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The European and American Classics Series selects literary masterpieces that are popular around the world to create a reading feast that will affect your life. These eternal cultural treasures have enriched the spiritual world of generations of readers. This set is the first volume of a series of European and American masterpieces, including a total of 4 volumes: "The Great Gatsby", "Madame Bovary", "The Scarlet Letter" and "Crime and Punishment".

Hemingway had complicated emotions in his life and was married four times. He was a representative figure among the "lost generation" writers in the United States. His works showed confusion and hesitation about life, the world, and society. He has always been known as a tough guy in the literary world, and he is a spiritual monument to the American nation. The "Hemingway Selections Collection Set" is a set of literary masterpieces published in commemoration of Hemingway's birthday. The set includes four books: "The Old Man and the Sea", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Sun Also Rises".

The European and American Classics Series selects literary masterpieces that are popular around the world to create a reading feast that will affect your life. These eternal cultural treasures have enriched the spiritual world of generations of readers. This set is a complete set of European and American masterpieces, including "The Great Gatsby", "Madame Bovary", "The Scarlet Letter", "Crime and Punishment", "The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwab", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Sorrows of Young Werther", "Hamlet", "Utopia", "Oliver Twist", "The Canterbury Tales" and "The Iliad", a total of 12 books.

The European and American Classics Series selects literary masterpieces that are popular around the world to create a reading feast that will affect your life. These eternal cultural treasures have enriched the spiritual world of generations of readers. This set is the third volume of the European and American classics series, including a total of 4 volumes: "The Republic", "Oliver Twist", "The Canterbury Tales" and "The Iliad".

"The Burning Boat" is a complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories, including forty-two short stories, including four previously published collections "Fireworks", "The Bloody Chamber", "Black Venus", "American Ghosts and Wonders of the Old World" and six uncollected works. Most of these short stories are based on myths, legends, literary classics and religious stories. Literary Witch Carter uses the principles of psychoanalysis to see and dismantle these cultural heritages of all mankind, implant feminist perspectives into the consciousness components of the old world, reinstall myths and legends of the new world, and construct a "myth reshaping project" to compete with the myths and legends of the entire patriarchal culture. It has become a great classic of fantasy literature and feminism, and has had a broad and far-reaching social impact. Throughout "The Burning Boat", the stunning writing and sensational stories unfold like a grand illusion, performing forty-two levels of "Inception" on patriarchal culture.

This book collects 13 humorous novels written by Mark Twain, including "The Man Who Corrupted Hedleyburg", "Running for Governor", "A True Story", etc., And is named after the most famous "Millions of Pounds". Mark Twain experienced the development process of the United States from "liberal" capitalism to imperialism. His thoughts showed stages of development from lighthearted ridicule to bitter irony to pessimism and world-weariness. He is known as the "Lincoln of American literature".

The original novel of the movie "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" was rated 8.8 On Douban. The story takes place in a high-end apartment at No. 7, Rue de Grenelle, in a high-end area on the Left Bank of Paris where political and business celebrities frequently interact. Paloma was never a peaceful girl. She is very smart, even a genius. Born into a wealthy family, her father is a congressman, and her little eyes have seen through the hypocrisy and emptiness of the adult world. Because he often hides and thinks about existential problems, he is mistaken for a mental disorder by his fussy mother. Facing the absurd outside world, she set a life goal for herself - to commit suicide on her thirteenth birthday and set fire to her parents' mansion. At the same time, Renée, the concierge whom everyone dislikes, has lived an invisible life in this high-end apartment filled with dignitaries and elites for twenty-seven years. Pretending to be stupid, ugly, and vulgar is what she must abide by every day. Behind the scenes, her inner sanctum is filled with Husserlian phenomenology, Freud, and medieval philosophy...

"The Gift of the Magi" selects many of O. Henry's classic works and is the best of his short stories. Among them, "The Gift of the Magi" and "Devotion of Love" depict two young couples who consider each other in everything and have the courage to sacrifice themselves for each other, praising the kind of pure and noble love without distracting thoughts. The stories are both warm and touching, and have become masterpieces passed down by the world. "The Last Vine Leaf" is a description of the true love and friendship that exists in the world. At the end of the story, a seemingly useless and down-and-out old artist suddenly became extremely tall and stalwart at the last moment of his life, because he left true love to the world, and for To save the life of the sick young woman, he used up what little strength and talent he had... These works not only enlighten us deeply, but also allow us to enjoy a kind of pleasure in reading, a kind of pleasure that real art will bring us. This dual function is also the charm of his novels. The endings of the stories in these works are often unexpected. Some endings are shocking and enlightening, while others make people sit down and think deeply.

"Zhang Henshui's Novels Collection" includes 13 novels: The Cause of Laughter, The Golden Family, The History of the Spring Ming Dynasty, The Great River Goes East, Long Live the Tiger, The Qinhuai Family, The Night Rain on Bashan, The Eighty-One Dreams, The Wild Geese Flying South, The Beauty's Favor, Deep Night, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

This is a group of maverick people who are cosmic and romantic. They are incompatible with reality, but they have an irresistible attraction. A child who can predict but cannot change the future, a grandma who learns to speak cat language after losing her wife, a clone who wants to provide transplanted limbs for girls, a fat princess who meets the Sphinx, a poet who is born blind, a virtual mobile phone love program, humans on earth who become food... In this wonderful collection of stories, time is like a huge maze. Those deviant humans hold on to the threads of memory and love, and they gradually gather and are no longer separated. Being different from others means not being lonely. Writer Zhang Hansi's "Abnormal Human Syndrome" is back with a new story. This collection of 28 unexpected stories is back to us again. Attached is the only collection of poems by poet Leton Brando, which picks up a handful of shark tears in the historical waves of the Middle Ages. What you miss and look forward to is in this book.

The story is based on the real journey experiences of Kerouac and his friends. It is an autobiographical novel. The narrator, Sal Paradise, is a young writer who is interested and curious about literature, jazz, and girls. He likes to make friends who are crazy and passionate about life. Through a friend, Sal met Dean Moriarty, who lived a bohemian life. Sal has always wanted to go west, but his plan has always been delayed. He was attracted by Dean's free lifestyle, adventurous spirit and enthusiasm to explore everything. He decided to follow Dean's "on the road" footsteps and complete his dream of traveling to the west. This truly opened the door to experience life and infinite possibilities. The book "On the Road" is divided into five parts. The first three parts tell the story of Sal's three rides or drives across the American continent, either alone or with Dean and other friends; the fourth part tells the experience and knowledge of several people driving to Mexico. They ran aimlessly, experiencing the lives of homeless people, farmers, workers and other marginalized groups on the road. They were also immersed in the beauty of natural scenery, recording the social landscape in the eyes of young people in the Jazz Age. The fifth part tells the story of Sal returning to New York from Mexico, ending the "on the road" stage of life, and full of nostalgia for his friend Dean.

"Ten Thousand Mountains" contains 17 short stories and short stories written by Fu Yuehui in recent years. The author attempts to talk about human life in this book. The title of the book uses the meaning of "The boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains" to express the helplessness that time cannot stop. The work is divided into four series: "Realities", which mainly takes young students and intellectuals who came to the metropolis from the countryside as the protagonists. The story revolves around their love and death, highlighting people's fear and loneliness in urban life; "Fathers" series tells the story of the suffering of the fathers. Difficulties; "Children" describes the old rural world and the past and present changes witnessed by "provincial youth" after returning to their hometowns, which is somewhat similar to Lu Xun's "Hometown"; "All kinds of falsehoods" blends fantasy and reality, showing irony, pity or confusion about the absurd situation of human beings.

This is a novel composed of many short story fragments. These stories include: a country girl fascinated by the magic of credit cards; an octopus that keeps eating its tentacles; a love triangle between tourists, patients and ski instructors in a sanatorium; a day as a deserter; a racing game in the circle of the rich and the tragedy it ultimately causes; for To avoid being executed and become the executioner in an instant; "I" left my hometown and came to the wealthy and indifferent new world, and began a life of hardship, danger and temptation... Kosinski combined his real life experience and imagination to form this insight into the life revelation of the 20th century. The novel reveals the control and alienation of people by the external environment, and the dangerous and fragile relationship between people. But in this kind of survival, the protagonist also discovers the completion of beauty and the possibility of mutual understanding between people.

Some people practice forgetting, some people are afraid of being forgotten, and some people are always afraid that others will never forget them. After the civil war began, a woman locked herself in her home for 28 years out of fear. She tried to forget all the raging monsters with the sound of gunshots, flags, and crowds on the street; the Portuguese mercenary who escaped from death said that forgetting is death and surrender; and the secret police, who were burdened with blood debts, felt happy because they were forgotten... A cobweb of memory, a turbulent history, where their destinies are intertwined, and will also start again in their dreams.

One of Jiang Xiaoyun's "Republic of China Amateurs" series, telling the legendary lives of fourteen women in the Republic of China. Among these people are upper-class officials and lower-class civilians, including the proprietress of a halal noodle shop who eloped to Taiwan, a Shanghai dancer who married in the United States and started her own business, and a young military officer who enjoys the prosperity. They were involved in the torrent of history, and relied on their tenacity to play their own chess game in life.

"New Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Mr. Lu Xun based on ancient myths and historical legends. On the basis of "extensive research on literature", the teacher "takes some reasons and adds them at will". It makes the story lively, interesting and highly imaginative. Read "New Stories" and let Lu Xun help you look at tradition in a different light!

"Wandering" is a collection of Lu Xun's short stories, which includes 11 short stories written by Lu Xun between 1924 and 1925, including "Blessings", "At the Restaurant", "Happy Family", "Old Master Gao", "Brothers", "Sad Death", etc. Among them, chapters such as "Blessing" and "Divorce" reveal the spiritual and physical oppression of rural women by the old ethics; chapters such as "In the Restaurant" and "The Lonely" profoundly explain the plight of the once advanced middle-aged intellectuals trapped in the "Array of Nothingness". The entire collection of novels uses vivid writing skills to outline each character with typical significance. It is full of concern for the peasants and intellectuals who were living under the heavy pressure of feudal forces at that time, and deeply reflected the hesitation of an era.

"The Scream" is a collection of Lu Xun's short stories, including 14 novels written by Lu Xun from 1918 to 1922, including "Diary of a Madman", "Kong Yiji", "Medicine", "The True Story of Ah Q" and "Hometown". "The Scream" depicts the reality of Chinese society from before and after the Revolution of 1911 to the "May 4th" period, profoundly exposes the cannibalistic nature and hypocrisy of the feudal patriarchal system and feudal ethics, painfully dissects the silent soul of China's people, and criticizes the bad nature of the people.

During World War I, American young man Larry's comrades died trying to rescue him. This experience completely changed Larry's thinking. He began to ask his inner questions: Since there is good in the world, why does evil also coexist? After the war, he stubbornly pursued the answer. He first went to Paris to study philosophy, and then came to a monastery in Bonn. However, Christian doctrine failed to provide him with a satisfactory answer, so he went to Spain and tried to find the true meaning of life through art. After getting no results, he ran to India and stayed there for five years before finally finding his true faith in Indian religion. "The Knife's Edge" is Maugham's full-length work published in 1944. It is based on the famous philosopher Wittgenstein. It profoundly shows the mental journey of an entire generation of Western intellectuals in their search for the meaning of existence, and presents a picture of life in the Western world after World War I. , From the United States to Europe and India, from Paris and London to Chicago and New York, from the city to the seaside, from the upper class to the lower class, the author provides us with a group of vivid and flesh-and-blood characters in a broad geographical and social background.

The protagonist Philip was born in the upper class, but his parents died when he was young, and he was born with a disability. He spent his childhood in a sojourn life where he was ignored. After entering the society, he experienced the hardships of the world. In the rough road of life and the tumultuous torrent of life, he abandoned unrealistic dreams, worked hard to break free from the shackles of the spirit, and constantly pursued the true meaning of life. "The Shackles of Life" is Maugham's masterpiece, published in 1915. It is based on the author's real life experiences in his early years and has an obvious autobiographical flavor. After the novel was published, it was highly praised by the American writer Theodore Dreiser and became popular in Britain, the United States and even the world. Maugham himself regarded the book as "an immortal novel".

"Rain" is the first volume of "The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories", which contains a total of 12 short stories. These stories take place in different corners of the world, such as Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii and the Mediterranean Riviera in the South Pacific, and are full of suspense. The complex human nature and the unknowable life are vividly revealed under Maugham's sharp writing. He conveys the themes of modernism - loneliness, absurdity and disillusionment - through realist techniques and fascinating stories. This is a distinctive feature that distinguishes him from other writers. No wonder people call him "the most talented writer who knows how to tell stories."

"The Gluttonous Man" is the sixth volume of "The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories", which contains a total of 15 short stories. These short stories were all written before the outbreak of World War II. The background of the stories may take place in Southeast Asian countries during the British colonial period, or on an isolated island in the South Pacific, or in Capri, Italy, or in French Guiana, showing readers the humanistic and historical pictures of different regions. Some stories are embarrassing to read, some are awe-inspiring, some torture the humanity of ordinary people and praise the kindness of ordinary people, and some satirize the hypocrisy of the Western bourgeoisie and criticize the absurdity of the Western capitalist system. The descriptions of their thoughts and feelings are sincere and delicate, and the writing style is also extremely humorous. The stories are full of warning words of wisdom and aphorisms.

Anthony Burgess once said, "Maugham's real talents are all in the short stories he wrote. They are the best language I have ever read." Compared with longer stories, short stories may be what Maugham really loves to write, and they are also what he is most comfortable in writing, so people call him "the British Maupassant". In 1951, Maugham compiled 91 of his own short stories into the three-volume "Collected Short Stories" and personally wrote the preface for each volume. In 1963, the British Penguin Publishing Company republished it in four volumes. Since then, this version has been reprinted many times, translated into various languages, and circulated around the world. This set of "The Complete Collection of Somerset Maugham's Short Stories" (7 volumes) has been translated based on this. It is the first time in China that all the short stories of this great writer have been completely released, including "Rain", "The Lion's Coat", "The Man with the Scar", "Footprints in the Jungle", "The British Agent", "The Gluttonous Man" and "Portrait of a Gentleman".

Popular writer Alroy Keel wanted to write a biography of the late famous writer Driffield, but he knew little about the young Driffield, so he asked Driffield's friend, another writer Ashenden, for help. Under Keel's insistence, Ashenden recalled his early relationship with Driffield and his ex-wife Rosie. "Fun", also known as "Family Scandal", was published in 1930 and is Maugham's favorite novel. The author changes the prejudice against women in his previous works and draws materials from the real literary and artistic circles. He recalls the life of a beautiful woman as an admirer and sarcastically embellishes it with interesting anecdotes from the literary and artistic circles.

"The Portrait of a Gentleman" is the seventh volume of "The Complete Collection of Maugham's Short Stories", which contains 15 short stories in total. It is interesting, fascinating, philosophical and thought-provoking to read. The ending of the story is especially lingering, full of aesthetic significance and artistic tension, which makes people unable to bear to read. These stories all take place in the South Pacific Islands, China, South Korea and other places. They describe the various adventures and curious experiences of Westerners in the mysterious world of the East, as well as their joys and sorrows in life. They reflect the conflict and integration of interactions and exchanges between Western and Eastern civilizations, and reveal themes such as money and love, marriage and family, good and evil, the excesses of the upper class, the various behaviors of ordinary people, and the nature of human nature.

Lin Huiyin's novels embody compassion and humanitarian concern for the grassroots, showing the appearance of urban life during the Republic of China. This book includes her representative novels "Ninety-nine Degrees of Middle" and "Embarrassment", four novels with the general title "Shadow Zero", and her wonderful translation of Oscar Wilde's "The Nightingale and the Rose" to comprehensively present to you the unique life of a legendary and talented woman.

"The Classic of the East Classroom" is a work that was only possible when Zeng was traveling in the best of times. It is full of genius, free and easy, but it also tells the story of the innocence of "a man who fails to succeed in his youth". The explosive tension supported by the huge contrast is very beautiful. It is my personal favorite novel formula with "appropriate proportion of reality and fiction." --Zhu Tianxin. The first prize of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Novella Award, the Grand Prize of the United Literature News Short Story Award, and the "Purple Gold People's Literary Star" Literary Award. Acheng, Bi Feiyu, Ge Fei, Jin Yucheng, Li Jingze, Tang Nuo, Zhu Tianxin are surprisingly recommended.

A masterpiece of magic and spirituality intertwined by the author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Marquez! About memories of a lost world; about personal loneliness in different situations. Everyone who is surprised by the magic of time and everyone who has ever felt lonely should not miss it! The collection of Marquez's early short stories includes "The Third Endurance", "The Pain of Three Sleepwalkers", "The Eyes of the Blue Dog", "The Woman Arriving at Six O'Clock", "Someone Messed Up These Roses", "Navo, the Black Man Who Let the Angels Wait", "Someone Came from the Rain", "Isabel's Monologue While Watching the Rain in Macondo" and other 14 classics. These stories tell about characters and realities that have stopped along with stopped time. It includes the author's recollection of his hometown and the reproduction of his childhood experiences, as well as his exploration of themes such as loneliness, death, absurdity, and eternity.

"To read Dostoevsky, you need a strong soul." Dostoevsky was not only one of the greatest novel masters in the Russian literary world of the 19th century, but also one of the most complex, contradictory, and greatest novel masters in history worldwide. This set includes all the most important literary works created by Dossier throughout his life, and uses excellent translations by Lou Ziliang, Rong Rude, Yue Lin and other highly respected translators in the literary world. It includes "White Night", "The Injured and Insulted People", "Notes from the House of the Dead", "Crime and Punishment", "The Idiot", "Ghost", "The Boy" and "The Brothers Karamazov" (volumes 1 and 2), a total of 9 volumes. Dostoevsky was the greatest novelist in the star-studded Russian literary world of the 19th century. He was also the most complex, contradictory, and greatest novelist in history in the world. As the writer with the most insight into human nature in the history of literature, and the greatest mind in human history, he wrote the greatest novel of mankind. "The Brothers Karamazov"; he influenced countless writers. Zweig, Brodsky, Borges, and Susan Sontag have all expressed praise for him. He wrote about the desolation of the world, and his pen touched the little people huddled on the edge. His words showed the warm brilliance of humanity, and his name became immortal. This set includes all the most important literary works created by Tuo Shi in his lifetime, and uses excellent translations by Lou Ziliang, Rong Rude, Yue Lin and other excellent translators who are highly respected in the literary world. They have been passed down by word of mouth to tens of thousands of readers.

This novel collection contains a total of 16 novellas, most of which are adapted from real events. These stories are like 16 windows. Through these windows, you can appreciate the scenery of the world, experience the various flavors of life, and gain relief after "going through" the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of life and death.

In one fell swoop, Iris Murdoch, the most nominated and most speculative winner in the history of the Booker Prize, has three masterpieces of her early, middle and late novels: "The Collected Works of Iris Murdoch" contains the three novels "The Single Horn" published by Iris Murdoch, the most important female novelist in Britain in the 20th century, from 1963 to 1978. "The Beast", "The Black Prince" and "The Sea, The Sea" condense the author's different styles in the early, middle and late periods. From Sartrean-style confinement philosophical novels to Shakespeare-style social satirical comedies, Murdoch comprehensively surpassed the novel mode of the first half of the 20th century, enough to rank her among Dostoyevsky and Proust. "The West" Harold Bloom, the author of "Canon" once commented: "Murdoch's novels announced the end of the post-Joyceian era represented by Samuel Beckett and the post-Faulkner era represented by Thomas Pynchon." Murdoch was selected into the "Western Canon" and was rated as "the greatest since 1945" by The Times The 12th British writer, the first person to introduce Sartrean philosophical novels into the British literary world, known as the "smartest woman in Britain"; the first British writer senior whom Kazuo Ishiguro paid tribute in his Nobel Prize speech, Sontag's mentor at Oxford University, Canetti's jealous lover, and the source of inspiration for A. S. Byatt. Highly recommended by Taiwanese novelist Luo Yijun, it is a perfect combination of intellectual games and story art, witnessing another version of "Confinement", "Lolita" and "The Tempest".

It's really healing to hide in Wang Zengqi's literary paradise! Read through the essence of Wang Zengqi's novels in one book! It contains 33 representative works, carefully arranged according to his creative experience. Writers loved by Jin Yong, Shen Congwen, Huang Shang and Bi Feiyu! Mo Yan: Mr. Wang is a master of short stories. This book contains a complete collection of 33 masterpieces of Wang Zengqi's novels, such as "Being Ordained", "Da Nao Chronicles", "Chicken and Duck Masters", "Yi Bing", etc. Most of these novels are set in his hometown of Gaoyou and Kunming, where he has lived for many years, and tell about people and things that "have peace, love, affection, and beauty."

A collection of masterpieces by Japan's "national author" Toyoko Yamazaki! Balzac of Japan! The ten most influential writers of the Heisei era! Toyoko Yamazaki is a well-deserved Japanese "socialist master"! 1. The genuine Chinese electronic version of Yamazaki Toyoko's masterpiece collection is on sale for the first time! 2. "The White Tower" is a Japanese national-level novel! Cumulative sales of 10 million copies! A 20th century literary classic not to be missed! 3. "White Tower" shows shocking medical reality! The adaptation of Japanese drama Douban scored 9.6! Five remakes! The pinnacle of Japanese dramas! 4. "The Flashy Family" reveals the shady story of Japan's banking industry! Adaptation of the Japanese drama "The Gorgeous Family" starring Kimura Takuya! Douban 8.8! 5. The exciting business war in "Barren Land"! An adaptation of the Japanese drama "Barren Land" starring Tomeaki Karasawa and Yuki Amami, scored 8.6 On Douban! 6. Yamazaki Toyoko: "I can neither write a novel with graceful trees like growing bonsai, nor do I want to write such a novel. I want to write a 'forestation novel' like planting trees one by one on a bare mountain ridge. I want to keep creating using the sky, rivers and residents of Osaka as materials."

1. Welcome to the Shura Field of Life! Do you dare to say out loud that you love money? A realistic novel about money and dreams. 2. Won the Edogawa Ranpo Prize, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize, and the Naoki Prize. This is another triple crown winner after Keigo Higashino - the work of Jun Ikeido. 3. Authorized Chinese simplified copyright for the first time! Author Jun Ikeido writes a loving preface for the Chinese version! 4. The popular Asian phenomenon-level Japanese drama with a Douban score of 9.2 And nearly 160,000 reviews - the first in the original novel series of "Hansawa Naoki"! Turning to page 1, you think this is a youth coming-of-age novel. Turning to page 40, you will feel that this is a bloody workplace novel. Turning to page 250, you will feel that this is a mystery novel. When you turn to the 300th book, you will feel that this is a set of passionate novels about upgrading and fighting monsters. After reading the first book, you will feel - this is reality! After reading the second book, you will feel - it is so realistic! ! After reading the third book, you will feel - this is me, always being abused and never giving up! After reading the fourth book, you will find that this is actually - life...

This collection of short stories includes twenty short stories recently created by the author, such as "The Cook and the Cow", "Advanced Notes", and "Paradise in the Goose and Duck Shed". Strictly speaking, this is a collection of novels that explore the self. Whether it is the protagonist's helplessness about not being able to choose his own career in "The Cook and the Cow", or the second daughter's paranoia and incomprehension of her parents in "Keeping the Promise", or the male goose's complacency in his noble and unique position and his sympathy for the misfortune of his master A Wu in "The Goose and Duck Shed Paradise", to varying degrees, through the description of their respective controllable or uncontrollable fates, the necessity of the existence of "self" in this society is analyzed.

This book is based on "The Complete Works of Osamu Dazai" published by Japan's Tsukuma Shobo in 1985, and includes three novels: "The Clown's Flower", "The God of Madness" and "Imaginary Spring", forming "Imaginary Wandering". Attached are three short stories "Memories", "Leaves" and "Toys" from "Late Years". "Clown's Flower" was published in "Japanese Romanticism" in May 1935. The following year, "The God of Kyogen" was recommended by Mr. Haruo Sato and published in the October issue of the art magazine "Toyo", and "Imaginary Spring" was recommended by Mr. Tetsutaro Kawakami and published in the July issue of "Literary World". These three chapters, in the order of flowers, gods and spring, constitute the long trilogy "Imaginary Wandering".

"Suddenly, There Was a Knock on the Door" tells the story of a novelist who is threatened by gangsters: "Life is boring, tell me a story to escape reality", proving that "good stories are a necessity in life." Other stories also start with scenes from daily life and develop into creative plots. The protagonist of "Land of Lies" meets the fictional character he made up when he lied; "Healthy Breakfast" depicts a lovelorn person who seamlessly plays the role of a stranger's date; "Unzip" depicts a girl who discovers a zipper under her boyfriend's tongue after he is asleep; "The Story That Brings Us Victory" is the best story in the world. The story idea is protected by a patent. This story has ears and can listen to the throbbing in the reader's heart...

This book is a complete collection of short stories by Marcel Aimé, a master of imagination and a master of French short stories. It contains nearly a hundred of Aimé's short stories except children's stories. It was translated by the famous French translator Li Yumin who spent more than thirty years. The setting of "Survival Card" is that resources are tight, and humans can only gain survival time by relying on cards. The tax collector in "Wife Collection" cannot afford to pay taxes, so he decides to use his wife to offset the taxes. Mardan, the bicycle racer in "The Last Place", persistently dreams of being first, but keeps missing out on competitions throughout his life. "Shadow in the Well", "Through the Wall", "Pastoral", "The Toufal Case"... Nearly a hundred of Aimee's classic stories, all of which are exquisitely conceived and imaginative. Real life can be seen in the grotesque, and various aspects of the world can be seen in the absurd.

This book selects Wang Zengqi's classic short stories, from his early famous work "Revenge" to "The Order" and "Da Nao Chronicles" at the peak of his creation. There are more than ten stories in total in order of publication time, comprehensively showing the essence of Wang Zengqi's decades of novel creation. Specially included are two short essays by Wang Zengqi on composition. The writer himself tells the mental journey and spiritual pursuit behind literary creation.

"Taiping Guangji" is a collection of classical Chinese novels in ancient my country, with a total of 500 volumes. It was compiled by Li Fang and others during the Taiping and Xingguo reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty by collecting various unofficial histories, biographies, stories, novels, etc. It is collectively known as the "Four Great Books of the Song Dynasty" together with "Taiping Yulan", "Wenyuan Yinghua" and "Cefu Yuangui". "Taiping Guangji" is compiled and classified according to the nature of the novel's subject matter. The whole book is divided into ninety-two major categories, and some categories are further divided into details, with more than 150 details in total. The number of volumes in each category varies, ranging from one volume to dozens of volumes. Among them, the most numerous volumes are: fifty-five volumes of gods, forty volumes of ghosts, thirty-three volumes of retribution, twenty-five volumes of gods, sixteen volumes of determination, fifteen volumes of female immortals, thirteen volumes of beasts, twelve volumes of strange monks, twelve volumes of rebirth, twelve volumes of grass and trees, eleven volumes of recruitment, nine volumes of monsters, nine volumes of foxes, nine volumes of water tribes, nine volumes of miscellaneous biographies (collecting single legends from Tang Dynasty), eight volumes of humors, eight volumes of dragons, eight volumes of tigers, eight volumes of miscellaneous records, etc. From this, it can be roughly seen that the contents of "Taiping Guangji" are mostly stories of gods and ghosts. "Taiping Guangji" preserves a large number of classical Chinese novels before the Song Dynasty, and is called "the deep sea of novelists" by the "Sikuquanshu General Catalog", such as the famous Tang legends "The Biography of Li Wa", "The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu", "The Biography of Yingying", "The Biography of the Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "The Biography of Liu Yi", "The Biography of the Qiu Bearded Guest", etc. The creation of opera novels after the Song Dynasty are often influenced by it. For example, the later famous dramas "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Palace of Eternal Life" are based on the aforementioned "The Story of Yingying" and "The Story of Everlasting Sorrow". Novels such as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" are also deeply influenced by it, so they have always been valued by researchers and lovers of ancient novels. Since most of the ancient books quoted in "Taiping Guangji" have been lost, and they are all based on ancient books before the Song Dynasty, it is also of great value in the aspects of document compilation, collation, and forgery identification. In addition, "Taiping Guangji" also has certain historical value in the study of social life, folk customs, and cultural thoughts. For this publication, we used Wang Shaoying's proofread version of "Taiping Guangji" published by Zhonghua Book Company in 1961 as the basis, and changed it to simplified horizontal layout. The main text is arranged in large Song-style characters, and the small notes and sources are arranged in small Song-style characters. We added new punctuation and segmented the longer chapters according to the meaning of the text. As a popular reading book for readers, in order to avoid cumbersomeness, this book has deleted most of the proofreading of the original version. At the same time, it has also absorbed some recent academic collation results to correct some errors in the original version, striving to provide readers with an accurate and easy-to-read version of "Taiping Guangji".

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"No matter where we are, we have nothing but stories." "The New York Times' annual book recommendation, Bill Gates' annual recommendation, and the work of Nguyen Thanh Viet, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer", is a collection of short stories that have been polished and waited for twenty years to be published. A book for refugees around the world. Nguyen Thanh Viet, a refugee-born writer, writes about ghosts, homes and memories, examining the trauma and crisis of war. "Refugees" is Nguyen Thanh Viet's latest short story collection, consisting of 7 short stories in total. Compared with "The Sympathizer", the subject matter of "Refugees" is more everyday, without heavy narratives about ideological systems and the fate of the country. It mostly focuses on the lives of ordinary people in the United States and tells about the bonds between people.

This book is a collection of excellent novellas by Jing Yu, including 4 pieces in total: "The Rebel", "The Postman", "Potassium Cyanide" and "Rouge". "Rebel" is set against the backdrop of the Anti-Japanese War, focusing on the battle of wits and courage between the intelligence personnel of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. It has many elements including heroes, war, assassination, revenge, and love. "Rebel" contains not only respect for life, compassion for the ups and downs of the little people's fate, but also the encounter and lamentation of love, and the choice and persistence of faith. The TV series adapted from the story stars Zhu Yilong and Tong Yao.

"The Seventh Hound Dog" is a collection of short stories, among which "The Seventh Hound Dog" tells the story of the old hunter summoning Panba's seventh hunting dog, Chili. During a hunting trip, the hunter and the wild boar met on a narrow road. At a critical moment of life and death, Chili hid in the grass nest and could not come out. In a rage, the hunter prepared to kill Chili, but Chili managed to escape... Half a year later, the hunter was attacked by jackals again, and was about to encounter an accident. Chili arrived, fought with the jackals, and saved the life of his old master at the last moment.

This book contains three coherent novellas: "Fog", "Rain" and "Electricity". The three novels originally had separate volumes. When they were published together in 1936, they were collectively titled "A Trilogy of Love". The trilogy takes the love entanglements of intellectual youths such as Zhou Rushui, Wu Renmin, and Li Peizhu as the lead, focusing on their ideological, character, and psychological states in their struggles against reality. The author Ba Jin regards it as one of his favorite works.

This book selects 18 suspense novels by Song Yujian. The author has carefully organized and revised these works. Both the writing level and the plot structure have been greatly improved. It should be said that the novels in this collection are easy to read and very interesting. They have a wide range of life, a wide range of characters, novel themes, and the twists and turns of the stories. It is refreshing during the reading process.

This book tells fifteen stories about bidding farewell to youth. In the course of time and under the background of the times, ordinary people living in an ordinary world sometimes think that they are extraordinary, and sometimes they feel that they are too insignificant. Their pain and joy, hardship and happiness, struggle and growth, these things are like a jar of brewed wine, which will shine under time in the end.