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[Full-length masterpiece by Naoki Award-winning author Tsujimura Fukasuki] [Suspense reasoning + brain-burning reversal + fantasy and weirdness] This book is the first horror mystery novel by Naoki Award-winning author Tsujimura Fukasuki. The story is full of dark and eerie atmosphere, and also has a fantasy setting of urban ghost stories. The Kanbara family has always been surrounded by disasters. No matter where they move, they always bring bad luck to those around them. A smile full of malice, words without a sense of boundaries, a terrifying figure following behind... The overwhelming malice continues to spread around you, and death follows you everywhere. The mysterious transfer student, the gentle and easy-going senior, the beautiful and enthusiastic housewife, the affable company senior, darkness lurks among them...

This book traces the history of Prussia's participation in religious conflicts and political competition on the European continent: from the destruction of the Thirty Years' War to the disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire, from King Frederick the Great's Enlightenment to Napoleon's devastating conquests, from Bismarck's iron-blooded policy to the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, and the impact of all this on the turbulent 20th century. Prussia was once considered the cause of Europe's two wars in the first half of the 20th century, but Clark shows us how this country made an immeasurable contribution to the fate of Western civilization. People often forget that Prussia was once a model of European humanistic tradition. It had an efficient government, a clean civil service and a tradition of religious tolerance. It was considered to have the mission of leading the unification and prosperity of Germany. "The Iron Kingdom" is an authoritative work on the key role played by Prussia in modern history. Christopher Clark uses delicate writing, rigorous logic, profound thinking and comprehensive examination to tell the fascinating and ups and downs of this country and the Hohenzollern dynasty for more than 300 years.

What is it like to deliver food on Monster Earth? I, a former sci-fi researcher preparing to make it big in a food startup, accidentally lost my job and became a food delivery driver. At the critical moment when this job was about to be ruined, an old acquaintance who often ordered takeout offered me an olive branch: I would go to an animal protection base to work in my old profession - transporting goods. However, this old acquaintance did not tell me that the so-called base is not on the earth at all, at least not on the earth we have been living on! When I came to Greenland, a lush island, and saw strange creatures the size of hills and self-contained ecosystems wandering on a land where no humans had set foot, I had an ominous premonition. 2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Hugo Award for Best Novel Popular Work! Is it unbearable to live on earth without monsters? Delivery workers save the world, an alternative survival guide for social animals! Humorous science fiction × monster aesthetics, sweeping away the long-standing heaviness and difficulty in the science fiction world. If you also like "Jurassic Park", "Godzilla" and "The Big Bang Theory", please don't miss this book!

A work commemorating the 25th anniversary of Nishizawa Yasuhiko's debut! A collection of mature character reasoning short stories. When I came to my senses, thirty-eight years had passed, the era had changed from Showa to Reiwa, and I had become a ghost. Who killed me and why am I buried in this hole? A teacher troubled by murderous nightmares woke up and found that the dream had become reality. He drove to the abandoned house and found that the bodies were increasing one by one. Could it be that the female student who commissioned the murder has the ability to manipulate people's hearts? Writer Thomas brought his newly written novel to his friends to read. The content is about an unsolved murder case more than forty years ago. Are those unnatural places a flaw in the novelist's creative skills or does he have another agenda? The five short stories are like falling into an illusion, like watching a movie that has never happened in the past but is quite real. The mysteries of the past are gradually becoming clearer, but people today are trapped by delusions...

A history of human civilization and a history of how humans rule. For much of premodern times, empires were the dominant form of human rule. Since the beginning of modern times, nation-states have been forged in the forges of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Nationalism seems to have become the universal law of human domination. Empire became synonymous with invaders and colonialism, and was swept into the dustbin of history. However, modern nation-states have not completely solved human governance problems. National conflicts and great-power chauvinism have created war after war. Since the 21st century, with the in-depth development of globalization and multiculturalism, empire has become the object of people's attention again. Different from a large number of anti-imperialist histories written with the ruled as the protagonists, Professor Krishan Kumar takes a different approach and presents to us the rise and fall of the five world empires, the Ottoman, Habsburg, Russian, British and French empires, their governance experience and mission pursuit from the perspective of the imperial rulers and the subject nation.

"The Apple Cart: A Political Rhapsody" is a play written by Irish playwright Bernard Shaw in 1928. The title of the book "The Apple Cart" comes from the British proverb "overturning the apple cart", which means "upsetting a wishful thinking". This is a satirical comedy about political philosophy. The author expresses his hidden worries about British politics through this fictional story. Synopsis: The fictional King Magnus of England has a dispute with Prime Minister Brotus and his cabinet. The prime minister and cabinet tried to deprive the monarchy of its remaining political influence. The king used his wisdom to resolve the crisis, and everything was business as usual. But in the end, a political problem was left unresolved... Bernard Shaw expressed his hidden worries about British politics through this fictional story. Although it has certain limitations, it is very prescient. This book is translated by Lao She and is the crystallization of the wisdom of two Chinese and foreign drama masters.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray", also known as "The Picture of Dorian Gray", is a novel written by the British dramatist and novelist Oscar Wilde. The story tells the story of Dorian, a young aristocratic boy with good looks and good heart, who saw his portrait made by a painter and discovered his amazing beauty. Under the instigation of the painter friend Lord Henry, he made a wish to the portrait: the beautiful boy will remain young forever, and all the vicissitudes of the years and the sins of the boy will be borne by the portrait. So he began to indulge his evil desires... This book is translated by Li Jiazhen.

"Storymaster" Maugham's guide to reading and writing is dedicated to everyone. Maugham, known as the "story master", is well-deserved for his global reputation. His works have been introduced and published in many countries, and his writing experience and writing skills are also talked about by the majority of literature lovers. In his later years, Maugham published the book "The Summing Up", which is not only a review of Maugham's life writing career, but also a summary of Maugham's many years of writing experience. Through this book, readers can comprehensively master writing skills. For example, how to read a book efficiently? How to improve writing skills? How to enhance sensitivity? How to write good articles that are clear, concise and pleasant to the ears? How to write a drama to quickly win hearts and minds? How to use techniques when writing novels? How to improve comprehension and cognition through reading? In this book, Maugham explains the profound meaning of reading and writing with humorous language and sharp and concise style.

Two months, two corpses, two missing mobile phones - a female corpse was found on the coast. According to the ID information on her body, her name was Tsumi Shino. Suddenly receiving news of the death of his wife who had been missing for many years, detective Ji Xiao rushed to the scene with all kinds of questions and complicated emotions. However, what he saw was a completely unfamiliar face. Who is she? Why did you take your wife's name? Xiaoxiao suppressed the anger in her heart and tried her best to trace her true identity. Soon, a man's body was found in the park, also carrying his ID. His mobile phone was missing, but his face and fingers were damaged. How are the two related? All they want to hide is their identity? Or something other than identity? Xiaoxiao felt like she was entangled in invisible threads...

Xunzi and Hechang, a seemingly inseparable couple, decided to divorce after their daughter Ruisui's primary school interview. However, while waiting for the interview test, they received news that their daughter had accidentally drowned. Mizuho's brain was severely damaged and he was unable to breathe on his own. Xunzi and Hechang were heartbroken, but they could only face the reality. Just when they accepted the fact of their daughter's death, agreed to organ donation before the brain death was determined, and said their final goodbyes to their daughter, Mizuho's hand suddenly moved. Seeing this reaction, Xunzi insisted that her daughter was still alive. The family was about to face an uncontrollable situation and difficult choices they had never imagined...

Historian Emma Rothschild combined parish archives, tax records, memoirs and other materials to conduct a panoramic observation of the story of five generations of an ordinary French family, and restored a huge local social network around a prenuptial agreement, thus opening up a boundless historical time and space composed of many ordinary people. It is like a painting by Bruegel, with countless detailed historical contexts buried in it, telling the fear and love, uneasiness and hope of ordinary people of the same generation as Robespierre, Napoleon, Tocqueville, and Balzac, and describing the political, economic and social vicissitudes of France in the past three hundred years.

Shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Prize (2008), and selected into The Guardian's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century (2019). An architect built a dream summer villa on the lakeside outside Berlin, but he had no idea what this land had and would experience: a young woman went crazy and drowned in the lake; Jewish neighbors sold their property at a low price and then disappeared; the advancing Red Army requisitioned the house; fled the Nazi government The author Quan returned from exile and wanted to drag out an ideal home that could last for a long time from the ruins; decades after the reunification of the two Germanys, her granddaughter was forced to give up the property rights, and the successor was the heir of its original builder... In the same place, residents of different eras separated and came. The huge invisible force of history continues to erode mankind's efforts to establish lasting values, and above all passion, pain, reconciliation and destiny stands a landscape that no amount of madness or turmoil can truly change. The "iceberg-like transcendence" poetic narrative of "A Guest" is an echo of Germany's centuries-old vicissitudes. From the Weimar Republic to the years after reunification, twelve fragments of life form a mosaic in which the past and the future collapse. The real teller of the story is time. "Eternal life has existed in the lifetime of an individual human being."

George and Lennie are a pair of homeless people who work everywhere to make ends meet. They have a dream to own a small piece of land of their own, with a small windmill, a small shed, a chicken coop, a pig pen, an orchard, and an alfalfa field so that Lenny can raise his favorite rabbits. However, all this is a dream. But George and Lennie did not give up. This time, they came to work on a new farm, hoping to work hard here and save more money, but they didn't want Lennie to get into trouble again...

At first glance, a second-hand house listed for sale in Tokyo looks like a very ordinary single-family house. There's just something strange about the floor plan of the house. There is a "mysterious space" between the kitchen and the living room on the first floor. Carefully look at every corner of the house plan, and you'll find puzzling designs everywhere. Double doors, a windowless children's room, a dressing room with an unobstructed view... The various inconsistencies hidden behind the bright open room are intertwined, ultimately pointing to a truth... A truth that sends chills down the back and that no one wants to believe.

"The Tale of Genji" is set in the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan and describes the life experience and love story of the protagonist Genji. The book has a total of fifty-four chapters and involves more than 400 characters, among whom there are 20 or 30 memorable ones. The characters are mainly upper-class nobles, but there are also middle- and lower-class nobles, palace maids, maids and common people. The book uses several major events as the key and turning point in the development of the story, and methodically passes through various small events to integrate the development and climax of the story with each other, gradually revealing the inside story of aristocratic social life. "The Tale of Genji" reflects the cultural life and social background of the Heian period. While implementing the realistic "real" aesthetic idea, it also created the Japanese romantic idea of ​​"mono-sorrow".

Another mysterious masterpiece by Pavich, the author of "Khazar Dictionary" and "The Romance of the Fish-scale Hat". It is a masterpiece for imagination lovers and a literary giant that reinterprets Greek mythology. A tragedy of pure love. In a parallel universe, the couple with the same name as the Greek mythological characters suffered a more tragic fate than Hero and Leandre. The story comes from ancient Greek mythology: Hero is the priestess of Aphrodite. Leander swam across the Dardanelles every night to meet her. Hero used a torch to guide Leander every night. On a stormy night, the torch was blown out by the storm. Leander was lost and drowned. Hero was so sad that he jumped into the sea. This fantasy lyrical novel has a special funnel-shaped structure, consisting of two legendary stories. The first half of the book, following the convention of ordinary books, tells the story of Hailuo. Turn over the book and start from the beginning, that is the story of Leander. The stories of these two people are connected together by fragments of Greek mythology. Leander of Pavich was born in the 17th century and was a trader between Belgrade and Constantinople. He was inspired to become a monk, and later he built a magical castle at the Sava Gate in Belgrade and gained great fame. The landscape gradually became desolate as Austrian and Turkish armies looted and burned, and Leander was killed in a bloody battle. The story of Hero took place between 1920 and 1930. It tells the story of a Serbian chemistry student who was eventually killed by her jealous lover. Like Leander, Hero had a premonition of his own death.

It is rare to see an essay with a unique "Japanese flavor" among Haruki Murakami's works. "Adventures in the Wig Factory" is one of the inspirations for "The Journey of Strange Birds". "The Factory in the Land of the Rising Sun" is a collection of essays by Haruki Murakami,\

Drugs are banned repeatedly, poverty is everywhere, and families are falling apart. Why has the street corner become a fate that the poor cannot escape? Corner of Fayette and Monroe Streets, West Baltimore. In this forgotten corner, the "American Dream" has long been fragmented to the point where only a nightmare remains. People pay an unimaginably heavy price for drugs. But at the same time, there is still hope, care and love here. "Street Corner" truly records the anxious story that happened in Baltimore, an inland city in the United States, within a year. It mainly revolves around fifteen-year-old DeAndre and his broken family. It tracks a group of marginalized people struggling for survival, reveals the complicated street corner world, and each vivid image appears in detail. Street corners teem with predators and prey, drug dealers and robbers, as well as a mixed bag of police officers, unarmed drug addicts and innocent victimized passers-by. This documentary chronicles the story of street crime in the inner-city city of Baltimore over the course of a year, capturing an unprecedented view of an America that most people know little about. Through just one street corner, the authors vividly demonstrate how little role law enforcement, moral crusaders, and the welfare system play in a landlocked city like Baltimore. "Street Corners" takes ordinary readers deep into those forgotten corners of the United States to understand what people there think, feel and understand.

"Everything I touch turns to gold. Everything." Auspicious stars are shining. Is this a blessing or a curse? Why do young winners in life choose to commit suicide? From the "American Dream" to the "American Nightmare." Arthur Miller is one of the greatest contemporary playwrights and is known as "the conscience of American drama." This play is Arthur Miller's first play on Broadway. It explores the loss of order and moral collapse during the Great Depression, and asks a question that seems to have no answer - "Is fate fair?" In the eyes of people around him, David Beavers is an out-and-out "winner in life" - he is young, has a happy family, a successful career, and a lot of good luck. All obstacles can disappear in front of him, as if some god has given him the ability to turn stone into gold. However, his auspicious stars constantly reveal the tragedy of those around him, and before he knows it, his path to success turns into a nightmare of doubt. He is struggling to find some clear operating rules in a seemingly irrational universe, and his despair brings him to the edge of madness... The play is permeated by the fear of failure and the guilt of success, which runs through almost all of Arthur Miller's subsequent works. It was through this play that Miller "began to get a taste of what it was like to be a playwright, and maybe even a human being."

An excellent three-dimensional portrait of Haruki Murakami - What kind of person is the real Haruki Murakami? There are real answers here. One of the "Murakami Asahido Series", 51 articles in total. There are 52 illustrations of Anxi Shuiwan. 1. Murakami's family situation, hobbies and habits, early life and creation, interesting anecdotes after becoming famous, etc. 2. Murakami's views and discussions on social issues, such as elections, popular reading, middle age, health, movies, music, etc. Murakami combines his own personal experience with various aspects of the world, and combines narratives and discussions. He is original, humorous, lively, friendly, casual, authentic and credible, reflecting Haruki Murakami's unique unrestrained and whimsical style.

An excellent three-dimensional portrait of Haruki Murakami - What kind of person is the real Haruki Murakami? There are real answers here. One of the "Murakami Asahido Series", 30 articles in total. There are 10 illustrations of Anxi Shuiwan. 1. Haruki Murakami's personal hobbies and habits, such as zodiac signs, when he will end his youth, why he is impatient, what kind of dream lover he has, how he was obsessed with playing pinball machines when he was young, etc. 2. Murakami's various views and discussions on social issues, such as poverty, fame, learning foreign languages, taxis, banks, service industries, advertising, schools, jazz, opera, etc. Each text is short, insightful, humorous and vivid, reflecting Haruki Murakami's unique unrestrained and whimsical style.

The work of Gide, the Nobel Prize winner in literature, is a ridiculous scam that reflects the weaknesses of human nature. It has been translated by veteran translator Gui Yufang. In fact, each of us is trapped in our own cognitive world and has become a prisoner of ourselves.A masterpiece of Gide's novels, the humorous and absurd plot reveals the essence of human nature. It all stems from a secret: the Pope was kidnapped and imprisoned in the Vatican cellar. What is currently on the stage is a puppet and false Pope. The church is in urgent need of funds for rescue operations and looks forward to the generosity of believers. Rumors spread quietly among the people, some were frightened, some were suspicious, and some believed. Three brothers-in-law with different personalities-a scientist who converted to Catholicism, a writer with limited talent, and a timid businessman-were involved in this fraud case one after another. Their originally unrelated destinies converged in Rome, and then deviated from the normal track, eventually leading to a murder...

He has been in the literary world for many years with his unique style. What kind of person is Murakami in real life? This has great 3D images and real answers. One of the "Murakami Asahido Series", 56 articles in total. There are 61 illustrations of Anxi Shuiwan. 1. Murakami criticizes and discusses some abnormal and peculiar social phenomena in Japan. The former is such as the corporal punishment of students in schools, the proliferation of information in newspapers, the boring slogans, the emphasis on science and the neglect of literature, and the high prices of goods. The latter is such as love hotels competing to use weird names, housewives doing housework naked, etc. 2. Murakami puts forward praise and criticism on some cultural phenomena, involving many aspects such as literature, movies, music, dictionaries, translations, advertisements, and pornographic books. 3. Murakami talks about his daily life, such as diet, travel, long-distance running, making friends, raising cats, etc.; Talks about life experiences, such as the dangers of conditioned reflexes, how to protect oneself, how to complain, etc.; Talks about anecdotes, such as the troubles after becoming famous, lightning-fast encounters, hair loss, etc.; And his own fantasies, such as floating in the air, etc., Reflecting "Murakami in life" from multiple perspectives. Each chapter in the book is written in different ways, reflecting Murakami's typical style of humor, liveliness, casualness, unrestraint, and whimsy. It is highly readable, but it also contains sharp criticism, profound insights, and deep condolences, which demonstrates Murakami's multi-faceted writing talents.

This book is a classic anthology of Wilde's fairy tales, including his popular classics such as "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Happy Prince", "The Giant's Garden", "The Faithful Friend", "The Famous Rocket" and "The Star Child". These works were translated by Lin Huiyin, a talented woman during the Republic of China. Lin Huiyin's writing is beautiful, natural, full of aura, and full of quiet feminine beauty. It includes Lin Huiyin's translation of "The Nightingale and the Rose" and her play "Mei Zhen and Them" as well as some letters.

"Hugo Award" winning work. Sparking a reading craze. The well-known speculative science fiction amphibious writer Lu Qiucha's new work is on the market, the new science fiction writer Hai Miao rewrites the past in time and space, and top Chinese and foreign science fiction creative teams appear on the same stage to present the pinnacle masterpiece of their creative careers! "Galaxy's Edge" is a must-collect classic science fiction series!

The spirit of exploration leads globalization and completely changes the historical trajectory of mankind. In 1519, Magellan led five sailing ships and more than 260 people to set sail from Spain in search of a sea route to the Spice Islands. Their adventures take them from participating in Brazil's grand carnival to experiencing the shocking and bizarre customs of the South Pacific. On the way, Magellan was so ambitious that he did not hesitate to use torture and murder to control the people on board, and also launched several fierce mutinies in the fleet. During the voyage, the fleet members suffered from hunger and disease, and many died. Magellan was not spared either. He was violently killed in a tribal conflict in the Philippines, and his body was missing. Three years later, a ship full of desolation, pain, and weathered weather returned to Spain carrying 18 emaciated crew members. This was a rebellion and murder that spanned the globe, as well as a tragic victory. "Magellan and the Age of Discovery" truly reproduces the complete process of mankind's first voyage around the world. It is a story about the exploration of the entire earth. It refreshed the Western world's understanding of cosmology and geography, subversively changed the way explorers sailed in the ocean, promoted global economic, trade, and cultural exchanges, and expanded the Maritime Silk Road. The Age of Discovery did not have the beauty and romance imagined by later generations. There was indeed wealth and dreams there, but it was also accompanied by rough seas and endless killing. Compared with that era, human exploration of the world has now extended from land and ocean to space. Aerospace engineering, undersea exploration, and geocentric exploration, the next "Great Age of Navigation" is coming.

Panoramicly reproduce the magnificent Age of Discovery and observe how business changes the global pattern and the direction of civilization. "Silk, Porcelain and Heaven on Earth" trade breaks all geographical, linguistic, religious and political boundaries, allowing Eastern and Western civilizations to meet and integrate, realizing the common ideal of mankind. Marco Polo is the undisputed pioneer of globalization. The author of this book, Lawrence Berglin, carefully studied the hundreds of existing versions of Marco Polo's biography, consulted first-hand historical materials in 6 languages, and personally traced and vividly reproduced Marco Polo's great adventure on the Silk Road, trying to answer people's long-standing questions about Marco Polo and his legendary journey. "Ocean Conquerors and New Sea Routes: Columbus's Four Voyages" The era of maritime civilization has emerged, and the prelude to globalization has slowly begun. Christopher Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas and his safe return in 1492 in search of a trade route to the East was a watershed event in world history. It directly promoted world integration. The European trade center moved from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic coast, and the world market gradually formed. Ocean voyages and conquests brought wealth and glory, but also concealed terror and murderous intent. Columbus's voyage to discover the American continent established a connection between the New World and the Old World, which greatly promoted the development of capitalism. With the rise of Western maritime civilization, globalization began to slowly unfold, and the politics, economy, and culture of the entire world began to undergo earth-shaking changes. The exploration spirit of "Magellan and the Age of Discovery" leads globalization and completely changes the historical trajectory of mankind. It truly reproduces the complete journey of mankind's first voyage around the world. This is a story about the exploration of the entire earth. It refreshed the Western world's understanding of cosmology and geography, subversively changed the way explorers sailed in the ocean, promoted global economic, trade, and cultural exchanges, and expanded the Maritime Silk Road. The Age of Discovery did not have the beauty and romance imagined by later generations. There was indeed wealth and dreams there, but it was also accompanied by rough seas and endless killing. Compared with that era, human exploration of the world has now extended from land and ocean to space. Aerospace engineering, undersea exploration, and geocentric exploration, the next "Great Age of Navigation" is coming.

Imani, a 15-year-old girl, grew up in native Chopi and Portuguese education. Her village was in the midst of double invasions by the African Gaza Empire and Portuguese colonizers. The village chose the protection of the Portuguese, but in the face of the invasion of the Gaza army, the Portuguese sergeant Melo was unable to mobilize the army, so Imani and the sergeant embarked on a journey of exile.

Fitzgerald is the first representative of "Jazz Age" literature. His most famous work is the novel "The Great Gatsby", and "Those Sad Young People" is recognized as Fitzgerald's most powerful and artistic short story collection. This book contains seven of Fitzgerald's short stories, including the short story "Winter Dreams" which is highly praised by the author. The writing period of this book is also close to "The Great Gatsby". Among them, "Absolution" is a story that is widely popular among readers. It was written as a prelude story to "Gatsby". This book is the most popular one among Fitzgerald's short stories among Chinese readers.

Fanny was adopted by her wealthy aunt and uncle Sir Bertram and his wife since she was a child. Although she was ignored by everyone except her second cousin Edmund, she was always able to distinguish right from wrong, knew people's hearts, and always had a secret love for Edmund. Later, her noble character won Edmund's love, and the two young people finally got married.

"The Merchant of Venice" was written around 1596-1597. It is an important early work of Shakespeare. It is a highly satirical comedy and one of Shakespeare's four major comedies. The script unfolds through three clues. The main line is the "pound of flesh" contract dispute caused by the Venetian merchant Antonio borrowing 3,000 gold coins from the Jewish loan shark Shylock in order to help Bassanio get married. Its theme is to celebrate benevolence, friendship and love, while also expressing humanistic thoughts on issues such as money, law and religion. An important literary achievement of this play is the creation of the typical image of Shylock, a loan shark. Since its publication in 1600, it has been adapted into movies and TV series many times, the most famous of which is the 2004 movie starring Al Pacino.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream", with a dreamlike name, is a relatively mature comedy work by the British playwright William Shakespeare in his youth. It is also one of William Shakespeare's most famous comedies. It tells a love story in which lovers finally get married. This play has had a huge influence on the history of world literature, especially the history of drama. Later generations adapted it into movies, stories, games, paintings, etc.

This book is a classic anthology of Wilde's fairy tales, including his popular classics such as "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Happy Prince", "The Giant's Garden", "The Faithful Friend", "The Famous Rocket" and "The Star Child". These works were translated by Lin Huiyin, a talented woman during the Republic of China. Lin Huiyin's writing is beautiful, natural, full of aura, and full of quiet feminine beauty. The complete English original text is appended to the translation, allowing readers to feel the charm of the language of the talented British writer Oscar Wilde.

"The quiet girl is waiting for me in the corner of the city. She loves but does not see, and hesitates." If "The Book of Songs: The Quiet Girl" is used to describe the passionate love feelings of the couple Darcy and Elizabeth (Litz) in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" at that time and place, except for changing "the corner" to Pemberley Manor, the rest of the description is generally appropriate. The beautiful and intelligent girl Liz rejected Darcy's advances due to prejudice and misunderstanding. Later, she learned about Darcy's noble character and regretted it. After repenting, she realized that she was deeply in love with Darcy, but she could not express her love for him. Two young hearts met, followed each other, and even accompanied each other countless times, but they never collided. The two hearts are looming, sometimes far and sometimes close. To say close, neighbors are just one step away. To say it's far away, it's so close to the end of the world, just like a passerby. Therefore, whether Darcy was anxious or scratching his head, it was all in silence.

"Salome" is a drama written by Wilde and a representative work of aestheticism. The story was born out of the Bible and adapted by Oscar Wilde. It tells the story of Salome, who was rejected by St. John and turned from love to hatred. While dancing the seven-veil dance for King Herod, she took the opportunity to ask for John's head and then kissed his head.

False Fuxi: He held his sister back and ended up trapped in the Fire Cloud Cave... The real Fuxi: With the mentality of a man who is lying down and having fun, he laughs at the changes in the prehistoric times! As an innate god with good footwork, he has actually stood at the pinnacle of the ancient world. Since you can have everything you want just by lying down, why bother with life and death for the benefits in front of you?

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"Tokyo People" belongs to the Japanese translation series and is a novel by Kawabata Yasunari. Keiko, a native of Tokyo, lost her husband in middle age, but still loves life and lives a positive and sunny life with her two children. By chance, she met Toshizo and his daughter Yumiko. Junzo's wife has been recuperating away from home for many years due to illness. In the post-war environment, Keiko, Junzo and three children with very different personalities formed a strange family. Keiko's business is getting better and better. She not only supports the family's expenses, but also bears the medical expenses of Junsan's wife. However, Junsan's company is on the verge of bankruptcy. One day, Toshizo suddenly left without saying goodbye. Keiko and the three children experienced the world's human kindness and kindness through the joys and sorrows of the passing years. With a soothing pace, the novel gently and calmly depicts the family life of ordinary people, as well as the mood of everyone in the family - the hardships of life, inner demands and desires, the melancholy and loneliness that always surrounds them, and the self-blame and guilt of facing close people...

"A wonderful American play about novelty, imagination, and love." The master of postmodern novels writes about the emotional entanglements of contemporary literary youth. When the marriage tradition no longer works, how should love end? Pulitzer Prize winner, author of "The Virgin Suicides" and "Neuter" is a novel masterpiece. It was selected as the best novel of the year by North American independent bookstores and selected as the annual novel read by the National Book Critics Circle. "Marriage Change" tells the story of the twists and turns and confusion experienced by three liberal arts students from Brown University in the United States before and after graduation, who are world-famous as writers. "Marriage plot line" is the topic of English major Madeline's thesis. In her thesis, she elaborates on the importance of marriage plot to traditional novels. In reality, she is also trapped in a marriage and love dilemma. Despite their completely different backgrounds and personalities, Madeleine and the talented Leonard are still an enviable campus couple. Unexpectedly, Leonard suffers from manic depression due to family inheritance and a damaged childhood, and their relationship is overshadowed. Falling in love with Leonard, who suffered from mental illness, made her both painful and unable to let go. She even gave up thinking and working on the future for this reason. Madeleine grew up under the wings of her parents and was unlikely to act out of line like her rebellious sister. However, she was deeply influenced by the atmosphere of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and she longed for independence in her heart. She originally wanted to get rid of her parents' control and live with her lover after graduation, but Leonard's illness made it impossible for her to refuse her parents' help. On the other hand, Madeleine's academic path is equally confusing...

The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Steinbeck has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is a miracle in the history of American publishing. Its global sales have reached 15 million copies. It is a magnificent epic of modern American farmers. "The Grapes of Wrath" is Steinbeck's masterpiece. The novel describes the tragic story of the Joad family, a poor farmer, who migrated from the windy and sandy plains of Oklahoma to the affluent valleys of California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is an epic of modern American farmers. "The Grapes of Wrath" has become required reading in American high school and college literature classes because of its historicity and importance.

"Nature is as obedient to what it is engaged in as the hands of a dyer." Auden, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, has newly included a 10,000-word postscript from the famous collection of essays by translator Hu Sang. "The Dyer's Hand" collects the splendid prose works of W. H. Auden, a generation of literary giants, including his famous lectures as professor of poetry at Oxford University. The articles in the book cover a wide range of topics but are related to each other. They all put forward their own views on poetry, art, and various situations in life. These thoughts and feelings are original and unconventional. Although the core focus is literature and art, behind the argument is the author's entire experience in the twentieth century.

A classic among classics of World War II novels, a masterpiece that removes the last fig leaf of war, the Iron Curtain, and human nature. The Naked and the Dead is considered to be the greatest of all novels about World War II (and some even think of all novels about war). Mailer was only 25 years old when he wrote this work, making him one of the most classic American writers of the 20th century. The novel is set on Anopope Island, a fictional tropical island in the South Pacific during World War II. It tells a panoramic story of how the U. S. Military, under General Cummings's strategic planning, broke through the Japanese defense lines and completely captured the island. The novel focuses on describing how a group of soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon, who came from grass-roots backgrounds and were almost social outcasts, succumbed to the iron curtain of the army. When they were ordered to complete a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines that was difficult and dangerous, with little hope, the most instinctive and naked side of human nature was exposed. The novel also creates an opposing camp represented by two middle-class officers, Major General Cummings and Second Lieutenant Horn, and explains the laws and nature of war and the development of human society. The work also uses a special narrative technique to give a biographical appearance to each character in the book, thus forming a wonderful and real microcosm of American society, making this work beyond the scope of ordinary war novels. The work uses a Tolstoyan-style sympathetic approach without losing its seriousness. Through this group of losers on the battlefield of life who won the battle to attack the island, the work ponders whether the morbid and degenerate society has reached the point of despair? Can power theorists manipulate the course of historical development at will?

"Condensed Autobiography" of Auden, the great poet who changed the entire English literary world. The translation has been revised, the layout has been refreshed, and new illustrations have been added. Auden's last collection of essays \u002F reviews skillfully integrates personal experience into book review writing, which to a certain extent can be regarded as his concluding statement on his long-term thinking mode. Auden was a figure who changed the entire English literary world in the 20th century. His achievements not only left immortal masterpieces in the fields of poetry, drama and criticism, but also the unique modernity contained in his words had an impact on contemporary literature and brought profound inspiration to writers in various fields of literature. It is difficult to count and indelible. "Collection of Prefaces and Postscripts" is a collection of essays and comments published in Auden's later years, which plays a special and important role in his writing career. The essays included in "Collection of Preface and Postscripts" were written from the 1940s to the 1970s. The content involves literature, theology, philosophy, art and even daily household life. The materials are detailed and rigorous, and the writing style is comprehensive. They have extremely high academic value, historical value and aesthetic value. At the same time, they skillfully integrate personal experiences into book reviews written for others. Many passages are like a condensed version of Auden's autobiography. As Auden's last essay\u002F review collection, the entire work continues from the inner life of human beings to the outer life, and is finally integrated with "I" as a member of the human race. It implies Auden's duality thinking mode and understanding of the dual attributes of human beings. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as his concluding statement on his long-term thinking mode.

A chronological autobiography written on stationery and notes by "the most beloved American writer", an immortal love letter from the author of "Charlotte's Web" and "This Is New York" to life, nature, his wife and The New Yorker. This book carefully selects hundreds of letters from E. B. White's life in chronological order. Like White's other works, they enjoy a high status in literary history. Many chapters in this book are not only of great historical value for studying the history of White himself and the American cultural world represented by The New Yorker magazine, but they are also beautifully written and humorous, making them unforgettable White-style essays. This is no ordinary collection of letters. Through careful arrangement and White's irreplaceable writing style, this book has in fact become White's only chronological and autobiographical essay collection.

The second volume of the 2021 Nobel Prize-winning writer Gurner's works focuses on the situation of refugees in the gap between different cultures, focuses on the immigrant identity crisis, and continues to write about the loneliness and struggle of those wandering in a foreign land. Specially included is the unabridged translation of Gurna's award-winning speech, giving a glimpse into the secrets of growth and writing that span two continents and blend with multiple civilizations. "2021 Nobel Prize Writer Gulnar's Works (Second Series)" includes 5 representative works of the Tanzanian British writer Abdulrazaq Gulnar: "Dotty", "Memory of Farewell", "Pilgrim's Road", "Abandonment" and "Gravel Heart".

British banker, liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath Sir Lubbock said: "The primary goal of life should be to make full use of your life" and asked: "How can we make full use of the wealth of life? This book is Lubbock's answer to "how to use life", starting from "On Wit", "On Money", "On Leisure and Nourishment", "On Health" "On National Education" and "On Self-Education" answer the important question of the purpose of life. It is very similar to "Collection of Bacon's Essays". It is a collection of essays full of wisdom, but the language is more concise and the content is closer to modern life. The English version of this book was very popular as soon as it was published. It has been translated into many languages, and its chapters have been included in English textbooks. It is a life guide suitable for young people to read.

"Walden" is a famous collection of essays written by American writer Henry David Thoreau. In the book, Thoreau describes in detail the life he spent for more than two years in a regenerated forest on the shores of Walden Pond and many of his thoughts during that period. Everything from the scenery changes caused by the alternation of the four seasons to the fight between two ants are vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen.

"On War" is divided into three volumes, with a total of 8 parts and 124 chapters. The book systematically summarizes war experience and has incisive discussions on many aspects such as the probability of war, the relationship between war and politics, the role of spiritual factors, popular war, and concentration of troops. It is known as a classic of modern Western military theory. The author Clausewitz is therefore regarded as the originator of modern Western military theory.

[Four masterpieces of Chinese classical literature, accessible reading, no deletion of the original works. ] "Journey to the West" is the first romantic novel about gods and demons in ancient my country, and it is also the pioneering work of magicism. It tells the story of a stone monkey that was bred from the stone left by Nuwa to mend the sky and absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon. It learned skills from Patriarch Bodhi and was pinned under the Five Elements Mountain by Tathagata Buddha for five hundred years because of his mistakes. Later, he was accepted as a disciple by the monk Tang Sanzang who went to the West to obtain the true scriptures. He also became his disciples with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. The four masters and apprentices experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties together, defeated demons and monsters along the way, and finally obtained the true scriptures. The author uses romantic writing techniques to open up a new category of long chapter novels about gods and demons.