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A weird and mean old lady, a girl who loves to dream, an exotic cook full of secrets, a gentle old gentleman, a facially paralyzed boss who loves homemade French fries, a simple and kind "little artist", a retired aunt who loves to create "encounters", and a cat with a "magic" taste... They met in a country inn in the Loire Valley. Secrets emerge one after another: old letters hidden in hat boxes, mysterious dancers in New York, notes left in the library, thieves who steal desserts at night... Entering the "hotel in the summer suburbs", in the aroma of coffee and croissants, a wonderful journey is about to begin...

In India, Smita is a low-caste untouchable whose only dream is to send her daughter to school and escape her cruel fate. In Sicily, Julia worked in her father's wig factory. Her father had a car accident and the factory had already gone bankrupt. The burden of the family fell on her shoulders. In Canada, Sarah, a successful lawyer, suddenly discovered that she had cancer and needed to fight against discrimination against women and patients in the entire workplace. The stories of the three people are ultimately connected by "braids": the Indian woman's braids were processed by the Sicilian girl and finally worn on the Canadian woman's head.

"Treasure Island" tells us that the true spirit of adventure is to remain innocent! "Treasure Island" is the benchmark for all sea adventure legends! A book of growth in the eyes of Hemingway, Kipling, Borges and other masters. Translated from the 1884 first American final edition of the Harvard University Library. Collector's edition of full-color illustrations by French artist Georges Roux. Includes full-color treasure maps, vividly presenting the thrilling adventure scenes in "Treasure Island"! Selected into the "BBC Big Read" Top 100 classics! The Ministry of Education recommends reading books for primary and secondary school students! Henry James: Everything you imagine about adventure at sea can be found in "Treasure Island"! Borges: I like hourglasses, maps, coffee, and Stevenson's "Treasure Island"! Churchill: When I was 9 and a half years old, my father gave me a copy of "Treasure Island". I still remember the great joy when I devoured it and read it. It is irreplaceable!

As the 11th generation descendant, Hatoko Amamiya inherited the Shancha Stationery Store and conveyed the unspeakable words hidden in the heart to customers. Letters written by an invisible boy to his mother, letters written by a deceased husband to his wife, letters written by parents who lost their young son to relatives and friends... Hatoko always uses the most complicated but also most sincere way to help guests solve their doubts. Everyone has a different story in their life, and everyone is trying to make the story complete.

"Serenade" is Kazuo Ishiguro's only collection of short stories. Using music as a clue, it consists of five seemingly independent but interrelated stories. The main characters in the story are all related to music: a frustrated restaurant musician, a faded singer, a self-admired cellist, a saxophonist who was forced to undergo plastic surgery for success, etc. Most of them are passionate about music but full of complaints about life. The plots may be absurd or lamentable. Using the theme of music and life, they express the author's consistent reflection on the living conditions of modern people. The bilingual version of "Serenade" is accompanied by the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

Among all his works, the short stories that made Hemingway the earliest and most enduring are his short stories that created a generation of writing style. These novels are mainly declarative sentences, with precise descriptions and short dialogues, giving readers the most direct and vivid impression and influencing many modern and contemporary writers in the world. This book contains all of Hemingway's short stories. The second volume includes short stories published in books and magazines after the "first series of 49" and previously unpublished novels, a total of 21 stories. There are another five articles in the appendix, which were not included in the original complete collection and were only discovered in the mid-1980s.

The American young man Barnes suffered a spinal injury in World War I and lost his sexual ability. After the war, while working as a reporter in Paris, he fell in love with the British Mrs. Ashley. She pursued pleasure blindly, while he could only drink to drown his sorrows. The two went to Pamplona, ​​Spain, with a group of male and female friends to participate in the bullfighting festival in pursuit of spiritual stimulation. The lady rejected the pursuit of the Jewish young man Cohen, but fell in love with the 19-year-old bullfighter Romero. However, after getting along for a period of time, due to the huge age gap between the two parties, and Mrs. Ashley could not bear to ruin the future of the innocent young man, the relationship ended sadly. Madame eventually returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be together.

This book is divided into three parts: "Spring", "Autumn" and "Winter", vividly showing the failed life of Harry Morgan, an "individualist". In "Spring", Morgan was engaged in the business of renting out fishing boats. He was forced to make a living by transporting "live goods" (smugglers) for others. In order to protect himself, he did not hesitate to risk his own life and got into a lawsuit with his life; in "Autumn", Morgan was engaged in the business of smuggling spirits and lived a life of "licking blood on the edge of a knife"; Although he killed the group of terrorists on the yacht, he was also shot and died. This is one of Hemingway's works that has aroused strong controversy among critics.

"The Painter of the Floating World" won the "Whitbread Literary Award". It is an early masterpiece by Ishiguro Kazuo and the most Japanese-style work. It describes the devastation of Japan after the war, and the painter Ono's later life, which seems to be idle and idle, has a hidden spiritual undercurrent. In order to create a good social relationship for his little daughter when she gets married, he regained his memory. The past events of his old friends were connected one by one like an ukiyo-e, showing a battlefield without smoke. The bilingual version of "The Painter of the Floating World" includes for the first time a preface specially written by Kazuo Ishiguro for the 30th anniversary of the book's publication, recalling the creative process and interpreting it in detail. Attaching the original text of the work allows readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy a double beauty.

The painter Thomas has experienced ups and downs, having been married twice and having three sons born after marriage, all of whom were raised by his ex-wife. He loves his career and his children, and often accompanies his children on fishing trips. The relationship between father and son is deep. Unfortunately, two sons died in a car accident, and the only remaining son died in World War II. Finally, Thomas decided to put down his personal joys and sorrows and devote himself to the anti-fascist war. Despite the severe mental and physical tests, Thomas remained perseverant and dealt with the enemy tenaciously. He embodies the characteristics of the "tough guy" that often appears in Hemingway's works, and is a very successful artistic model.

"No Consolation" is Kazuo Ishiguro's longest novel, an extremely dense and delicate psychological novel that makes people unable to extricate themselves. This book adheres to Kazuo Ishiguro's consistent style, which is simple on the outside but strong on the inside. The novel describes the mysterious days a pianist experienced in a mysterious city. Sometimes he is a bystander, and sometimes he is involved. The people he sees are all passionate but obsessed with it; the things he encounters are all weird, absurd, and full of variables. In this city where people's hearts are dominated by bizarre artistic values, while trying to find the exit from his dream and seeking an explanation for all this, he gradually realizes that he is facing the most severe performance in his life. The bilingual version of "No Consolation" comes with the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

Fitzgerald is the most outstanding and popular writer in the United States in the 20th century. 2016 Coincides with the 120th anniversary of the author's birth. Shanghai Translation has launched a new edition of the collection, which is more comprehensive and detailed than Fitzgerald's works in the market. This book is the sixth volume of the collection. It is the author's most mature and popular work, marking the author's remarkable success. This book is the author's first collection of short stories, including eight of his published short stories. The author faithfully depicts the life scene of American society after World War I with a new perspective and vivid writing style, praising the young generation's rebellious mentality against old morality and pursuit of a better future. "Pirates Offshore" is a fictional romantic story, and the heroine Ardita is simply the image spokesperson of Fly Girls. She is completely opposed to a mediocre life and would rather live in a beautiful lie. "The Ice Palace" is filled with a strong poetic flavor. The author uses exquisite writing to describe the differences between the South and the North of the United States, as well as the impact of pride and prejudice on people's hearts. Many major themes are condensed in this beautiful short story. "Head and Shoulders" is the most humorous piece in the collection. "The Engraved Glass Wine Vat" is an unforgettable story, cleverly conceived, in which the protagonist's life is affected by a wine vat. "Bernice Cuts Her Hair" is the most famous story in the collection. It has been adapted into a TV short and a stage play. This story also reflects the author's own attitude of admiration and confusion towards fly girls. "Blessing Ceremony" is an alternative in the collection, reflecting the author's complex mentality of awe and fear towards religious thoughts and rituals. "The Fall of Daley Limbo" is a short story with a humorous tone, which satirizes the prevailing trend of taking risks and taking shortcuts. "Four Fists" is a bitter and humorous story that reflects the four unforgettable blows a young man suffered while growing up.

"The End of the Day" is a work by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro that won the Booker Prize in 1989. It is also Ishiguro's most important masterpiece. The novel unfolds with the memories of butler Stevens, telling the various experiences he had during his more than thirty years of service to Lord Darlington. Although he reached the peak of his career, Stevens suppressed his own emotions too coldly and pursued perfect performance of his duties. He missed the last time his father was on his deathbed, and then missed love. Through the protagonist's memories, the novel unravels a person's life journey in front of the readers' eyes. It also reflects the international political landscape during the extraordinary period between World War I and World War II. The 1993 film of the same name (also known as "Goodbye"), a remake of the novel, starred the famous British actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and six British Academy Film Awards, and became a classic in film history.

"Shadows on Distant Mountains" is Kazuo Ishiguro's debut novel, a masterpiece that is still being reprinted more than 30 years after its publication. The fusion and balance of "sentimentality and irony" are still memorable. The novel tells a memory full of mist, both real and illusory. After the war, a suffering mother and daughter in Nagasaki yearned for stability and rebirth, but they could never escape the shadows and inner demons brought about by the war. In the end, the mother and daughter successfully immigrated, and the daughter committed suicide as a tragic ending. At the end of the play, the remembrancer peels off his disguise, and the story is full of tragedy. The bilingual version of "Shadows of Distant Mountains" comes with the original text of the work, allowing readers to appreciate Ishiguro's exquisite and beautiful original English text at the same time, and enjoy double beauty.

This book is the eighth volume of Fitzgerald's collected works. It contains the essence of Fitzgerald's short stories. It has been selected as the number one work in textbooks and various anthologies. It is a collection of short stories with highly cited witty sayings. It is recognized as the author's most sonorous and powerful short story collection with the most artistic merit. Phil's third collection of novels, including "The Rich Man", "A Winter's Dream", "Baby Shower", "Absolution", "Pauper Martin Jones and the Prince of Wales", "The Wise Move" and "Gerry's Forty Blinks". "Winter Dreams" can be said to be a prelude or abbreviation of "The Great Gatsby". It uses a sad tone to describe love and marriage that have been distorted by money and material desires. There is a trickle of sadness and sadness flowing between the lines, making people and the author understand and appreciate this dream-like life and chaotic world. "The Rich Young Master" conducted an in-depth analysis of the nature of "very rich people". The discussion about "rich people are completely different from you and me" caused quite a shock in the literary world at that time and became a fashionable topic at the time. "Absolution" describes the fierce conflict between a teenager named Rudolf and a priest named Schwap over moral principles, religious beliefs and the pursuit of beautiful things. "Pauper Martin Jones and the Prince of Wales" uses romantic writing to describe modern women's bold and passionate pursuit of a better life. It is a bizarre and wonderful romantic story of the Jazz Age. "A Wise Move" describes the personal experience of the author and his wife Zelda. It describes the love and marriage of this literary couple in a tearful way, and truly records the author's reflections on his own unique marriage.

This is a novel written by Hemingway after he returned from traveling and hunting in Italy in 1949. The protagonist, Colonel Cantwell, has the shadow of the author himself. The book describes how the protagonist, who participated in two world wars, went to Fossalta in Italy shortly after the war to revisit the place where he was injured in the battle, went to Venice to play, and hunted wild ducks with his friends. It also focused on the innocent love between him and the beautiful Italian girl Renata without any utilitarian purpose, reflecting the author's disgust for war, concern for the future of mankind, and thoughts on the value of life, love, and death. The title of this book is taken from the words of Thomas Jackson, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, before his death. It reflects the "tough guy" in Hemingway's works - including his own strong character who regarded death as his own.

London, England, 1930s. The young and successful Christopher Banks is a well-known detective throughout the UK. His legend of solving crimes has long been spread word of mouth in London social circles. However, for many years, an unsolved case has lingered in the mind of the famous detective for a long time. That is the mysterious disappearance of his biological parents in old Shanghai when he was a child. "Chasing the shadow of the disappearance of his parents", our protagonist searches all the way from the rich and luxurious London upper class, and finally returns to Shanghai under the gunfire of the Japanese invaders. This was by no means a tender homecoming. In this city that was once bustling with traffic and is now full of smoke and smoke, what awaits him is a dark secret and a cruel truth, and his Sherlock Holmes-style fairy tale life will also be reduced to ruins like his childhood hometown...

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Fitzgerald is the most outstanding and popular writer in the United States in the 20th century. 2016 Coincides with the 120th anniversary of the author's birth. Shanghai Translation has launched a new edition of the collection, which is more comprehensive and detailed than Fitzgerald's works in the market. "Tender Is the Night" is the author's most painstaking autobiographical novel and one of the 100 greatest English works of the 20th century selected by Modern Library. This book is the fourth volume of Fitzgerald's collected works. Actress Rosemary meets the protagonist Dick Diver, a psychiatrist, on the beach in Cannes. His wife Nicole is his past patient and suffers from schizophrenia. He was gentle and courteous, and Rosemary quickly became smitten with him. Although she repeatedly expressed her feelings to him, Dick remained unmoved. After returning to Paris, his loyalty to his wife Nicole seemed unwavering, but in fact he was involuntarily attracted to Rosemary. In order to get rid of his fantasy about Rosemary, Dick began to write a monograph, trying to be as gentle and considerate as possible to Nicole, who had relapsed into hysteria and was still mentally unstable. While on vacation in the Alps, he met his former friend Franz and used part of his wife's considerable fortune to set up a clinic with him. At this time, Nicole received a letter accusing Dick of adultery with a patient. Her condition worsened and she deliberately crashed the car during an outing. Dick was extremely depressed and went on vacation alone to relax. On the way, he met Rosemary by chance, but only realized that their short-lived love was irretrievable. In the end, he drank to drown his sorrows, and his wife left him. He was once the epitome of this romantic era, but in the end he became a self-pitying loser. The novel witnesses the disillusionment of the "Jazz Age" in which Fitzgerald spent most of his life, and to a large extent achieves what the author himself calls "a thorough and painful understanding of life."

Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German writer, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. "Steppenwolf" is the representative work of Hesse's mid-term creation and a milestone in his creative career. The protagonist of the novel, Harrell, is an upright writer. He despises the modern social lifestyle and often stays behind closed doors. The suffocating air makes him fall into a schizophrenic state. One day, he accidentally read a short book "Review of Steppenwolf", and suddenly woke up from the dream, thinking that he was a Steppenwolf with both "human nature" and "wolf nature". Later, he was invited to a party and found that the attendees all had narrow nationalist views, and his anti-war remarks were reprimanded, making him feel even more lonely. When he returned home, he met the bar girl Hermina and gained sensual joy. After Hermina introduced him, he met the musician Pablo and the girl Maria. He forgot all his worries and worries in the music and sensual enjoyment. But when he saw Hermina getting close to Pablo, he became "wolfish" and killed Hermina out of jealousy. The novel is rich in fantasy color and profound symbolic meaning, and is considered to have a "surrealist" style; Thomas Mann called it "German Ulysses".

This is a novel that vividly reproduces the romantic history of the Fitzgeralds, bringing to life the glamorous Jazz Age. It is also a classic work that represents the transformation of Fitzgerald's artistic style from youth to maturity. "Beauty and Evil" is Fitzgerald's second novel in his creative career. It is also an ukiyo-e depicting the eastern elites of the Jazz Age. The novel is highly autobiographical, and the protagonist in the book is largely similar to the relationship between Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. Anthony Paige and Gloria - elegant and restrained, flirty and romantic, like a combination of black tea and chocolate; they pursue a luxurious and gorgeous upper-class life, rely on the wealth of the previous generation and do nothing to produce, and spend all their time in dissipation, causing their morals, economy, and health to be constantly distorted and degraded. "Beauty and Sin" is a mirror that reflects the author's autobiographical color; it is also a dazzling mockery of the greed of the American nouveau riche, the squandering of New York nightlife, and the waste of talent that blinds them.

Fitzgerald is the most outstanding and popular writer in the United States in the 20th century. 2016 Coincides with the 120th anniversary of the author's birth. Shanghai Translation has launched a new edition of the collection, which is more comprehensive and detailed than Fitzgerald's works in the market. This book is the first volume of Fitzgerald's collected works. "Heaven on Earth" is Fei's debut novel that made her famous overnight. It is the first American campus novel in the true sense, recreating the "days related to youth" in the 1920s. It is the author's first novel and an epoch-making work. It reveals for the first time the spiritual mentor and first love who influenced the author's life. The protagonist of the novel, Amory Bryan, is handsome in appearance, wealthy and pampered. He was admitted to Princeton University as a college student, and later participated in World War I. The war allowed him to see clearly some of the essence of this era and human nature. After leaving the army, Brian became even more confused and decadent. At the age of 30, he became cynical and world-weary, and began to "hate this social system" and longed for a social revolution to push himself to the top of society. The novel is based on the author's own studies and overseas life, describing the protagonist's experience from preparatory school to university, and then experiencing the First World War, and brilliantly reproduces the spiritual outlook of the "lost generation".

"Tales from the Jazz Age" is Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, including a total of eleven short stories. Each chapter has a vivid plot, profound meaning and strong artistic sense. It records and depicts the young generation's dreams, pursuits, love, pain, disappointment, hardship, confusion and other complex life experiences. It reflects the splendor of the dazzling Jazz Age and highly dramatizes the fierce conflicts between modern consciousness and traditional concepts. Some, such as "Camel's Back" and "Rejuvenation", have been adapted into movies by Hollywood.

This novel vividly reproduces the legendary romance of Mr. And Mrs. Fitzgerald, bringing to life the glamorous Jazz Age on the page. A classic work that represents the transformation of Fitzgerald's artistic style from youthful to mature. One of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century, a gorgeous elegy of the Jazz Age, and the work that had the greatest influence on Haruki Murakami. In the United States in the 1920s, the air was filled with singing and drinking. By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. He is surprised to find that the only connection in his heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - in the flickering light, lives his beloved Daisy. However, Bee's reality cannot tolerate misty dreams. In the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the earthly world. When all the truth is revealed, Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal. A gorgeous "Jazz Age" elegy, written by Fitzgerald like a poem and a dream, leaving a deep mark on the history of contemporary American literature.

In 1945, Claire, a British female nurse who participated in the Second World War, and her husband Frank were on their honeymoon in Scotland. They accidentally touched the ancient Stonehenge and traveled to the Scottish Highlands two hundred years ago, becoming strangers in time and space. The ruthless English dragoon captain suspected that she was a spy, and the fierce forest bandits mistook her for a French prostitute. When her life was hanging by a thread, a Scottish warrior stepped forward! In order to survive, she was helpless and swore to marry the mysterious warrior Jamie. A groom and a bride under surveillance explore each other inch by inch in ancient castles, country hotels, mountain top stone formations, and wilderness woods, uncovering each other's obscure secrets... Bodies, desires, daggers, battles, and conspiracies. Time and space intersect to create a majestic and heartbreaking fate.

The Japanese version of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", the origin of modern ghost story literature and a mirror through which Westerners look into Japan, "Kai Tan·Qi Tan" contains a total of fifty-five ghost stories, all of which are retellings and rewrites by Koizumi Yakumo based on famous works of Japanese classical literature, and are taken from "Wandering Strange Tales" "Talks", "Ghost Talk at the Night Window", "Ten Lessons", "Stories of the Past and Past", "Ugetsu Monogatari", "Anthology of Ancient and Modern Writings", "Hundred Monogatari", "New Hundred Monogatari" and many other ancient Japanese books. These stories of loneliness or loneliness in the dark have won the samadhi of Japanese literature. "Strange Tales" is an indirect reflection of Japanese history, and it also carries the cultural beauty shared by the East. The aesthetic realm of the blending of Eastern and Western civilizations presented in the whole book has extremely high appreciation and recognition value. The book is equipped with Koizumi's hand-drawn illustrations from his manuscripts, which are extremely precious.

"Keidan·Keitan" contains a total of fifty-five ghost stories, all of which are retellings and rewrites by Koizumi Yakumo based on famous works of Japanese classical literature. They are taken from many ancient Japanese books such as "Wandering Strange Story", "Ghost Story at the Night Window", "Ten Lessons Copy", "The Story of the Past", "Ugetsu Monogatari", "Anthology of Ancient and Modern Writings", "Hyakumonogatari", "Hyakumonogatari" and "New Hyakumonogatari". These stories of loneliness or loneliness in the dark have won the samadhi of Japanese literature. "Strange Tales" is an indirect reflection of Japanese history, and it also carries the cultural beauty shared by the East. The aesthetic realm of the blending of Eastern and Western civilizations presented in the whole book has extremely high appreciation and recognition value. The book is equipped with many ukiyo-e works by famous Japanese artists, making it a great collection.

The works of the 2019 Nobel Prize winners in literature. Peter Handke (1942-), a famous Austrian novelist and playwright. One of the most important writers of contemporary German literature, known as a "living classic". He won the Büchner Prize for Literature in 1973 and the Kafka Prize for Literature in 2009. He is the author of the novels "The Anxiety of the Goalkeeper when Facing a Penalty Kick", "Reappearance", "The Elegy of Desire", "The Left-Handed Woman", and the scripts "Scolding the Audience", "Casper", "The Moment of Strangeness", etc. In 1961, he entered the University of Graz to study law. He published his first novel "Bumblebee" at the age of 24. Before that, he had dropped out of school to concentrate on writing. In the same year, he published the script "Scolding the Audience" that made him famous in one fell swoop, causing an unprecedented sensation in the German literary world. His "Casper" has a status comparable to Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in the history of modern drama. He is also known as the master of creating "speaking drama" and anti-language discipline. In addition to literary creation, "Under the Berlin Sky" co-written by Handke and Wenders has become a classic in film history. The film "Left-Handed Woman" directed by Handke was nominated for the best film at the Cannes Film Festival. "The Goalkeeper's Anxiety when Facing a Penalty Kick" is a collection of four stories, including "The Goalkeeper's Anxiety when Facing a Penalty Kick", "Welcome Speech by the Supervisory Board", "The Salesman" and "When a Pin Falls on a Farmer's Bowling Lane". In the title story "Goalkeeper's Anxiety when Facing Penalty Kicks", the protagonist Bloch was a famous goalkeeper in his day. One morning, he inexplicably left his job because he thought he was fired. He wandered around Vienna without any purpose. He accidentally committed a murder. He took a car to a remote place on the border and hid himself. He saw the wanted notice in the newspaper, and finally stopped in front of a goalkeeper, watching him stand motionless and save the penalty kick. In the novel, Handke used his obsession with language accuracy and extremely detailed descriptions of consecutive events to convey the deviation phenomenon of Joseph Bloch's attention. The novel has an atmosphere of detective suspense.

Every morning, I put on my armor, the armor made of a thousand little lies I tell myself: I'm a good mom, I have a great marriage, I'm writing a book, and the past is the past. But today, lies exploded and everything will be different!

"Eco on Literature" is one of the few literary criticism monographs among Eco's works. It collects speeches and essays on literature given by writers on various occasions, starting from Joyce and Borges, all the way to Dante and Rabelais in the Middle Ages, and even Aristotle in the distant past. With a cross-disciplinary perspective that is different from that of ordinary literary critics, it accurately analyzes many important literary concepts that echo the past and present, the enduring human pursuits reflected in literary masterpieces, and the historical process inherent in literature.

This book is a widely circulated collection of animal stories from Sidon. Adhering to the unique tradition of realistic animal stories, a "native specialty" of Canadian literature, Seton describes eight extraordinary individual animals in this world-famous collection: the wolf "Lao Bao", the crow "Silver Spot", the white rabbit "Huo Huo", the pet dog "Bingdog", the spring fox, the wild horse, the yellow dog "Wuli" and the grouse "Redneck". By depicting the struggle of these sentient creatures with nature and human beings for survival, the tragic fate of each animal is shown. The collection's insistence on the moral message that wild animals should also have their own rights fully demonstrates Seton's modern consciousness. One The more than 300 illustrations created by Seaton for this book are full of wit and wit, which adds to the appreciation and collection of this book.

The longest continuously running stage play in the world's history. The legendary drama has been performed continuously for more than half a century. Christie's finest dramatic work. Apart from the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the best-selling author in the world. Her 80 works have been translated into more than 100 languages ​​and published, with cumulative sales of more than 2 billion copies to date. Every seven seconds on this planet, a Christie's work is exchanged for pounds, dollars, francs... And renminbi. Before opening "The Mousetrap", the "secret" that can be revealed about the story itself is: the closed space. Opening hours. Ambiguous and complicated identities. A look that conceals the truth. No blood in sight. Heartbeat audible. "It is a play that you can take anyone to see. It is not really scary, nor is it a definite farce, but it has a little bit of these elements. Perhaps because of this, many people who come with different expectations can be satisfied at the same time." --Agatha Christie

This book contains five works by Duras, among which "The Man Sitting in the Corridor", "Atlanteans", "The Sickness of Death" and "The Prostitute on the Shore of Normandy" are all short stories. In just a few words, they appropriately show the desire and struggle of life in the face of lust. The script "Agata" reflects Duras's mastery of discourse: the love cursed by reality and the beautiful childhood memories of the male and female protagonists are all narrated through their dialogue in the text.

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The Tough Guy Hammett series is the originator of tough guy detective novels. It is the complete collection of American writer Dashiell Hammett's novels, including "Bloody Harvest", "The Dane Family Trouble", "The Maltese Black Hawk", "The Glass Key" and "The Thin Man". It is the only complete collection of Hammett's novels in simplified Chinese so far. These five novels were written in different periods. They are all promoted as representative works of hard-boiled detective novels and have become the standard for later generations to evaluate the works of other writers. The most famous of them is "The Maltese Hawk", and "The Thin Man" is Hammett's last masterpiece.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was the greatest playwright and poet of the English Renaissance and the master of European Renaissance humanistic literature. He is an unprecedented dramatic poet and the greatest literary figure in the world in history. In order to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the "Collection of Shakespeare's Works in Vertical Illustration" is specially published based on the first poetic version of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" in the Chinese-speaking world edited and translated by Mr. Fang Ping of Shanghai Translation Publishing House. It comprehensively considers tragedies, comedies, historical dramas, legendary plays and sonnets, and selects 20 published single volumes, accompanied by a full set of classic illustrations by Sir John Gilbert.

She is the beautiful, smart, brave and persistent Scarlett Hao in "Gone with the Wind", she is the low-browed, gentle and elegant Mara in "The Bridge", she is the twisted soul, poignant and desperate Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire"... Every movie she starred in is a classic. Former British Prime Minister Churchill praised her as "God's work of art." "Eulogy" praised her as "no film actor can be as outstanding as her on the stage, and no theater actor can be as radiant as her on the screen." Walter Kerr, one of New York's harshest critics, called her "a jewel in the crown." This book uses delicate writing to objectively and comprehensively show readers the wonderful life of Vivien Leigh, a legend in the film industry. It contains a large number of out-of-print exquisite photos that bear witness to her extraordinary beauty and her glorious years in film history.

O. Henry Manuscript Edition! All 30 representative works are included! Every little stupidity you've ever experienced can be cured by O. Henry! Brand new collection of author manuscripts and illustrations! Original color illustrations on the inner pages of "The Gift of the Magi", the new translation deeply restores O. Henry's humor and wisdom! "The book of the soul of ordinary people in the 20th century"! Encyclopedia of American Humor! The stories he wrote are our lives. --The Wall Street Journal has selected 30 short stories by O. Henry, covering all his famous masterpieces in different creative periods - "The Gift of the Magi", "The Last Leaf", "The Cop and the Hymn", "The Witch's Bread" and so on. O. Henry retained readers for a century. These readers have found themselves in his stories, not more real or strange, but exactly who they were or are now.

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories by Atsushi Nakajima. It exclusively contains ten masterpieces and is illustrated by the genius cartoonist Satan-kun. This book is specially designed to treat the "tangled emptiness" syndrome among literary and artistic young people. It soothes the liver and regulates qi, and the medicine can cure the disease.

"My story, whether past, present, or future, is contained in the staggered arrangement of these cards, but I cannot distinguish it from the many stories. I observe those cards with the eyes of a person who does not know what they are, and interpret and narrate them based on a kind of image semiotics. When the accidental arrangement of cards allows me to find the story within them, I start writing this story." Calvino said. Spreading out a set of seventy-eight tarot cards, Calvino takes us to see the punished betrayer, the alchemist who sold his soul, the bride who was punished in hell, the tomb robber, Orlando who went crazy with love, and Astolfo on the moon. In the castle and restaurant where fate intersects, should we also try to tell our own stories? "The Castle of Intersected Destinies" (Ilcastellodeidestini incrociati) was published in 1973. It was a work produced under the influence of semiotics that was prevalent in the French literary world at that time. The author no longer engages in creation in the way of immersing himself in real life as in the past, but has reduced himself to a device that can transform oral materials into story form, a tool that can transform words into stories.

"Italian Fairy Tales" is a "fairy tale book for all Italy" that Calvino adapted from the folk tale materials recorded in various dialects across Italy for centuries and rewritten it in modern common Italian. It is suitable for all Italian people to read and can be easily introduced to the world. Here, Calvino calmly jumped into the sea of ​​stories, sifting through the traditions and myths scattered in the Italian folk countryside and restoring their original clean and simple appearance. In the two hundred stories, readers are exposed to a world with strong Italian characteristics: emperors and peasants, saints and devils, and strange animals and plants; some are humorous or simple, some are absurd or mysterious. Because of Calvino, "Italian Fairy Tale" stands at the same level as "Grimm's Fairy Tales", and its narrative text is more concise and outstanding.

"Lakeside of Lamp" is a new novel by Japanese young novelist Nanae Aoyama. It is a story about persistence and escape, confinement and growth. Kume Touko is nicknamed by her friends as \

This book is the original novel of the world-famous movie "BJ's Diary". The author later wrote "BJ's Diary 2" and "BJ's Diary 3". Bridget Jones, the "leftover woman" in London who is over 30 years old, seems to devote the rest of her life to food and diet, alcohol units and calorie intake. Under multiple pressures from married people of the same age and her parents, she often made some duplicitous, even ridiculously extreme, feminist single declarations with her unmarried friends. In her diary for the whole year, while faithfully recording her philandering boss, her philandering mother, and her workplace embarrassments, her hatred of getting married was clearly revealed. Until the appearance of her true love, Mark Darcy, she half-believed, half-pushed, and half-successfully staged a Pride and Prejudice-style drama with him. This novel, known as the "modern version of Pride and Prejudice", has long been on the bestseller list after its publication. The film of the same name became a global sensation and has become the most talked about film among urban movie fans in recent years. BJ (Bridget Jones's initials) has also become the most fashionable word for leftover women.

The original work of the movie "Perfume" with a high score of 8.5 On Douban. Grenouille was born in the smelliest fish market in Paris. He was born without body odor, but his sense of smell was extremely sensitive. When he grew up, he became the apprentice of a perfume master in Paris, and gradually developed the ambition to conquer the world with perfume. One day, he found the scent of a girl fascinating and accidentally killed the girl and sniffed out her body fragrance. After that, he killed 26 girls, extracted their bodies, and distilled magical perfume. When his crime was exposed and he was taken to the execution ground, he released a bottle of strange perfume...

This is a novel about the backpack revolution, natural spirit, life thinking and the way of Zen. It tells the story of two passionate young people, Jaffe and Raymond, in 1955, pursuing truth and Zen principles. They pursue the intuition, purity and beauty of life with their special worldview. The marathon carnival and the indulgent "Yayong" in San Francisco are undoubtedly the best annotations of freedom. The poet's feelings and the ascetic journey of the dervish, after being washed by the Matterhorn and Solitary Peak, make the world seem so clear. One year after the publication of "On the Road", Kerouac dedicated "Dharma Wanderer" to Han Shanzi, and outlined a pilgrimage route for Zen lunatics and mountain backpackers on the west coast of the United States. It also established the literary map of the "Beat Generation" and added a touch of oriental color.

"My Boyfriend" is Nanie Aoyama's first novel. Ayutaro, a college student, has a handsome appearance and a gentle temper. He has tolerated the teasing of his sisters since childhood and is very popular with women. In order to find a writer for his second sister Yuriko's autobiography, Ayutaro, who had just lost his love, met Miss Kotori, who was older than him, and was quickly attracted to her. However, Miss Otori stabbed Ayutaro out of jealousy. His encounter with Xiao Satoshi, a lonely girl in the gym, made Ayutaro feel pity. He started working hard to buy gifts for Xiao Satoshi, but was abandoned in the end... Love is hard to understand, but sometimes, love has been quietly waiting for you.

"Questions of the Heart: Sontag's Short Stories" is an addition to the original "Me, and Others". She would turn to this genre only when she felt a need for expression that could not be satisfied by other means. Each of the 11 short stories included in this book is a fierce battle for wisdom - a debriefing after experiencing some kind of blow. She once told an interviewer that while the living room was great for prose, short stories had to be written in the bedroom. This distinction between outer and inner sanctums seems like a good way to understand the content of this book. These short stories are the works closest to her heart.

The original novel of the BBC miniseries "Wolf Hall" won two major European and American literary awards, the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. "Wolf Hall" takes the divorce case of Henry VIII and Queen Catherine as the entry point. With the loss of the Cardinal Archbishop, Queen Catherine is deposed, Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn and a series of other events... There are turmoils inside and outside the palace, which finally ends with the death of Thomas More; Cromwell carefully planned and worked step by step, and finally became the most popular minister. The novel takes Cromwell's life and the court of Henry VIII as the main lines. The two lines are intertwined, weaving a huge web that reflects the political, religious and economic landscape of England in the early 16th century.

"Lord of the Flies" is an important masterpiece by William Golding. It is a famous philosophical novel that uses the innocence of children to explore the serious theme of human evil. The story takes place during the imaginary World War III. A group of children between the ages of six and twelve were stranded on a desert island due to a plane crash during the retreat. At first they could live in harmony, but later due to the expansion of their evil nature, they killed each other, with tragic results. The author makes abstract philosophical propositions concrete and allows readers to understand them through fascinating stories and exciting battle scenes. The characters, scenes, stories, images, etc. Are all deeply symbolic. It is recognized as one of the greatest literary masterpieces of the 20th century.