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In 1866 a strange thing happened. Many sailing ships discovered a "sea monster" on the sea, and some ships were attacked by the "sea monster". The United States dispatched a warship to chase the "sea monster". French biologist Professor Aronas was invited to participate in the chase. As a result, the battleship chasing the monster was chased by the monster and was ferociously attacked by the "sea monster". Professor Aronas and his two companions fell into the water and were rescued by the "sea monster". Since then, they have followed the "sea monster" around the sea, exploring the secrets of the seabed, and experiencing hardships and risks. Finally, because they couldn't bear the boring life in the underwater world, they managed to escape back to the land. This book is considered to be Verne's most wonderful work. It not only writes about the struggle between man and nature, but also about man's struggle against fate and the protagonist Captain Nemo's unremitting efforts for the independence of his nation. Many plots also involve the development of future science and technology. This book is the second part of Verne's "Ocean Trilogy". An important character in it, Captain Nemo, will reappear in the third part "The Mysterious Island".

During the American Civil War, five Union prisoners escaped from the Confederate base camp in a balloon. They encountered a storm on the way and were thrown onto an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. These castaways relied on their wisdom and extraordinary perseverance to overcome many difficulties. They not only made bows and arrows for hunting, but also made pottery, glass, windmills, telegraphs, and mapped the geographical location of the island. They lived on the island for four years and built it into a prosperous paradise. They have also encountered many difficulties, such as lack of food, lack of medicine, and even attacks by pirates, but there is always a mysterious figure helping them secretly. This person is Captain Nemo, the protagonist in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". They also discovered a "savage" who had lived on the island for twelve years. He was the pirate who betrayed Captain Grant in "Captain Grant's Sons"... Finally, in a volcanic eruption, several people almost died until the "Duncan" commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert rescued them back home. This book is the last in the "Jules Verne Ocean Trilogy". The plot of the novel is ups and downs and thrilling. Although it has been published for more than a hundred years, it has always been highly praised and loved by readers all over the world.

During the trial voyage of Sir Glenarvan's new ship, he found a drifting bottle in the belly of a shark he accidentally captured. Inside, there were three pieces of text written in English, French and German that had been eroded by the sea water. 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. So Sir Glenarvan and his beautiful and gentle wife Helena took Captain Grant's two strong children, Miss Grant and her brother Robert, and embarked on an adventure to find and rescue Captain Grant... This book is the first part of Verne's "Ocean Trilogy". An important character in it, the pirate Ayrton, appears in the third part, "The Mysterious Island", and is an important role.

"The Scholars" is a famous classic satirical novel in my country. It mainly describes the spiritual outlook of intellectuals and officials in feudal society. It successfully portrays the portraits of feudal literati who lived in the late feudal society and under the eight-part imperial examination system, such as those who were successful or frustrated in the examination room, the official veterans who were honest or corrupt, and the scholars who cheated on food and drink... It reflects the decadent and dark social reality of feudal society, criticizes the eight-part imperial examination system, and exposes the evils of feudal rule. "The Scholars" not only provides people with a vision, but also forms a technique and creates a novel structure. It has become a groundbreaking masterpiece in the history of Chinese novels and has an unsurpassed position in the history of the development of Chinese novels.

The legitimate daughter of a general, she is chaste, quiet and gentle, she is madly in love with King Ding, and she becomes her husband. After six years of assistance, she finally became the mother of the world. Accompanying him to conquer the country, revitalize the country, get into danger and become a hostage of another country. After five years of returning, there is no place for him in the harem. The beauty in his arms smiled brightly: "Sister, the situation is decided, it's time for you to retreat." The daughter died tragically and the prince was deposed. The Shen family is full of loyal people, and no one is spared. Once the dynasty is overturned, the son will be bereaved and the family will be destroyed! Shen Miao never thought that supporting each other as a couple in need was just a joke! He said: "Since you have been with me for twenty years, I will give you the whole body. Thank you." Under three feet of white silk, Shen Miao made a poisonous oath: When will I die on this day, I and you will both die! When she was reborn at the age of fourteen, the tragedy had not happened, her relatives were still there, and she was still the gentle, elegant and legitimate daughter of the general. The best relatives harbor evil intentions, the cousins ​​are vicious and ruthless, the new aunt is eyeing her, and the scumbag wants to repeat his old tricks? The family must be protected, a great revenge must be avenged, and the throne must be shared. In this life, let's see who can fight who! But the young Marquis of the Xie family, an unruly young man who had once wielded a gun to fight horses, stood proudly on her wall: "It's just a matter of trying to gain imperial power. Remember, the world belongs to you, and you - belong to me!" ------------------------------------------------------------------ --The Thirteen Capitals of Youzhou. --It belongs to you. --Dingyuan City, Mobei. --It belongs to you. --Yuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, East China Sea in Dingxi, Qinghu Lake in Lin'an, and the ancient city of Luoyang. --It's all yours. --All belongs to me, Xie Jingxing, what do you want? --Well, you. ------------------------------------------------------------------ At first, he said indifferently: "The Shen and Xie families are clearly divided, but the Shen family girl suddenly showed her kindness and has bad intentions!" Later he said calmly: "They are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Shen Miao, please be calm and have someone to take care of you. Who dares to force you to marry?" Later he said arrogantly: "It's nothing more than this. Shen Jiaojiao has thousands of miles of land, how about we divide it between you and me?" Finally, he waved his hand domineeringly: "Daughter-in-law, it's troublesome to divide it up, so we won't divide it! It all belongs to you, and you belong to me!" Shen Miao: "Get out of here!" The domineering queen Liang Liang and the delinquent boy Xie Xiaohou Ye, the domineering and reborn queen, the male and female protagonists are clean in body and mind, they join forces and dote on each other one on one. Please give me your support, little angels~

People always have all kinds of desires... "Welcome to the Desire Store"! A collection of warm essays by the popular Japanese picture book writer Shinsuke Yoshitake! People always have desires of one kind or another. They are happy with desires, but also troubled by desires. Desires can be related to important issues such as money and status, but they also exist in daily life, and even manifest themselves in small thoughts that are often ignored - can I have another snack? It doesn't matter if you sleep a little longer, right? What kind of life do I yearn for? What should I do if I don't want to go to work? Everyone has all kinds of strange little desires and thoughts, and it is precisely because of this that human beings become rich and interesting. In this book, Shinsuke Yoshitake records every detail of his life and shares many unique moments and ingenious philosophical thoughts, which will make you smile knowingly and be truly moved at the same time.

"Japanese Pu Songling"'s "Chinese Weird Tales" is a brain-burning reversal! A new interpretation of gods, demons and monsters! The proud work of Japanese genius Kontaro Tanaka! Manuscript found again after being lost for 80 years! This book is a collection of Chinese ghost stories written by Kontaro Tanaka, who wrote "All Ghost Stories" and other books. He collected and studied a large amount of Chinese ghost story materials, such as "Zi Buyu" and "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio". Most of the manuscripts of the book were unfortunately lost before its first publication, and some manuscripts are treasured in the collection of the Imperial Household Agency and the chaebol. When introducing Tanaka's works this time, I accidentally came across some scattered chapters. After many researches, it turned out to be the original first volume of "Chinese Weird Tales"! Reprinted and published.

There must be many things hidden in this world that I can find if I keep looking. Ogawa Ito's words are just right and restrained, implying deep feelings, making people want to seriously cherish every moment of light in life. "If I can harvest grapefruit in my garden in the future, that will be enough to make people cheer. There should be a long, long way to go before that day." Ogawa Ito wrote an essay about his life spanning a year with his usual delicate words. Ogawa Ito's ability to create atmosphere is extremely strong, making people feel that everything is a beautiful fragment of life. Ogawa Ito deconstructs simple daily life, every word and sentence is concise and gentle, full of just the right amount of elegance and affection. No matter which page you turn and which paragraph you read, you will feel beautiful but not excessive. In monotonous days, Ogawa Ito chooses to decorate his life with different rewards. Living every day well is the greatest reward for yourself.

"Pillow" is a landmark masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature, a literary miracle book that has been passed down for thousands of years. Written around 1000 AD, it was the first of Japanese essay literature, and together with The Tale of Genji, it is the "twin gems of Heian period literature". "Pillow" can clearly and directly lead readers to understand the delicacy and beauty of Japanese literature, as well as the aesthetic taste in Japanese culture. The book has a total of 305 paragraphs, divided into three major contents: clustering, diary and reflections.

Young Master Xiao: "I heard that Xiao Yuxian is cunning, cunning and changeable, with a knife hidden in his smile. I heard that this is the evaluation of the Yan family." "Ahem!" Director Yan: "I heard that Yan Wanjun is fickle, suspicious, scheming, and ruthless." Young Master Xiao felt guilty: "Who did you listen to? The person who said this is definitely jealous of your talent and beauty and deliberately discredits you!" Director Yan smiled: "Miss Cheng said that this is the opinion of the prince of the Xiao family." "..." Mr. Xiao: "Nonsense! What I said is clearly that Wanjun of the Yan family is gentle, kind, virtuous, considerate, a fish and a goose, and the moon is shy of the flower!" Everyone: "Bah! You just told others that she is sinister and vicious and likes to scheme against people!" Director Yan raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Really?" "Don't listen to their nonsense, I'm obviously asking a question." "What's the problem?" "The mountains have trees and the trees have branches," "My heart pleases you, but you don't know it." "I know. I know you like me, and I also like Wanjun." Everyone said, "Kou area! I'm offended!"

(New book "My Girlfriend Turns Out to be a Big Star") The director is already in place, where are the heroines? Men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Lin Runze originally just wanted to help the "second" sister make one or two films that would be successful, so as to prevent her from being laughed at, but who would have thought... "The 38th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 72nd Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Award for Best Director..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 92nd Academy Awards for Best Picture..." Lin Runze came on stage. "The 53rd Qinglong Film Festival Best Director Award..." Lin Runze came on stage. Lin Runze's acceptance speech: "Ahem, awards are not important, but there is a word of advice for later great directors, 'a knife is used to cut the word sex, and it will see blood, and it will scrape bones'." (Pass:564272361)

I have been having recurring dreams on the 30th of every month for the past year. Is that a dream? It seems like it is not, everything is too real. But what makes me even more horrified is the prophetic scene in the dream.

The Greco-Persian Wars were a collective name for a series of wars that broke out between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states from 499 BC to 449 BC, which lasted for half a century. Although the Greeks were far weaker than the Persian army in terms of military strength, the final victory of the Greeks opened the way for the Greek city-states to develop a unique creativity, independent spirit, and democratic atmosphere, which also affected the future development of Western history. During the long and fierce struggle, famous battles in the history of world wars such as the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Thermopylae, and the Naval Battle of Salamis occurred successively. The legendary figures who participated in them, including the legendary Persian King Xerxes, the Athenian general Pericles, and the Spartan King Leonidas, left behind popular stories. Due to the long history of the war, whether it is the bias of historical documents, the lack of archaeological materials, or the complex geographical environment of Greece, it has brought considerable difficulties to future generations in studying these wars. The author's descriptions of Persian and Greek strategy are clear and convincing, as are his descriptions of the day-to-day details of the lives of soldiers, politicians, and ordinary citizens. He had first-hand knowledge of Greek geography and a complete command of original documents and modern scholarship. In short, through this book, readers can experience this collision between Eastern and Western civilizations immersively.

"All Things That Rise Must Converge" is the pinnacle short story collection of Flannery O'Connor, a heavyweight American literary writer, before she bid farewell to the literary world and passed away. The eleven works included in the volume, including "All Things Rising Must Converge" and "Festival in Partridge Town," explore issues such as faith, morality, and race that are familiar to O'Connor's readers. These stories are both sad and happy, beautiful and grotesque, and bear a strong O'Connor mark. Most of the protagonists in O'Connor's works are incompatible with their surroundings, and the contrasting effect produced reflects his writing style. In order to make the concept obvious, the writer has to use drastic methods. "When he encounters the hearing-impaired, he shouts; when he encounters the visually impaired, he draws the characters large and shocking." O'Connor, who died of lupus at the age of thirty-nine, left behind this masterpiece that is an immortal classic in the American literary world and even the world's literary world.

"Inner Activity" selects 20 literary reviews written between 2000 and 2005 by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, Coetzee discusses in depth many 20th century literary masters such as Samuel Beckett, Günter Grass, García Márquez, and Philip Roth. Every article and every word he writes is full of profound insights and keen insight. This book may seem challenging, but in fact the writing style is friendly. The plain and precise writing opens a literary window for readers to appreciate those immortal works. The writers who commented in the book have played a great role in guiding readers and publishers in the Chinese-speaking world, and I believe this is still the case today.

"Moby-Dick" is a representative novel by the American novelist, essayist and poet Herman Melville. It tells the story of Captain Ehab of the whaling ship - he is determined to hunt down the ferocious and intelligent white whale Moby Dick who bit off one of his legs. After sailing almost all over the world, he finally encounters Moby Dick. After three days of hard tracking, he hit the beluga with a harpoon, but his ship was hit by the whale and was tangled in the whale rope and taken into the sea. In the end, he and the whole crew died together with the white whale, and only sailor Ishmael was saved. "Moby-Dick" has become a classic of world marine literature with its substantial ideological content, epic scale, and mature and thoughtful writing style.

"The Country of Strangers" selects 26 literary reviews written by J. M. Coetzee, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature, between 1986 and 1999. It is the author's first collection of literary reviews. In the first chapter, Coetzee asks the question "What is a classic?" And looks for the answer in the works and views of Eliot, Bach and Herbert. He then conducted in-depth discussions on literary masters of the 18th and 19th centuries such as Defoe, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky, as well as modernist German writers such as Rilke, Kafka, and Musil. At the same time, it also analyzes 20th century literary giants such as Borges, Brodsky, Gordimer, Oz, Rushdie, and Lessing. Coetzee's literary criticism has a more historical feel than other criticisms.

Joys and sorrows gather and disperse in infinite numbers, and the blood turns into a river as soon as it falls into the world. The sixth form of Broken Leaf Sword Technique: Killing.

This is the story of three parallel worlds that exist in the same time and space. They rise together, alternate with each other, share weal and woe, and depend on each other for life and death. The first world belongs to ants. They build civilization in the soil and compose a magnificent epic at our picnic place. The second is human society. If an anthill is like a miniature human society, then human society is also equivalent to a magnificent anthill. The third world is the biosphere, which is the sum of all life, a habitat full of infinite knowledge and mysteries, and the common home of thousands of species. In "Anthill," Wilson tells the coming-of-age story of an American boy named Rafe Cody. In order to escape the conflicts between his parents, little Cody often fled to the Nokobe Lake area near his home, where he observed and studied various animals and plants, and gradually grew into a little naturalist. When he graduated from college, Cody completed his graduation thesis using anthills as a research object. When he learned that the Nokobe Lake area might be destroyed by real estate development companies, Cody chose to enter Harvard Law School for further study, became an excellent lawyer, and successfully defended the ecological environment of the lake area using legal weapons. The entire novel can be divided into three main lines, namely anthill, human society and the entire ecosystem. Wilson's description of the rise and fall of ant colonies and tribal wars is comparable to "Homer's Epic", and his portrayal of human families and society by analyzing anthills has paved a unique, almost spectacle-like path for us to understand human society.

When sadness is as unstoppable as the torrential rain that day, Banana wants to tell us a story about understanding life from dreams. "Daisy Life" is a novella written by Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto. The book tells the story of a pair of unrelated sisters who support each other. The protagonist Daisy was born without a father. Her mother died in a car accident when she was young. From then on, she could only rely on others. The reason why she can continue to live is because she has her best friend Daria. Later, Daria immigrated away from Japan with her mother, and the two girls, both named after flowers, protected each other when they were young. When they grew up and were far apart, they still felt each other and supported each other on the long road of life.

The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. The third of a trilogy of autobiographical novels "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the French Academy, completely subverts the biography genre and continues to be written from the beginning. It slipped from the hand, and like Kafka's "The Castle", it belongs to the great unfinished classics of the 20th century, admired by literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc., And a model of intellectual writing of the French "New Allegorical School". "What is Eternity" is the last part of Margaret Yourcenar's autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World". The author tells about his father's life after his mother's death, focusing especially on the intricate emotional entanglement between his mother's close friend Jeanne and his father. He also reviews his childhood and teenage years, and the book ends abruptly with the outbreak of World War I. This book is the one in the trilogy that is most closely integrated with the author's personal experience. Yourcenar also follows her consistent principle of detachment and calmness when describing the close and dearest relatives around her, allowing the people and events in her writing to transcend the limitations of time and geography, reflecting the author's profound thinking about history and time, and a complete subversion of the biography genre. The lingering cloud of war at the end of the work also expresses Yourcenar's deepest worries and most appropriate metaphor for the fate of mankind.

"Even though he knew that human beings are a mixture of flaws and virtues, he still believed in the future happiness of mankind." The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. It is one of the trilogy of autobiographical novels "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the Academy of France. Literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc. Are the models of intellectual writing of the French "New Fable School". "Reverent Memories" is the first part of Margaret Yourcenar's autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World". The author starts from his own birth and traces the history of his mother's family with a panoramic description, focusing on his two uncles Octave and Fernand, whom he has never met, and his mother Fernand, who died of puerperal fever. Yourcenar used a large number of oral materials, letters, photos, aristocratic family yearbooks and leftover items to construct a complete picture of his mother's family. He traced the roots as far back as possible to the longest past, and used a calm and objective writing style to make the images of each ancestor vivid on the page. She is not content to depict various characters in the family, but tries to clarify the theme of "eternity" through this, condensing the family that has been inherited from generation to generation into a symbol in the macroscopic time and space of the world. Standing outside of time and space, she observes with a cold eye, describes the destiny of mankind, and reveals the eternal laws of history.

Why hang mistletoe at Christmas? Loki, with his heart like a snake, turned into a woman and killed Baldur, the God of Summer? Which is more valuable, Beowulf or The Iliad? How did "Nibelungenlied" influence Wagner's creation? Saga, epic poem, elegy, Edda... English Saxon literature, German literature and Scandinavian literature all come from the same root system - Germania. Jorge Luis Borges is a famous Argentinian poet, novelist, and essayist. He collaborated with Argentinian writer María Esther Vazquez to introduce Germanic medieval literature to readers, and compiled three types of literature from the same root system into a precious work. Borges believes that Germany can be regarded as a collection of multiple tribes with relatively close customs, languages, traditions, and myths and legends, and its geographical significance is far less than its national significance. Borges had a unique love for ancient Germanic literature. He recounted the epics, poems, and legendary stories that were almost hidden in the pile of old papers in vivid and interesting language. It was like a precious literary lesson taught by a literary giant, leading us closer to this mysterious territory in the history of literature.

The memoirs of the Yourcenar family, which have been out of print for ten years, are a magnificent triptych that explores history and eternity. It is the second part of the trilogy of the autobiographical novel "The Labyrinth of the World", the first female "immortal" of the French Academy. Literary masters such as Pamuk, Wang Xiaobo, Yu Hua, Alai, Chen Ran, Qiu Miaojin, etc. Are the models of intellectual writing of the French "New Fable School". "Northern Archives: The Labyrinth of the World II" is the second part of the autobiographical novel trilogy "The Labyrinth of the World" by Margaret Yourcenard, the famous French writer and the first female "immortal" of the French Academy. It is a memory mainly based on the paternal family history, telling the life of his grandfather, father and half-brother. "Northern Archives", "Reverent Memories" and "What is Eternity" together form the "Labyrinth of the World" trilogy. Yourcenar traces the mother's family and the father's family as far back as possible, detailing the decline of the two families. In the end, there was only one woman left in the two families. This woman had no heirs, changed her surname, and chose the path of breaking away from the family. The fate of a family symbolizes the fate of mankind. Even though history has the power to serve as evidence and reference, human beings always repeat mistakes, and tragedy seems unstoppable.

Sayaka Murata's new essay collection collects 72 works published in various newspapers and magazines since her debut. The book contains the author's memories of her childhood, introduces music and books that had a profound impact on her, and various interesting things she encountered in her travels, etc. It records Sayaka Murata's various imaginations of life, and spreads her embarrassed and funny appearance before our eyes.

This book is a selection of articles written by the famous British classical scholar Mary Beard on her blog "The Life of a Cambridge Professor" from 2006 to 2008. In these articles, Professor Beard talks about ancient and modern times, elucidates the subtleties, and shows readers a Cambridge professor's thoughts and suggestions on teaching and education, Greece and Rome, and current affairs and politics. Where did the lip prints on the sculpture come from? What did the Romans wear under their togas? Do physicists need French? How to do a good interview at Oxford and Cambridge? In Professor Beard's sharp and interesting writing style, a colorful picture scroll is unfolding.

Continuing the style of the previous volume, Professor Mary Beard continues to express her many views on education, classical history, and current affairs in her blog, which is both interesting and educational. Somali pirates are rampant, why not try what Pompeo did? What jokes did the Romans tell? How bad are UK election party manifestos? In chronological order, this book provides readers with many shining points to think about and explore, showing the profound and slightly weird inner world of classical scholars!

The original novel of the phenomenal drama "Love, Death and Robots". If possible, would you choose to indulge in a virtual dream, or face the weird reality outside the rift soberly? Based on the original novel of the seventh episode of the first season of "Love, Death and Robots", which is popular on the Internet, British science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds' 25-year career review classic science fiction anthology "Beyond the Rift" is released. A former European Space Agency expert kicks off the galaxy for you with 15 science fiction stories, each of which is breathtakingly beautiful! The imagination is so big! In these science fiction stories, Reynolds focuses on exploring alien civilizations, interstellar civilizations, and artificial intelligence as the protagonists, stories about love, hatred, human nature and other themes. Through special methods, he creates interstellar civilizations that are completely different from the barbaric aliens in previous science fiction works who prey on the weak and follow the laws of the Black Forest. The philosophical thinking contained in it is thought-provoking, the strange world view, subversive suspense plot, and dreamlike scene construction are both brain-burning and profound, fantastic and confusing, and it can be called a masterpiece.

"Heartbreak House" is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation". It is a three-act comedy created by Irish dramatist Bernard Shaw in 1919. The plot takes place in the English countryside on the eve of the outbreak of World War I. "Heartbreak House" is deliberately written in the atmosphere-creating style of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". The script has a subtitle:\

The novel tells the story in the first person of Lazarus, a poor child who was born in the Tormes River. He left his mother at the age of 10 and made a living by working as a slave for one master after another. He suffered from the pain of the world at a young age. Lazarus led a blind man and worked as a slave for priests and squires. He suffered from hunger, cold, deception, and beatings, and had to endure painful and humiliating days in order to survive. Life gave Lazarus a lot of hardships, but it also taught him to deal with one master after another with tact. He took ruthless revenge on the old blind man who abused him, ate his master's bread, exposed his master's pretentiousness in a humorous and ridiculing tone, etc. These details in the novel made readers laugh. The language of the novel is humorous, interesting, vivid, concise and fluent, showing the style of various characters from all walks of life in Spanish society in the sixteenth century. As the pioneer work of European picaresque novels, it had a huge influence on the subsequent literature of various European countries. The genre of picaresque novels is also called by critics as "the most representative and popular among the people" in the history of Spanish literature.

"The Red and the Black" is a monument of French and even European literature in the nineteenth century. The confrontation between the individual and society is the central theme of The Red and the Black. Julien, a carpenter's son from a humble background, likes reading and does not like doing hard work. In his social class, he is an outlier. He is ambitious and high-spirited. He regards Napoleon as his idol in life and hopes to join the upper class one day. Faced with the shackles of reality, he chose to enter the church and pursue his ambitions by clinging to wealthy women, which he once despised. He worked hard, will the outcome be what he wants? The confrontation between red ideals and black reality, extreme inferiority and self-esteem, integrity and hypocrisy, how to choose, how to persist, torture every "Julian" in the world.

Pushkin, the world-renowned great Russian poet, was born in a noble family and was well-read since he was a child. At that time, the autocratic rule of the Russian Tsar made the country backward and the people were in dire straits. Years of war and chaos made things worse. Pushkin used his pen as a weapon to write many satirical poems criticizing the Tsar and his minions. He inspired people to fight against this unreasonable system. He also wrote many heart-touching and beautiful lyric poems describing Russian people's feelings and his own emotions. This book is a selection of Pushkin's poems. Nearly 200 classic poems are selected that are most loved and praised by future generations, including personal emotions and social life, love and friendship, city and countryside, literature and politics, the history of the motherland and the customs of foreign lands, folklore and natural scenery, etc. Although these poems were written in the early 19th century, they still have high reading value and aesthetic significance today. The deep feelings contained in the poems are conveyed to the readers' hearts through flowing language. The poems are like music, but higher than music.

Margaret, a courtesan in Paris, is a very beautiful country girl who is conquered by the sincere love of Armand, who is not rich, and falls in love. Just when the lovers in love were looking forward to a better life in the future, Armand's father secretly forced Margaret to leave Armand. Armand does not know the truth and thinks that Margaret intends to abandon him. Margaret endured the humiliation and died of hatred due to the double torment of illness and grief. This innocent love ended in tragedy. Published in 1847, this book pioneered the "Lady in Distress" series in French literature and had a profound influence on European realist issue novels in the second half of the 19th century.

"Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation" and is Hardy's representative work. Story: The heroine Tess was born into a poor peddler's family. Her father, John Derby, accidentally heard that his family was the descendant of the ancient nobleman Deb, and he became so proud that he decided to let his daughter go to a rich old woman's house to seek relatives in order to get financial help. After Tess went there, she was seduced by the old woman's son, Alley, and she left after becoming pregnant. The child died after birth. A few years later, while working on a dairy farm, Tess met Angel Clare, the pastor's son, and the two fell in love and got engaged. Tess wanted to tell him several times that she had been raped by Alec. A few days before her wedding, she wrote a long letter telling Claire about the past. She stuffed the letter under the door into Clay's room but stuffed it under the carpet, so Claire didn't see it. Claire only learned about Tess's experience on their wedding night, and he failed to forgive her. The two separated, Clay went to Brazil to develop his career, and Tess was still working on some farms to make ends meet. But fate allowed her to meet again, Alec Deb, who had already put on the black robe of a priest. For the sake of her mother and younger siblings, Tess was forced to live with Alec. Soon, Claire returned from Brazil, found her wife and expressed regret for her past ruthlessness. Tess believed that it was Alec d'Urberville who made her lose Claire for the second time and ruined her happiness. She killed Alec. After five happy, content days with Claire, Tess is arrested and hanged.

"War and Peace" is a novel written by Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and his representative work. It was written between 1863 and 1869. The work centers on the Patriotic War of 1812 and reflects major historical events from 1805 to 1820. Taking the experiences of the four nobles Balkans, Bezukhov, Rostov and Kuragin as the main line, it connects many events and characters in the alternate description of war and peace. The author cross-describes two lives and two clues of "war" and "peace" to form a magnificent encyclopedia-style epic. The basic theme of "War and Peace" is to affirm the just resistance of the Russian people in this war and to praise the patriotic enthusiasm and heroism of the Russian people in the war. But the keynote of the work is religious benevolence and humanitarianism. The writer opposed the war and gave deep sympathy to the suffering of all parties in the war.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a novel written by the British female novelist Jane Austen. This work describes the love and marriage of middle-class men and women. It uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content of sentimental novels and artificial writing methods that were popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and world conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

"The Outsider" uses an objective record-type "zero style" to describe the protagonist Meursault's various absurd plots and experiences from attending his mother's funeral to accidentally becoming a murderer, and then to being sentenced to death. Meursault seems to be indifferent to everything, existing rationally and irrationally indifferently, maintaining an excessive honesty and unvarnished and flattering frankness. Even if this kind of catering is to avoid unnecessary trouble, or even to obtain favorable conditions related to life and death, he categorically refuses to regard false scams as the eternal hope. He fully acknowledges the limitations of life and lives a sober, unflinching life based only on honesty and courage. Living in truth to preserve the dignity of life, this "outsider" style that is incompatible with society eventually led to his death, or in other words, made him freely move towards his own destiny. Meursault's experience promotes the absurdity and meaninglessness of life, and also shows the free and passionate spirit of resistance. "The Outsider" is one of Camus' famous and representative novels. It can be called one of the famous novels with epoch-making significance in the entire Western literary world in the 20th century. "The Outsider" has thus become the most classic character image and keyword in Western literature and philosophy.

"The Complete Essays of Bacon" is a collection of essays created by the British philosopher and writer Francis Bacon. It contains some short essays of an argumentative nature, covering politics, economics, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education, ethics and other aspects. It contains the essence of Bacon's thoughts. It is Bacon's representative work in literature and the pioneer of British essay literature. It has been translated into and published in many languages. This book is translated by Li Jiazhen.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a long historical novel written by the British writer Charles Dickens and set against the background of the French Revolution. It was first published in 1859. The story connects the two big cities of Paris and London, and revolves around Dr. Manette's family and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The novel describes how the nobles corrupted and harmed the people. The people's deep hatred for the nobles accumulated in their hearts, which led to the inevitable French Revolution. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

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The drama "Blood Wedding" is based on a real event that happened in Nijar (Almeria) in 1928: On the morning of the wedding, a young woman and her cousin, her lover, ran away. Not long after, the injured bride was found next to the body of her lover, who had been killed by the groom's brother. The double stimulus of an honor case washed with blood - like many dramas of the golden century, the dry and harsh environment of eastern Andalusia is purified and brought into play in the play. Two peasant families prepare for the wedding of their children: the groom's mother has a deep hatred for the Felix family because they murdered her husband and one of her sons. The bride's father wanted to connect the two families' lands together. On the day of the wedding, the bride's former lover, Leonardo Felix, came. Although he is married, he still loves her. As for the bride, she doesn't love her fiancé, but thinks she will forget Leonardo after marriage. In the middle of the wedding, they elope on horseback. The mother and groom chased after them until they caught up with them in a wooded area. The groom and Leonardo fight to death. "Blood Wedding" is a drama that reflects a secular scene, mainly showing repressed and forbidden love. What the hero and heroine face is a closed and backward society, the feud between two families and the economic interests between the characters. However, their love broke through all restraints, betrayed the moral principles of society, and even violated their own reason. The famous literary critic Fernandez Almagro called "Blood Wedding" "the soul of the nation with a primitive flavor".

"The Plague" tells the story of a small city in North Africa called Oran. The plague suddenly struck, claiming hundreds of lives, and changed the entire city's administrative management, social order, and moral conscience. A large number of people, represented by the protagonist Dr. Rieux, fought hard in the face of the plague, showing the true brave man still resisted in the midst of absurdity, and the liberal humanitarian spirit of insisting on truth and justice in despair. When the city's residents shifted from initial indifference to self-preservation to a unified fight against the plague, the plague suddenly disappeared. In this novel, the plague that suddenly rages and disappears is a specific disaster and an absurd symbol with multiple interpretation spaces. "The Plague" aims to restore the original face of truth in the absurd real world, return heroism to its due secondary status, reveal the theme of resistance to absurdity, and is an important work that embodies Camus' absurd philosophy. "The Plague" won the French Criticism Prize in 1947 and has been a best-seller for many years.

"The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is one of the series of "Masterpieces of World Literature in Chinese Translation". It was first published in 1749 and is the most representative work of Henry Fielding. This book is both a coming-of-age novel and a picaresque novel, describing the story of the abandoned baby Tom Jones who grows up after being adopted by Mr. Ovetz. Tom Jones's life is full of ups and downs, encounters of all kinds, and love is hard-won. This book is written from the countryside to the city, and the characters and classes are all-encompassing. It is a comprehensive picture of British society in the eighteenth century. The central plot of the story is to describe the life experience of the abandoned child Tom Jones. Tom Jones was an illegitimate child who was abandoned soon after he was born. Later, he was adopted by the gentleman Zhen Kejing. Zhen Kejing made Tom Jones fall in love with the manor owner's daughter Sophia. Buli Fei was very jealous of this and tried his best to slander Tom Jones in front of his uncle Zhen Kejing. So Tom Jones was expelled and wandered around. In London, he was imprisoned for wounding a gangster. Sophia's father forced Sophia to marry Blife. Sophia disobeyed her father's orders and fled to London to find Tom Jones. Finally, the identity of Tom Jones was revealed, and he turned out to be the illegitimate son of Zhen Kejing's biological sister, and the half-brother of Bu Lifei. The book ends with Blifei's conspiracy to persecute Tom Jones exposed, and Tom Jones marries Sophia.

"Earnestness Is Most Important" (1895) is one of Wilde's dramatic works in the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong". The plot tells the story of the male protagonist Jacques Worthing (JackWorthing), whose pseudonym is "ErnestWorthing" (ErnestWorthing). Ernest is a homophone for "earnest" (serious). He falls in love with Guando, the cousin of his good friend Yagelon. His ability to love him has a lot to do with his name being Ernest; and Agelon fell in love with Jacques's ward, Cecile, and came to see Cecile as Jacques's cousin. Cecile thought that Agelon was called Ernest - because Jacques once told her that he had a cousin named Ernest. As a result, both girls fell in love with the fictitious Mr. Ernest at the same time, and they became love rivals due to misunderstanding. This shows how important the "seriousness" represented by Ernest is to girls! At the end of the story, the mystery of Jacques' life experience is finally revealed, and the two couples get married.

"Salome: Lady Vendéme's Fan" is one of Oscar Wilde's dramatic works in the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong". The book includes two plays. The story frame of Oscar Wilde's "Salome" (1891) comes from the Bible, but the plot is different: the young and beautiful Salome is the daughter of Herodia, the second wife of King Hero, the ruler of Galilee in Palestine. King Hero can't control his obsession with his stepdaughter Salome and wants Salome to dance for him; but Salome is obsessed with the imprisoned prophet Jocanan and falls madly in love with him, but is rejected. In order to kiss Jokanan, Salome agreed to dance for King Hero on the condition that King Hero agreed to a request she made - no matter what the request was. After the dance, Salome offered to ask for Kannan's head. King Hero could not break his promise and had to satisfy Salome's bloodthirsty demands. Salome finally kissed Jocanan's head, but was eventually executed by King Hero. The plot of "Lady Bonaventure's Fan" (1892) tells the story of Lady Bonaventure, who did not know that Lady Irene, whom her husband was secretly supporting and insisting on inviting to her birthday party, was her mother who had eloped. She suspected that her husband had an affair with Lady Irene, and angrily came to the home of Lord Darlington, who was pursuing her. Lady Irene came to persuade her to go home. Just as Lord Darlington and several guests returned, the two ladies hid, but Lady Vendéme's forgotten fan was discovered. In order to prevent her daughter from making a fool of herself, Mrs. Irene came out and admitted that the fan was hers, allowing her daughter to leave secretly, preserving her daughter's reputation and marriage.

"The Duchess of Badua" (1893) is one of the "Complete Classics Translated into Chinese by Xu Yuanchong". The plot tells the story of a young man, Guido Fernanti, who was told that his father was betrayed and killed. The person who betrayed his father was the current Duke. In order to avenge his father, he was recommended by others and became a close confidant of the Duke, and gained the Duke's trust. At the same time, Guido and the Duchess fell in love. The constant conflict between the passion of love and the rationality of revenge caused his love with the Duchess to be hot and cold, and to leave suddenly. The Duchess did not know that Guido was on a mission of revenge. In order to win Guido's love, she killed the duke. Although she unintentionally avenged Guido's father, she lost Guido's love. The desperate duchess, turned from love to hatred, framed Guido for killing the duke. Facing the legal trial, Guido admitted that he had killed the duke. Before execution, the Duchess disguised herself and entered the cell, hoping to rescue Quito and die in his place. However, Quito did not choose to escape, and the two died in prison.

"The Tragedy of Florence - Vina" is one of Oscar Wilde's dramatic works in the "Complete Collection of Classic Chinese Translations by Xu Yuanchong". The book includes two scripts: "The Tragedy of Florence" has only one scene, and the plot takes place in Florence, Italy in the early 16th century. Bianca, the wife of the businessman Simon, was loved and pursued by Guido Bardi, the son of the Grand Duke of Florence, and the two had an affair. After Simon found out when he returned home, he had a drinking contest with Kido, defeated him and killed him. "Vina" is a tragedy in four acts. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century. Anarchists with Veina as the center gathered in secret to resist and overthrow the brutal rule of the Tsar. They vowed never to love or be loved by others, and to abandon ordinary human emotions. The son of the old tsar, Alesh, had ideas of innovation and love for the people. He disguised himself as a medical student to participate in a secret gathering of anarchists, and fell in love with Vina involuntarily and silently. After the old tsar was assassinated, Alesh inherited the throne of the tsar. This was considered a betrayal by the anarchists, so they sent Vina to assassinate Alesh in the palace. At the last moment, Wei Na chose to kill herself to protect Alessi.

"A Summer Night's Dream" (also translated as "A Midsummer Night's Dream") is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics of Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's famous comedies. The plot tells the story of several lovers who finally get married. The story takes place in Athens, ancient Greece. The love between Hemeiya and Lishande, Helena's love for Demetrius, the story of the Fairy Queen and the Fairy King, forest elves and love potions are added to make this comedy full of romance and fairy tale color. Although the story is full of suspense and misunderstandings, the final ending is that the lovers finally get married.

"The Merchant of Venice" is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics by Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's famous comedies. The plot tells the story of the Venetian businessman Antonio, who borrows a usury loan from the Jewish businessman Shylock in order to help his friend Bassao propose to the beautiful girl Portia, and signs a contract: If Antonio cannot repay the loan when it expires, Shylock has the right to cut off a pound of flesh from Antonio. The weather was not good and Antonio's merchant ship disappeared at sea, so he had no choice but to fulfill the contract. At this critical moment, the smart and beautiful Pocia disguised herself as a man and staged a wise play, successfully saving Antonio and punishing Shylock. At the same time, several new couples also became lovers.

"Make Fake True" (also translated as "Much Ado About Nothing") is one of the "Complete Chinese Translation Classics of Xu Yuanchong" and one of Shakespeare's masterpieces. The plot tells two types of love stories of that era: one is Ciro and Croud, who follow social norms and family status concepts and represent a traditional union; the other is Benleti and Bellis, who mock each other and refuse to give in at first, but finally fall in love with each other and achieve a perfect union. In this comedy, Shakespeare explores issues such as self-awareness, sincerity and mutual respect between men and women, and social order.