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A rather unique collection of essays by E. B. White, the author of "Charlotte's Web" and the master of American essays. "The Second Tree Counting from the Street Corner" is a unique collection of essays by the American essayist E. B. White. It not only selects White's most representative essays, but also includes his early poems, short stories and journal notes. The content includes politics, culture, urban life style, environmental protection, etc. The writing style is humorous, vivid, full of interest, and multi-faceted, reflecting the writing style of this stylistic master. It is a rare must-have book for readers who cherish White's works.

British banker, liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath Sir Lubbock said: "The primary goal of life should be to make full use of your life" and asked: "How can we make full use of the wealth of life? This book is Lubbock's answer to "how to use life", starting from "On Wit", "On Money", "On Leisure and Nourishment", "On Health" "On National Education" and "On Self-Education" answer the important question of the purpose of life. It is very similar to "Collection of Bacon's Essays". It is a collection of essays full of wisdom, but the language is more concise and the content is closer to modern life. The English version of this book was very popular as soon as it was published. It has been translated into many languages, and its chapters have been included in English textbooks. It is a life guide suitable for young people to read.

"Walden" is a famous collection of essays written by American writer Henry David Thoreau. In the book, Thoreau describes in detail the life he spent for more than two years in a regenerated forest on the shores of Walden Pond and many of his thoughts during that period. Everything from the scenery changes caused by the alternation of the four seasons to the fight between two ants are vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen.

A funeral is a heavy, difficult, solemn moment. Funeral directors are a low-key and unassuming profession. But sometimes, the final farewell to a loved one can be dramatic. Various funny and bizarre scenes were staged from time to time around the memorial ceremony. Holding back laughter and tears, Guillaume Bailly takes us into the daily work of a mortician. And you, the reader, please be prepared to cry, laugh, and cry again. A best-selling book that was reprinted four times in five weeks after being released in France! The gold medal mortician humorously records twenty years of strange experiences, laughing while crying, and crying while laughing. Entering the "grave" for three minutes, it describes the various aspects of life before and after the funeral, and writes about the worries and joys of special industries. Guillaume Bailly is the French's favorite undertaker. He used hundreds of warm and humorous true records to depict the human heart, family affection, and the world during the funeral, and told the depression and joy of the practitioners. Personal experience, extraordinary life told by ordinary people.

The first collection of non-fiction works by Neil Gaiman, the master of contemporary fantasy literature, is an appreciation of fantasy art, an analysis of creative ideas, and a book covering opinions, passions and hopes. In this masterpiece, which is a selection of more than eighty speeches and articles, as well as forewords and essays, Neil Gaiman sincerely explores his many views on science fiction, music, comics, and movies, revealing his understanding of fantasy writing. He invites readers into his real world, sharing his experiences and lessons in multiple creative fields, his exploration of genre literature, his contacts and friendships with masters such as Stephen King, Diana Wynn Jones, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Harlan Ellison, etc., And the stories behind the creation of best-selling books such as "American Gods", "The Sandman", "Stardust", "Ghost Mom" ​​and "The Graveyard Book". He talks about the passion for writing that ignited in his youth, a passion that still burns in him today; about the lives of writers he respects and loves, literary genres and personalities, libraries and bookstores; about how and why authors write, how and why readers read, and why all of these things matter. This is not only a funny and humble reader's in-depth appreciation of fantasy art, but also the spiritual confession of one of the great thinkers, wordsmiths, and daydreamers of this era.

"Easily Forgotten Name" is the first collection of essays by Kim Ae-ran, a powerful female writer in the contemporary Korean literary world. It presents the author's seventeen-year literary career since she entered the literary world! The writer uses his unique delicate and warm writing style to describe the stories of the people around him, the stories of himself and his loved ones, as well as the stories of forgotten people. The first part is "Call My Name", which includes 16 articles, and contains the author's growth and family stories; the second part is "The Name Called with You", which includes 8 articles, recording the surrounding literary friends and the author's in-depth observation of the surrounding society; the third part is "Calling Our Names", which contains 8 articles, and is Kim Ae-ran's experience talk about creation and literature. Preface by translator Xue Zhou.

The precipitous and desolate wilderness, the elegant gardens with a southern style, the simple and generous Spanish people, the unique and romantic customs, the myths and legends about the Moors... "The Alhambra" is an essay with both literary value, historical value and collection value. Owen lived here for three months and had in-depth contact with the local residents before writing this masterpiece. This is also the only remaining work on the history and legends of the Moors, and is known as the Spanish version of "The Arabian Nights." If you can only see one attraction in Spain, make it the Alhambra; if you can only bring one book, bring "The Alhambra".

David Starr Jordan, the founding president of Stanford University, was a taxonomist and a man obsessed with bringing order to the natural world-he discovered nearly one-fifth of the fish known to man at the time. But the more hidden blueprints for life he uncovers, the more the universe seems intent on stopping him. His collection was destroyed by lightning, fire, and finally the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which sent nearly a thousand fragile glass jars containing fish specimens to the ground. In an instant, his lifelong collection was destroyed. Others may have given up and succumbed to despair. But Jordan examined the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish he identified, and began confidently rebuilding his collection-using a sewing needle to sew the tags onto the fish. When the world fell into chaos, he used a needle to restore order. When journalist Lulu Miller first heard the anecdote, she took it as a cautionary tale about arrogance or a refusal to accept reality. But as her own life slowly unravels, she begins to wonder about David. What she uncovers about his life will change her understanding of history, morality, and the world beneath her feet. A fascinating blend of biography, memoir, and scientific adventure, Fish Don't Exist is a heartwarming parable about persevering in a world where chaos always reigns.

The essence of literary essays on the life of Richard Ellman, winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Biography. The collection of essays edited and selected by Ellman himself during his lifetime includes his most representative literary reviews and essays over the years, discussing the literary giants of the 20th century such as Pound, Eliot, Yeats, and Joyce. Book reviewer Chen Yikan's translation is very skillful and well conveyed. Richard Ellman is a famous American scholar and literary critic. With his three blockbuster biographies, "Yeats: Real Man and Mask", "Joyce" (National Book Award) and "Wilde" (Pulitzer Prize for Biography), he ranks among the giants in the study of modernist literature in the twentieth century. Through this book, we see that Ellman is not only good at large-scale works, but also a master of feature articles. In this book, Ellman uses his extensive knowledge, unrestrained talent and broad vision to review Pound's role in the birth of Eliot's "The Waste Land", examines Freud's indefinable influence on modern literature, recalls his interactions with Yeats's widow in his youth, and, of course, his favorite, Joyce - the title of the book "a long the riverrun" comes from the phrase connecting the beginning and end of "Finnegans Wake".

"The greatest American essayist of the 20th century", the writer who single-handedly established the far-reaching "New Yorker style" and the author of "Charlotte's Web", E. B. White has newly compiled a collection of poems and essays, edited by the author's granddaughter Martha White, with an introduction and recommendation by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham. The included works cover essays, poetry, letters and other genres. Xiao Yizhi, a foreign literature researcher and translator, and the resident anchor of the "Island Hopping" podcast. White is full of care for everything in this world, and his morals are as high as his articles. In addition to his lifelong love of essays, he also wrote three books for children, "Charlotte's Web," "The Little Elf" and "The Trumpeting Swan," which have become literary classics loved by children and adults alike. These works were created over a wide period of time, but they reflect White's consistent attitude towards life: "Facing complexity, remain joyful."

In Taking Off at Dusk, Helen Macdonald brings together her most popular essays, as well as new ones, on topics such as nostalgia for a lost countryside, the ordeal of raising ostriches, and her own private evening prayers as she tried to fall asleep. Meditating on concepts of captivity and freedom, migration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds migrating through Tribute of Light from the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, searching for the last orioles in Suffolk's aspen groves. She writes with clarity about wild boars, swifts, mushroom foraging, migraines, the oddities of bird's nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find in observing wildlife. One of the century's most important and insightful nature writers, this is a fascinating and important book about observation, obsession, time, memory, love and loss, and how we make sense of the world around us.

A small literary book by a great thinker, the business hours of Benjamin, the pioneer of podcasting. From witch trials to legendary thieves in German history, from the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy buried in volcanic ash to the fire in a theater in Guangzhou, China, from how workers get promotions and raises to the reading orientation of Germans, what will Benjamin say when he picks up the microphone? Wandering between history and reality, weaving daily life and urban weird stories, how does a talented thinker create his own "kingdom of sound"? Ten children's radio stories, a children's radio drama, and the exploration of various radio talks open up the strange world of radio that has been dusty for nearly a hundred years, and appreciate the most fascinating corner of the maze of Benjamin's thoughts. This book was compiled and translated by Wang Fanke, associate professor of Xiamen University, from the radio works in "The Complete Works of Benjamin", and Wang Pu, translator of "The Biography of Benjamin" and associate professor of Brandeis University in the United States, was invited to write the introduction.

"A Moon in Chang'an from Ancient Times" selects the reminiscence essays about his hometown Tokyo and his "second hometown" Beijing from "The Complete Works of Shintaro Okuno" to tell Mr. Okuno's nostalgia for the two places. When he wrote about Tokyo, he mainly described his childhood family life, his ignorance in adolescence, and his study experience in his youth. The memories about his wife, parents, grandmother, and grandfather expressed his deep affection for his family. He writes about China with a look of exploration, appreciation and longing. He walked through the grassy alleys of the ancient capital of Beijing, missing the fragrance of jasmine in Sioux City, and lamenting the glory and death of women such as Yang Yuhuan and Yu Xuanji in the glory of the Tang Dynasty. Tokyo and Beijing, ancient people and modern people, share the same moonlight. The author recalls the past, expresses himself, and feels the joys and sorrows of the world.

"If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is a masterpiece of autobiographical prose by the well-known American writer Helen Keller. It consists of two parts: "My Life" mainly writes about the author's life from childhood to college. It was written while she was studying at Radcliffe College and published in 1903; "If You Give Me Three Days of Light" is one of her most well-known essays and was published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in February 1933. From the perspective of a weak woman with a disability but a strong will, she warned healthy people to cherish life and everything given by the Creator. As a blind and deaf person, Helen Keller's story inspired countless people, and she was also hailed as "the great icon of human willpower."

"The Golden Rose" is a collection of essays written by Konstantin Paustovsky, a famous prose writer in the former Soviet Union. It consists of 18 articles of varying lengths. The work explores many topics related to literary creation, such as the generation of ideas, the selection of materials, the cultivation of imagination, and the creation of characters. The delicate landscape description is intertwined with the perception and contemplation of life, and the philosophy is expressed in poetic language. The writing style is clear and delicate, the emotions are rich and sincere, and the attachment to nature and folk traditions flows everywhere. Since it was translated and introduced to China in 1956, it has become a creative guide for generations of writers. The highlight of the book is the first chapter, "Precious Dust," which tells the story of a poor Parisian cleaner who panned for gold in the sand and eventually used the accumulated gold powder to cast a golden rose. "Golden rose" is the image that governs the whole book. It is a metaphor for those literary classics that are accumulated and polished bit by bit. It also symbolizes the poetry captured by ordinary people in their trivial lives.

I can't control myself from ordering fried chicken in the middle of the night, but I can insist on getting up at five o'clock in the morning every day to write - this is a collection of essays by Park Sang-young, a writer who wants to overeat when he encounters pressure, describing the joys and sorrows of work and life. The author candidly, sincerely and wittyly tells his real life story of repeatedly losing weight and giving up, and spending countless nights blaming himself while overeating. He was hurt by his family of origin, college entrance exams, and interpersonal relationships. He hated going to work but needed to make money. He wanted to pursue his dream of writing, wanted to escape far away, wanted to have love but was afraid of disappointment. The happiness of the senses was always short-lived and illusory. "Appearance supremacy" became more and more popular... Using "late night gluttony" as the pretext, this book records a contemporary young man's keen observation of society and life, ruthless complaints and bitter satire, as well as the flickering hope and warmth.

Edited by Fitzgerald's biographer and life friend, Andrew Turnbull, this book collects letters written by Fitzgerald to his only daughter, Scottie (1921-1986), from 1933 to his death in 1940, spanning his daughter's adolescence from the ages of 12 to 19.

"The Path to Darkness" collects eighteen short works published by Uchida Momokashi from 1917 to 1921. The author inherited and developed the creative style of his teacher Natsume Soseki's "Dream Ten Nights" and "Eternal Day Sketch", and added local customs and German romantic literary elements to make his works full of dreamy colors. After these essays were published, they were highly praised by contemporaries such as Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Morita Sohei, and Sato Haruo.

"A Room of One's Own" is a masterpiece of essays by British writer Virginia Woolf. From the perspective of inequality between men and women in real society, she reveals the difficulty of human beings moving towards modern civilization. She hoped that the progress and improvement of society and the progress and improvement of mankind would be the direction for both men and women to work together. Women are destined to play an important role in modern society with the rapid development of science and technology. This essay has eternal value.

Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. In 1895, Wilde was taken to court by the father of his homosexual lover Percy, and was sentenced to prison and ruined. Distraught, he wrote a long letter in prison and entrusted his former lover Rose to deliver it to Percy. This letter is the secret emotion and deep reflection deep in his heart when his destiny was at a low point. In 1905, five years after Wilde's death, Ross published this letter with the title "De Profundis", taken from Psalm 130: "O Lord, from the depths of my heart I pray to you! Lord, please hear my voice!"

This book is the third collection of essays by award-winning American female writer Jenny Rosen. It contains a total of 35 essays - 13 records about psychotherapy, 6 about trivial matters in family life, and 16 embarrassing stories about social death. Jenny wants to simplify life in a very literal way, to face the dilemmas that everyone can go through, and then make sure that you are not alone and laugh the next time you are stupid. Her articles are light-hearted and humorous, with jumping thoughts and wide-ranging ideas. The preface and follow-up are often inconsistent, but readers will always discover the truth behind each story at the end. In this book, there is no flattery to win social recognition, and I don't care about any comments about myself. I just want to express and record my life candidly and purely.

If girls want to be independent, they need financial support and a room of their own. Life, for these men and women-I watched them jostling shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk-was equally hard, equally difficult, a never-ending struggle. Hate men? There's no need because they can't hurt me anymore. To please a man? It's not necessary either because I don't need anything from them. There is no need to rush for success, no need to be sharp, no need to imitate others, just be yourself. Travel, have fun, think about the past or future of the world... The reason why I hope you make money and have a room of your own is that I hope you live in reality and live a wonderful life. It may not be easier for girls to rely on themselves, but they will definitely be freer!

"A cat is such a luxurious and rare animal. It can make your every day full of endless surprises. The feeling of petting this little beast is so wonderful, the fur under your palm is so soft and smooth, and it will warm your body when you wake up on a cold winter night. Even if it is a local cat that can be seen everywhere, it still exudes a noble and charming temperament. From his independent gait, you even You can get a glimpse of the jaguar... "When you sit next to a cat you have known for many years, put your hands on him, and try to adapt to his pulse of life that is very different from yours. From time to time, he will raise his head and greet you with a particularly gentle tone, telling you that he knows you want to enter his world..." No matter who you are, you will always meet that cat that belongs to you.

"Eight Square Meters in Tokyo" is a new collection of essays by Japanese-Chinese writer Shinobu Yoshii. It is his personal record of establishing an alternative daily life in Tokyo. Eight square meters is called "four and a half tatami" in Japan, which is a room with only four and a half tatami mats, and the rent is cheap. Because the eight-square-meter room did not have a kitchen, a refrigerator, a bathroom, or a washing machine, she enthusiastically wrote about how to eat and live, as well as the daily life of Japanese common people she had personally experienced. Living in a cramped living space, she extended her life to the streets and public spaces of the city, writing about laundries, sento, cafes, 24-hour comic shops, independent cinemas, small restaurants, etc. In Tokyo. She also wrote stories about the common people she met in Tokyo. These characters are "invisible, real Tokyoites". Their stories illustrate the world of Japan for us, and also reveal themselves.

Just after experiencing the ecstasy of love, her father suddenly passed away due to illness. The author Schulz felt disoriented and anxious. She avoided work, books, time, happiness, and reality. Like most people, she was obsessed with sadness and could not extricate herself, so she began to seek solace in poetry, which then extended to the exploration of gains and losses in life. In the end, she calmly accepted the reality: life is always counterproductive - sometimes you collapse, sometimes you recover; sometimes you are busy, sometimes boring; sometimes scary, sometimes absurd; sometimes funny, sometimes uplifting. It is impossible to escape this feeling of constant fusion. Schulz is known in the industry as "one of the greatest writers of our time." She once published an article in The New Yorker about an imminent major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, for which she won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, marking the first time that the Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to magazine media. In this book, Schulz uses her extensive knowledge and curiosity to wander between philosophy and intimacy, transforming a story about love and death into an exploration of chance and fate, sadness and happiness. Her elegant writing touches the most subtle truth deep in the human heart, which makes people suddenly enlightened after reading it. This is a warm, healing and rational philosophy of life. It is not a simple emotional catharsis, but a rational approach to the gains and losses of life with curiosity and insight from the perspective of different disciplines such as history, poetry, literature, psychology, etc. This is the best gift for people who are sad and worried.

"Facing Complexity, Remaining Joyful" is the greatest American essayist of the 20th century, who single-handedly established "The New Yorker's style of writing" and is a self-selected collection of classic essays by White, the author of "Charlotte's Web". E. B. White (1899-1985), "the greatest American essayist of the twentieth century." As the main writer of The New Yorker, White single-handedly established the far-reaching "New Yorker style of writing". White is full of care for everything in this world, and his morals are as high as his articles. In addition to his lifelong love of essays, he also wrote three books for children, "The Elf," "Charlotte's Web" and "The Trumpeting Swan," which have become literary classics loved by children and adults alike. "The Essays of E. B. White" was selected by the author himself and includes the most important essays of this greatest essayist.

Simplicity and joy in a complex world, peace and clarity in a feather. The most famous collection of essays by E. B. White, the greatest American essayist of the 20th century, returns to nature and sees sincerity in the trivial, which is the farm life essay that hatched "Charlotte's Web". E. B. White's "People Are Different" is a summary of what he saw, heard, thought, and did during five years on his farm in Maine. In the winter of 1938, just as his career at The New Yorker was going smoothly, White suddenly turned around and ran to Maine to work as a farmer. From spring to summer, and from autumn to winter, he personally managed a farm. The reason here may have a lot to do with Thoreau. From White's writings, we can always see the connection between the two. However, the more important point is that White, like Thoreau, is always wary of the deprivation and infringement of personal freedom in the name of the country, government, collective, etc. Even The New Yorker's requirement that editors always speak as "we" made him uncomfortable. It was in the countryside of Maine that "he found his subject (himself) and a gentle but sincere tone." He replaced "we" with "I" and achieved the independent existence of intellectuals as individuals. From this we can see that this book is a slow book, so we might as well read it slowly. There is no subtle statement in the book, but when it comes to society, it is still common sense. What he wrote is an attitude and a state of mind. What he wants to build is a simple, aesthetic life, although this simple life sometimes requires miserable management and a lot of work.

In 1929, Robert Graves went to settle abroad, "deciding never to consider Britain my homeland again." "Farewell to Everything" starts from his childhood and school life, focusing on his experience in the First World War: from the life in the trenches, the death of close friends and even being seriously injured and mistakenly regarded as a "killed man", to the negligence of British government departments and the absurdity of the British hierarchy during the war. He used a relatively brisk, restrained, and slightly ironic writing style to highlight the disorder and disillusionment caused by the war. The book also records his unforgettable interactions with other writers and poets such as Hardy and Sassoon. The two chapters on "Lawrence of Arabia" are impressive and depict the daily life of Lawrence as Graves' loyal friend. This is a classic war memoir, its description of the war on the Western Front is vivid and harrowing; it is also one of the most candid self-portraits of a poet ever. As the Observer commented: "When it first appeared, this book was already recognized as a classic."

When there is nothing to lose, everything is gained. A collection of true stories from Israel that touched the world. Find beautiful meaning at the bottom of life. His writing heals the soul and his stories make the world a better place.

What would happen if the greatest writers of all time had to deal with today's publishing industry, its demands, marketing, and self-censorship? If this were true, the masterpieces of many writers might not have been born, including Shakespeare, Melville, Steinbeck, Dante and other great writers in history. For this reason, the author made assumptions - if these great writers were still alive, what kind of rejection letters would the publisher's editors write to them, or what seemingly reasonable revision opinions they would have. The author puts ancient literary giants and classic masterpieces into today's publishing and reading context for comparison and reflection, resulting in interesting chemical reactions. The articles are short in length, and each article is accompanied by a portrait illustration of the author, which is very personal.

In 1989, 35-year-old Mr. Larry began his plan to travel by train in mainland China. Since then, until 1993, the author has traveled deeply into the mainland of China alone nine times, reaching all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities except the three northeastern provinces, Tibet and Hainan. The total journey has been 49,000 kilometers, including "five cities", "entering Jianmen", and visiting western Hunan... He has visited Xi'an, He traveled from prosperous cities such as Beijing to deserted small towns such as Golmud in Qinghai and Sancha in Shanxi; he visited famous attractions such as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Yungang Grottoes, and also visited many unknown attractions such as the Wuliang Temple in Jiaxiang, Shandong, and the "Nanzhao Dehua Monument" in Dali, Yunnan. The author meets all kinds of people, including the happy-go-lucky old worker in Shahe Town, the female conductor who earns the fare difference with peace of mind, Professor Zhu who has been studying the Wuliang Temple for 30 years, the old woman who sleeps under the hard seat of the train... The author uses the stories of overseas Chinese and Tang history scholars. His vision, calm writing style, concise language, and rich old photos record the mountains, rivers, historical sites, and market customs in mainland China in the 1980s and 1990s, and present people's daily life and ideological changes during the great changes at the beginning of reform and opening up. Looking back at these intimate scenes can help us better understand history and the present.

"Write for a Hundred Years and Stop: Tornatore Conversations with Morricone" is not only a high-level cross-border dialogue between a director and a composer, but also a time-consuming and long-lasting spiritual dialogue between two business partners who have similar aesthetic pursuits in art and trust each other. These two leaders in the art world explored and discussed aspects such as soundtrack creation, film shooting and director collaboration, memories of their mentors, understanding and expression of artistic works, the process of art learning, childhood experience and family, self-analysis of personality and daily life. They showed us how each great work was born, the artistic life behind the work and the confusion and tests experienced by the master. In a career spanning more than 70 years, Morricone wrote scores for more than 500 films and television shows. Morricone is a diligent genius, but he has long lived with low self-esteem and contradiction: continue to score movies or return to his role as a pure music composer. Throughout his life, he boldly innovated, broke boundaries, used music to express human nature, and gave the film scoring industry unprecedented professional dignity. This lengthy interview sheds considerable light on the term "composer."

The "Trilogy of Beautiful Nature Essays" includes "Walden Pond", "A Summer Walk in the Mountains" and "A Chronicle of Sand County", which is recognized as a model of beautiful natural essays. "Walden" is a concentrated expression of the thoughts of "spiritual mentor" Thoreau, helping countless confused young people find a more ideal way of life; "Walking Through the Mountains in Summer" is called "a text that moved a country"; "Annals of Sand County" profoundly embodies Leopold's land ethics and still has high reference significance for today's ecological protection work.

As a travelogue, "On the Chinese Screen" records what Maugham saw, heard, thought and felt when he traveled to China around 1920, as well as the life scenes of some foreigners in China at that time. This book is accumulated from original writing materials. It is Maugham's fragmentary "sketches" of China in the 1920s. It presents China a hundred years ago in the eyes of the British writer, just like returning to the historical scene through a mirror. At the same time, the book includes precious photos taken by the American social economist and photographer Gamble when he lived in China. Combining pictures and texts, you can experience the Chinese customs in the eyes of foreigners a hundred years ago.

The romance, courage and compassion of Saint-Exupéry are all in this masterpiece that gave birth to "The Little Prince". Love flying as much as you love life, love life as much as you love flying. Look down at your homeland with the eyes of a pilot and fall in love with this lonely and wandering planet.

There are two dazzling female writers in the history of French literature in the seventeenth century, one is Madame Lafayette and the other is Madame de Sevigne. Her letters can be regarded as a model of French letter literature. Qian Zhongshu once praised Yang Xianyi's works. Most of the letters included in this book were written by Madame de Sevigne to her daughter. They are sincere and touching. Her maternal love is like a deep river flowing slowly over time, with never calm waves... In addition, these letters also reveal many anecdotes and secrets of the nobles in Louis XIV's court. The writing is playful and the quotations are erudite. They can pull you into the most luxurious and glorious era of France at once. The content involves politics, military, literature, economy and other fields. It can be called a French Ukiyoe.

This book is an essay on bird watching culture. The author describes the interaction between birds and humans in a literary style. He wrote about his natural insights into bird watching in Polish countryside and cities, his experience in rescuing stray birds during migration, and thinking about the plight of birds that are at a loss in the current rapidly changing environment. At the same time, the article is interspersed with a lot of interesting cultural knowledge, such as the metaphor of birds in Hitchcock's works, the "homage" to ornithologists in the James Bond series, the relationship between Polish painter Chemoski and birds, etc. It focuses more on the combination of the current status of bird protection and history and culture. The book won the 2017 Nike Award, Poland's most prestigious literary award, with many readers voting. Tokarczuk, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, also won this award.

The key to interpreting "Lolita" and the precious letters that reveal Nabokov's life story are published for the first time in China! How do literary masters and pungent critics go from being intimate to parting ways? In-depth communication with tacit understanding + collision of sparking ideas + outspoken and sharp comments + little-known anecdotes in the literary world! This book collects the correspondence between the novelist Nabokov and his close friend, the famous critic Edmund Wilson, from 1940 to 1971. It is an in-depth exchange between the two wise men with a tacit understanding. Sparkling collisions of ideas, outspoken and sharp comments, and little-known anecdotes from the literary world are all in it. As these candid letters will prove, the two men's final estrangement was preceded by a quarter of a century of personal and intellectual intimacy. The mutual stimulating and stimulating interactions between the two writers, as well as the continuous and vital exchange of views, are all importantly reflected in their respective biographies. UC Berkeley professor Simon Kalinsky has expanded and revised the previous version, tracing the complexities of the friendship between the two writers in greater detail.

A dialogue between two Nobel laureates, the first domestic translation of the letters between Hesse and Thomas Mann! Contains many precious historical pictures, with detailed editions annotated by experts. This book collects the correspondence between two German literary giants, Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse, between 1910 and 1955. Hesse and Thomas Mann had different origins, artistic tastes, and readerships, but their desire to pursue truth was exactly the same. Hesse began to pay attention to the creation of Thomas Mann very early, and the latter called Hesse "the closest person selected early among the writers of his generation." For Thomas Mann, literary creation was a way to realize his ambition to enter the world and establish his personal style; for Hesse, it was a way to repent and heal his soul. They exchange creative inspiration, share reading experiences and daily life through words and pictures. Before and after the two world wars, the two noble writers exchanged many letters with each other on the folly of war, the barbaric behavior of the Nazis, and the domestic and foreign literary scene during the war. They also worried about the future fate of Germany and Europe after the war. They lived in a terrible time, but they never gave in to despair. The two comforted and supported each other through letters, and defended each other when they were slandered by the outside world. This pair of equally matched, firm and independent partners fully and subtly express their differences in origin, temperament and life attitude, but also show the same artistic purpose. This makes their dialogue particularly attractive and provides readers with an extremely rich literary legacy from the perspective of culture and contemporary history.

This book is an epistolary travelogue by Mary Wollstonecraft. In the summer of 1795, in order to save the relationship with her lover Imlay, Voucher embarked on a business trip. She took her newborn daughter to Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and kept in correspondence with Imlay. In these 42 letters (including appendices), Waugh shows his rich feelings and independent views on Nordic culture, nature and customs.

The book includes Walter's "Daughter's Education", "True Stories" and the appendix "Last Words to Goddaughters". The author inherited and developed John Locke's basic educational philosophy. On the one hand, he criticized the long-standing shortcomings of female education at that time and firmly believed that education is the key to the full development of personal rationality. On the other hand, it also provided the emerging British middle class with a practical guide to educating daughters, which can still be used as a useful reference for parents. The book mainly focuses on moral, character, intellectual and etiquette education. It can be called an early version of the popular self-help guide manual, and its language draws on the nourishment of British literary tradition.

Living is strange and hard, right? In this world where showing vulnerability is considered a weakness, Park Jun recorded countless moments of vulnerability: he would run away when being coerced by complex interpersonal relationships, he would feel ashamed of his poverty and shortcomings, he would easily fall into the quagmire of regret and self-blame, and he would often be confused about "why I can't like myself." But he calmly accepts all his sensitivities and struggles, and uses the primitive intuition hidden in human nature to lead us to touch the difficult-to-face problems in life - wealth and poverty, joy and sorrow, life and death, and separation. They are no longer about regret and sadness mixed with blood and tears, but about gratitude, apology and love. This is a kind of fragility that makes life more complete, with the frankness and rawness of crying whenever you want. Even if crying can't change anything, crying together may make it less embarrassing and may become a little bit of strength for each other.

Selborne is a small village located 50 miles southwest of London, England, and is also the hometown of the author White. White loved nature and liked to observe biological dynamics. He often corresponded with two friends in London who were also engaged in natural history research and exchanged observations. "Selborne Natural History" was written on the basis of these letters. With a leisurely attitude and a rigorous scientific attitude, White described the natural scenery of the British countryside and observed and recorded the birds, animals and plants of Selborne. His simple and straightforward writing depicts Selborne like a picture scroll, and at the same time shows the British rural life in the 18th century, full of pastoral interest.

"Pillow" is the pioneer work of Japanese essay literature. There are 305 paragraphs in the book, which are divided into three categories: diary, diary, and random thoughts. The random list lists various things in life, involving geographical features, vegetation, flowers and birds, life interests, etc., Reflecting Seishonagon's aesthetic taste; the diary records Seishonagon's life in the palace, from which we can understand the living conditions and tastes of the royal family and nobles in Japan's Heian period; the random thoughts are random feelings in the face of nature and life, expressing a bright and free attitude towards life.

At midnight, Kitano Takeshi Radio broadcasts for a limited time. Welcome everyone to follow Takeshi Kitano into the rough, confusing and adult world full of beautiful bubbles. Here, we talk about thoughts and words and deeds, about gangsters, celebrities, prime ministers and ourselves, about ordinary greatness, about love and affair, about character and beauty. We also use indestructible logic, add one wonderful story that slaps modern people in the face one after another, and re-explore the ultimate pursuit of life! Regarding dreams, Takeshi Kitano said: The world always uses "dreams" to deceive young people. Regarding taste, Kitano Takeshi said: When poverty and vulgarity reach the extreme, taste will naturally improve. About work, Kitano Takeshi said: Don't engage in your favorite profession, first do the job that ranks second in your heart. Only when I am extremely obscene do I understand better what is a high-class way of survival. Please read this book, it is my Bible. -- Kitano Takeshi

At the peak of her career, Sarah experienced a high-risk pregnancy and gave birth to twins. What followed was not only the joy of motherhood, but also a series of diseases, such as Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis), celiac disease, cholestasis, postpartum depression, etc., Thus embarking on a ten-year long road to recovery. In a series of poignant musings, the author chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. It shows the conflict between different identities, and also explores the struggle of mismatch between body and inner body, the pain of postpartum depression, and the story of marriage, showing the tenacity and desire for a better life. Give people the courage and hope to persevere in adversity.

The travel notes of Victor Hugo, the author of "Notre Dame de Paris" and "Les Misérables", follow in Hugo's footsteps and travel across Europe to experience the real Europe from the perspective of a literary giant. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest writers in the history of world literature. He is also a talented painter. Perhaps it is because of his too bright light in the field of literature that he has obscured his painting talent. During his travels, he liked to record everything he saw and heard, and tell his friends and family. The gaps and back of the letter paper provided him with space for painting. Hugo's paintings are similar to Chinese ink paintings, focusing on interest and spiritual resemblance. "Hugo's Travels" contains the words of Hugo's travels to various parts of the European continent for decades, from which we can get a glimpse of the European style in the 19th century and Hugo's personal interests.

Tsugaru is Dazai Osamu's hometown, where he spent the first twenty years of his short life. It can be said that Tsugaru made Dazai Osamu what he is today; and when Dazai Osamu revisited his hometown, he also found the long-lost warmth. This book is not only an excellent work describing the customs and customs of Tsugaru, but also has extremely high literary value. Reading this book may allow us to gain unprecedented spiritual strength through Dazai Osamu's growth path.

"Turancao (Chinese-Japanese Illustrated Edition)" is one of the classic works of Japanese classical literature launched by Modern Publishing House and the Wind Translation Series. Yoshida Kaneyoshi's "Uranso" and Kiyoshi Shōnagon's "Pillow Soko" are collectively known as the "Double Wall of Japanese Essays". The first two, together with Kamo Nagaaki's "Hojo Chronicles", are known as the "Three Major Essays in Japan". "Turancao (Chinese-Japanese Illustrated Edition)" adopts the Karasuma version, which has the least errors and is the most widely circulated among more than a hundred versions, and is based on "The Complete Works of Japanese Classical Literature 27·Turancao" (Shogakukan, 1983); using the Chinese-Japanese comparative translation, it also The original work is a mixture of Han Chinese and Japanese characters, mainly kana; it contains nearly a hundred exquisite illustrations such as "Uranso Painting Notes" painted by Yoshiki Kei and "Illustrated Turanso" painted by Nishikawa Yunobu, which three-dimensionally presents the social scene of Japan at the end of the Kamakura period. "Furancao" was created in the late Kamakura period. The whole book consists of a prologue and 243 incoherent paragraphs of mixed feelings, comments, short stories with morals, records of people from all walks of life or research works of different lengths. The author Kaneyoshi Yoshida is a famous singer who is proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Lao-Zhuang studies. After becoming a monk, he created "Uran Grass" with exquisite writing style. He observes all things in the world, changes in the world, and changes in personnel with a clear and transparent heart. The lines are full of poetry, interest, and philosophy. "Furancao" is the origin of Japanese hermit literature. It represents the outstanding achievements of Japanese medieval prose creation. It occupies an important position in the history of Japanese literature and has a profound impact on later writers such as Shu Zuoren, Kawabata Yasunari, and Natsume Soseki. It has long been used as an introductory textbook for classical literature in Japan and is one of the most widely read literary works.