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Sharp Knife Macchies is a famous and powerful gangster in London and a "businessman". The beggar Pitchum controls the beggars in the city and is a famous local snake. The bandit leader falls in love with the beggar leader's daughter Polly. At the wedding banquet, Police Chief Brown came to congratulate him. It turned out that the robber and the police were from the same family. The beggar leader didn't want his daughter to "marry" the robber leader, so he sued him. Mikeis was guilty of many crimes, but at the critical moment police chief Brown helped him and turned him into a "banker". Then he colluded with Pichum to do evil to the people in the market. The novel is full of wonderful satire and has extremely superb writing skills. It is called "the most important and profound satirical novel in the history of German literature"

The original title of this book is "The Emperor's Industry". It is the final masterpiece of the trilogy of the "Concubine's Heart" series. Bi Li once again sets off a unprecedented sadomasochistic craze! Three years ago, he personally sent her to the Chu Kingdom for marriage; three years later, it was he who personally destroyed the Chu Kingdom and welcomed her back to his homeland... The world was hard and the fate was ever-changing, but only the word "love", which was hard to let go of, could save him. When the four coexisting kingdoms were cut off, the hand of fate began to change. The princess, the iron-blooded princes, and the subjugated prince all showed new faces. The concubine seeks power, the beauty seizes the palace, behind the truth of the royal family's secrets, where is the old friend? In a troubled world where heroes are vying for supremacy, four kingdoms are vying for hegemony, and the weak are preying on the strong, where does love go? Nie Yun, the original minister, solved the origin of the entanglement between the four major families. Clear the clouds and see the sun, and watch the legend of the founding of the Daxi Dynasty.

He is a nobleman that everyone worships and admires. He is noble, proud and domineering. She is the number one trader of the Xiao family. She controls wealth and is a leader in the industry. After three years of love, he turned around and abandoned her like a pair of worn-out shoes. Grandpa was forced to jump off a building in public, causing his brain to burst. The next moment, she was hit by a car across the street and died, and her soul left her body. When she woke up again, she had an extraordinary life experience, excellent appearance, and looked like a monster. Looking at the stunning man on the cover of the magazine who had sent her to hell, she squinted her eyes and smiled coldly, the king is back! Join a consortium, create a company, and be promoted to international MUSE; Cross-border investment, operating groups, creating stock market myths in the financial crisis, ruthlessly blocking business emperors... Are the golden scales just a thing in the pond? They turn into dragons when encountering wind and clouds. She made a strong start in the smoke of gunfire, with eyes as deep as the sea and a smile as secretive as the deep. The decisiveness of the killing, the meticulous calculation, and the meticulous planning made countless old friends tremble with fear and beg to die. However, who will tell her why this road of revenge is getting more and more exciting?

Montaigne (1533-1592) was the most important humanist writer after the French Renaissance and a cold observer of human emotions. In 1572, he began writing the "Collected Essays", which is called "a collection of all kinds of knowledge in the sixteenth century". Among sixteenth-century writers, few are as revered and accepted by modern people as Montaigne. He was an intellectual authority and critic in France before the Enlightenment, and an encyclopedic scholar who conducted dispassionate studies of various national cultures, especially Western culture. Judging from his thoughts and feelings, people seem to regard him as a modern man in his time. His prose, mainly philosophical essays, is world-famous for its rich ideological connotation and is known as the "treasure house of ideas."

"Treasure Island: Dr. Jekyll" is Stevenson's famous and representative work. "Treasure Island: Dr. Jekyll" is also a model work in New Romantic literature. With their bizarre plots and fascinating stories, they have become one of the most beloved literary classics in the world. "Treasure Island" tells an ancient adventure story of treasure hunting in the voice of a child, setting a precedent for literary works with the theme of discovering treasures. "Dr. Jekyll" uses bizarre and extraordinary imagination to express the author's deep doubts about human nature, vividly depicting the opposition between human appearance and moral essence, and creating one of the most successful dual personality models in the history of literature.

Gogol (1809-1852), an outstanding representative and founder of Russian critical realist literature in the 19th century, is known as the "Father of Russian Prose". "Dead Serfs" is his masterpiece. "Dead Serf" is also translated as "Dead Soul". Dead serfs were actually empty serfs who had died but had not yet been written off the tax rolls. The novel describes Chichikov, a businessman who specializes in fraud, who came to a remote provincial city and became the guest of the local bureaucrats with his extravagant flattery. He also went to buy dead serfs from the landlords in an attempt to use them as collateral to buy and sell short and make huge profits. After the scandal was exposed, he fled. The novel deeply depicts the ignorance, greed, despicability, and vulgarity of bureaucrats and landlords. Its immortal characterization and pungent satire can be regarded as a classic in the history of Russian literature.

Gorky (1868-1936), a famous Russian writer, "Childhood", "In the World", and "My University" are his autobiographical trilogy. "Childhood" recalls the difficult childhood that the protagonist Alyosha spent at his grandfather's house. "In the Human World" describes the rough experience of young Alyosha who was expelled from his home by his grandfather and went to the "human world" to make a living on his own. "My University" tells the story of Alyosha, who has just entered his youth and came to Kazan with the desire to go to university. However, he learned knowledge in the "social university" that could not be learned in a walled university. He broadened his horizons and raised his awareness. After painful ideological exploration, he finally grew into a revolutionary intellectual. The trilogy shows the social life of Russia at the end of the 19th century. It is an excellent work with profound educational significance and great artistic charm.

The novel takes the four sisters of the famous Makioka family in Osaka as the protagonists, and the story of the blind date of the beautiful and quiet third sister Yukiko as the main line. It also touches on local customs, social events, foreign exchanges, etc. The work is like a long painting with bright colors and elegant style, showing the whole picture of the life of the upper class in modern Japan's Kansai region. It is known as the best genre novel with a classical style. The author is good at selecting and arranging plots, and truly and vividly expresses the thoughts, feelings and unique destiny of these people. The characters' dialogues are in Osaka dialect, which is unique. The plots of catching fireflies by the river and flooding are wonderful and moving, as if a vivid picture of life is presented in front of readers, giving readers a beautiful enjoyment. The novel also provides a true and detailed description of the customs, customs and major social events in the Keihan area.

The animation of the same name of "Jiuzhou Piaomiao Lu" is currently being aired on Tencent Video. It will premiere on January 24th. An episode will be updated every Tuesday at 10:00 in the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Land. Ji Ye, the destined owner of the roaring tiger fang gun, is just a stubborn child with pure black eyes at this time. Qingyang Zhaowu Gong Lu Guichen is just a "little barbarian" in Nanhuai City who has no one to care about. When they met Yu Ran, a little girl who has Yuhuang blood but likes to hang out on the streets of Nanhuai, their lives became brighter. The teenagers stole the springboard to play dates. This will be the best time in their lives. However, troubled times will eventually come. In the seemingly peaceful Nanhuai City, there are Chun Guo Fenghu Cavalry, Tianluo Killer, and Xia Tang Scouts, all of whom are as strong as bows. Everything is vaguely pointing to an ancient organization that has disappeared for many years-Tianqi.

"Jiangnan Short Martial Arts Novels Collection" is a collection of writer Jiang Nan's early short martial arts novels, with a total of 20 novels.

"The Blazing of the Sky" is another large-scale fantasy story carefully written by Jiangnan after "The Dragon Tribe". It is currently serialized in the magazine "Longwen Manhua Novel". As the illegitimate son of the Pope, Cesare Borgia was not accepted by his father and family since he was a child. After becoming a Seraph Knight, he was sentenced to exile for rescuing his mother. He returned to the center of power after fighting for influence, but the world is far from what it was before... César wants to summon his old troops to recover everything he lost and bring back his sister who was forced to marry far away. He must defeat the Papal State's newly developed battle armor "Prometheus" at the "Grand Ceremony of All Nations"!

César, a cold-blooded man who loves steam machinery, always lives alone with the world. His little dream is to live a peaceful and happy life for himself and his sister. For such a person, some people think he is hope, and some people think he is a devil. Wherever he goes, he is followed by bloody storms. From Ceylon to Marston, he brings disaster from one city to another... In order to protect the one he loves and allow his sister to grow up without worries, what choice will Cesare make in the face of the enemy's icy sword? Where will fate go? !

"Your brand new war horses and swords have been prepared in that city," Chu Shunhua pointed to the imperial capital under the cliff, "Now, march at full speed! Before the sun sets, I want to enter the palace of Mianjun!" The wind suddenly came, blowing his plain white robe. On the top of the royal palace, white clothes come to this world!

The original sin agency secretly rises... The undercurrents of the various forces in Feileng Cui are surging... This is the ultimate contest between Prometheus and Seraph... Can the divine knight Cizer revive the glory of Seraph? Can the name "Red Dragon" soar into the sky again? The grand ceremony of all nations is about to begin! Open this book and you will be fatally attracted by this novel!

"Dragon Season 2" will be broadcast on Tencent Video every Friday at 10 o'clock from July 18th! The youth fantasy novel with cumulative sales of tens of millions of copies is known as the "Harry Potter of the East". The author Jiang Nan himself won the honor of being ranked first on the list of richest Chinese writers in 2013. The protagonist, Lu Mingfei, was originally just an ordinary high school student. When he applied to study abroad, he received a letter from the Dragon Slaying Academy - Kassel Academy. From then on, he started his extraordinary life. With the help of his partners Chen Motong, Chu Zihang, Caesar and others, the mysterious world belonging to the dragon family gradually unfolded in front of them, and Lu Mingfei's mysterious life experience slowly emerged.

"Dragon Season 2" will be broadcast on Tencent Video every Friday at 10 o'clock from July 18th! Lu Mingfei received an invitation to a class reunion on his birthday and accepted a task from Kassel College, but Chu Zihang took on all the tasks alone and successfully completed them. The two immediately flew to Chicago to start the new semester. In Chicago, they met the beautiful junior sister Xia Mi. At the same time, Principal Ange came here and led Lu Mingfei to shoot the "Seven Deadly Sins" for a sky-high price of 100 million yuan. When they started celebrating and complaining on the roller coaster at Six Flags Amusement Park, an accident happened - the roller coaster faced a bizarre collapse, and Chu Zihang had to risk using his "blood burst" skill to resolve the accident. Because of his unstable bloodline, he also faced a trial from the school board. Just after the trial, shocking news came from the Hunter website - the Dragon King of the Earth and Mountains awakened in Beijing...

"Dragon Season 2" will be broadcast on Tencent Video every Friday at 10 o'clock from July 18th! Dragon relics were discovered deep in the Japanese Trench. Kassel's ace commissioner team Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Lu Mingfei were attacked by dragons during their deep dive. The trio struggled to escape the danger and tried to contact the headquarters, but found that they were betrayed and hunted by the entire Japanese branch. On the streets of Chizuru Town, the three of them met on a narrow road with the bosozoku Chibei, setting off a crazy showdown. After escaping death, the three of them lived in Takamagahara, a famous cowherd shop in Kabukicho, and started their career as cowherds. At the same time, due to the betrayal of the Japanese branch, Principal Anger came to Tokyo alone and met his former disciple Inuyama Ga Heiba, and Kassel College completely broke with the Sheqi family...

"Dragon Season 2" will be broadcast on Tencent Video every Friday at 10 o'clock from July 18th! After the Cassel trio withdrew from Genji Heavy Industries, they fell into the undercurrent of Tokyo again. Lu Mingfei and Eriki hid in a love hotel to avoid being hunted by the Sheqi family. Eriyi is one of the keys to unlocking the White King's treasure. Caesar and Chu Zihang hope that Lu Mingfei can take Eriyi away from Japan. At the same time, Mai Shutoku and Potato Chip Girl implemented the boss's "Tokyo Love Story" plan to facilitate the wedding of the century between Lu Mingfei and Eri Yi. However, Lu Mingfei betrayed the plan and sent Eri Yi back to the Jakiba family...

"Dragon Season 2" will be broadcast on Tencent Video every Friday at 10 o'clock from July 18th! Lu Mingfei became the new student union president of Kassel College. By chance, Lu Mingfei discovered that Chu Zihang had disappeared. Except for him, no one else remembered that this person had ever existed, and suspected that he had suffered a concussion during the mission. Lu Mingfei struggled in pain and found Nono who was taking a bridal course on a small island. Little did he know that on the day he left the college, the college was attacked, causing heavy damage, and that he was a suspect. All this is full of weirdness, and Fingel came all the way from Cuba to help out. From this, Lu Mingfei, Fingel, and Nono decided to return to Chu Zihang's hometown of Beijing to look for the traces Chu Zihang had left. But they accidentally broke into the Nibelungen that Chu Zihang had encountered with Nono. Odin appears again, pointing his spear directly at Nuonuo. Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze for help in order to save Nono.

In the novel, Hugo created three central characters: the Marquis de Landenac, the leader of the Vendée rebels, his grandnephew, Guo Wan, the commander of the Republican Army who suppressed the rebellion, and Simourdain, Guo Wan's tutor and commissioner of the Public Security Commission. He developed an intricate plot around them, depicting the historical scene of the desperate struggle between the bourgeoisie and the feudal forces in 1793. At the end of the novel: Landenac discovered his conscience and returned to the burning castle to rescue the three children. Guo Wan was moved by his uncle's humanitarian spirit and was willing to trade his own head for Landenac's life. Simourdan shot himself while Guo Wan's head fell to the ground.

The protagonist Gwynplaine in "The Man Who Laughs" is a descendant of a noble family. He fell into the hands of human traffickers when he was young and was disfigured and mutilated. His face always seemed to be smiling strangely. The kind-hearted entertainer Yu Sousse adopted him as his adopted son, and also adopted the blind girl Di that Gwen Pulan rescued from the snow. A few of them wandered around the world and made a living by performing arts. Later, due to accidental factors and the needs of the British political arena, Gwynplaine was able to regain his title, but he refused this dirty gift, preferring to return to his companions in distress; by this time Dee was seriously ill. After the blind girl passed away, Gwen Pulan was so sad that she threw herself into the sea and committed suicide.

The beautiful boy Dorian Gray faced the portrait painted by his friend Hallward and said: "If I could stay young forever and let this portrait grow old... I would trade my soul for youth!" This absurd wish formed the basis of the plot of "The Picture of Dorian Gray", the only novel by Oscar Wilde, a representative writer of aestheticism. Unexpectedly, as soon as this statement came out, it became a prophecy. As a result of the influence of environment and the pursuit of pleasure, Gray fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire of self-indulgence until he was completely destroyed. The book also includes two of Wilde's masterpieces, basically covering the essence of Wilde's novels.

Proust is one of the greatest literary masters of the twentieth century. "In Search of Lost Time" is a voluminous volume and is one of the most famous and difficult works in the entire history of literature. The whole book takes the narrator "I" as the main body and integrates what he sees, hears, thinks and feels. It is not only a true description of social life and human relations, but also a record of the author's inner experience of self-pursuit and self-understanding. It can be said to be a novel tree with many branches derived from the trunk of a novel, or it can be said to be a giant symphony intertwined with several themes. This book basically retains the essence of the seven-volume book. The selected chapters or paragraphs are all complete without any deletions. You can appreciate the elegance of this masterpiece in one volume. It can be called a true "essence".

Hugo (1802-1885), a famous French novelist and poet. "Notre Dame de Paris" is his masterpiece novel. The gypsy girl Esmeralda is a street performer, and Froed, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame Church, wants to take possession of her. Later, it was discovered that she had another lover, and she assassinated her lover and framed the blame on her, resulting in her being sentenced to death. Quasimodo, the ugly bell ringer who was full of love and humility for her, rescued her and took refuge in Notre Dame. Froed kidnapped her and forced her to give in to his bestial desires. After being refused, Froude handed her over to the officers and soldiers and watched her being hanged upstairs in Notre Dame. In despair, Quasimodo angrily pushed Froude, who had raised him, off the attic and fell to death. He went to the Eagle Mountain Crypt to hug Esmeralda's body and died with her, completing the "wedding".

James Joyce's first novel using the "stream of consciousness" technique is also one of the earliest and most successful stream-of-consciousness novels in the history of world literature. It has a strong autobiographical color and mainly describes how Stephen, a young man in Dublin, tried to get rid of various influences that hindered his development and the painful process of pursuing the true meaning of art and beauty. It is actually a portrayal of the young Joyce's mental journey from awakening to maturity.

"Selected Lyric Poems of Rabindranath Tagore" collects Tagore's most representative poems such as "Gitanjali", "Gardener's Collection", "Crescent Moon Collection", "Birds Collection", and "Lover's Gift". These poems reflect the evolution of the author's thoughts and the development trajectory of the art of poetry. The various types of masterpieces and masterpieces of the author's life are all shining like stars in the collection.

"Resurrection" is a masterpiece that Tolstoy worked on for more than ten years in his later years. It is also the pinnacle of his life's thoughts and art. The plot of this novel is based on a true story. In his innocent boyhood, the aristocratic young Nekhlyudov fell in love with his aunt's maid Maslova, seduced and abandoned her. After being hurt, the innocent and beautiful girl had no choice but to suffer humiliation and torture. Her beautiful soul was distorted and she became a prostitute. Eight years later, during a court hearing, fate reunited these two people who had forgotten their past by chance. Maslova was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to hard labor in Siberia. Nekhlyudov actively rescued her in a state of self-blame, regret and conflict, and worked hard to mediate between courts, prisons, churches, government agencies and even the palace and other upper-class societies in order to restore her innocence. During this process, Nekhlyudov's spiritual humanity constantly defeated his bestial humanity through constant self-reflection.

The poor and beautiful heroine Tess loses her virginity to Alec, a bad boy from a rich family because of her youth and ignorance. She suffers mental and material torture, and loses her true love Claire because of it. Finally, she kills Alec out of grief, anger and despair, and walks to the gallows calmly. The great charm and courage of Tess's humanity and soul make her one of the most touching female images in the literary gallery. Hardy vividly demonstrates his deep-rooted tragic outlook on fate and broad and profound humanistic compassion through the tragic experiences of the pure and beautiful Tess's short life.

The long historical novel "Spartacus" is the representative work of the Italian writer Giovannioli. The book is based on the true events of the largest slave uprising that broke out in the slave-owning Rome in the first century BC. It uses realism and romanticism to conclude the story. Using a combined approach, he enthusiastically eulogized the heroic feats of slaves and gladiators fighting for liberation and their noble character, successfully shaped the image of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising, and exposed the shameless and inhumane criminal behavior of the slave-owning nobles.

An accident five years ago made Shen Qian forget everything that happened before she was twenty-one. Now a veterinarian, she took her dog to work at the headquarters of a neighboring city despite her mother's objections. She originally wanted to find her biological father, but because her dog got pregnant by a dog named "Qian Qian", she unexpectedly met You Ran, the legendary captain of the once famous flying team. This handsome man, who was accidentally blind but refused treatment, affectionately called her Qianqian, and asked Shen Qian, the guardian of a guide dog, to live in his home on the grounds that his dog was pregnant, and his fate was reopened like a duplicate. You Ran, who suddenly chose to regain his sight, was considerate of Shen Qian. Shen Qian's memory also began to awaken. It turned out that in that lost memory, there was a deeply loved boy and a desperate separation. Do we have a story? Yes, a long, long story...

Mary Shelley (1797-1851), a famous British novelist, is known as the mother of science fiction for her "Frankenstein" written in 1818. This story, known as the jumping zombie, has been adapted into plays and movies many times, and has many obsessed readers and viewers. The protagonist of the novel, Frankenstein, is a biologist who is passionate about the origin of life. He frequently haunts charnel houses with a criminal mentality, trying to piece together a giant human body from the parts of different corpses. When the monster finally regains life and opens his eyes, Frankenstein is so frightened by his ferocious appearance that he abandons him and runs away. However, he pursues Frankenstein to ask for a female companion, warmth and friendship; what follows is a series of bizarre suspense and murder cases...

"Little Women" was influenced by Emerson, a great thinker at the time, and emphasized the concepts of personal dignity and independence and self-discipline; the content is plain but delicate, the structure is simple but profound, and it is full of strong appeal. This book shows you this classic work of "women's self-civil war, the battle between tradition and freedom" in the form of a Chinese-English bilingual abbreviation.

Jules Verne (1828-1905), a famous French science fiction novelist and "the father of science fiction". "Around the World in Eighty Days" is one of his important novels. Fogg and members of the Reform Club bet £20,000 on whether they could travel around the world in eighty days. Then he set off from London with his servant nicknamed "Passepartout" and began an incredible journey around the world. In the end, after experiencing natural and man-made disasters, in the 19th century when there were no airplanes or ocean ships, he actually completed this fantasy-like circumnavigation of the earth. Not only did he win a bet, but he also gained love. This book combines scientific knowledge, creativity, art and fun, and has a wide range of readers around the world.

Famous Translations: The most classic Chinese translations of classic Western masterpieces. "Anna Karenina" (translation classic) uses two clues: the tragedy of the noble woman Anna's failure in pursuing love, and the reform and exploration of the manor owner Levin in the face of crisis in the countryside. It depicts a vast and colorful picture of Russia from Moscow to the provincial countryside during the transition between the old and the new. The story takes place in St. Petersburg in the 19th century. The heroine Anna meets the young officer Vronsky during a trip and falls in love. After the incident is discovered by her husband Karenin, Anna's request for divorce is rejected and she is threatened that she will never see her beloved son again. Anna then eloped with Vronsky and lived a short and happy life, but the indifference and boredom after passion caused the final blow to her unfortunate fate.

"Paradise Lost" reveals man's original sin and depravity with epic momentum. In the poem, Satan, the rebellious god, was sent to hell for resisting God's authority, but he did not give in and sought revenge in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were tempted by a snake possessed by Satan and ate from the tree of knowledge, which God had expressly forbidden to eat. In the end, Satan and his associates were condemned and turned into snakes, and Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden. This long poem embodies the poet's lofty spirit of pursuing freedom and is a very important work in the history of world literature and thought.

Han Qianxi, whose real name is Li Qingruo. Qingruo is a kind of bamboo from the South. She is a descendant of Li Yu. From the moment she knew her life experience, her purpose in life was revenge, revenge against Song. However, how can one person complete his revenge on a dynasty? This was originally impossible, but God gave her an unexpected opportunity. At the same time, she also met a person named Hua Xingyun, who also carried hatred like her, but he finally let go of his hatred. What about her? Is it possible to let go of hatred?

"Gone with the Wind (Part 1)" is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The main plot is the love-hate relationship between the strong and willful manor lady Scarlett and several men. It is accompanied by 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.

"Faust" is Goethe's representative work, a poetic tragedy. It was created based on a folk legend in the 16th century. It is a masterpiece that Goethe devoted his whole life to writing. It describes the protagonist Faust's painful experience of searching for truth throughout his life, reflects the history of the entire Europe from the Renaissance to the early 19th century, and reveals the constant struggle between the two forces of light and darkness, progress and backwardness, and science and superstition. Goethe used Faust's ambition and pursuit to express his own lofty and beautiful ideals for the future of mankind. The book consists of a series of narrative poems, lyric poems, dramas, operas and dance dramas, covering theology, mythology, philosophy, science, aesthetics, literature, music and political economy.

"The Canterbury Tales" is a collection of verse stories, mostly written in rhymed verse. The book contains a general quotation and twenty-three stories, two of which are prose and the rest are in poetry. It tells the strange stories that a group of pilgrims told to relieve their boredom on their way to Canterbury. This group of people come from all walks of life, including priests, warriors, nuns, college students, craftsmen, etc. Their stories also broadly reflect the social scene at that time. The work uses humor and satire as the keynote, depicts characters from different classes, satirizes the ugliness of feudal society, exposes the corruption of society, opposes asceticism, and promotes worldly enjoyment. Short dramatic scenes are connected in between. The content and style of the stories are different and suit the identity of each narrator.

"Call of the Wild" tells the story of a good dog's gradual return to wildness and the wilderness. This process is full of the intertwining and wrestling between wildness and human nature, and in the end the wildness takes over. The author uses this to profoundly reflect the jungle law of "the weak eats the strong". "White Fang" forms a meaningful contrast with "The Call of the Wild". It details the "mental journey" of a wild little gray wolf who goes through hardships and finally reaches the recognition of human nature. While revealing the power of wild nature and the cruel laws of survival, the author ultimately affirms and praises the power of human nature.

"The Complete Essays of Bacon" was written by Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the greatest philosopher and writer during the British Renaissance. "The Complete Essays of Bacon" is the pioneer work of British essay literature, with a total of fifty-eight short essays. With its concise language, beautiful writing, thorough reasoning, and repeated aphorisms, it has become one of the greatest prose works in the history of world literature. Shelley, the great British poet, once praised in his famous "Poetic Defence": "Lord Bacon is a poet. His language has a sweet and solemn rhythm, which satisfies our senses, just as the almost superhuman wisdom in his philosophy satisfies our intelligence. The tone of his articles, magnificent and majestic, impacts the limitations of your heart, and pours your heart together, rushing towards the universe with which it will always resonate."

"The Idiot" is one of the important works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great Russian writer of the 19th century. The novel describes Nastasya, a beautiful woman from a noble family in the 1860s who has been ravaged by the landowner Totsky for many years. Later, Totsky was willing to pay a large sum of money to marry her to the despicable Ganya. At the heroine's birthday party, the young Duke Myshkin, who was regarded as an idiot by people, suddenly appeared and was willing to marry Nastasya unconditionally, which moved her deeply. On the day of her upcoming wedding to the Duke, although Nastasya loved the Duke deeply, she ran away with the playboy Rogozhin and was eventually killed by Rogozhin. The novel gives an extensive description of the Russian upper class after the serfdom reform, involving complex psychological and moral issues. The kind and tolerant Prince Myshkin is unable to influence or benefit those around him, a quixotic figure whose efforts are in vain.

"The Divine Comedy" adopts the form of fantasy literature popular in the Middle Ages, and describes a story about traveling through the three realms of hell, purgatory and heaven. There are three volumes of poems, namely "Hell", "Purgatory" and "Paradise", with thirty-three chapters in each volume, and a total of one hundred chapters including the preface. The poet described how he lost his way in a dark forest in the early morning before Easter in 1300. Leopards, lions and wolves, which symbolized lust, power and greed, blocked the way. At the critical moment, the ancient Roman poet Virgil appeared. He was entrusted by the woman Dante loved in his youth, Bidelice, to come to his aid. Virgil guided Dante through Hell, which punishes sinful souls, and through Purgatory, which accommodates repentant souls. Finally, Biedlitze guided him through the nine heavens that constitute heaven, and finally reached the presence of God. At this time, Dante realized that his thoughts were in harmony with God's thoughts, and the whole poem came to an abrupt end.

Myth is a product of human childhood and has an everlasting fascination. Greek mythology has been around for a long time because of its relatively complete system and unique literary charm. Greek mythology and biblical mythology have had a comprehensive and profound impact on the religion, philosophy, thought, customs, natural science, literature and art of the entire West and even mankind. When you come into contact with Western culture, you are bound to encounter allusions from Greek mythology. Almost every important classic Western literary work involves characters and plots from Greek mythology, and some are even directly based on Greek mythology. Today, although we do not have to "call everything Greek", a systematic understanding of Greek mythology is necessary for every modern person.

The work "The Decameron (Part 1)" tells the story of ten young men and women who took refuge in a villa during the plague epidemic in Florence in 1348. They feasted all day long and each told a story every day. They told a hundred stories in ten days, hence the name "The Decameron". Many of the stories are based on historical events and medieval legends. In "The Decameron", Boccaccio praised real life, praised love as the source of wisdom and beautiful sentiments, condemned asceticism, and made a powerful satire on the depravity of the feudal aristocracy and the shameless debauchery of the Catholic Church. The work adopts a frame structure to connect one hundred stories together, making the whole book coherent. The language of the work is concise and humorous, and the characters and objects are described with subtlety.

Tom lost his mother when he was young and was adopted by his aunt. The smart and naughty Tom couldn't stand the control of his aunt and school teachers, and often skipped school and got into trouble. Late one night, while playing in a cemetery with his good friend Huckleberry Finn, he accidentally witnessed a murder. Fearing that the murderer would discover that they knew about it, Tom and Huckleberry fled to a desert island with another friend and became "pirates". The family thought they had been drowned, but they turned up at their own "funeral". After a fierce ideological struggle, Tom finally stood up bravely and testified against the murderer. Not long after, during a picnic, he and his beloved girl Betsy got lost in a cave. They were hungry and cold for three days and nights, and faced the threat of death...

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), one of the most outstanding writers in the United States, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is one of his major works. Robert Jordan, an American young man, volunteered to join the Spanish government army and engage in blasting activities behind enemy lines. In order to cooperate with the counterattack, he was ordered to contact local guerrillas to complete the task of blowing up the bridge. In the midst of the raging war, he fell in love with Maria, a little girl who had been raped by the enemy, thereby smoothing out the trauma in Maria's soul. In three days, Robert experienced the conflict between love and duty and the test of life and death, and his humanity continued to sublimate. On the way to retreat after the bridge was blown up, he gave up his hope of survival to others, but his thigh was broken by a cannonball. He stayed alone to stop the enemy, and finally gave his young life for the Spanish people.

Maupassant (1850-1893), a famous French writer. "Beautiful Friend" is his masterpiece novel. It caused a sensation after it was published in May 1885 and was reprinted more than thirty times within a few months. Duroy, a junior officer in the French colonial army in Algeria, came to Paris and was introduced by a friend to work as an editor at La Vie Française. He relied on his good looks and ability to please women to seduce upper-class women, and used this as a springboard to embark on the road to success. 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.

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