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"David Copperfield (Volume 2)" is a long masterpiece with a length of more than 800,000 words, centered on the open-minded intellectual David Copperfield. Through the daily life, studying and making a living, making friends and love, and travel writings of various people in the book, it fully expresses the humanitarian views advocated by the author throughout his life, and also depicts a series of eye-catching stories. Unforgettable characters: the gentle and intelligent ideal female Agnes, the eccentric Miss Trowu, the simple and kind Peggotty brothers and sisters... Among all Dickens's works, "David Copperfield" covers the widest range of social life content, shows the most complex and rigorous story structure, and is unique in the history of world literature.

The work tells the story of 10 young men and women who took refuge in a villa during the plague epidemic in Florence in 1348. They feasted all day long and each told a story every day, 100 stories in 10 days, hence the name "The Decameron". Many of the stories are based on historical events and medieval legends. In "The Decameron", Boccaccio sung the praises of this worldly life, praised love as the source of wisdom and beautiful sentiments, condemned asceticism, and made a powerful satire on the depravity of the feudal aristocracy and the shameless debauchery of the Catholic Church. The work adopts a frame structure to connect one hundred stories together, making the whole book coherent. The language of the work is concise and humorous, and the characters and objects are described with subtlety.

"Treasure Island" is an unforgettable story of betrayal that reflects the acute struggle between good and evil. The two parties fighting to the death for the treasure are actually not the real owners of the treasure. However, in the author's opinion, since it was the squire who hired the sailors, including Silver, the entire crew should be as loyal to the squire as Captain Smollett was and should not have any improper thoughts. However, from the perspective of behavioral motivations, the squire and those who are loyal to the squire are honest, dutiful, and kind, while Silver and his gang of pirates are basically hypocritical, unfair, and evil. This struggle revolves around the villain Silver, a murderous pirate leader. After a fierce battle, "good" finally defeated "evil".

Jack London is a famous American realist writer who enjoys a high status in modern American literature and world literature. He is good at using the actions of characters to express themes and ideas. The characters have distinctive personalities, the plots are compact, and the writing is concise and vivid, with considerable appeal. He loved struggle and adventure throughout his life and wrote more than 50 short stories, novels and stories. Many of them can be called classics of short stories, providing vivid material for people to understand Americans and their characters.

This book brings together more than twenty masterpieces of short stories and short stories from German-speaking countries. These popular and representative masterpieces are filled with the unique charm of German literature of different styles; novels by German masters such as Hoffmann and Kleist exude the fragrance of the mysterious "orchid". : The works of Swiss novelists such as Keller and Gotthelf are full of bright sunshine and fresh air in the Alps; the stories told by the Austrian writer Kafka, known as the "Shakespeare of short stories and short stories", are full of deep and picturesque poetry like the Danube River.

Rebecca lives in the home of two aunts, and the contradictions and conflicts between her and the rigid and conservative aunt Miranda reflect the rapid development of society after the American Civil War and the contradictions and struggles between old and new ideas, especially old and new educational ideas. Miranda wanted to use traditional concepts to shape Rebecca into a well-behaved lady, but Rebecca, with the influence of the social environment, school education, and the help of her teachers and friends, pursued knowledge, ideals, and freedom, and became a person who has a clear sense of love and hate, dares to do things, is helpful, full of love, and has a strong sense of responsibility. Not only did she change Aunt Miranda with her intelligence and strength of personality, making her cheerful and feel the joy of life, but also everyone who came into contact with her would be infected by her innocent, lively, imaginative and sympathetic character and like her. It is not without reason that she is regarded by Americans as "the model of American girls and women for a century."

Bacon was born into an official family in London on January 22, 1561. A good family education made Bacon mature earlier, and he showed unusual intelligence in all aspects. While studying at Trinity College, Cambridge University, he had doubts about traditional concepts and beliefs, and began to think independently about society and life. This book "On Life" is a collection of Bacon's essays. It is divided into the first volume "On Life" and the second volume "The Wisdom of the Ancients", and is named after the first volume. It is true that Bacon, who was rich and profound, had outstanding achievements in the world of science, nature, and philosophy. We cannot read his works in isolation of his social thoughts and philosophical thoughts. However, the master's accomplishments lie in integrating the humanities and natural sciences, and in condensing the charm of his personality and thoughts into beautiful and gorgeous words for later generations to understand.

This book collects several short stories and short stories by Hemingway, the "tough guy in the literary world" in the United States, among which "The Old Man and the Sea" is the representative one. The old man Santiago subdued the big fish alone at sea. After being exhausted, he took turns fighting the sharks that came to prey on the big fish. Hemingway praised the old man's bravery, perseverance, and tenacious fighting spirit, which still inspires readers to face life bravely.

The work "The Decameron (Part 2)" tells the story of ten young men and women who took refuge in a villa during the plague epidemic in Florence in 1348. They feasted all day long and each told a story every day. They told a hundred stories in ten days, hence the name "The Decameron". Many of the stories are based on historical events and medieval legends. In "The Decameron", Boccaccio praised real life, praised love as the source of wisdom and beautiful sentiments, condemned asceticism, and made a powerful satire on the depravity of the feudal aristocracy and the shameless debauchery of the Catholic Church. The work adopts a frame structure to connect one hundred stories together, making the whole book coherent. The language of the work is concise and humorous, and the characters and objects are described with subtlety.

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"Hunter's Notes" is Turgenev's famous work and his first realist masterpiece. It occupies a very important position in his entire literary creation. "Hunter's Notes" is a feature collection with a unique form. His first feature "Hory and Kalinich" was originally published in the first issue of the Russian magazine "Modern Man" in 1847. Most of the subsequent chapters were also published in the same magazine one after another. Until 1852, the author compiled twenty-one features that had been published successively, plus an unpublished new work "Two Landlords", and published it in a separate volume under the title "Hunter's Notes". By 1880, the author added three more chapters: "The End of Chertopkhanov" (1872), "The Sound of Wheels" (1874), and "The Withered Woman" (1874), totaling 25 chapters, which became the final version of the novel during his lifetime. It is this final version that we are basing our translation on today.

When talking about British literature, one cannot fail to mention Dickens; when talking about Dickens, one cannot fail to mention "David Copperfield". The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy once ranked this book with the "Bible" and praised it as: "The best of all British novels." It is indeed a rare classic in the history of literature. The protagonist David is a typical intellectual who is kind, philanthropic, honest, diligent, pragmatic and enterprising. Although he had had wrong ideas and ridiculous behaviors, his wife's words of "never be mean and selfish, never cheat, never be cruel" became his motto, and Agnes with her hand pointing upward was his "guiding light".

The novel describes Du Luohua, who has a beautiful appearance, as a shameless man who uses all means to climb up. He is good at seizing opportunities and using women to make a fortune. In a short period of time, he has become famous and gained huge wealth and a dizzying social status.

This version of "The Old Man and the Sea" is designated and recommended by four well-known writers, Mai Jia, Su Tong, Alai, and Ma Jiahui. Mai Jia, the winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award, wrote a preface with an in-depth explanation: From the world to the soul. "We can have nothing, but we can't be without hope and we can't lose our fighting spirit." "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of an elderly Cuban fisherman who fished alone at sea and caught nothing for eighty-four days. On the 85th day, he caught a huge marlin. The marlin dragged the old man and his boat into the Gulf Stream far offshore. After two days and two nights of fighting, the old man finally caught the marlin, but was attacked by a group of sharks on his way back. He fought with the shark for a day and a night, and in the end he only had a broken tiller as a weapon. The marlin was eaten by sharks and only the skeleton remained. Finally, the old man dragged the big fish skeleton back to the shore exhausted. But the old man did not lose hope and confidence. After resting, he was ready to go to sea again.

The Nobel Prize in Literature, with its great spirit of human idealism, provides an eternal standard for world literature. It includes poetry, novels, prose, drama, philosophy, history and other different genres. Masterpieces of different styles are full of brilliance and unique characteristics, comprehensively showing the overall situation of world literature in the 20th century. Although these writers with very different approaches have different languages, concepts, and backgrounds, their majestic attitude of holding high the banner of ideologicalism is the same, and their spirit of freedom of courageous pursuit is the same. Their majestic appearance is reflected in their works; their spirit is reflected in the words of these works. This series of books contains all the essence of their works that are revered by all generations. This series of books has erected a literary monument for us in the 20th century.

From the inner monologue of a gambler, the author Dostoevsky uses his unique way of observation to describe the story of a gambler.

The retired flour merchant Goriot was squeezed out of his money by his two biological daughters and died miserably in his attic; the aristocratic young man Rastignac took the first step to climb up under the corruption of Parisian society; the hard-labour fugitive seduced Rastignac, conspired to fight for the inheritance, and was arrested after his identity was exposed; the Parisian noblewoman was frustrated in love and withdrew from the upper class society. This book runs through four clues, revealing the dominant role of money and the evils of money worship in Parisian society in the early 19th century, and revealing the social reality of rampant human desires.

A short story written by the French realist writer Mérimée, which tells the story of the adventures of a free-spirited Gypsy girl engaged in smuggling.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" tells the story of a fantasy journey that started out as a result of a bet: without a plane and could only take trains and cruise ships, the British gentleman Fokker and his servant "Master" experienced many difficulties and obstacles, and finally completed the amazing feat of traveling around the world in eighty days. The thrilling journey, the strange local customs, the protagonist's valuable qualities of honesty and trustworthiness, and his calm and extraordinary wisdom are eye-opening for readers. After the work was published, it caused a sensation and was reprinted many times. After being adapted into a script by the author himself in 1874, it was also widely welcomed.

It revolves around the daily life of a moderately wealthy gentleman's family in a small British town. Mr. Bennet has five beautiful daughters, and Mrs. Bennet dreams of finding handsome and wealthy husbands for her five daughters. At this time, there happened to be a young rich boy, Mr. Bingley, who was preparing to move into the village where they were located. When Mr. Bingley and his friend Mr. Darcy appeared in front of everyone, Mrs. Bennet was full of confidence and determined that her beautiful and gentle eldest daughter Jane would definitely become the hostess of Mr. Bingley's villa, and Mr. Bingley and Jane did fall in love at first sight. Mr. Bingley's friend Mr. Darcy is a handsome and arrogant young man. His status and wealth are beyond the reach of everyone, but his indifference and aloofness are also disgusting to everyone. Elizabeth was a lively, alert, elegant and good-tempered girl. Her low status but smart and lovely personality deeply touched Darcy's heart. When he decided to condescend to...

In the history of French literature, in addition to his novels, Daudet is also one of the writers who has achieved high achievements in the creation of short stories. If Maupassant is the master of narrative short stories, Daudet is the pioneer of prose short stories. He gives short stories more poetry and charm. The main collections of short stories include "The Mill Letters" and "Monday's Story". This book selects 14 excellent short stories and short stories such as "The Last Lesson" and the semi-autobiographical novel "Little Things", allowing readers to enjoy the beauty of the author's elegant style and profound charm. In particular, "The Last Lesson" was included in middle school Chinese textbooks, influencing generations of students.

"White Nights" tells the story of four nights of heart-to-heart exchanges between a man who lives by fantasy and Nastenka, a girl whose parents died when she was young, who lives with her grandmother and has a lifelong private contract with her tenant. The pursuit of love has closely linked them together, turning them from strangers into confidants and even lovers. However, the commitment and care for love have made them return to their respective places. The former is still living in fantasy, while the latter is getting married to the one he loves.

This book selects five of Shakespeare's most popular comedies: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Wind and Shadow", "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Tempest". Shakespeare's comedic achievements are as remarkable as his tragedies. He used the optimistic spirit of humanists during the Renaissance as the keynote of his comedy creation. In his works, he clearly expressed humanist ideas such as the liberation of individuality, love for real life, and praise of true love. At the same time, he used laughter as a weapon to ruthlessly satirize various feudal and conservative forces that hindered social development. With his profound skills, the author has portrayed many unforgettable characters in a series of comedy works, especially Shylock and Falstaff, who have long become a model among models and a model of comedy character portrayal.

"Chameleon: A Collection of Chekhov's Short Stories" contains dozens of Chekhov's classic short stories, including: "The Nightingale in Concert", "The Bad Boy", "The Fat Man and the Thin Man", "The Chameleon", "The Man in the Trap", etc.

This book selects the writer's Nobel-winning work "The Old Man and the Sea" and his novel "The Sun Also Rises". Among them, "The Old Man and the Sea" is one of Hemingway's most representative works. After eighty-four consecutive days without catching a fish, Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, finally caught a big marlin alone. However, the fish was so big that he dragged his boat on the sea for three days before exhaustion. He killed him and tied him to the side of the boat. On the way back, he was repeatedly attacked by sharks. When he finally returned to port, only the head, tail and a spine were left. Although this is a work with a simple story and a small length, it is rich in meaning and popular.

Peter Pan is a child who never grows up. He lives in Neverland, where fairies, mermaids, red-skinned Indians and a group of vicious pirates also live. One day, Peter broke into Wendy's home and took Wendy and her two brothers, John and Mike, to Neverland. So they experienced adventures that ordinary children cannot experience: living in a home under a big tree, playing games with mermaids, forming an alliance with Indians, fighting with pirates, and finally annihilating the pirate leader Hook. Although there are countless fun things in Neverland, Wendy and the others still go home. When Peter came to Wendy's house again many years later, Wendy had grown up and she could no longer fly to Neverland with Peter.

This book is a trilogy of Gorky's autobiographical novels. It describes Gorky's understanding of suffering and his unique insights into social life. There is an endless desire and strength flowing between the lines. It is rich in connotation and thought-provoking, and depicts a wonderful spiritual world for us. This trilogy of world-famous autobiographical novels observes and understands the world around him through the eyes of a growing child, allowing us to see the image of a stubborn, compassionate and constantly pursuing teenager. The various problems that teenagers encounter during their growth period and the various psychological tests they undergo are extremely touching and touching for readers.

Shakespeare, a great playwright and poet during the British Renaissance, was the master of humanistic literature during the European Renaissance. He is a rare and perhaps unprecedented great dramatic poet, and the greatest literary figure in the world in history. "Romeo and Juliet (Selected Translations of Masterpieces)" selects four famous love-themed plays, "Romeo and Juliet", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Twelfth Night" and "Antony and Cleopatra", into one volume for the readers' enjoyment.

Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago" is a Nobel Prize-winning literary classic. The novel describes a series of major historical events before and after the October Revolution: the 1905 Revolution, World War I, February Revolution, October Revolution, Civil War, New Economic Policy, and socialist construction. The protagonist of the novel, Yuli Zhivago, experienced almost all these complex and turbulent stages in his short life of less than forty years, and he responded to all these historical events.

Produced by Shanghai Translation and translated by famous translators Han Hulin and Zhou Kexi, it is recognized as a masterpiece among popular novels in the world, with a score of 9.2 On Douban. "The Count of Monte Cristo (Set of Volumes 1 and 2)" is a masterpiece by the famous French popular historical novelist Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). Captain Dontes, the first mate of the Pharaoh, was commissioned to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party. He was framed by two despicable villains and a judge, and was sentenced to death. The inmate Father Faria taught him all kinds of knowledge, and before his death, he told him the secrets of a group of treasures buried on the island of Monte Cristo. After escaping from prison, Dontes found the treasure and became a millionaire. From then on, he was known as the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished his enemies. This book is full of romantic legend, and the chapters are unique, novel and fascinating.

Kafka is known as "the magician of modern literature" and "one of the best writers of the 20th century." All his novels are part of a vast system of allegories about the human world, of which he himself is a part. Kafka used concise words and profound symbols to gain insight into the nihility, contradiction and absurdity of people's lives, analyze the loneliness, fragility and despair of human nature, and reveal all the truth about life and the world in which it lives with his immortal and incisive knowledge. "Metamorphosis: The Castle" contains two works, "The Metamorphosis" and "The Castle" by the Austrian writer Franz Kafka.

This is a novel similar to an autobiography, in which the author describes Paul's life in detail. From working as an apprentice to saving the sailor Zhu Helai and embarking on the revolutionary road, and then working hard for the construction of the motherland at all costs after the victory of the revolution. Just like what he described in the book: In the fiery years of struggle, he did not sleep, but found his place in the cruel fighting. Before all his energy was exhausted; he never left the team. Even if his body is completely broken, he is paralyzed in bed, and his eyesight is blind, he must still find ways to survive and make his life full and useful. When a person is strong and has youth, it is easier to be strong; but when the chains of life tightly bind you, if you can still persevere, that is truly admirable. This is iron will.

Rene, a descendant of a run-down French aristocrat, left home and wandered alone in North America. He came to a village in the Nachi tribe of Louisiana and was adopted as an adopted son by the respected blind old chief Shaktas. Shaktas told Rene the tortuous story of his love with Adala when he was young.

The Nobel Prize in Literature, with its great spirit of human idealism, provides an eternal standard for world literature. It includes poetry, novels, prose, drama, philosophy, history and other different genres. Masterpieces of different styles are full of brilliance and unique characteristics, comprehensively showing the overall situation of world literature in the 20th century. Although these writers with very different approaches have different languages, concepts, and backgrounds, their majestic attitude of holding high the banner of ideologicalism is the same, and their spirit of freedom of courageous pursuit is the same. Their majestic appearance is reflected in their works; their spirit is reflected in the words of these works. This series of books contains all the essence of their works that are revered by all generations. This series of books has erected a literary monument for us in the 20th century.

With his exquisite artistic skills, flowing natural writing style, and pure language, Maupassant's novels have become models that showcase the charm of French and occupy an irreplaceable position in the history of French and even world literature. His works have been translated into more than a hundred languages ​​and are still popular today. This book selects 49 excellent works from the "Complete Collection of Maupassant's Short and Novellas", "Ball of Suet", "The Necklace", and "The Captive", among which "Ball of Suet" is Maupassant's famous work. By portraying the passengers on a stage car during the Franco-Prussian War - nobles, businessmen, politicians, nuns and a prostitute nicknamed "Ball de Suif" - the author condenses the attitudes and positions of people from all walks of life in France at that time facing war and crisis. The petty bourgeoisie are the class that Maupassant wrote more about. The "Necklace" and "Umbrella" selected in this book reflect the author's ruthless exposure and satire of the vanity, greed, selfishness, hypocrisy and other characteristics of the small citizens...

There are two more cuties in Green Gables. The red-haired girl transforms into a little teacher in Avonlea Town. A new life begins in a familiar environment, and a new adventure begins. This is an unforgettable classic that must be read in a lifetime. Through Montgomery's words and Anne's imagination, let's travel together to the beautiful Prince Edward Island.

Through the various encounters of an ordinary soldier, Schweik, in the First World War and the activities of various characters around him, the novel uses a wonderful way of joking but not joking, blending solemnity with humor, and containing both anger and laughter. It exposes the cruel and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire and all the ugly phenomena of the society at that time at a glance and makes a bitter satire.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa is an outstanding writer in modern Japan and is known as a "ghost genius". The highest achievement of his literary creation lies in short stories. "Rashomon", "In the Wild Bush", "The Nose", etc. Are the most well-known classics of Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Most of his early works were based on historical themes, emphasizing artistic conception and aesthetic interest, showing a certain tendency of aestheticism, and later turned to realism. This book contains 6 short stories and short stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. "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 for the first time the author's understanding of people, his helplessness and despair. "Hell Transformation" uses bloody and cruel pen and ink to describe the arrogance and extravagance of slave owners and the tragic fate of slaves, which makes people feel thrilling...

"Life" describes the life of an aristocratic woman who pursues happiness but cannot obtain it. The protagonist Yona was born into a declining aristocratic family. Influenced by her parents, she loves fantasy and has all kinds of beautiful dreams and longings for the future, but the cold and ruthless reality shatters her dreams one by one...

"Resurrection" was written by Leo Tolstoy over a period of 10 years. The noble young man Nekhlyudov seduced the serf girl Katyusha Maslova and then abandoned her. Seven years later, Maslova, who had become 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, and was deeply condemned by his conscience. He ran to avenge her and asked to marry her to atone for his sins. After the appeal failed, he was exiled to Siberia with Maslova. His actions touched her and made her fall in love with him again. But in the end Maslova rejected him and married a revolutionary.

The story takes place in Spain. The protagonist Carmen is a smart, beautiful, independent, and very willful Gypsy girl. She is a woman with a strong personality who demands freedom. She has evil characteristics and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, but the most important thing is her sincerity, frankness, and perseverance. She despises the moral laws of capitalist society and uses bad habits to resist society. She is a rebel in society. The novel was adapted into an opera shortly after its publication, with music composed by French composer Bizet.

"Ah, is it you?" "Hey! Prodigal!" It was Takeo. The train is speeding away. The prodigal son leaned out of the car window like crazy and threw out the dark purple handkerchief in his hand. "It's dangerous, miss!" Ji Ma rushed over and hurriedly grabbed the prodigal son's sleeve. The lieutenant general, still holding the newspaper in his hand, immediately stood up and looked out the window. The train traveled ten or twenty meters... The prodigal son leaned out and almost fell off. When he turned around, he saw Takeo frantically waving the handkerchief and calling. Suddenly the track turned around the corner of the mountain. Outside the car windows in both places, there are only green mountains. But hearing the whistle blowing was like the sound of breaking cloth. The train was speeding toward the west. The prodigal son covered his face and fell on his father's knees.

The novel mainly tells the story of the tragic experience of a first mate named Edmond Dantes in the 19th century after he was framed and his subsequent successful revenge as the Count of Monte Cristo.

The trilogy of philosophical novels composed of three interrelated novellas, "Hodoub", "Meteor" and "Ordinary Life", is Capek's most unique and powerful work. The novel carefully arranges three highly compact stories that are intertwined. It tells the lost lives of a group of ordinary people with a narrative method of multiple perspectives and free imagination, emphasizing the relativity between truth and reality. The story of the novel is full of suspense, and the creative skills and critical spirit complement each other. It is a wonderful work. This book was included in the "Ideal Book Collection" by the French "Reading" magazine and included in the "Classic Book List" of the "Western Canon" by the famous American literary critic Harold Bloom.

Goethe's epistolary novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" tells the story: Once, young Werther attended a country dance, met the girl Lotte, and fell in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Lotte is already married and has an owner, so she is engaged first. In order to get rid of this hopeless and painful love, he decided to leave Lotte and work as a secretary in the legation. The corruption, hypocrisy, vulgarity and boredom of the officialdom prevented him from displaying his talents. Werther left angrily and was invited to stay at a marquis's manor for a period of time. However, he was still incompatible with the environment there, so he returned to Lotte. Lotte was married at this time, and he could no longer stay by her side at will. Love is broken. In that decadent and dark society, he could not find a way out, and finally committed suicide in despair.

The novel mainly tells the story of the tragic experience of a first mate named Edmond Dantes in the 19th century after he was framed and his subsequent successful revenge as the Count of Monte Cristo.

"Tess" is the author's best work. Tess, a simple and beautiful rural girl, was raped by a rich man. On the wedding night, she told the groom about her misfortune, but the groom could not forgive him for abandoning her. Forced to make a living, Tess had to live with the rich. Later, the groom changed his mind and reconciled with Tess. In despair, Tess believed that the rich man had ruined her happiness in life, so she killed him and was sentenced to death herself. The work profoundly reflects the social reality at that time and reveals that it was the hypocritical bourgeois morality that caused Tess's misfortune.

It tells the story of an American black slave who lived a difficult life under the oppression of inhumane slavery and finally died. Once published, it shocked American society and promoted the development of the abolition movement and the outbreak of the American Civil War.

The Wisdom of Flowers is not a rigorous work of science or natural history, but an extension of Maeterlinck's philosophical study of the human condition. Maeterlinck made amazing descriptions of various plants in "The Wisdom of Flowers". From this it can be said that "there is no seed that does not completely create some devices of its own in order to get rid of the shadow of the mother body." Maeterlinck's book "The Wisdom of Flowers" ​​is an observation and description of the aesthetics, science and philosophy of plants, which undoubtedly still inspires people today to appreciate plants in depth.