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General Fiction

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115K7.153

This book is one of the most representative masterpieces in Soviet literature and one of the most exciting works in world literature. The novel has been popular since its publication. This is not only because the book truly and profoundly depicts the vast picture of life in Ukraine before and after the Russian October Revolution, but more importantly because it creates the classic image of the protagonist Paul Korchagin. In this epic heroic biographical novel, the author Ostrovsky portrays Paul Korchagin who is persistent in his beliefs and has a persevering and noble personality. His image transcends time and space, affects the world, and shocks the heartstrings of generations.

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General Fiction

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127K7.325

The book is told in the voice of the protagonist Enrico, from the first day of school in October of the fourth grade to July of the following year, his experiences and ideological activities inside and outside the school. It is also interspersed with admonishing articles written by his parents for him, as well as touching short stories that the teacher reads in class every month. Love is the theme of the entire novel. In these plain words, the author incorporates all the great loves in the world - the love of teachers and students, the love of parents and the love of classmates. These seemingly ordinary feelings can stir up waves of emotional ripples in the readers' hearts, making the virtue of love stay in their hearts forever.

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

General Fiction

(english) Defoe

78K0

"The father of British and European novels" Daniel Defoe's classic masterpiece, a world-renowned adventure novel! The original work has been translated into hundreds of languages ​​and has been translated into more than 100 languages. It has sold 250 million copies worldwide! The book "Robinson Crusoe" describes an adventurous journey full of passion, dreams and courage.

Three Musketeers

Three Musketeers

General Fiction

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34K7.2

This book is based on the conflict between King Louis XIII of France and Cardinal Richelieu, the powerful prime minister with a heavy army in his hands. It is interspersed with the overt and covert struggles of ministers and factions, and unfolds a very interesting story around the secret history and anecdotes of the palace. The protagonist of the book, the young warrior D'Artagnan, carries the fifteen crowns left to him by his father, rides a long-haired and thin horse, bids farewell to his parents, and goes to Paris, hoping to become a musketeer in the King's Musketeers, captained by Treville, his father from the same country. At the captain's house, he met the three musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Through the duel popular among European knights, the four became close friends who shared life and death. The young d'Artagnan came to Paris from the provinces to serve French King Louis XIII. He formed a life-and-death friendship with the three musketeers, and jointly dealt with the king's enemy, Cardinal Richelieu's guards, and won repeated battles.

The Pickwick Papers (part 1)

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254K8.0

"The Pickwick Papers" is a famous work by Dickens, the most important British writer in the 19th century. It is a work in the genre of a picaresque novel. The whole book describes the social life and customs of the British urban and rural areas at that time through a series of encounters experienced by Pickwick and his three friends during their travels. This book is one of Dickens's most important and representative works. Since its publication, it has been welcomed by readers from all over the world and has become an indisputable classic of world literature.

Resurrection

Resurrection

General Fiction

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270K8.370

"Resurrection" is the most important work created after Tolstoy's change in world view. It is the crystallization of his ideological and artistic exploration in his later years. The novel tells the story of the aristocratic young man Nekhlyudov who seduced the serf girl Katyusha Maslova and then abandoned her. Ten years later, Maslova, who became a prostitute, was falsely accused of murder and thrown into prison. In the court, Nekhlyudov, as a juror, discovered that the criminal on trial was Maslova, so his conscience found out and he was determined to atone for his crime and appeal for her. After his appeal failed, he was exiled to Siberia with Maslova and decided to marry her. Maslova rejected him, but was deeply moved by his behavior. Finally, their spirits moved towards "resurrection". In this novel, Tolstoy regards human spiritual resurrection as the starting point of fundamental social transformation. This idea is concentratedly expressed through the description of the spiritual resurrection of the hero and heroine.

Beluga Whale

Beluga Whale

General Fiction

(us) Melville

325K8.023

"Moby-Dick" tells the story of a desperate struggle between the whaling ship Pequod, led by Captain Ahab, and the white whale Moby Dick. The protagonist Ahab has one of his legs bitten off by Moby Dick while hunting whales. He goes to sea again with the vow of revenge. After many twists and turns, I finally encountered a white whale. After three days of tracking, Ahab finally hit the white whale, but the ship was hit by the white whale. Ahab was entangled in the rope on the harpoon and was taken into the sea. Only one sailor on the ship, Ishmael, was saved. He told this thrilling maritime adventure story with his narrative voice and memories.

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General Fiction

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200K8.442

A story that is passionate and mysterious, so you can't help but read it. A drift bottle rolled out of the belly of the shark that Sir Glenarvan picked up. Inside, there were three pieces of text written in English, French and German that were eroded by the sea and were incomplete. The voyagers translated the words that could be seen clearly on the three pieces of paper, and then filled in the words in one language without guessing. It turned out to be a letter for help! It was a distress letter sent by the Scottish navigator Captain Grant two years ago. The distress letter aroused the voyagers' great interest in exploration and the heroism complex hidden in their hearts. So Sir Glenarvan, his gentle and virtuous lady Helen, and their friends Major MacNabbs and geographer Paganel took Captain Grant's two strong sons and daughters - the clever Miss Mary and the brave little Robert - on the sailing ship "Duncan" and embarked on an adventurous journey to find and rescue Captain Grant...

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

General Fiction

(english) Defoe

308K7.264

"Robinson Crusoe" is a novel published in 1719 by Daniel Defoe. This book is an epistolary theory novel, and the title character is a fictional autobiographical story of the protagonist. The novel tells the story of Robinson Crusoe, a survivor of a shipwreck, who spent 28 years on a remote and desolate tropical island - Trinidad. His partner was a captive indigenous man whom the protagonist rescued from cannibals. Since that day was Friday, the native was named "Friday". After experiencing savages and captives, he established himself as the governor on the island and became the ruler of the desert island. Later, he assisted the British ships passing by the desert island to put down the rebel sailors, and left the desert island by boat and returned to the UK. After entering civilized society, Robinson relied on the income from Brazilian plantations to become a wealthy man, married a wife and had children, and lived a stable life.

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General Fiction

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262K8.252

This novel takes family life as the description object, and uses the emotional entanglements of family members as clues to describe the family love of the March family. Among the four sisters of the March family, whether it is Meg who is willing to be poor for love, or Jo who becomes a writer through her own efforts, Beth who faces death calmly, and Amy who takes it as her duty to support the weak, although their ideals and destinies are different, they all have the common characteristic of self-reliance. It describes their attachment to family, their loyalty to love and their desire for family affection. The plot of "Little Women" is simple and true, but deeply touching. Since its publication more than 100 years ago, it has been translated into various languages ​​and has become a classic masterpiece in the treasure house of world literature.

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General Fiction

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259K0

"How the Steel Was Tempered" is an excellent novel written by the Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky based on his own experience. The path taken by the protagonist Paul Korchagin reflects the fearless spirit of the first generation of Soviet revolutionary youths who were not afraid of difficulties, struggled hard, and had the courage to win, and inspired generations of aspiring young people to realize their ideals. The images in his novels transcend time, space, and national boundaries, and have had a worldwide impact, shaking the hearts of generations.

Last Lesson

Last Lesson

General Fiction

(french) Daudet

231K7.4

"The Last Lesson" describes the last French lesson in a rural primary school that was ceded to Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War and bid farewell to the language of the motherland. Through the self-narration of a naive and ignorant primary school student, it vividly expresses the pain of the French people under foreign rule and their love for their motherland. Although the subject matter of the work is small, it is carefully cut and appropriately detailed. It has Dude's consistent euphemistic, tortuous and suggestive style, and the theme is deeply explored. The psychological activities of little Franz, a primary school student, are written in a delicate and touching way. As a typical example of a patriotic intellectual, Mr. Amell, a teacher, has a lifelike image.

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General Fiction

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182K7.811

In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Huckleberry is a smart, kind and brave white boy. He fled to the Mississippi River in pursuit of a free life. On the way to escape, he met Jim, a black slave. Jim was a hard-working, simple, enthusiastic, honest, and loyal black slave. In order to escape the fate of being sold again by his master, he ran away from his master's home. They drifted together on the Mississippi River and lived a free life. The two became good friends. Huckleberry went through all kinds of hardships for Jim's freedom, and finally learned that Jim's master had liberated him in his will.

Notre Dame De Paris

Notre Dame De Paris

General Fiction

(french) Victor Hugo

268K01

The novel "Notre Dame de Paris" artistically reproduces the true history of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago, how the palace and the church colluded to oppress the people, and how the people fought heroically against the two forces. The rebel gypsy girl Esmeralda and the ugly disabled person Quasimodo in the novel are presented to readers as the embodiment of true beauty, while what people see in the archdeacon Frollo and the noble soldier Phoebus are cruel, empty hearts and sinful lusts. The author organically connects evocative stories with vivid and rich dramatic scenes, making this novel highly readable. The novel has a strong romantic color and uses contrasting writing techniques. It is an artistic example of applying the contrast principle of romanticism.

The Three Musketeers (part 1)

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198K0

D'Artagnan, who was born a commoner, went to Paris to join the army, joined King Louis XIII's Musketeer Guards, and became good friends with the other three Musketeers. In order to protect the reputation of Queen Anne of Austria, they fought against Cardinal Richelieu, defeated many obstacles set by Richelieu, went to England, retrieved the queen's diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham, and thwarted Richelieu's plot to sow discord between the king and the queen.

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General Fiction

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276K0

"Oliver Twist" is a realistic novel published by the British writer Dickens in 1838. Set in the foggy city of London, it tells the story of an orphan's tragic life experience and experiences. The protagonist Oliver grew up in an orphanage, experienced an apprenticeship, struggled to escape, and strayed into a den of thieves. He was forced to work with vicious murderers. He went through countless hardships. Finally, with the help of kind people, he found out his life experience and gained happiness. Like Dickens's other novels, this book exposes many social problems of the time, such as workhouses, child labor, and gangs absorbing young people into crime.

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General Fiction

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209K8.725

"The Old Man and the Sea" is a novella written by Hemingway in Cuba in 1951 and published in 1952. It is one of Hemingway's most famous works. It tells the story of an elderly Cuban fisherman who fights a huge marlin in the Gulf Stream far offshore. It established Hemingway's prominent position in world literature. This novel successively won the 1953 American Pulitzer Prize and the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

General Fiction

Charlotte Brontë

279K7.924

"Jane Eyre" is the representative work of the famous British female writer Charlotte Bronte in the 19th century. It is generally believed that "Jane Eyre" is Charlotte Bronte's "poetic life portrait" and an autobiographical work. It tells the story of a British woman who was orphaned as a child and continued to pursue freedom and dignity amidst various hardships, persisted in herself, and finally achieved happiness.

Suet Balls

Suet Balls

General Fiction

(french) Maupassant

201K9.1143

This book is a collection of novels by the French writer Maupassant, who is known as the "master of short stories". It is named after his representative work "Ball of Suif" and includes famous works such as "The Necklace", "Miss Wenwen", "My Uncle Jules", and "All in the Family". "Ball of Suet" is his famous work and one of his masterpieces. The story uses the tragic experience of Ball of Suif to reflect the ugly and dirty soul under capitalism. Hidden beneath their hypocritical masks are rotten entrails and filthy thoughts.

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General Fiction

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205K9.18

"Wuthering Heights" is the work of Emily Brontë, one of the Brontë sisters, a British female writer. The novel describes the story of Heathcliff, an abandoned gypsy boy who was adopted by the old owner of the mountain villa. Due to humiliation and failed love, he went out to get rich. When he came back, he took revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole novel is filled with a strong fighting spirit against oppression and striving for happiness, and is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere. It was initially regarded as a naive fantasy of a young female writer that was divorced from reality. However, combined with the fierce class struggle in the region it describes and the social phenomenon in Britain, it was soon highly recognized by critics and warmly welcomed by readers.

Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea

(french) Verne

234K8.6120

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is one of the masterpieces of French writer Jules Verne. It tells the story of French biologist Aronnax traveling in the depths of the ocean. The story takes place in 1866, when a large monster believed to be a narwhal was discovered at sea, and he accepted the invitation to join the hunt. During the pursuit, he unfortunately fell into the water and swam onto the monster's back. This monster is not a narwhal, but a submarine with wonderful structure. The submarine captain Nemo invited him to travel to the bottom of the sea. They set out from the Pacific Ocean, passed through the Coral Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and entered the Atlantic Ocean. They saw many rare marine animals and plants and strange scenes in the water, and experienced many dangers. Finally, when the submarine arrived at the coast of Norway, Aronas left without saying goodbye and made the secrets of the seabed he knew known to the world.

War and Peace

War and Peace

General Fiction

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249K8.5138

"War and Peace" is one of Tolstoy's three masterpieces. The novel uses the chronicles of the four aristocratic families of Bolkonsky, Besukhov, Rostov, and Kuragin as plot clues. It expresses the contradiction between the Russian nation and the Napoleonic invaders, the Russian social system and the will of the people from the two aspects of war and peace, and affirms the great historical role of the Russian people in the war. He worked hard to write the people's history, described the Patriotic War as a just war for the people, and highly praised the people's rising patriotic enthusiasm and optimism. Aesthetically using and describing historical materials and describing people in historical events is a basic creative principle of "War and Peace" and an important reason for the novel's magnificent epic style.

Niels' Adventures of Riding a Goose

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"Niels Riding the Goose" is Selma Lagerlöf's only full-length fairy tale written for children. It was written as a school geography education book in accordance with the requirements of the Swedish Ministry of Education. Unexpectedly, it later became a treasure of world literature and art. In Sweden, there is now one of the most important children's literature awards, which is named after Niels. This is a book that has accompanied the growth of generations of children around the world; a book that is printed on banknotes along with the author; a work that is well-known in Sweden and even around the world.

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General Fiction

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265K8.439

"Love of Life" is the most famous short story by American novelist Jack London at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This novel describes a tragic story with vigorous and rough writing, and vividly demonstrates the greatness and strength of human nature. The novel places the characters in an almost cruel and harsh environment, allowing the protagonist to fight against cold, hunger, injuries and wild beasts. In the choice of life and death, it fully demonstrates some shining things in the depths of human nature, vividly and realistically describes the tenacity and tenacity of life, and plays a hymn of life, which has the power to shock people! The great revolutionary teacher Lenin once specially asked someone to read this novel aloud on his sick bed and gave it a high evaluation.

The Decameron

The Decameron

General Fiction

(italian) Boccaccio

266K7.6

"The Decameron" is the first realist masterpiece in the history of European literature. The work begins with a prologue, describing what happened to ten young men and women when they took refuge in a villa in the countryside against the backdrop of the plague in Florence. Each of the ten young people told a story every day, and a total of one hundred stories were told in ten days, hence the name "The Decameron". Each story is of different lengths and all-inclusive in content, and humanistic thought is the main thread running through the book. According to Boccaccio, the stories in the Decameron are all well-founded. The work describes and praises life in this world, praises love as a noble source of wisdom, praises the value of free love, and affirms people's intelligence and wisdom. The work also exposes the cruelty of feudal emperors, the sins of the Christian church, the hypocrisy of priests and nuns, etc.

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General Fiction

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202K8.2

"Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English country squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are uncontrolled. Therefore, when facing love, they react differently... The novel takes the twists and turns of the marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the issue of moral and behavioral norms through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married.

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General Fiction

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231K0

The Spanish gypsy girl with an acacia in her mouth turned a blind eye to the ethical norms of the world and believed that love was a bird that could not be restrained. Even if her lover took away her life, he could not take away her free and uninhibited heart. Carmen was written by the 19th-century French novelist Melleme. Her alluring charm is world-famous, and she is filled with unconscious ideas of female liberation. She is one of the most mythical female characters in the West.

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General Fiction

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117K8.4

"La Traviata" is Xiaozhong Ma's first masterpiece that became famous in the literary world. The humanitarian thoughts expressed in the novel reflect the true feelings of the world, the care, tolerance and respect between people, and the love of human nature. This kind of thoughts and feelings resonate with people and are universally welcomed. "La Traviata" may not win good reviews for Dumas in terms of social morality, but it has truly made the author famous even after his death.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

General Fiction

(add)montgomery

165K8.014

Brother and sister Matthew and Marilla of Green Gables Farmhouse originally wanted to adopt a boy from an orphanage to help with farm work, but unexpectedly they adopted a red-haired girl named Anne. Anne had a rose-like imagination, a small mouth that kept talking, and gave cute names to all the things around her. Her unintentional mistakes often made people laugh. Her lively and cheerful personality, hard-working and strong nature made her win many friends in school and achieved great academic success. Anne's arrival made the originally dull Green Gables glow with attractive vitality and vitality, and also brought endless joy to the ancient village. This "Anne of Green Gables" is an enlightenment of truth, goodness and beauty. The lively and innocent nature of the protagonist Anne flows naturally and sweetly in every child's heart.

Million Pounds

Million Pounds

General Fiction

(us) Mark Twain

179K8.3

"Millions of Pounds" is a novel by the famous American writer Mark Twain. It tells the story of a poor American salesman named Henry Adam's adventure in London. Two wealthy brothers in London made a bet to see how Henry would end up within a month by lending him a million-dollar note that could not be cashed. When the one-month deadline came, Henry not only did not starve to death or be arrested, but instead became a rich man, won the heart of a beautiful lady, and got a job with his brother. The article reproduces the irony and humor in the master's novels with a slightly exaggerated artistic technique, and exposes the money worship ideology of British society in the early 20th century.

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General Fiction

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212K8.2

"The Education of Love" by E. De Amicis is one of the ten must-read novels for Italians and an enduring literary masterpiece in the history of world literature. The whole book is written from the perspective of a fourth-year primary school student, starting from the first day of school in October and ending in July of the next year. Most of the records are seemingly trivial things in life, but the words are filled with touching "love". This kind of "love" can be as big as the country, nation, or home, or as small as the interactions between parents, teachers, classmates, relatives, friends, and even strangers. It is a loving and educational book that has become a must-read for primary and secondary school students in various countries.

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General Fiction

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176K7.0

This is a satirical novel full of fairy tale color. But the fairy tale color of the novel is only a partial feature on the surface, and the sharp and profound irony is its soul. The protagonist of the novel, Gulliver, is a person who is naturally adventurous and unwilling to be lonely and bored. He has a strong memory, is good at learning and observation, is good at thinking, has unique thinking, has a simple and gentle temperament, is friendly to others, has a kind demeanor, is easy to interact with others, knows how to repay his kindness, has a gentleman's style, and is willing to help his friends. He is willing to risk his life for his friends and is always ready to fight against anyone who is harmful to his friends. At the same time, he is smart, courageous, smooth and reasonable in dealing with things, smart in speaking, resolute in doing things, has strong self-confidence, and believes that he can succeed. In general, he is a wanderer with a questioning spirit, a passion for truth, and endurance. During his travels, he gained insight into the increasingly degenerate social reality and concluded that British society was not civilized.

Little Prince

Little Prince

General Fiction

Saint-exupéry

127K7.3

"The Little Prince" is a famous French children's literature short story written by the writer Saint-Exupéry in 1942. The protagonist of this book is a little prince from an alien planet. The book uses a pilot as the narrator to tell the story of the various adventures the little prince experienced during his journey from his own planet to the earth. With the child-like vision of the little prince, the author reveals the emptiness, blindness and foolishness of adults, and writes in simple and innocent language the loneliness of human beings and the fate of wandering in the wind without a foundation. At the same time, it also expresses the author's criticism of money relationships and his praise of truth, goodness and beauty.

Tess

Tess

General Fiction

(uk) Thomas Hardy

240K8.0

Tess is a beautiful country girl, pure, kind, resilient and able to distinguish between good and evil. Because his family was poor, he worked for the d'Urberville family, a noble family with the same surname as himself. As a result, she was seduced by her master's son, Alec d'Urberville, and gave birth to an illegitimate son. Because of this "sin," Tess is despised. Under tremendous pressure and with the death of her child, Tess left home to work in a dairy farm and met Angel Clare, the pastor's daughter-in-law. The two fell in love and got married. But on their wedding night, Tess confessed her past to him, and Angel abandoned her and went to Brazil alone. Living in poverty and being humiliated, Tess waits for Angel's return to no avail, and becomes Alec's mistress. At this moment, Angel came to Tess with a feeling of repentance and wanted to be with her again. At this point Tess kills Alec. On their way to escape, Tess was caught by the police and sentenced to death.

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General Fiction

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273K8.03

This book is one of the trilogy by the famous French science fiction novelist Jules Verne, the other two being "Captain Grant's Children" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". The book tells the story of five northerners who were trapped in the southern army during the American Civil War. They were waiting for an opportunity to escape by balloon. They encountered a storm on the way and were thrown to an island in the South Pacific. Relying on their own wisdom and extraordinary perseverance, these castaways overcame various difficulties and not only survived tenaciously, but also built the island into a prosperous paradise. The plot of the whole novel is ups and downs, full of descriptions of the strange and colorful nature, and it integrates various knowledge into the thrilling story. Therefore, even though it has been published for more than a hundred years, it is still highly praised and loved by readers all over the world.

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

General Fiction

(us) Jack London

56K9.113

"The Call of the Wild" mainly tells the story of a domestic dog who turns into a wild wolf. The protagonist of the novel is a dog named "Buck". Before being trafficked, he was a pampered domesticated dog in Judge Miller's family and lived a carefree life; however, after being trafficked to the harsh north, he had to face a completely different world. In an extremely harsh real-life environment, it showed a strong desire to survive, and was dominated by this desire. It managed to overcome all unimaginable difficulties and became a sled dog that adapted to the laws of survival and competition in the wilderness. In the end, it responded to the call of the wilderness and returned to nature.

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General Fiction

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164K8.712

This novel describes the process of a petty bourgeois woman's gradual degradation because she is not satisfied with her mediocre life. The protagonist Emma committed adultery in pursuit of a romantic and elegant life. Eventually, she was ruined because she was in debt and could not repay it, and committed suicide by taking poison. What is written here is a love affair that is very common both in life and in literary works, but the author's writing touches on sensitive areas that others have not yet touched. Emma's death is not only a tragedy for herself, but also a tragedy for that era. The author uses a very delicate writing style to describe the process of the protagonist's emotional decline. The author works very hard to find the social roots of this tragedy.

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General Fiction

(french) Stendhal Compiled By Chen Xiaodan

291K8.5154

"Red and Black" has outstanding achievements in the shaping of typical characters in typical environments, symmetrical artistic structure and the use of line drawing techniques. The reason why Stendhal is called "the father of modern novels" by critics is because he showed outstanding psychological description genius in "Red and Black". Realist writers all emphasize the authenticity of details, but Stendhal is different from Balzac. What he focuses on depicting is not the objective environment, but the meticulousness and verisimilitude of the inner activities of the characters. The author often explains the characters' actions and surrounding environment in a few words, while the inner activities are eloquent, sparing no effort in pen and ink, and the psychological description of love is meticulous and touching. Julien, the protagonist of the novel, is the son of a carpenter. He is young, handsome, strong-willed, shrewd and capable. He has hoped to join the upper class society through personal efforts and struggle since he was a child, and has launched a series of actions to this end...

Miss Jenny

Miss Jenny

General Fiction

(us) Dreiser Compiled By Gao Yan

226K7.7

A sad and sad love story, a song of compassion for heaven and earth. Jenny, the eldest daughter of a poor German-American, works as a domestic servant and falls in love with Senator Blanche. Soon, Bronte died of illness unexpectedly, leaving behind a posthumous daughter. Later, the rich man Rist fell in love with Jenny and lived with her, but he could not make up his mind about marriage. Later, he was troubled by the obstruction and opposition from his brothers and sisters. He broke up with Jenny under the pressure of his family, returned to the upper class, and finally married Lottie Bess. The two were in love but their work separated, and Jenny spent her middle age alone. After Reiss confided his heartfelt words to her before his death, he died painfully in her arms.

Around the World in Eighty Days

(french) Verne, Compiled By Tang Meijun

121K8.12

"Around the World in Eighty Days" is one of the most popular works by French science fiction writer Jules Verne. The protagonist Ford made a bet with his friends that he would travel around the world and return to London in 80 days. He and his servant Lu Lutong tried every means to overcome various difficulties on the road. Accidents and thrills continued one after another, and there were many difficulties, but Fokker was always very calm and decisive, but in the end he was still 5 minutes late...

Sister Carrier

Sister Carrier

General Fiction

(u. S.) Dreiser Compiled By Tang Meijun

257K0

"Sister Carrie" is one of the important works of the American realist writer Dreiser, and is the companion piece to "Girl Jane". "Sister Carrie" describes the story of a rural girl Carrie who came to the big city of Chicago to find happiness. In order to escape poverty, she sold her virginity and lived with a salesman and a hotel manager successively. Later, she became a singer with her beauty and singing voice. With Carrie as the representative, the writer profoundly exposed the cruelty of the American capitalist system's oppression of poor people and the corrosiveness of the bourgeois lifestyle on petty bourgeois elements.

Amber (part 1)

Amber (part 1)

General Fiction

(u. S.) Windsor Compiled By Zhao Xingchao

285K8.21

Amber, a descendant of the noble family, lives in the countryside. She is naturally beautiful and outstanding. This girl, who was originally pure but unwilling to live in seclusion, gradually realized the way to transcend inherent social norms and gain independent status as a woman in London's materialistic and cunning society. She was in trouble several times and encountered disasters such as marriage fraud, poisoning, robbery, and plague. In the process, she not only showed herself to be brave, independent, strong and confident, but also sacrificed her youth and kindness, contaminating the greed, selfishness, indulgence and unscrupulousness of the male-dominated society. After experiencing all these rich and tortuous experiences, Amber was finally forced to give up everything and leave London for the American continent in order to pursue her true love. The stories described in this book will be a good warning and reference, thus guiding them to have a good mentality and correct values, and lay a healthy foundation for a happy life in the future.

From the Earth to the Moon·around the Moon

(french) Verne, Compiled By Zhao Xingchao

192K0

"From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon" contains two of Verne's masterpieces, "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Around the Moon". The two novels together tell a complete space adventure. The first "From the Earth to the Moon" tells the origin of the experiment and the preparations for people's journey to the moon, as well as the entire process of successful launch. The second part, "Around the Moon," talks about the various adventures in space after the "Cannonball Car" was launched. The plot of the novel is fantastic and thrilling, full of the author's scientific assumptions, and these assumptions have been verified and realized almost one after another in the future.

Little Prince

Little Prince

General Fiction

Saint-exupéry

30K9.8324

It has been published in more than 100 languages ​​​​around the world, and its sales volume is second only to the "Bible", and hundreds of millions of people have been moved by it. This is a beautiful fairy tale full of poetry and warmth. It tells the story of a French pilot who met a strange, strange, innocent and pure little prince in the vast Sahara Desert. He came from a small distant planet and traveled to 6 planets inhabited by kings, vain people, drunkards, businessmen and geographers. The author satirizes the absurdity and hypocrisy of the adult world through the little prince's travels. The plot is unique and tortuous, and the writing is full of poetry and philosophy. The lines contain the author's deep understanding and understanding of major propositions such as love and life, which makes people have endless aftertaste after reading it.

Old Man and Sea

Old Man and Sea

General Fiction

(us) Hemingway

46K8.319

"The Old Man and the Sea" is one of Hemingway's representative works and one of the famous novellas in the world.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (hemingway Collection)

(usa) Ernest Hemingway

75K6.326

The book "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" contains eleven of Hemingway's short stories. The leopard on the snowy mountain, the fisherman by the river, the old man in the cafe... Eleven seemingly indifferent stories contain untold vicissitudes of life. Hemingway's unique "iceberg" writing style is best presented in his short stories. There are people who inspire me to take life seriously. But if I did that, I might cause a lot of people to strangle themselves.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

General Fiction

(uk) Emily Brontë

216K7.968

"Wuthering Heights" expresses the spiritual oppression, tension and conflicts of people in the capitalist society of the 19th century in the form of artistic imagination. The novel describes two love stories between two generations, with different natures and different endings, which adds to the charm of the novel. This novel is like a powerful magnet, tightly grabbing the hearts of hundreds of millions of readers.

Star of Destiny

Star of Destiny

General Fiction

(us) Sidney Sheldon

170K0

"Sheldon: Star of Destiny" tells the story of how a small-town girl in the past transformed into the queen of the New York real estate kingdom? She is an idol worshiped by the public, an unscrupulous businessman, a mystery, a legend, and a woman who longs for love. Is the stable and reliable male assistant, the protector who straddles the black and white lines, her strong backing or the fuse that triggers destruction? Her unbearable childhood has already laid the biggest foundation for her life. When she gained perfect love, her world quietly slipped into an unprecedented danger...

G

G

General Fiction

I

145K7.613

"The Sun Also Rises" (The Sun Also Rises) is Hemingway's first novel. The author became the spokesperson of the "Lost Generation" and created a unique Hemingway style of writing with this book. 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. The lady finally returned to Barnes, although both parties knew that they could never truly be combined...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

General Fiction

Charlotte Brontë

137K8.4

This book is the famous and representative work of Charlotte Bronte, a 19th-century British realist literary writer. The novel truly reproduces the rough experience and brave pursuit of the little character Jane Eyre for thirty years, and delicately describes the heroine's difficult living conditions and complex psychological activities. It opposes the suppression and destruction of human nature, and praises women's independent, self-respecting and self-reliant spirit. It is a realistic work. The work also fully expresses the author's subjective ideals and expresses his passionate personal feelings. It has extremely rich imagination in plot construction, character portrayal, psychological revelation and scenery description.

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