptive father returned to his hometown, he sold him to a wandering entertainer with high moral character but mysterious identity, so he kept company with animals and made a living by performing sideshows. After the new owner was unjustly imprisoned, he met a kind-hearted lady and lived a luxurious yacht life. In order to train him to become a real human being, the owner took him away and they started wandering again. On a snowy night, the animals in the art class were brutally mauled by wolves, and the owner froze to death. He was lucky enough to be adopted by a flower farmer. This "safe haven" could not be maintained soon, so he had to join the ranks of "black coal" again, but he encountered a mining accident again, and he narrowly escaped death before seeing the light of day again. After learning about his life experience, he was desperate to find his relatives and fell into the hands of his fake biological father who was suspected of being a gangster. Finally, with the help of his good friends, he finally found his biological mother. It turned out that she was the noble lady, and the story ended with a happy ending. The book has been adapted into movies, cartoons and TV series many times, and has been welcomed by generations of readers around the world.

This book was the first novel that made Goethe famous almost overnight in Germany. It is an important early work of Goethe. The novel tells the story of the protagonist Werther's unfortunate love experience and the setbacks he encountered in society. It promotes the liberation of personality and emotional freedom, and shows the rebellious spirit of criticizing the prejudices of the feudal hierarchy. It has the significance of the progress of the times.

The content of the story is that d'Artagnan, who was born in a declining noble family, went to Paris to join the army, joined King Louis XIII's musketeer guard, and became good friends with the other three musketeers. In order to protect the reputation of the Queen, Princess Anna of Austria, they fought against Cardinal Richelieu, defeated many obstacles set by Richelieu, went to England, retrieved the Queen's diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham, and thwarted Richelieu's plot to sow discord between the King and Queen.

This book tells the story of the fate of black slaves before the American Civil War. Due to business failure, the owner of the manor, Shelby, had to sell his two black slaves, Uncle Tom and young Harry, to the slave trader Haley. The loyal and honest Tom was forced to leave his beloved wife and son. His first owner, Mr. Clare, was very kind, but the good times did not last long. Mr. Clare passed away, and he was sold to a cruel plantation owner Simon. He was eventually beaten to death, and he did not see his wife and children for the last time before he died. On the other side, Harry's mother Eliza escaped at night in order to protect her son. With the help of everyone, she finally boarded a ship to Canada with her husband who was unwilling to be a slave, and started a free life from then on.

This book contains Doude's short stories. Take "The Last Lesson" as the representative. The author describes the nobility, humility and inferiority of human nature in the context of war, and also describes the difficult and sad living conditions of small people. The author's writing techniques are ever-changing, and realism, animal fables, and gothic magic are intertwined and changed in his works. Suitable for young children to read.

"Don Quixote" (also translated as "Don Quixote", "Don Quixote", etc.) Is an anti-chivalry novel published in two parts by Spanish writer Cervantes in 1605 and 1615. When the story takes place, knights have been extinct for more than a century, but the protagonist Alonso Quixote (original name of Don Quixote) is obsessed with knight novels and often fantasizes about being a medieval knight, and then calls himself "Don Quixote de... "La Mancho" (the guardian of the De La Manche area), took his neighbor Sancho Panza to be his servant, "walked the world in chivalry and justice", and committed various unbelievable behaviors that were contrary to the times, and ended up running into obstacles everywhere. But finally woke up from the dream. He died after returning to his hometown. Literary critics all call "Don Quixote" the first modern novel in the history of Western literature and one of the treasures of world literature.

This book is the work of American female writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) who spent ten years sharpening her sword, and it is also her only work. "Gone with the Wind" can be regarded as one of the most classic love masterpieces in history. The film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable has also become the "insurmountable" most famous love movie classic in film history. The novel is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The main line of the novel is the love-hate relationship between the strong and willful manor lady Scarlett and several men. Along with it are major changes in society and history, and the disappearance of everything familiar in the past... "Gone with the Wind" is not only a swan song of human love, but also a grand historical picture that reflects the huge and profound changes in many aspects of social politics, economy, and morality.

This book describes the contradiction between the new generation of civilian intellectuals represented by Bazarov and the aristocratic conservatives represented by Pavel during the Russian serfdom reform period, as well as the struggle between old and new ideas between the two. The whole book describes the love and estrangement between father and son, the helplessness and hope of life under the background of social change.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It has a touching plot and is one of the classics of world literature. The story connects the two major cities of Paris and London, and revolves around the family of Dr. Manette and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The novel describes how the nobles corrupted and harmed the people. The people's deep hatred for the nobles accumulated in their hearts, which led to the inevitable French Revolution. The main idea of ​​the book is self-sacrifice for love. The "Twin Cities" in the book's title refer to Paris and London.

"Childhood" reflects the years that the young protagonist Alyosha spent with his mother at his grandfather's house after his father died. The good and evil, love and hate that exist in real life left a deep impression on his young mind. "In the World" writes that when Alyosha was 11 years old, he entered the society, made a living independently, and experienced the pain of the world. "My University" tells the story of Alyosha's life in Kazan. When he was 16 years old, he left his hometown and entered a vast social university. He withstood various tests of life and made his initial exploration of the meaning of life and the complexity of the world.

This book is the eighth novel by the British novelist Charles Dickens, known as his "favorite child in his heart". The novel tells the life course of the protagonist David from childhood to middle age. Taking the birth of "I" as the source, the sincerity and darkness of friends, the childishness and impulsiveness of love, the sweetness and triviality of marriage, and the conflicts and harmony of family members are gathered into a stream, flowing slowly on the river bed of destiny, and finally blending into the magnificent sea of ​​tolerance. Mixed in with all kinds of characters and opportunities. The language is witty and interesting, showing a broad picture of Britain in the mid-19th century, reflecting Dickens's ideal that the world is full of kindness and justice.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a novel written by the French writer Victor Hugo and first published on January 14, 1831. The story is set in Notre Dame de Paris in 1482 and revolves around Esmeralda, a gypsy girl, and Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell ringer of Notre Dame who was raised by Archdeacon Claude Frollo. This story has been adapted into movies, TV series and musicals many times.

Like other narrators of Anne's story, Hans recounted that historical story: "Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who originally lived in Frankfurt, Germany. After the rise of the Nazis, she fled with her family to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. On June 12, 1942, the 13-year-old Anne received a diary as a birthday gift and started writing a diary from then on. "On July 6 of the same year, due to the urgent news of the persecution of the Jews, her family and a total of eight Jews hid in the secret room of her father's company, and they began to live in darkness for 25 months.

During the Spanish Civil War, Robert Jordan, a young American who was a university lecturer, volunteered to join the Spanish government army. As a Demoman. Jordan was sent to the rear to contact the guerrillas to complete the combat mission of blowing up a bridge. In three days, Qiao Dun gained true love, witnessed the conflicts within the team, and experienced the double test of cruel war and complex human nature. With the assistance of the guerrillas, Qiao Dun successfully completed the task of blowing up the bridge, but unfortunately was seriously injured during the retreat. At the critical moment of life and death, in order to protect everyone, Qiao Dun resolutely stayed and died heroically.

Madame Emma Bovary, just like Anna Karenina to Russia, Jane Eyre to England, and Hesetta Prynne to America, came out of the writings of Gustave Flaubert and entered the hearts of every French person. This young man was born into a medical family in Rouen, northwest France, and has been interested in literature since he was a child. The years he spent in his father's hospital developed his surgeon-like insight and calm and sharp analytical methods, which had a great influence on his future writing. In high school, Flaubert began literary creation. In 1841, he went to Paris Law School to study. At the age of 22, he dropped out of school because he was suspected of suffering from epilepsy. Since then, he has lived in Rouen in a state of semi-seclusion, concentrating on writing and never married.

The plot of this work is bizarre, the characters are grotesque, and it is full of coincidences and exaggerations. Especially the use of the principle of contrast between beauty and ugliness adds to the romantic atmosphere. For example, Esmeralda was abducted sixteen years ago, and the day when mother and daughter reunited was the time of farewell; Quasimodo alone withstood the attack of hundreds of people on the top floor of Notre Dame; when the bones of Esmeralda and Quasimodo hugging each other in the cemetery were separated, they immediately weathered. Another example is the contrast between two "dynasties", two "kings", and two "tribunals". One is filled with the kindness and friendship of the common people, while the other is filled with cruelty, stupidity, and hypocrisy; the contrast between the goodness of Esmeralda and Quasimodo and the evil of the archdeacon and Phoebus, as well as the contrast between the light and darkness, the noble and the humble of the characters themselves, etc. The author's presentation of the colorful scenery of the Middle Ages and his praise of the medieval Gothic building of Notre Dame de Paris also make the work more romantic.

"The Red and the Black" is the representative work of Stendhal, the pioneer of French critical realism literature in 19th century France. This novel shows the full picture of the French Restoration period. It not only reveals the fate of the restored feudal aristocracy, but also criticizes the despicability of the powerful big bourgeoisie and its intricate struggles with the nobility and monks. It successfully shaped the image of Julien. The novel closely focuses on the main line of the protagonist Julien's personal struggle and ultimate failure. It extensively displays "the social atmosphere brought about by successive governments that weighed on the French people in the first 30 years of the 19th century" and reflects some essential issues in the political and social life of France in the early 19th century. The novel fully displays the protagonist's spiritual space in a profound and delicate style, and extensively uses a variety of artistic techniques such as monologue and free association to unearth Julien's deep conscious activities, and creates the "stream of consciousness novel" and "psychological novel" in later generations.

"The Tale of Genji" is the world's earliest full-length realistic novel and Japan's immortal "national literature". It ushered in the era of "mono-sorrow" and had a profound impact on the development of Japanese literature in later generations. It is known as the source of inspiration for Japanese literature and the highest peak of Japanese classical realism literature. The work was written between approximately 1001 and 1008 AD. The novel is set in the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan, with the Genji family as the center. The first two parts describe the tragic or beautiful love lives of the Genji family and the women. The third part uses the son of the Genji family, Kaoru-kun, as the protagonist, and lays out the complicated love entanglements between men and women. The original text of the book is nearly a million words, and the 400-word manuscript uses about 2,400 sheets of paper. It has a total of fifty-four chapters, covering the lives of three generations, four generations of emperors, a period of more than seventy years, and nearly 500 characters. It shows the various aspects of court life in the Heian period (equivalent to the Northern Song Dynasty in my country), leaving a detailed and rich sketch of the aristocratic life in the Heian and prosperous times. The story is outstandingly elegant, the psychological description is ingenious, the structure is exquisite and meticulous, the beauty of the writing and the avant-garde aesthetic consciousness can be called "the classic among the classics", and it is the highest masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature. "The Tale of Genji" is known as Japan's "Dream of Red Mansions" and is listed among the top ten ideal collections of Asian literature along with "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Selected Poems of the Tang Dynasty".

"The Brothers Karamazov" writes about all the real pain in the world and gives you the strength to survive the moments of inner suffering! Brand new! The pinnacle of Dostoevsky's literary creation! There are two people who have had a profound impact on the literature and culture of our time. One is Kierkegaard, the originator of existentialism, and the other is the Russian novelist Dostoyevsky. --Zweig. Three reasons why you must read "The Brothers Karamazov" in Reader's Classic Library: 1. Special collection of correspondence between Dossev and relatives and friends to deepen your understanding of the background of the novel's creation! 2. Version by Russian literature translation expert Geng Jizhi! A murder affected the lives of three sons. They are about to face a trial about human nature and morality... The Karamazov family are ordinary people, but their lives are a microcosm of the fate of all mankind. When they are full of despair, they face a situation so similar to ours. With his great sympathy for mankind, Dosage wrote the pinnacle of world literature!

"The Red and the Black" is the foundation work of European critical realism in the 19th century. The novel focuses on the protagonist Julien's personal struggles and failures, especially the description of his two love affairs. It extensively displays "the social atmosphere brought about by successive governments that pressed on the French people in the early 30 years of the 19th century." It strongly criticizes the reaction of the aristocrats during the Restoration Dynasty, the darkness of the church, and the despicable vulgarity and greed of the new bourgeoisie. Although the novel takes Julien's love life as the main line, it is not a love novel, but a "political novel".

The work uses the tone of Captain Rimel 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 author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author used rich satire and fictional fantasy 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.

This book is one of the representative works of the great Russian writer Dostoyevsky. The novel uses a real patricide case to describe the sharp conflict between the old Karamazov and his three sons, that is, two generations. The old Karamazov was greedy and lustful, monopolizing the inheritance left by his wife to his sons, and was jealous of a romantic woman with his eldest son Dmitri. One night, Dmitry suspected that his lover was having a tryst with the old man, so he broke into his home and almost beat the old man to death in a rage. After he fled in panic, the old Karamazov's illegitimate son Smerdyakov, who was hiding in the dark and pretending to be ill, secretly killed the old man, causing a complicated and confusing murder that shocked the whole of Russia, and triggered a series of thrilling events. The work shows an intricate tragic theme of social family, morality and human nature, and embodies the highest artistic achievement of the writer's life.

"Silent Spring" is a book that inspired the cause of environmental protection around the world. The author is American marine biologist Rachel Carson. This book describes "invisible" pollution and visible problems. The book begins with a fable, describing a small town with pleasant scenery all year round that is suddenly shrouded in strange silence, which leads to the serious harm of chemical pesticides represented by DDT to water sources, soil, animals and plants, and even humans themselves. The book takes specific events that happened in the United States as examples, from land to sea, and from sea to sky, to reveal the harm of chemical pesticides in an all-round way. It uses a literary and artistic form to show the author's heart to care for nature, reflect on human behavior, and pay attention to the sustainable development of the ecosystem.

"Biographies of Famous People", also known as "Three Lives of Giants", consists of the biographies of three art masters: Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy. It is also Romain Rolland's most classic work. The author grasps the personality charm of the three art masters and uses simple words to depict them It shows that they did not forget their original aspirations during the bumpy life journey, bravely persisted in their passion for art, and conveyed the masters' noble personality, persistent quality, and brave spirit to readers. Over the past 100 years since its publication, it has had a profound impact on people around the world.

"The Stranger" is a novella written by French writer Albert Camus. By creating the image of Morsot, an "outsider" who behaves shockingly and speaks deviantly, it fully reveals the absurdity of the world and the opposition between man and society. "The Plague" is an important work by Camus. By describing the story of a large number of people, represented by the protagonist Dr. Rieux, who struggled to fight after the plague broke out in a city called Oran in North Africa, it vividly shows the spirit of liberal humanitarianism of those true brave men who are neither desperate nor dejected, who rise up in absurdity and insist on truth and justice in despair.

"The Tale of Genji (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" was born in Japan's Heian period 1,000 years ago and is the world's earliest novel. With an aristocratic splendor, beauty, and historian-like magnificence, it tells us a sad love story of four generations, mainly Genji, and many women that has been passed down for thousands of years. It also unfolds a picture of the social style, natural landscape, and the gorgeous and extravagant life of the nobles in the Heian period, reflecting the unique beauty of the Japanese nation's "material sorrow." At the same time, the book selects many Japanese national treasure paintings such as "The Tale of Genji Picture Scroll" and "Rakuzhongluowai Screen", and uses modern illustration techniques to vividly display the customs and features of that era, as well as those unknown and hidden details, allowing readers to have a deeper understanding of a Japan that is different from modern times.

This set of books includes "Sense and Sensibility Part 1 and Part 2", "Mansfield Park 3 Volumes" and "Northanger Abbey 1 and 2 Volumes", a total of 7 volumes. "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are unrestrained. Therefore, when faced with love, they have different reactions... The novel takes the twists and turns of the complicated marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the normative issues of morality and behavior through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married. As reflected in the title of the book, the story focuses on the conflict between "reason" and "emotion". "Manfield Park" takes the love and marriage of young men and women as its theme. Fanny was born into poverty and was adopted by her aunt, Sir Bertram and his wife, when she was 12 years old. Growing up in Mansfield Manor with four cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, they were often treated unequally. Maria and Julia were spoiled and very vain, while Tom was irresponsible and addicted to gambling. Only his kind cousin Edmund treated him equally and kindly. As time goes by, Fanny's gratitude gradually turns into secret love. Although a lot happens in the middle, the novel ends with Fanny and Edmund getting married. There is a lot of irony in the novel, especially when it comes to the two aunts. Fanny's family background is significantly lower than that of the protagonists in other Austen novels, and in this regard this novel may be the most realistic of Austen's works. Edward Said once pointed out that Austen's avoidance of discussing the fact that the economic basis of Mansfield Park was slavery shows that Western culture lacks a self-reflective attitude towards the material benefits brought by slavery and imperialism. "Northanger Abbey" is a love novel. However, unlike other works, in addition to love disputes, the novel also ridicules Gothic novels from beginning to end. Therefore, this can be described as a "dual-theme" novel. The heroine Catherine is the daughter of a pastor, lively and lovely, upright and kind-hearted, and her family is well off. Seventeen years old, life is still like a pool of stagnant water. The Allens took her to Bath for a vacation, where she had an eye-opening experience and got acquainted with Henry Tilney, the son of a wealthy family, the minister and his sister Elinor. Her cuteness won her the sincere love of Henry Tilney and the sincere help of his sister Elinor Tilney. They quickly became good friends. But she also met some hypocritical and vain people, and luckily she saw through their faces. At the same time, she also met another young man, John Thorpe. In order to raise his own worth, Thorpe lied to Henry's father, General Tiny, about the Moran family's property. General Tiny believed the truth and tried his best to encourage his son to pursue Catherine. Later, Thorpe's hope of pursuing Catherine was shattered, and he became angry and overturned all the words he had praised the Moran family before, saying how poor her family was. General Tiny once again believed the lie, drove Catherine out of the house, and ordered his son to forget her. When Catherine returned home, her mother found that her lovely daughter had become so melancholy and completely different from before. The poor mother thought her daughter was nostalgic for the colorful world outside, but she didn't expect her daughter to grow up and find someone she likes. Later, Tierney's unexpected appearance finally made Catherine's parents understand that they must consider whether to agree to their daughter's marriage...