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"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) \u002F 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.

"The Mysterious Case at Styles Manor" was written during the First World War. According to the author, the inspiration mainly came from the author's experience as a volunteer in a hospital. The main content of the story is as follows: Mrs. Emily Inglethorpe, the mistress of Styles Manor, is in charge of the financial power of the manor. In the early morning of a Tuesday, he died of poisoning in his room, and all three doors leading to the outside world were locked from the inside. A great detective named Polo accepted the task of investigating the case. During the investigation of the case, he discovered that there were some shreds of paper from the burned will in the fireplace, and the coffee cup seemed to have been smashed, among other suspicious points. The biggest suspect is actually the husband, Mr. Alfred Inglethorpe, who is more than 20 years younger than the deceased. However, the young man had strong evidence of alibi. In addition, there are the two sons of the deceased and his ex-husband and several other related persons. Almost all of them have the opportunity to commit crimes, which means that everyone has many doubts. So, who is the murderer? Or did several people conspire to kill someone?

This book is Edith Wharton's first novel that caused a great sensation. It was first published in 1905 and sold 140,000 copies within two months of its release. This is a social novel and a text of American naturalistic literature. As soon as the novel came out, it caused a great response in the "New York Times" at that time, calling it "a novel with extraordinary shocking power". The author places his protagonist Lily in the context of New York's upper class society in the 1870s, and shows the tragic life of this woman who is full of inner tangles and struggles between social customs and traditions.

The synopsis of the novel is this. Mr. Gray is a male model in an oil painting. The painter's surname was Howart, and he was fascinated by Gray's handsome appearance. He believed that he was so handsome that he could lead a new style of painting. Gray met Sir Henry Wotton through the painter Howart. Sir Wharton was curious and fascinated by the hedonistic attitude towards life. Sir Wharton believes that the most important and most worthy pursuit in life is to have beauty and satisfy physical desires. Gray listened to this point of view and became convinced. He realizes that his beauty will eventually fade away. So Gray came up with a twist: He wanted to sell his soul in exchange for him in the painting instead of in real life, and instead of him, he would start to age and die. This wish actually came true. Gray then pursues all kinds of unclean and morally flawed lives in real life, and at the same time, he can still keep his appearance ageless, handsome and handsome. It's just that the person in the painting, that is, himself, ages like a normal person, and every evil deed of his is recorded.

The work tells the story of Duroy, a junior officer of the French colonial army in Algeria, who came to Paris and worked as a newspaper editor. He relied on his beautiful appearance and the ability to please women to seduce upper-class women, and used this as a springboard to embark on the road to prosperity. In the end, he kidnapped the daughter of the newspaper owner, forced the owner to marry his daughter to him, and became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The end of the novel also hints that he will soon become a senator and cabinet minister, and his future is still bright.

"Count Dracula" tells the story of a young real estate developer named Jonathan who helps the vampire Dracula move his property to London. On the way to London, Dracula kidnaps Jonathan. After arriving in London, Dracula controlled the wind and rain and awakened the dark forces in London. Jonathan's fiancée Mina and her best friend were sucked from blood and turned into vampires. In order to protect Mina, Mina's father launched a terrifying battle with a vampire...

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's first novel. It is no exaggeration to say that although it is Jane Austen's first novel, it is full of Jane Austen-style characteristics. These Austenian characteristics were fully developed in several of her later novels. It is these characteristics that make readers love her so much. All her novels outline the daily life of British women in the 19th century. Through the novel, readers can have a considerable understanding of the various court rulings at that time, and most of the cases were related to the relationship between men and women. Some readers have concluded that British society today is almost the same as British society in the 19th century. In addition, all her novels emphasize the importance of family life. After reading "Sense and Sensibility", a careful literary critic discovered that the deep relationship between Jane Austen and her beloved sister Cassandra in life was the spiritual source that inspired her to write the novel.

"The Old Curiosity Shop" (The Old Curiosity Shop) is a novel published by the British writer Dickens from 1840 to 1841. In order for his granddaughter, who was not yet 14 years old, to live a happy life after his death, Torent tried his best to get rich, but unexpectedly fell into the clutches of the upstart loan shark Daniel Quilp. Quilp, a greedy vampire, used loan sharks to not only take away all the property of the old antique shop, but also wanted to take away the beautiful little Nell. The grandfather and grandson were forced to flee London and live a life of begging. In the end, little Neier, who was physically and mentally injured, died of mental exhaustion. The novel describes the tragic story of Turrent, the owner of an old antique shop, and his beautiful and kind-hearted granddaughter, Little Nell, who depend on each other for life. "The Old Curiosity Shop" is known as "Victorian melancholy".

The novel "Kidnapping" begins with a young man named David Beful as the protagonist. David Belfort comes from southern Scotland. At the beginning of the novel, it is explained that his father, Alexander Befour, has just passed away, and his mother also passed away shortly after his father's death. So David Belfort became an orphan. But now that he is 17 years old, he decided to venture into the world alone. Before leaving, he met his guardian Mr. Campbell in Edinburgh. Mr. Campbell revealed to him that he actually had an uncle named Ebnaz Beful, and further told him that Ebnaz Beful's family background, the Xiao family, was very prominent. This means that David also comes from a famous family. This incident really surprised him.

The work is set against the backdrop of the Egtown Moors in Wessex, southwest England, and depicts the different tragic fates of five young men and women. The heroine Eustacia is one of several successfully described heroines in contemporary British novels, and Egtown Heath, where the story takes place, is a model of landscape description. It is an important sign that Hardy's novel art begins to mature, and is one of Hardy's important works.

A letter asking for help brought Poirot to France, but he arrived too late because his client had been stabbed to death with a paper knife and lay face down in a grave on a golf course. Why did the deceased's coat grow a lot? To whom is the passionate love letter in the coat pocket addressed? Before Poirot had time to figure out these problems, the second corpse appeared in the same way... This book fully displays the style and charm of the "Queen of Detectives". Readers can not only appreciate the writer's ingenious ideas, bizarre plots and wise language, but also appreciate the rich British style.

"Hard Times" first raises a big and difficult problem for us: the materialization process of people no longer being people but gradually becoming machines. From the beginning, the novel "Hard Times" shows readers a picture of Britain in the 19th century enthusiastically embracing the advent of the industrial age. At this time, people, affected by the advent of the industrial age, are gradually turning into machines, and normal human emotions and thoughts have been abandoned. The performance of the protagonist Grad Grint and his follower Bondby in the novel fully illustrates this point. Grad Grint educates and reminds his children every moment to pay attention to the fact that humans are gradually turning into machines. Bounderby went further. He basically practiced it and treated his workers indifferently and treated them as objects in the factory he ran. Cruelly exploiting and exploiting them for their own benefit. In Chapter 5 of the first volume of this book, the author draws a parallel between the factory workers and the children of Grad Grint. The living conditions of people on both sides are almost the same. They repeat monotonous and unchanging work every day, without joy, let alone happiness. The result is that the factory workers and Grad Grint's children have no imagination, and their emotional lives are not talked about, much less valued. It is obvious that they have become cold machines themselves.

The seven chapters of "Mencius (English Edition)" edited by James Legge are classics of ancient Chinese politics, ethics, philosophy, education, psychology and even aesthetics, and can be called an encyclopedia of ancient China. The fundamental point of this encyclopedia's argument is Mencius's view of the goodness of human nature, and the benevolent government thought as the core of Mencius' theory is also elucidated from this. The contents discussed throughout the book all revolve around human nature, human ethics, humanity, and personality. In a word, everything revolves around people and human society. Its argumentation is profound and covers a wide range of subjects. It can be regarded as an encyclopedia of ancient humanities with a large body and a sophisticated mind.

He traveled throughout Europe, especially Italy, and lived in Venice, Italy, for seven years. There he often visited friends and socialized very happily with his close friend Shelley. In Byron's later career, he participated in the Greek War of Independence and fought against the Ottoman Empire. He was revered by the Greeks as a national hero. In 1824, he died of an infectious disease at the age of 36. In fact, the literary world has been arguing endlessly about the image represented by the character Don Juan. It can be said that there are different opinions and no consensus.

This book describes Raskolnikov, a poor college student who was poisoned by anarchist ideas and believed that he was a superman and could do whatever he wanted. Forced to make a living, he killed the old loan shark Alyona and her innocent sister Lizaveta, creating a murder that shocked the whole of Russia. After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. The work focuses on depicting the protagonist's psychological changes after committing a crime and reveals the miserable life of the Russian lower class people.

This novel is a roaring exploration of the Earth. The story is set in Victorian England. Due to the huge structure and broad vision of the novel, the novel was enthusiastically sought after after its publication and quickly became a talking point among people on the streets. This novel has now become one of the classic works of fiction.

"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. This book is volume 3 of 5 volumes.