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The collection of short stories "Snow Leopard, or the Last Psalm" uses fiery emotions to reflect the living conditions of working people in China's border areas and their positive thinking about natural history. In line with the principle of putting the people as the center of creation, the author depicts each vivid character. There are inheritors of intangible heritage, as well as people's police, villagers, and herdsmen. The land where they have lived for generations, the true, the good, the beautiful, the false, the evil and the ugly, as well as human beings' reflection on nature and yearning for peace.

This is a collection of heart-warming and healing short stories. This book takes an unknown place as the main story background, interweaving real life with the fantasy world. Under the territory of Wushou Island, there are humans living a normal life, and there are also a group of cute little things that are lonely, pure, clumsy and not good at dealing with the world. A little boy named Kuabu set foot on this place in order to find his complete self. He felt the warmth and love here, and finally fulfilled himself. But this book is not a fairy tale in the strict sense, but uses soft words to reflect reality, and uses a gentle tone and fantasy shell to tell ordinary life. The author slowly describes the small fortunes and small sorrows in the nameless land with prose-like sentences. Pictures slowly unfold wherever the words pass. There is love and warmth, pain and growth, for all you who are unwilling to be mediocre and trapped in a bad reality. As long as you are willing to be paranoid, the world will accompany you to be paranoid.

A modern and science fiction version of The Canterbury Tales. The first season contains four independent short novellas with different styles and diverse themes. In the thrilling anti-terrorist theme "Scarlett Killer", what can a mother do for her daughter who was killed by terrorists? The potential of human nature is so hardcore. "Bug Paradise" shows the birth and destruction of a civilization a thousand times, but its grand foundation is so careless. Don't be fooled by beautiful and romantic fairy tales. "Journey of Love" seems like a whole life just to prove true love, but what if proving it once is not enough? This is a lighthearted and humorous science fiction story. "Don't Be Sad, I Have Embraced Life", when religion and life fundamentally conflict, the cruelty of faith is unbearable to look at. Serious social science fiction requires more investment from you. "The Bar Story of Gyro Port" adds some thought to the story and makes the touching more valuable.

Even if you have nothing in front of you, you can get comfort from this book and embrace the ecstasy of life. The last fourteen days of the year feel like stepping into a strange parallel universe. Here, there is a store filled with lemon aroma, filled with all kinds of cleaning tools. Brushes, rags, steel wool and dusters, boxes of gloves - heavy-duty, latex, rubber, polyethylene, cotton mops, squeegees, regular brooms, trash clips. A strange silence lingered in the shop. Here, there is an inexplicable crack, extending from the wall to the tiles on the floor, like a yawning mouth. The wind passed through the cracks, and there seemed to be a small sigh floating into the distance. Here, an unpredictable weather moves toward the airport. Four cheetahs, a goat of unknown origin, a donkey, and a turtle are stuffed in the animal storage station. The parked airport stages a ridiculous comedy that makes people laugh and cry. Here, snowflakes seem to rise from the ground and fall from the sky at the same time; sheep are paired with foxes, and mice dance with insects. Here, there is a miraculous little garden, with snow falling on the treetops, and a woman with silver hair wearing a red coat walking slowly through the snow and walking toward us. All stories start from here and quietly intersect with each of our lives. You will find that the world is bigger than reality; you will find that you are not alone. Because, the feeling in your heart, I also feel in my heart.

This book is a collection of short stories written by Morimi Nobumihiko in tribute to the classics. The all-powerful library police chief robbed the activity room of the Sophist Club, and the Sophist Club was in danger of disbanding. Meiye, a member who claims to be the "spokesperson of the Sophist Club", went to the library police chief to argue. The chief said that if he wanted to keep the activity room, he must prove "true friendship" to him. For this reason, Meiye left his only close friend Serina as a hostage, and he embarked on a great escape across Kyoto. Will Serina's wait be disappointed? Can Meiye escape the trap set by the superior in Kyoto? Where will these two close friends, tied together by the black thread of fate, go in the end? Nobhiko Morimi brought five classic works to the stage in Kyoto, and recolored them with a dreamy and humorous brush, thus reshaping the literary classics and perfectly depicting the decadent and exciting daily life of a group of youthful and lost college students.

"The spokesperson of classical women" and "a cutting-edge female writer who is particularly good at describing female psychology" are the historical novels of Chen Junjing. This set includes four works: "Falling in the Clouds", "Thousand Temple Bells", "Dugu Jialuo" and "Tangdi Dynasty".

Xiao Jun's "Village in August" is one of the volumes of the "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" edited by Zhang Fugui. "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" is China's first large-scale book that comprehensively and systematically organizes the Northeastern exile literature and research results in modern China. It is divided into research volumes, historical materials volumes, and works volumes, with a total of 36 volumes. In addition to the work of the same name, "August Countryside" also includes early works such as the short stories "Peach Colored Thread", "The Orphan" and "The Madman". These works were mainly created in the 1930s and concentrated on the anti-Japanese spirit of the Northeast people. "August Village" describes the story of an anti-Japanese guerrilla group, the Ninth Detachment of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Army, fighting the Japanese puppet troops and landlord armed forces during the transfer process. Lu Xun once wrote in the preface of "August Village" that it "shows one and all of China, its present and future, its dead end and its way out".

Xiao Hong's "The Field of Life and Death" is one of the volumes of the "Northeast Exile Literature Historical Materials and Research Series" edited by Zhang Fugui. "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" is China's first large-scale book that comprehensively and systematically organizes the Northeastern exile literature and research results in modern China. It is divided into research volumes, historical materials volumes, and works volumes, with a total of 36 volumes. "The Field of Life and Death" contains a total of 14 short stories and short stories by Xiao Hong, including "The Field of Life and Death", "The Bridge", "Departure", "The Call of the Wilderness", "The Ox Cart", etc. "The Field of Life and Death" tells the story of "life" and "death" of villagers in a village near Harbin from the 1920s to the 1930s. Xiao Hong's novels have a certain autobiographical flavor. She broke the single narrative mode of traditional novels and created a marginal style between novels, prose and poetry. With her strong and soft language style, non-plot structure, unique writing perspective and poetic style, she formed a unique "Xiao Hong style" novel style, which is unique in the history of literature.

Ma Jia's "Road to Revenge" is one of the volumes of the "History and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" edited by Zhang Fugui. "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" is China's first large-scale book that comprehensively and systematically organizes the Northeastern exile literature and research results in modern China. It is divided into research volumes, historical materials volumes, and works volumes, with a total of 36 volumes. "Road to Revenge" contains a total of 17 short stories, including "Road to Revenge", "Little Room", "Day and Night", "Crossing the Dianziliang", etc. "The Road to Revenge" tells the story that the war not only destroyed Da Wu's home, but also caused his wife to be raped and murdered by the Japanese army, and his son was stabbed to death by a bayonet. In the end, Da Wu, who had nothing left, resolutely embarked on the road of revenge and joined the ranks of the volunteers.

Bai Lang's "On the banks of the Ivalu River" is one of the volumes of the "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" edited by Zhang Fugui. "Historical Materials and Research Series on Northeastern Exile Literature" is China's first large-scale book that comprehensively and systematically organizes the Northeastern exile literature and research results in modern China. It is divided into research volumes, historical materials volumes, and works volumes, with a total of 36 volumes. "On the banks of the Ibaru" contains a total of 9 novels, including "The Rebellious Son", "On the banks of the Ibaru", "Old Couple", "Just a Road", "A Strange Kiss" and other works. "On the banks of the Ivalu" tells the story of the Japanese imperialist running dog propagandist who preached the "virtuous government" of the puppet Manchukuo and asked the people to live and work in peace and contentment and act as obedient citizens. The work praises the noble national integrity and fearless spirit of resistance of the farmers in the rafting village on the banks of the Ibaru River.

Lost Face was published in 1910 and contains seven short stories by Jack London. The collection is named after the first novel included in it, "Disgrace," which tells the story of a European adventurer who was captured by the Indians and cleverly tricked the Indian leader into chopping off his head with an ax to avoid torture. The novel collection also includes one of Jack London's most famous short stories - "To Build a Fire", which expresses the eternal theme of the conflict between man and nature and has been adapted into movies many times.

This book includes two short essays about Tokyo by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "Eight Views of Tokyo" by Osamu Dazai, and "Water Tokyo" by Rohan Koda, a total of four works. Different writers, from different angles, use distinctive brushwork to describe various aspects of Tokyo in different periods for us.

The Third Circle is a collection of short stories by Frank Norris, which was published after his death in 1909. This book contains 16 short stories, in most of which Norris describes life in San Francisco, California, before the 1906 earthquake, especially the "dangerous living conditions" of Chinatown. The British Observer magazine called the book "an extraordinary series of social sketches." Even today, these stories are still remarkable and interesting to read.

This book collects all thirty-one of Flannery O'Connor's short stories, including those previously compiled into two short story collections, A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, as well as some short stories that were adapted into the novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away. The book won the U. S. National Book Award posthumously in 1972. This volume is the second part, including 13 articles including "You Can't Be Worse Than the Dead".

This book collects all thirty-one of Flannery O'Connor's short stories, including those previously compiled into two short story collections, A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, as well as some short stories that were adapted into the novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away. The book won the U. S. National Book Award posthumously in 1972. This volume is the first part, including 18 articles including "A Good Man Is Hard to Find".

This book collects short and medium-sized Christmas stories written by eight authors, including the father of American literature, Washington Irving, Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women", Robert Louis Stevenson, author of "Dr. Jekyll" and "Edinburgh Notes", L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wizard of Oz", etc. These include the following works: "The Ghost of the Abbey", "Old Christmas", "Christmas Sermon", "Kidnapping Santa Claus", "The Spirit of Christmas", "The Last Christmas in Christian Grad", "Santa Claus Goes to Simpson Village", "Christmas in Nissi".

This book is the first volume of Faulkner's short stories, including 20 stories in three parts. Including classic works such as "The Burning Stable" which won the O. Henry Award. Faulkner often wrote stories from some special identity perspectives, such as the perspective of children and idiots. "That Sunset" in this anthology is an example. Nancy, a black chef, had an affair with a white man and became pregnant. She was afraid of being discovered by her husband when she returned home, so she stayed at Mr. Compson's house. Her fears are conveyed to readers through the eyes of nine-year-old Quentin, seven-year-old Cady and five-year-old Jason, although these children do not understand what is happening. Their reactions also reflect the indifference of adult white people towards black people. Faulkner is also good at using legendary techniques and horror elements. Emily in "A Rose for Emily" sleeps with a corpse for many years, which makes people creepy and at the same time think about the underlying reasons why she satisfies her desires in this way. Women's sensitivity, sympathy and youthful consciousness are also displayed in Faulkner's writings. Emily has a strong will, but is ignored by the patriarchal society. Marriage consciousness is an important manifestation of women's individual consciousness, but in the tradition of southern society, their right to choose has been destroyed.

This volume includes famous works such as "Continuation in the Park", "A Yellow Flower", "Night, Upside to the Sky", which not only continues the wild imagination and bizarre and mysterious text structure of Cortázar's early short stories, but also presents his deeper examination and compassion for human nature and destiny. It is a representative work of Cortázar in the important transition period from his aesthetic stage to the metaphysical stage. In almost every hotel he stayed in in his life, there was always a sealed door in the room. Someone had come in and out of the door. Someone knocked on it, masked it, gave it some kind of life. And in this late night, everything behind the door is awake, awake and longing in silence. The only thing that is true at this time of day and night deceives us with intolerable lies.

"We can't escape," she said, "We are already huddled together down there, like a herd of wild beasts." Sonia screamed, trying to break away from the burning arms that held her tightly in her sleep. Her screams were mixed with Roland's, who was struggling in vain to get up, choked by thick black smoke. They shouted for help, but their voices grew fainter, when the fire engines arrived at full speed through the streets filled with curious onlookers. "The tenth floor," the captain said, "it's not easy to save. There's still a north wind. Come up."

Chekhov was the last master of critical realism in Russia in the late 19th century and a master of short stories. He is known as the "King of Short Stories in the World". He was good at digging out people and events of typical significance from daily life, making high-level artistic summaries through humorous and ridiculous plots, and shaping small characters with typical personalities. He used this to reflect the Russian society at that time, laugh at ugly social phenomena, and express his deep sympathy for the hardworking people. His novels are compact and concise, concise and concise, full of humor, and allow readers to figure out the meaning of the work from the image system. Every plant and tree in his writing is lifelike, and his depictions of psychology are often penetrating, and he has become synonymous with short stories. This book is a collection of Chekhov's classic short stories, which selects dozens of works that are considered classics and widely circulated.

"A Collection of Short Stories and Novels by Maupassant" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous French writer Maupassant, the "king of short stories in the world". It presents readers with a picture of French social life at that time and has profound ideological connotation and social value. By reading the novel, readers can feel its unique charm. Maupassant's short stories depict a wide range of aspects of life, and together they constitute a comprehensive secular picture of French society in the second half of the 19th century. In Maupassant's novels, all kinds of phenomena in the social reality at that time are vividly described; characters from all walks of life are vividly outlined; the scenery and people of France's urban and rural areas are also vividly portrayed. Among his wide range of materials, there are three outstanding focuses, namely, the Franco-Prussian War, the life of clerks in Paris, and the urban and rural scenery and anecdotes of the Normandy region of France.

"Canetti's Autobiographical Trilogy" Elias Canetti won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981 for his "broad vision, rich ideological and artistic power" in his works. How did this boy who lost his father at a young age become one of the world's literary masters? What people and events influenced and even shaped his literary temperament? These questions are all answered in his autobiography. Canetti's autobiographical trilogy is a voluminous volume, extending from Canetti's wandering childhood to his middle age when he first entered the literary world. It perfectly combines vivid and personal descriptions with a grand and broad picture of the times. It is not only a record of the writer's personal life, but also a unique presentation of the magnificent cultural history of China and Europe. Perhaps because of this, it is known as the greatest German biography of the 20th century...

"Selected Short Stories of Somerset Maugham" has a total of twenty-three short stories, which take us to the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Mexico, and also lead us to appreciate the customs of the Pacific island countries. The secular men and women in Maugham's works play unforgettable roles in scenes of harsh human dramas. The weaknesses of human nature are always under precise perspective, and interpersonal relationships are coldly analyzed again and again. In various bizarre scenes, lost humanity triggered a series of tragedies.

This book is a themed novel collection of the "Pingle Town Trilogy" that Yan Ge is writing. It includes five short stories and short stories about the lives of girls and women at different stages of life. "The White Horse", written after "The May Queen", is a secret love affair between adults narrated by a crazy girl, and foreshadows the appearance of the untrustworthy narrator in "Our House". In "The Demon Mirror", a group of girls experience a terrible sexual initiation together. An old woman whose love finally ended in the shadow of death ("Trinity Tea Party"). In the dramatic changes of the times, the most beautiful women in the town are treated as commodities and sold by the villagers ("Tang Baozhen in Jiangxi Lane"). There is also "Math Olympiad Class 1995", in which the author took a photo of a mother with twin daughters who was tired, nervous, selfless, and lost. This short story will be connected with the novel that the author is writing.

This book is one of the "Fifth Series of New Century Writers" and is a collection of short stories and short stories by Yu Xiaowei, winner of the Horse Award. The book includes representative chapters such as "L-shaped Turn", "Asphalt", "Walking on the Streets of Shenzhen", and "Miss Tao Qiong's Summer of 1944". Yu Xiaowei's novels are both restrained and rich in narrative, and the language is concise and clear. Basically, they go straight to the point without engaging in meaningless fights that are not related to the main story. This allows the work to spread infinite space for aftertaste within a limited space, forming a unique novel aesthetic.

"The History of Silence" uses seven stories to describe "silence" and analyzes for us the spiritual world buried behind the seven silent people. In "Moonlight Border", Lin Ya was suppressed by the tired and cramped life, and eventually became the protagonist in a movie she had watched, "climbing up the windowsill and jumping off"; in "Real Life", Hu Jian, who had high hopes since childhood, grew up because he was not familiar with the world. Being ostracized by everyone, "I" regarded him as an idol because he seemed to "better able to see the essence of reality". Unexpectedly, in the end Hu Jian "finally understood", and the flag of "I" collapsed, like "Anna abandoned her remaining nobility"; in "River Wind", Zhang Tiejiang lost his love due to his own restraint, and in the end all that was left was "a black dog skin nailed to the wall in front of him"; in "The Name of a Bird", Li Xiangzhi hides his past and avoids the truth and his inner world by pursuing "no life" world; in "History of Silence", "I" found the priest Lin Anping due to a task conveyed by my superiors, and in my interactions with this woman who had been accompanied by visions since childhood and became the chosen one, "I" gradually discovered the secrets between her and myself (and everyone)...

"Rashomon" includes 15 novels by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, including "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Hell Transformation" and "The Nose". Among them, "Rashomon" uses a weather-proof layout to push people to the limit of life and death choices, thus showing the inescapability of "evil" and conveying the author's understanding of people, their helplessness and despair. Although it is short, the plot is simple, and the characters are sparse, the time, place, characters, and ending are all vividly displayed in front of the readers.

"Selected Novels by Maupassant" includes more than 20 short stories and short stories by Maupassant, such as "Ball of Suet", "Simon's Father", "Public Opinion", "A Family" and "The Necklace", which represent Maupassant's outstanding achievements in short story creation. The protagonists in the stories told by Maupassant are mostly minor characters, including cunning farmers in Normandy, generous craftsmen, bullied prostitutes and maids, clerks, small shopkeepers, petty citizens, as well as run-down nobles, wealthy businessmen, factory owners, and ambitious politicians who are more worldly than the citizens.

This book consists of 7 classic love short stories in pocket books. The content selects famous love stories from 7 master writers in the world, including Sturm's "The Lake of Dreams", Higuchi Kazuyo's "Childhood Sweethearts", Ivan Bunin's "The Love of Mitya", Galsworthy's "The Apple Tree", Zweig's "Letter from an Unknown Woman", Paul Heiser's "Trepi Girl", Amicis' "Carmela", etc. In this set of books, readers can see the various forms of love, read love stories written by masters, and understand their own philosophy of life.

"Encounter" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Ge Fei, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. It contains thirteen short stories and short stories by Ge Fei. Among them, "Encounter" and "The Alchemy of Time" have become classics in contemporary Chinese literature: "Encounter" is known as "Ge Fei's best short story", and "The Alchemy of Time" is recognized by experts and scholars as the "summary work" of Ge Fei's writing themes and artistic achievements. These novels may revolve around old friends, or interpret historical stories, incorporating imaginative colors into the texture of life, and telling thoughts on the relationship between love and desire.

"The Lost Boat" is a collection of short stories and short stories written by Ge Fei, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. It includes seven short stories and short stories. Most of these novels use "memory" as the carrier. In the repeated memories, the sense of order of time and space fails, and the stories often present intriguing yet intriguing endings full of internal contradictions. Among them, "The Lost Boat" is Ge Fei's famous work. The novel begins with the suspense of Brigadier Xiao's disappearance for several days, and then uses the strict time sequence of "the first day", "the second day", and until the "seventh day" to gradually hint at how Xiao finally entered the disaster of life. Ge Fei uses plain and calm narration to reveal the subtle essence of the unpredictable fate, adding a mysterious and terrifying momentum to his realistic brushwork. The title "Lost Boat" is a symbol of the unknowable theme of life.

"Jin Se" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Ge Fei, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. It includes a total of 9 novels including "Green and Yellow", "Organ", "Clam Shell", "Yelang's Journey", "Background", "Whistle", "Fool's Poems", "Jin Se" and "Annihilation". In the novel, Ge Fei, on the one hand, allows his characters to explore some kind of truth, but on the other hand, they often slip into chaos again at moments when they are infinitely close to the truth. The fractured narrative, the looping time and space, everything starts with pursuit, but ends with loss.

"Isolation Zone" is a collection of Tang Ying's short stories and one of Tang Ying's urban women's novel series. "The Quarantine Zone" includes eight novels including "Beauty", "Corruption", "Christmas in August" and "The Quarantine Zone". Among them, "Beautiful Beauty" was adapted into the movie "The Head". After "Corruption" was published, it was selected into more than ten anthologies. "Christmas in August" won the "Golden Short Story" award from "Writer" magazine. Among them, "Isolation Zone" tells the story of "I" visiting her boyfriend in the hepatitis isolation area of ​​the hospital during the hepatitis A epidemic in Shanghai in 1998. The isolation zone of about three meters made "I" have the impulse to enter marriage. But seven years later, our family life continues to be shrouded in shadow. The husband is determined not to have children, often secretly goes to the hospital for liver function tests, and leads a regular life like an elderly person. When "I" bought a house that was shrouded in airplane noise all day long with the help of my best friend Li Ping, the alienation between husband and wife was like walking on ice, with layers breaking apart and no longer able to be concealed.

"The Ring Flower" is a collection of short stories and short stories by Ge Fei, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. It includes thirteen short stories and short stories written by Ge Fei, mostly published around the millennium. These include famous works such as "Mona Lisa's Smile", "Feeling of the Rainy Season" and "Ma Yulan's Birthday Gift", as well as masterpieces such as "Fake", "Awakening" and "Playing on the Swing" that have not been well-known to more people. "Ring Flower" tells the story of reporter Ding Xiaoman, who met a poor little boy while reporting on the news of a girl being murdered, and became emotionally moved by the little boy's unfortunate life experience and fate.

"The Scream", a collection of novels. Written from 1918 to 1922. At that time, around the time of the May 4th Movement, the Chinese people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle was vigorously developing. The author said in the "Preface to "The Scream"" that he "shouted a few times" in order to "comfort the warrior who was running in loneliness and make him not afraid to go forward." Therefore, he titled the novel collection "The Scream". "Wandering", a collection of short stories. In addition to continuing to describe the resistance, struggles and misfortunes of the working people at the lower levels, the work more expresses the spiritual world and life path of intellectuals, severely criticizes the old feudal morality and culture, and attacks the rule of feudalism. At the same time, it also reveals the weaknesses of intellectuals' individualism and individual liberation views.

This collection contains 14 short stories by Theodore Dreiser, including Free, The Lost Phoebe and other famous works. In his short stories, Dreiser tried to reveal the struggle of ordinary Americans between the dreams of the powerful and the reality of society in the context of the economic recession at the turn of the century. Theodore Dreiser, who is known as the three giants of modern American novels along with Hemingway and Faulkner, has many handed down works, such as "Sister Carrie", "Jeanne" and the Desire trilogy "The Financier", "Giant" and "Genius", as well as "American Tragedy", which is called his most accomplished work. Although best known as a novelist, Dreiser is also widely praised for his works in the fields of journalism, autobiography, and travel writing.

This collection of novels includes a total of 15 short stories, including one of the author's most controversial short stories, "Happiness". The author depicts the intense inner conflicts of the characters through delicate writing. In the eyes of others, the life of each protagonist is happy and joyful. They may be middle-aged and mothers; Living at the bottom of society, working for others, or young people full of ideals, their living situation is obviously not as peaceful and quiet as reflected in their material conditions. They are sometimes surprised, sometimes anxious, sometimes sad and angry, and there is never a moment of peace in their hearts. The superficial happiness actually masks greater misfortune.

"A Little Book of Christmas" was written in the early 20th century, when the Christmas atmosphere was much stronger than it is today. American writer John Bunce vividly tells the story of that authentic Christmas and the deep warmth it exudes through several short stories. John Kendrick Bangs, American writer and famous media personality, was born in New York State in 1862. He graduated from Columbia University in 1883. In 1884, he became the deputy editor of Life magazine. He later served as editor of Harper's Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and Harper's Young. People), and in 1904 he went to the United States to serve as editor-in-chief of Puck, the top humor magazine at the time. Soon thereafter, Bangs began to regain his early interest in drama, and began a lecture tour in 1906. He died of illness in 1922.

"Stories Retold" is a collection of Hawthorne's short stories, first published in 1837. From this work, Hawthorne began to officially sign his name. The title of the book "The Story Retold" is taken from a line in William Shakespeare's historical play "King John": "Life is as dull as a story retold, which makes one's ears tired and drowsy." Edgar Allan Poe was very interested in "The Story Retold" and wrote many reviews, praising Hawthorne as a true genius. Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864), the greatest American novelist in the first half of the 19th century, graduated from Beaudoin College in Maine, USA. Hawthorne's works are rare classics in the history of world literature. His representative works include the short story collection "Moss on the Old House" and "The Story Retold", and the novels "The Scarlet Letter", "The Attic with the Seven Spires", "The Legend of Fortune Valley", "The Jade Figure" and so on.

This book selects eight of Lovecraft's relatively representative short stories, namely "The North Star", "The White Ship", "The Stranger", "The Picture in the House", "The Rat in the Wall", "Dagon", "Pickman's Model" and "The Grave". These short stories are Lovecraft's early masterpieces. Whether they are readers who are very fond of Lovecraft's Cthulhu culture, research readers who want to understand how Lovecraft used psychoanalysis to complete this kind of surrealist horror text, or light readers who are just interested in the subject of horror novels, they will find their own enjoyment in them.

The anthology consists of four volumes, selecting classic short stories and five novels written by Maupassant. Maupassant was an extremely diligent and talented writer. Although his creative career was only a short ten years, he was fruitful and published many novels, travel notes and 306 short stories. Among them, the achievements of short stories are the most outstanding. Their exquisite artistic skills earned Maupassant the reputation of "King of Short Stories". He is recognized as the master of short stories in the world like Chekhov and O. Henry.

Bunin is a master of short story writing. He uses poetic language and complex to create short stories, and uses dramatic conflicts to structure short stories. Therefore, his short stories are actually similar to Chekhov's short stories, but the creation objects and content are different. The short stories in "Selected Short Stories of Bunin" more concentratedly reflect the characteristics of Bunin's short stories: exquisiteness, intense but soothing conflicts, light but rich complexes, and should be said to have a strong sense of modernity.

The content of this book includes A Thief/Peng Jiahuang, Mirage/Yu Dafu, Emptiness/Yu Dafu, CRAVEN "A"/Mu Shiying, A Dangerous Person/Lu Yan, etc.

The contents of this book include "Li Ma" Lu Yan, "Chen Fourth Dad's Cow" Peng Jiahuang, "An She" Lu Yan, "Idle Major" Mu Shiying, "Bo Xi" Peng Jiahuang, etc.

The contents of this book include "Under the Roof" Lu Yan, "Fork in the Road" Lu Yan, "Harvest" Ye Zi, "Childhood's Sorrow" Lu Yan, etc.

The contents of this book include "People Living on the Sea" by Mu Shiying, "Our World" by Mu Shiying, "Weaving Spiders" by Xu Dishan, "Rat Teeth" by Lu Yan, "Foxtrot in Shanghai" by Mu Shiying, etc.

The content of this book includes Yu Dafu in "The Past", Yu Dafu in "Autumn Willow", Mu Shiying in "Father", Xu Dishan in "After Dusk", Ye Zi in "Ling", etc.

"Wandering" is a novel about constellations. In Tokarczuk's own words, "The combination of constellations, rather than the orderly arrangement, contains the truth." It is a book that originated in the waiting room. The author went to the doctor for a blood test. While waiting for the doctor, he suddenly realized that he had almost no understanding of his own body. Then the research began, and the author even spent a whole year studying anatomy in Amsterdam for this purpose. It is a novel composed of 116 long or short chapters. Centering around two constantly intertwined themes - travel and human body preservation - fictitious stories, real events, and ideological fragments are arranged in a circle. The metaphorical and metaphysical issues of the body, travel, flight and movement unfold along the main line of the movement of the human body in the world. "The Ancient Times and Other Times" is a famous work by the famous contemporary Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk. The novel has a total of 84 chapters, each chapter is named after "xxx time". It tells the story of various characters in ancient times, even animals, plants and things, from different perspectives: a girl who touches the border of the world, a landowner addicted to puzzle games, a lonely housewife, an old woman who curses the moon, and even angels, water ghosts, pugs, mycelium, small coffee grinders... The life stories of three generations reflect the turbulent historical destiny of Poland in the 20th century. Primeval is a place, located at the center of the universe. Its four borders are guarded by four angels. The world beyond the ancient times does not exist. People who think they have stepped out of the ancient times are actually standing on the border and dreaming that they have entered the outside world. When they wake up, they go home and regard their dreams as memories. The border will also produce mature people, just like they come from the outside world... "House by Day, House by Night" tells the story of a border town, from the first knifemaker who pioneered here to settle here, to the heroine and her husband moving to this countryside, the same land has different historical moments and different life migrations over the millennium. Various legendary figures appear here: a saint with a beard, a monk with a gender inversion, an alcoholic with a bird living in his body, a small-town teacher who transforms into a werewolf, an old lady with a wig who can hibernate, a woman who collects dreams on the Internet... The human world has undergone changes and ups and downs for thousands of years, but for the land, people's joys and sorrows, and the changes in people's generations are just a fleeting dream of the land. This is a wonderful novel that mixes multiple genres and intersperses multiple story lines. Short stories, essays, folk tales, hagiographies, and even recipes and notes are intertwined and presented. Each story is an exquisite short story, and when connected together, it becomes a wonderful novel full of foreshadowing and echoes.

This book contains a number of Chekhov's representative novels, which highly embodies the artistic characteristics of authenticity, simplicity and humor in Chekhov's works and the creative standards of concise words. Among them, some reflect the social reality of Russia at the end of the 19th century, such as "Gooseberry"; some expose the ugly face of Tsarist Russian hawks, such as "Death of a Clerk" and "Chameleon"; some criticize vulgarity, emptiness, inaction, and rigid life attitudes, such as "The Trapped Man"; some are full of sympathy for the working people, such as "Affliction" and "Longing for Sleep", in order to send out a cry to the general public that "we can no longer live like this".

This book selects 18 of Red Boy's short stories, "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves", "Looking at Chang'an", "By the Stream", "Around the City", "Jasmine Blossoms", "The Last Educated Youth", "We All Go to Havana", "River Sorrow", "Sipi Flowing Water", "Red Head Rope", "Prisoner", "Horse Jujube", "Drifting in the Wind", "Pear Blossoms Blooming Everywhere", "Guangxi Gate", "Fragrant Grassland", "Cold Hands and Feet" and "Aegean Sea". Honghai said, "Prose and poetry are about my world; novels are about the world I am talking about." The short stories selected in this book all use ordinary and real characters to tell stories that are close to life, shortening the distance between them and readers, and creating resonance. The works "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" and "Looking at Chang'an" were adapted into the movie "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves" in 2019.