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Paris at the end of the 19th century was like a masquerade, and success favored the sanctimonious. The protagonist Duloa was originally the son of a poor hotel owner in a rural town. He used his beautiful appearance to seduce women and used his ability to flatter, step by step, to become an important figure in politics and journalism. The novel creates an image of an unscrupulous speculative adventurer, and makes a bitter satire and criticism of the gangster-like Georges Duroy's rapid fortune in a short period of time. The novel profoundly reveals the political and economic phenomena of French society at the end of the 19th century, and is worthy of being a classic French novel of the 19th century.

"La Traviata" begins with the author's own narrative. At the auction of the famous prostitute Margaret's belongings, Dumas bought a novel signed with Armand's name. A few days later, Armand came to see him and wanted to buy the book back with a large sum of money, but Dumas generously gave it to him. Armand told him the touching story of his true love with Margaret, the Lady of the Camellias. The language of "La Traviata" is fluent and gives people a real and natural feeling. The book has also been adapted into plays and operas, which have a long history.

This book is one of the famous translation collections of world literary names. It is a collection of Kafka's short stories and short stories, translated by famous research and translation experts Li Wenjun, Gao Gaofu, Ye Tingfang, etc., Including "Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "At the Gate of the Law", "Country Teacher", "The Hungry Artist", "A Study of a Dog", "Josephine the Singer" and other famous short and medium stories. Classic selections and classic translations comprehensively demonstrate the artistic achievements of Kafka's novels.

George Orwell is not only the author of the most famous anti-totalitarian novels, but also a famous English stylist, a first-class essayist, and a clear-minded and sharp-eyed literary critic. "Why I Want to Write" includes the author's famous reminiscence and documentary works such as "Such a Happy Childhood" and famous essays such as "Why I Want to Write" and "Politics and English".

A girl will always remember the first dead face she ever shaved. In her life, the only thing more embarrassing than her first kiss or losing her virginity is probably this... Caitlin Doughty, who is nearly 1.80 Meters tall and graduated with a major in medieval history, is a cool and weird girl in the eyes of others. When her peers are crazy about love, skin care, beauty and chasing stars, she plunges into the funeral industry and becomes a funeral worker, dealing with the dead every day. From embarrassingly shaving the deceased for the first time, carefully coming to collect the body with his companions, becoming more and more proficient in operating the huge crematorium, grinding human bones into powder, enclosing and embalming the body, to trying every means to fulfill the wishes of the bereaved, and carefully and accurately dressing the edema old man. The gorgeous costumes... Caitlin recorded her six years of working in the crematorium in a candid, truthful and interesting way, telling each specific and subtle life story, as well as all the details that everyone has to face but are unwilling to talk about, and also has a profound understanding of death and life. What is rare is that Catherine is not curious, evasive, or afraid. Like a modern little witch, she leads us to look directly at death and life.

This book is the work of the famous Japanese poet Tanigawa Shuntaro when he was in his late seventies. During this period, he experienced the death of his father, the birth of his grandson, the separation of his friends, and also began to live alone. A person does not live completely alone, but talks more freely with himself, friends, and the world. There are unspeakable secrets in the life of a person who is simple, enthusiastic, interesting, comfortable, and elegant. The author uses delicate and Zen-like writing to record the mood fluctuations that are easily obscured by daily trivial matters and difficult to capture. Starting from the trivial and ordinary daily necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, he writes letters, eats, listens to concerts, and writes poems. He describes his understanding of family, friendship, and love, and talks frankly and openly about life and death, weddings, and funerals. Life is difficult to describe in one sentence, but the author tells everything frankly, creating this collection of essays full of light philosophy on life.

When Arai Yijisan writes articles, he always tries to open up his perspective on world civilization through small things and stories in life. The articles included in this book interpret Japanese culture through specific Japanese terms, talking about Japanese food life, Japanese worldview, Japanese characters, Japanese male-female relations, Japanese social atmosphere, etc. Each article talks about trivial things that others may think are trivial, but they can provide readers with a perspective that they could not imagine in advance. After reading the entire book, you will definitely have a slightly different view of Japan than the original one.

There is a book I want to write for you, about Tokyo. I'm sorry, time and resources don't allow me to take you slowly. However, after reading this book and buying a ticket, you should be able to discover your own Chuo Line, your own personalized Tokyo. --Arai Kazusan Perhaps you have been to Tokyo once and visited Odaiba, Asakusa, and Disneyland with a tour group; perhaps you have been to Tokyo many times and visited Ginza, Roppongi, and Kanda Jimbocho on your own; perhaps you have not been to Tokyo yet... In any case, you cannot know the whole picture of Tokyo; because this city is really big. On the map of Arai, there is an orange horizontal line, which is the JR Chuo Line railway track. The Chuo Line starts in Tokyo and runs through the city in an inverted S-shape, from Shinjuku to the west to Takao. Chuo Line, which retains its bohemian cultural atmosphere, has attracted cultural people of all ages since the Edo period. Kawabata Yasunari wrote "Women's Body" in the ancient Tokyo STATIONHOTEL. The rocker's yakiniku shop "Ebi" is the favorite resting place of Tokyo men. The musical instrument street and Jimbocho old bookstore street at Ochanomizu Station, the public bath "Yutopia" at the north entrance of Ogikubo Station, the cultural salon at Nakamuraya at the east exit of Shinjuku, Kichijoji where the concentration of Japanese cartoonists... Welcome to the Chuo Line Cultural Circle!

"Spaniards of the Three Worlds" (Españoles De Tres Mundos) is a collection of essays by the famous Spanish poet and writer Jimenez. Jimenez called it a "lyrical comic". The book outlines more than a hundred poets, politicians, and scholars, including the great essayist Assoline, the great painter Picasso, and the great Latin American poets Ruben Dario and Neruda. This book is translated and published in China for the first time. José Manuel Caballero, winner of the 2012 Cervantes Prize for Literature, called the book "the glorious pinnacle of Spanish prose of that era." The translator of this book, Zhao Deming, said that "The Spaniards of the Three Worlds" is a magnificent treasure house.

Lucia's father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she lives with her aunt in someone else's garage. She was once again expelled from school. She carried a book, a lighter, a pocket full of stolen licorice candies, and a head full of mean thoughts. She doesn't want people around her to know her thoughts, and she visits her mother in a mental hospital every week. Lucia came to a new school, where she was taciturn, had few friends, and was in constant trouble. She believes that nothing is meaningful, including nihilism. But there is a mysterious organization here, a group of people who can bring changes to boring lives. She is willing to do anything as long as she can become one of them.

In this book, the author writes about his family history: Shadid is a family that cannot settle down and make a living. Starting from Shadid's grandmother's generation, they began to leave their hometown and go to the other side of the ocean. When they think of "home", "home" in the sense of roots or place, they always think of the house in Magayon, Lebanon, which represents an identity that never fades. Renovating an old house is not only a physical repair and reconstruction, but also a process of rebuilding a broken self while looking back on family history and even a century of Middle Eastern history. The narrative of these two years connects Shadid's personal experiences and memories, the history of the entire family's diaspora migration from Lebanon to the United States, and the century-old loss and fate of the Middle East. He integrates his deep understanding of the people and history of the Middle East accumulated over his career into the narrative. The characters are vivid and flesh-and-blood, while history becomes an endless trickle, leaving its mark on the individual body. This book starts from the family and extends to the history and culture of the entire Middle East, showing the historical development and political and cultural conflicts in the past century, and thinking with readers about the roots behind the war and suffering in the Middle East.

"Animal Farm" is a political allegory novel. The story describes the brewing, rise and final transformation of an "animalist" revolution. The significance of this book goes far beyond the prophecy of history. This allegorical novel points out in literary language: Since the fundamental interest of the group that controls distribution power is to maintain its dominance, no matter what the formal appeal is, the final result will run counter to its basic appeal of maintaining social fairness.

Hardy's works reflect the profound changes in social economy, politics, morality, customs and other aspects caused by the invasion of capitalism into rural towns and cities in England, as well as the tragic fate of the people (especially women), and expose the hypocrisy of bourgeois morality, law and religion. His works are a link between past and present, not only inheriting the excellent tradition of British critical realism, but also paving the way for British literature in the 20th century. "Waste of Effort" is his first published work.

This book is Alexandre Dumas's masterpiece. It's a story about revenge. This book was translated directly from the French original by French translator Li Yumin, while the original version of our agency was translated from the English version by English translator Jiang Xuemo. Moreover, the translation took place a long time ago and there were not many books available for reference at that time, so it is inevitable that there are some errors and omissions. This re-publication replaces the old version with a new version that is more in line with modern people's reading habits.

Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy "Childhood", "Boyhood" and "Youth" comprehensively display the writer's growth and spiritual process. The basic content revolves around how he grew up under the influence of the surrounding environment, and basically reproduces how he grew from a young master in an aristocratic family to an adult who opposed the aristocratic lifestyle. "Childhood" is the first of an autobiographical trilogy and Tolstoy's debut novel.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Turgenev's birth, I chose Turgenev's autobiographical short story "First Love". This autobiographical novel not only has a fascinating plot, but also demonstrates Turgenev's superb skills in shaping characters, especially female images. In addition, this novel not only helps readers understand Turgenev's psychological growth background and process, but also helps readers gain a deeper understanding of the author's attitude towards women in other works.

Wolfgang Borchert is a representative writer of German "ruin literature" after World War II. This book includes the author's representative short story "Bread", etc., Which reflects the devastation of war on the lives of soldiers and ordinary people, the huge physical and mental blows people endure, and the warmth of humanity in disasters. Nobel Prize winner in literature Bohr said in the postscript to Borchert's work that the short story "Bread" is better than many newspapers and periodicals' reports on Germany's postwar famine.

Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy "Childhood", "Boyhood" and "Youth" comprehensively display the writer's growth and spiritual process. The basic content revolves around how he grew up under the influence of the surrounding environment, and basically reproduces how he grew from a young master in an aristocratic family to an adult who opposed the aristocratic lifestyle. "Youth" is the second part of the autobiographical trilogy, with a total of 27 sections.

"Heart of Darkness" is one of Joseph Conrad's major works. Considered the first truly modernist novel in the history of British literature, the work records the story of Captain Marlowe on the Congo River as told on a ship docked outside London. In this work, the author has made profound thoughts on the theme of human civilization and human nature.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Turgenev's birth, Turgenev's autobiographical short story "Spring Tide" was published. This autobiographical novel shows the beautiful emotions of youth, and the psychological description is meticulous. In addition, this novel not only helps readers understand Turgenev's psychological growth background and process, but also helps readers gain a deeper understanding of the writer's attitude towards women and emotions in other works.

"The Theory of Intention" is a collection of essays by Yojiro Noda, the lead singer of the Japanese band Radwimps. Yojiro Noda is known as a "musical poet" and "a person with a unique world view". He has been writing lyrics and music for the Radwimps band for a long time, with outstanding literary talent and unconstrained thinking. He wrote his world view, love view and music view with vivid pen, which constitutes this unique collection of essays.

Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy "Childhood", "Boyhood" and "Youth" comprehensively display the writer's growth and spiritual process. The basic content revolves around how he grew up under the influence of the surrounding environment, and basically reproduces how he grew from a young master in an aristocratic family to an adult who opposed the aristocratic lifestyle. "Youth" is the last part of the autobiographical trilogy, with a total of 45 sections.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Gorky's birth, we chose to publish Gorky's autobiographical series to help readers understand the writer and better understand his works. Among them, "In the World" is the second part of the trilogy. It describes the life of the protagonist Alyosha and his grandmother. On the road of life, he went through many ups and downs, met many people, read many books, and determined to "be a strong person and not give in to the environment." With such firm belief, he left his hometown and went to Kazan.

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Turgenev's birth, Turgenev's autobiographical novella "Pnin and Babunin" was published. This autobiographical novel shows Turgenev, who was born in a noble family, and his kind and simple feelings towards the serfs. The scene descriptions and dialogues clearly reflect Turgenev's opposition and disgust towards serfdom. In addition, this novel not only helps readers understand Turgenev's concerns and attitudes towards the historical process, but also helps readers gain a deeper understanding of his famous six novels.

This book contains dozens of precious letters between Russian writers Pasternak and Tsvetaeva and Austrian writer Rilke. The letters include discussions about the poetry itself and exchanges about each other's creations. These letters not only allow us to understand a piece of tidbits in the history of European poetry, but also give us a glimpse into the minds of three great poets.

The English version of "Escape from Inequality" was named the best book of 2013 by Forbes, won the 2013 Economic Essay Honor Award from the American Publishers Association, was selected into the Financial Times-Goldman Sachs 2013 Best Business Books list, and was highly recommended by authoritative figures and media such as Bill Gates, The Economist, Financial Times, The New York Times, and Reuters. "Escape from Inequality" focuses on the divide between rich and poor and inequality in the world. It is the latest masterpiece of Angus Deaton, a popular Nobel economist in recent years. It talks about the origins of human inequality and the story of how mankind continues to move forward while creating new inequalities one after another. The book is rigorously argued, full of insights and moral courage. Like the recently acclaimed "Capital in the 21st Century", it is the latest rare masterpiece in this field.

In 1844, Dickens took a break from the hard work of novel writing and took his family to France and Italy for a vacation. He originally planned to take a few months' rest, but actually stayed in Italy for nearly a year. They visited some of Italy's most famous sites: Genoa, Rome, Naples (where Mount Vesuvius was still smoldering), Florence and Venice. In his travel notes, Dickens described a country of great contrast: the majestic architecture and the decay of the city, and the daily life of contemporary people next to ancient ruins. What interested him most was the colorful street life in Italy, especially the costumes, cross-dressing and vitality of the Roman Carnival.

From January to June 1842, Dickens, who was only thirty years old, accepted the invitation of the famous American writer Washington Irving and other friends to travel to the United States. The long travelogue and feature "Notes on a Travel in America" ​​is the main result of Dickens's visit to the United States. During this trip, he visited big cities such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia on the east coast, went south to Richmond, west to St. Louis, and north to Montreal, Canada. During the journey that lasted for half a year, the young writer had extensive contact with people from all walks of life in the United States, from the president to the coachman, through visits, interviews, public gatherings and private meetings, and recorded the writer's experiences, observations and perceptions one by one. Dickens both admired and criticized this vibrant young republic. In particular, Dickens observed and criticized the rough and vulgar American style, the overly strong atmosphere of profit-seeking, the barbaric slavery system, and the brutal conquest of Indians. This was exactly the same as Mark Twain, the equally acerbic American writer who was dedicated to describing the Gilded Age. The trip to North America also became an important source of inspiration for the novel "Martin Qu Shuwei".

This book describes Hemingway's second safari trip to Africa with his fourth wife, Mary Welsh, from 1953 to 1954. The couple and several locals who followed them as assistants hunted a fierce and evil lion, and shot gazelles, leopards, sand grouse and other unique African wild animals along the way. It showed the writer's innocent and friendly feelings for the honest and loyal African indigenous people and their happy life as a couple. Of course, it also deeply reflected Hemingway's lifelong obsession with adventure activities that can best measure the limits of human nature. This book is Hemingway's second "hunting book" and is the best book for readers to experience Hemingway's unique charm up close.

This is the first collection of novels by the famous American movie star Tom Hanks. It contains 17 extraordinary stories, and in each story there is an old-fashioned typewriter that has long been lost in time. A nerd who was tormented by his perfect girlfriend with high standards for three weeks finally succeeded in making her hate him and get rid of the nightmare; an eccentric billionaire hid his identity and went to a remote town in the United States to pursue his dream; a third-tier actor became famous overnight and then faded away three days later; four friends went on an expedition to the moon together and returned home safely; a On his birthday, a boy suddenly discovered evidence of his father's infidelity. A wealthy businessman risked his life and traveled back to 1939, where he fell in love at first sight... Hanks used his actor's humor and insight to analyze the embarrassing situation of human beings in modern society and all their weaknesses. Many details made people laugh. Antique typewriters play an important role in these stories, representing lost skills, forgotten beauty, calm spirit and grace.

"The Lines of Apelles" is an outstanding Russian writer of the 20th century and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature. Pasternak's short stories and essays inherit the great tradition of Russian narrative literature and endow the poet with his unique imagination, metaphors and symbols. This is highly reflected in this book: the author's unique feelings and associations about life and the world can be seen everywhere; his writing also has a synaesthetic sensibility, which can easily cross the boundaries between people and things, self and the world, with ease.

In this collection of essays, we can see Baudelaire's incisive and vicious satire and sarcasm on the dirty and deformed real society, his ruthless lashing and fierce attack on tradition and decadent secular habits. We can also read the poet's yearning for beauty and his fascinating descriptions, and we can also smell some of the poet's delicate thoughts that are profound but elusive. As he himself said: "This is still "Flowers of Evil", but more free, delicate and spicy."

"Black Sheep" contains forty fables, the protagonists of which are mostly animals such as monkeys, lions, and donkeys, as well as the "Sleepless Mirror" and ancient Greek philosophers. In addition, there are "Samson and the Philistines" from ancient mythology, as well as "satirists" and "fablers" incarnated by the author himself. The writing style is concise and humorous, and his extraordinary imagination is comparable to that of Borges. The Chinese version specially invites Argentinian painter Miguel Carini to draw 15 exquisite illustrations.

"Gulliver's Travels" created the tradition of satire in British literature. The book is divided into four volumes. Through the adventures of the protagonist, the British surgeon Gulliver, as he travels around the "Lilliputian Country", "Big People Country", "Flying Island Country" and "Houyi Country", the novel comprehensively satirizes and criticizes Britain in the first half of the 18th century. It has distinctive democratic ideological characteristics. After the book came out in 1726, it immediately shocked the world's literary world. Within a week of publication, all copies in stock were sold out. Voltaire, Byron, Gorky, and Lu Xun all highly praised this work. "Gulliver's Travels" has its footprints all over the world. Blooming eternal glory in the ranks of world progressive literature.

Hemingway published a long article on Spanish bullfighting in 1930. Based on this, he published the "Bullfighting Book" "Death in the Afternoon" two years later. In the book, he gave a very detailed and in-depth introduction and discussion of bullfighting, pointing out that the matador's life and death performance in the bullring has a strong appeal, "can make people intoxicated, make people feel immortal, and make him fascinated." "Although this enchantment is short-lived, it is as profound as the soul leaving the body." It also extended from bullfighting to discuss the theory and specific principles of novel creation, as well as his profound insights into death.

Reginald Fleming Johnston was the foreign teacher of Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Johnston, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Oxford, went to China in 1898 and served in the British colonial governments in Hong Kong and Weihaiwei. He was an authentic "China expert". He was very keen on traveling. While traveling, he investigated local customs, social conditions and public opinion on the spot, and wrote a large number of writings about China, which still have important historical data and academic research value. "From Beijing to Mandalay" is Johnston's long-distance travel adventure. The tour took place in the first half of 1906, passing through Beijing, North China, Wuhan, and up the Yangtze River into Sichuan. From now on, we will ride or walk over mountains and ridges, across northwest Yunnan, and into Myanmar. The end of the trip will be Mandalay, Myanmar. In this book, we can learn about the true appearance of China in the early 20th century, especially the mountains and rivers, natural scenery, cultural landscape, religious culture, etc. In the southwestern region. Johnston's writings have very detailed records, and the readability and historical value are very high. In the book, Johnston also conducted in-depth research and thinking on Chinese Buddhist culture and Confucian culture, and believed that the Western world should pay due respect to Eastern cultural traditions.

Orwell is one of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the 20th century. He is famous for his extraordinary energy and uncompromising language, using pen and paper to fight against the prejudices of his time. This book collects all the political essays written by Orwell in his life that can be collected so far, including many popular Orwell famous essays, such as "On the British", "Politics and the English Language", "The Decline of British Murder", "The Boundaries of Art and Propaganda", "Looking Back at the Spanish War", "Why I Write", "The Writer and Leviathan", etc., With 800,000 words, presenting a complete picture of Orwell's essays.

Orwell is one of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the 20th century. He is famous for his extraordinary energy and uncompromising language, using pen and paper to fight against the prejudices of his time. This book collects all the political essays written by Orwell in his life that can be collected so far, including many popular Orwell famous essays, such as "On the British", "Politics and the English Language", "The Decline of British Murder", "The Boundaries of Art and Propaganda", "Looking Back at the Spanish War", "Why I Write", "The Writer and Leviathan", etc., With 800,000 words, presenting a complete picture of Orwell's essays.

The memoirs of the famous British biologist and animal behaviorist Jane Goodall. In this vivid and thought-provoking book, she reviews in detail her extraordinary life experience and even her long personal spiritual journey. Her experience of life is as profound as her observations of chimpanzees at Gombe Game Reserve in Tanzania. Jane Goodall has been curious about various life forms in the world since she was a toddler. As she grew up, she was influenced and spurred by "Tarzan" and "The Jungle Book". Later, she worked for the famous paleontologist and anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey, making important scientific breakthroughs in Gombe and becoming one of the most influential contributors to our intellectual world. In this book, she not only narrates in detail the story of the Gombe chimpanzees that were introduced to the world 40 years ago, but also talks candidly about her own life and the love and support she received from her mother, son, and late husband, her friends, and many strangers. Dr. Jane Goodall loves nature, and has witnessed the dangers, injustice, materialism, and genocide caused by human destruction of the environment... She put forward her unique insights into these dangers and highly praised the people who strive for the rebirth of the earth. This is reason for hope.

"The Complete Works of Borges, Volume 2 (set of 12 volumes in total)" is a collection of Borges's poetry works, including a total of 12 works, including the first collection of poems "Passion of Buenos Aires" published by Borges at his own expense in 1923, as well as the collections of poems he published in the 1920s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, "The Moon Before Me: Notes of Saint Martin", "The Poet", "The Tiger's Gold", "Stories of the Night", "Days", etc. The poems written by Borges are "random metaphors, free writing or breaking the constraints of sonnets". They are more like a combination of poetry and prose. They are a major innovation in poetry genre, because compared to form, poetry is the most important: "For a true poet, every moment of life, Everything should be poetic, because that is what it is." "Everything - a comment, a farewell, an encounter, an interesting Arabic pattern on a playing card - can inspire beauty, and the poet's mission is to reflect this affectionate emotion in allegory or rhyme."

Orwell is one of the most thought-provoking and vivid essayists of the 20th century. He is famous for his extraordinary energy and uncompromising language, using pen and paper to fight against the prejudices of his time. This book collects all the political essays written by Orwell in his life that can be collected so far, including many popular Orwell famous essays, such as "On the British", "Politics and the English Language", "The Decline of British Murder", "The Boundaries of Art and Propaganda", "Looking Back at the Spanish War", "Why I Write", "The Writer and Leviathan", etc., With 800,000 words, presenting a complete picture of Orwell's essays.

Like Orwell and Hemingway, Lori Lee was an eyewitness of the Spanish Civil War. In December 1937, the young man decided to fight for the Republican Army. He left England, crossed the Pyrenees Mountains in the wind and snow, and entered Spain as a volunteer of the International Brigade. Unexpectedly, he was immediately arrested as a spy by "one of his own people" and fell straight into a dangerous fate and bitter melee... In this gripping memoir, he uses a sincere and simple attitude to reveal the unknown conditions and black absurdities of the Spanish Civil War, and writes about the death of a young man's idealism. This book is the final chapter of Lori Lee's "autobiographical trilogy" following "Rosie and Cider" and "When I Run Away One Midsummer Morning".

The Bronte sisters are the epitome of the transformation of British society at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. They left their childhood pastoral songs behind and faced the whistle of the industrial age. They were both liberal rebels and romantic conservatives. Creating at the source of global industrial society, they left popular works such as "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights" and "Agnes Grey" to the world. These great masterpieces have become the footnotes of the times, and the times have shaped their souls. As a "myth" in the history of British literature, how should we understand the relationship between their novels and the transformation of British society?

On the day of the performance of "Macbeth" at Pine Valley High School, the leading role of Heidi died suddenly. Rumor has it that accidents and dangers occur every time this play is performed, and the curse is fulfilled again. But someone saw Heidi driving away with her boyfriend Tommy that day. Tommy said that something happened to Heidi on the way, and he walked alone later. At the same time, in Heidi's computer, the police discovered secret communication records between her and another lover... On the eve of graduation, what caused Heidi, who had a good background, excellent grades and a bright future, to die unexpectedly and tragically? Is it the Macbeth curse that everyone fears? Or is it a conspiracy that has been planned for a long time? I have been pretending to be someone else my entire life, but this time I want to be my true self.

Once upon a time, this luxurious house had a majestic father, a beautiful mother, a lovely younger brother, and a family of uncles and aunts. It was very lively... However, after a dinner, there were only three people left in the family... Who is the murderer? And the murderer's motive for killing is even more shocking... The sister Constance, who suffers from phobia of strange places, out of nostalgia for her lost family, cooks and cleans with the implication of unchanging religious rituals; and the sister Mary Kate is also surrounded by adventures when she goes to the village center for shopping, where she has to struggle to deal with the lame teasing of the village children, full of hostility and hatred in her heart. Uncle Julian, dependent on Constance's care, is immersed in his little world, playing with his manuscripts chronicling the family's history. How do these three people face their uninvited cousin Charles? People outside the castle went from snooping, sarcasm, and satire at the beginning. They made the tragedy of the family poisoning into a school song and spread it widely, to the terrible rumors about the castle, and finally people showed kindness to the sisters after the fire. What made people change their attitudes?

This book records Daniel's legendary journey through western China and the Burma Highway alone as a missionary in 1941. Starting from Henan, the author traveled through Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan and other provinces on foot, on donkeys, and by car, and finally arrived in Myanmar along the Burma Highway. He truly recorded the topography, folk customs, wartime scenes and journey dangers in western China along the way, and took a large number of precious photos to present the various aspects of people's livelihood in China during the war. This book still has far-reaching significance for today's discussion of the military value and cultural connotation of the Burma Highway.

"Drunk Man and Drunk Woman" is a collection of Ibanez's short stories translated by Dai Wangshu, which includes 7 of Ibáñez's classic short stories. Ibáñez was a great Spanish writer and politician in modern times, and the leader of the Spanish democratic republican movement. Therefore, most of his works describe the lives of the working people at the lower classes, and the book is filled with humanitarian ideas.

"Radetzky March" reflects the gradual decline of the Habsburg dynasty through the experiences of four generations of the Trotta family from 1959 to 1916. "Radetzky March" was originally an ode to Radetzky, the Austrian commander who opposed Napoleon around 1813, and to the past of the Habsburg dynasty. The novel is named after this, expressing the author's nostalgia for the past of the empire. It is "an Austrian Requiem" sung by the author. Facing the reality of the 20th century, the author knew that it was impossible to restore the "glory" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"The Envoy" tells the story of the protagonist Strether being sent from the United States as an "envoy" by Mrs. Newsome to Europe to bring her son Chad Newsome back to inherit the family business. The mother believed that her son was trapped by a bad woman, but Strether discovered that this was not the case after coming into contact with this "bad woman" named Madame Vionnet. The novel takes this as its main line and has many twists and turns in the plot. The "Envoy's" travels in Europe made him rethink everything, and ultimately persuaded Chad to stay in Europe. Does Chad eventually return to the United States? How will the relationship with Madame Vionnet develop?