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"David Copperfield" is a semi-autobiographical novel by the British novelist Charles Dickens, who he called his "favorite child in his heart". The protagonist Copperfield is a posthumous son, and his stepfather abuses him and his mother. His mother died soon, leaving Copperfield an orphan. He found his aunt and started a new life under her guardianship. The world has changed, family and friendship are joyful, and turmoil and pain have tempered people. Copperfield became a successful writer and was happily married to his beloved. The book adopts a personal narrative technique and depicts a broad social picture through the unfortunate experience of an orphan. The work uses superb skills to create the images of typical characters from different classes, showing the author's generous and broad humanistic care.

Jean Valjean, the protagonist of "Les Misérables", is a hard labor prisoner serving a nineteen-year sentence. After he was released from prison, he was inspired by the bishop and determined to do good. He went away to a different place, changed his name to Madeleine, and after becoming a wealthy man, he extended his benevolence and was later appointed mayor. He helps the female worker Fantine and the orphan Cosette. Throughout his life, Jean Valjean struggled in suffering, but he had the sentiment of self-sacrifice for others. Hugo used the image of Jean Valjean to point out a way out for the predicament of human existence. The novel reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts and is full of Hugo's concern for the suffering and destiny of mankind and his unswerving belief in the future. It has a shocking artistic appeal.

Jean Valjean, the protagonist of "Les Misérables", is a hard labor prisoner serving a nineteen-year sentence. After he was released from prison, he was inspired by the bishop and determined to do good. He went away to a different place, changed his name to Madeleine, and after becoming a wealthy man, he extended his benevolence and was later appointed mayor. He helps the female worker Fantine and the orphan Cosette. Throughout his life, Jean Valjean struggled in suffering, but he had the sentiment of self-sacrifice for others. Hugo used the image of Jean Valjean to point out a way out for the predicament of human existence. The novel reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts and is full of Hugo's concern for the suffering and destiny of mankind and his unswerving belief in the future. It has a shocking artistic appeal.

This book is the culmination of detective novels by Conan Doyle, the "father of British detective novels", and is also a popular work in the world's literary world. It includes "The Hound of the Baskervilles," "Last Regards," "New Case Files" and "The Uncanny Valley." "The Sherlock Holmes" is one of the great and best-selling literary works in the world. It creates an image of Sherlock Holmes who is full of wisdom. The cases he faces are always full of doubts and confusing, but with logical reasoning, he is always able to clear away the fog, make the truth of the case clear, bring justice to the weak, and leave criminals with nowhere to hide. When the author tells the story, he cleverly creates suspense and his writing style is concise, making the story climax and fascinating to read. Based on the principle of selecting the best from the best, this book carefully selects Conan Doyle's well-known and most representative classic detective stories, such as "A Study in Scarlet", "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "The Uncanny Valley", "The Sign of the Four", "The Sussex Vampire", "The Case of the Crown Jewels", etc. These works demonstrate Holmes' rigorous reasoning genius and unparalleled investigative skills at different levels, and are immortal masterpieces in the history of detective mystery novels.

This book is the culmination of detective novels by Conan Doyle, the "father of British detective novels", and is also a popular work in the world's literary world. It includes "The Four Signs" and "A Study in Scarlet". "The Sign of Four" is the second full-length detective novel in the series. The work is based on the historical background of the Indian soldiers' rebellion, through people's desperate struggle for the King's Treasure Box, and the pursuit of pure love by Watson and Miss Morstan, who regard ill-gotten wealth as a barrier. "A Study in Scarlet" tells the story of two detectives who came to ask for help. A murder case occurred in a suburban villa. The victim fell in a pool of blood, but there were no wounds on his body. The word "Revenge" was left on the wall. To their surprise, there was a women's ring beside the deceased. Based on the information at the scene, Holmes deduced the general appearance of the murderer, and started with the women's ring to find the murderer. Another person was killed soon after, and the circumstances at the scene showed that the case was carefully designed by the murderer in order to enjoy the pleasure of revenge. With the help of the Bailey Street detective, the murderer Hope surfaced. The reason for all murders comes from one word: love. It turns out that Hope is from the western United States. Because his girlfriend was persecuted to death by the local Mormons, he went through all kinds of hardships and dangers to track the murderer and come to England to take revenge.

"Notre Dame de Paris" tells the story of Esmeralda, a beautiful and pure Gypsy girl who performs on the street. Frollo, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame, covets her beauty and wants to take it for himself. Later, he discovered that she had another lover, so he assassinated her lover and blamed him, causing her to be sentenced to death. Cassimordo, the ugly bell ringer who was favored by Esmeralda by chance, was full of love and humility for her. He rescued her and took refuge in Notre Dame. Later, Frollo kidnapped her and after failing to force her to succumb to his bestial desires, he handed her over to the officers and soldiers and watched her being hanged upstairs in Notre Dame. In despair, Cassimordor angrily pushed Frollo, who raised him, down the stairs and fell to death. He went to the Eagle Mountain Crypt to hug Esmeralda's body and die with her, completing his "wedding".

"The Great Gatsby" describes the American society in the 1920s, where people were singing and drinking. By chance, a poor clerk named Nick met the rich and spendthrift Gatsby. He was surprised to find that the latter's inner connection was actually the little green light on the other side of the river. In the dancing light, lived his former lover Daisy. However, in the end, the goddess in Gatsby's heart is just a material girl in the world. As the hazy plot continues to unfold, all the truth is revealed, and Gatsby's tragic life is like fireworks. The brilliance is only for a moment, and the disillusionment is eternal. This is a gorgeous elegy of the "Jazz Age". In Fitzgerald's writing, it is like a poem and a dream, leaving a strong mark on the history of contemporary American literature.

The protagonist of "The Old Man and the Sea", the old fisherman Santiago, makes a living by fishing, but he goes out to sea to fish for eighty-four consecutive days and returns empty-handed. On this day, he unexpectedly caught a huge fish. In order to subdue the big fish, Santiago worked hard. After finally catching the big fish, he met a ferocious shark. Santiago started a fight with the shark... This novel based on real people and true stories praises the indestructible spiritual power of human beings in the face of hardships.

"My University" is the last part of Gorky's trilogy of autobiographical novels. The work tells the story of Alyosha's life in Kazan. When he was 16 years old, he came to Kazan with the dream of going to university. After his dream was shattered, he had to work hard to survive. He lived in a "large courtyard", worked hard, interacted with homeless people, and interacted with all kinds of small citizens, college students, and intellectuals. He entered a vast "social university" and eventually grew into a revolutionary intellectual. In this university, he experienced the complex path of spiritual development, withstood the test of life in many aspects, and made his initial exploration of the meaning of life and the complexity of the world.

The plain-looking heroine Jane Eyre is an orphan. She was fostered in her aunt's home since she was a child and suffered all kinds of bullying. Later, she entered a charity school and suffered painful torture both in soul and body. However, she completed her studies with strong will and stayed at the school to teach. In order to pursue an independent life, she was hired as a governess at Thornfield House. While working as a tutor, she developed a sincere love with the male master Rochester. At their wedding, Jane Eyre discovered a mad woman hiding in the attic of Rochester's house, and she turned out to be Rochester's first wife. Jane Eyre left because of this. Soon, the mad woman burned the manor, and Rochester became blind and fell into poverty. After leaving, Jane Eyre not only met her relatives, but also received a generous inheritance. Just when Rochester was despairing of life, Jane Eyre returned to him.

Charles Dees called A Tale of Two Cities his "best work". The story is set against the backdrop of the French Revolution in the 18th century, connecting the two major cities of Paris and London. Manette, a famous doctor living in Paris, accidentally witnessed the atrocities committed by the feudal aristocrats Evermonde brothers who treated human life indiscriminately. Because of their injustice, he was thrown into the Bastille and imprisoned for eighteen years. After being released from prison, Manette's daughter Lucy fell in love with her enemy's son Dardenne. As a result, in the vortex of the French Revolution, scenes of family grudges were grandly staged... Through the confrontation of love and hate, and the struggle between good and evil, as the author said, "love can always defeat hate" and "evil is often short-lived and will perish together with the evildoer, while good will last forever", achieving the author's consistent creative intention of punishing evil and promoting good.

"Childhood" truly describes Alyosha's painful childhood, and profoundly outlines a vivid picture of the vulgar, selfish, empty and boring Russian petty bourgeoisie in the 19th century. It also shows the simplicity, integrity and hard-working character of the lower class working people. The image of the grandmother created by Gorky in the book is one of the glorious and poetic images in Russian literature.

"Pride and Prejudice" is a comic and fascinating work by Jane Austen. The novel reflects the world and customs of British society from the late 18th century to the early 19th century through the story of several middle-class girls from villages and towns talking about marriage. The male protagonist Darcy behaves arrogantly, causing the heroine Elizabeth to always be prejudiced against him, which also makes their love journey full of hardships. But Elizabeth finally understood Darcy's true personality. Darcy changed his arrogant attitude because of Elizabeth, and they ended up in a happy marriage. The plot of the novel is tortuous and full of comedy, the language is natural and fluent, and it is witty and humorous. It reveals the tragedy and comedy of life with superb skills.

The story told in "Don Quixote" took place four to five hundred years ago, when the age of chivalry in Europe was over. However, the protagonist of the book, the poor country squire Mr. Don Quixote, was obsessed with reading chivalric novels and became obsessed with it. He found the armor, spears and shields used by his great-grandfather, dressed up as a knight, and rode out to travel around the world. Because of the enthusiasm in his heart, he made a lot of jokes, but no matter how others tried to comfort him, he would persist in his dream of knighthood until he finally woke up before his death. ... The author of this book profoundly reveals the contradiction between people's own ideals and reality in a comic way.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" In the mid-19th century, the Shelby family, a farmer in northern Kentucky, USA, had a black slave who loyally protected his master's interests. Everyone called him Uncle Tom. Shelby went bankrupt due to failed speculation in the stock market, and had to sell Tom and ten other slaves to the slave trader Haley at a low price to pay off the debt. When they were transported back to the south by boat, Tom rescued Eva, the daughter of plantation owner Augustine St. Clair, from the water, so St. Clair bought her and made her a domestic servant. After the death of the frail Eva, St. Clair decided to free Tom and other slaves according to his daughter's last wish. However, before Saint Clair could complete the routine procedures for liberation, he was killed in an accident. Tom fell into the hands of Legree, a ruthless cotton plantation owner. In order to rescue the slave girls Cathy and Emmeline who did not want to be Legree's playthings, Uncle Tom was beaten black and blue, and passed away in front of George, the son of his former master Shelby, who came to rescue him. After George returned to his hometown, he liberated the black slaves on the manor in Tom's name. And said: "Whenever you see Uncle Tom's cabin, be reminded of your freedom. Let the cabin become a monument in his memory."

The story told in "Don Quixote" took place four to five hundred years ago, when the age of chivalry in Europe was over. However, the protagonist of the book, the poor country squire Mr. Don Quixote, was obsessed with reading chivalric novels and became obsessed with it. He found the armor, spears and shields used by his great-grandfather, dressed up as a knight, and rode out to travel around the world. Because of the enthusiasm in his heart, he made a lot of jokes, but no matter how others tried to comfort him, he would persist in his dream of knighthood until he finally woke up before his death. ... The author of this book profoundly reveals the contradiction between people's own ideals and reality in a comic way.

"In the World" is the second part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. It describes the experience of little Alyosha when he first entered society after spending a difficult childhood. When Alyosha was 11 years old, his mother died and his grandfather went bankrupt, so he entered the society and made a living independently. He worked as an apprentice in a shoe shop and an icon workshop, and also worked as a handyman in a draftsman's house and on a ship. He experienced the pain of the world. While working as a dishwasher on the ship, Alyosha met the upright chef Smoore, and with his help he made friends with books. Books opened a whole new world for him and inspired his determination to pursue justice and truth. Five years later, Alyosha prepared to go to Kazan with the hope of entering university.

Was that heart-pounding moment after so many years a destined love or just wishful thinking on my part? Is that huge fortune that fell from the sky an opportunity for me to embark on a great future, or is it the beginning of a dream? My crazy fantasy of joining the upper class suddenly became a reality overnight; but when the prosperity faded away and the return to my old life made me regain my peace, I finally discovered: The so-called Great Expectations are actually choosing to do what you love for the rest of your life!

Jim, a young boy who used to live an ordinary life, accidentally got a treasure map and was involved in a journey to find the pirate's lost treasure. Jim and his group of righteous people, and pirates disguised as sailors headed by Silver, launched a thrilling battle to the death on the rough sea and the steep and steep Treasure Island. Later, justice defeated evil. Jim and the others defeated the pirates' plots many times and returned safely loaded with gold and silver treasures.

In Lilliput, the citizens were only as tall as a pencil, and they lined up to jump over Gulliver's shoes; in the adult country, the residents were as huge as mountains, and Gulliver fought with mice, escaped from monkeys, and was stuffed into his pocket to travel long distances with his master; in the Flying Island Country, the islands could actually fly in the air, and the Royal Academy of Sciences was doing weird research; in the Houyhnhnms, the horses could talk, and the dirty Yahu, who was a livestock, hugged Gulliver and kissed him...

Dickens was a masterpiece of skill in his later years, and he often read new world classics. "Great Expectations" is a very important work by Dickens in his later years. In an autobiographical form, the book depicts the arduous journey of an orphan pursuing "Great Expectations", revealing that love, loyalty and conscience are always more important than wealth and social status: Great Expectations is certainly pursued, but if you cannot follow the right path to reach the extraordinary, don't go the wrong way for the sake of the extraordinary. Live well and die happily.

"My University" is the last part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. Alyosha lived in a large courtyard in Kazan, worked as a coolie, made friends with ordinary citizens and college students, and completely entered a vast "social university". During this period, he seized every opportunity to read, absorbed the nutrients from the book, enriched his mind, and increased his knowledge. Long-term thinking and exploration further strengthened his belief in revolution.

"Childhood" is the beginning of a trilogy of Gorky's autobiographical novels. When Alyosha was three years old, his father died of cholera, and his mother took him to live with his maternal grandfather. In this family, fathers and sons, brothers, and husbands and wives often quarrel and fight over property and even over trivial matters. My grandfather was moody and had a bad temper. He beat my grandmother fiercely and beat Alyosha unconscious. My grandmother was very kind to Alyosha, telling him legends, fairy tales and folk stories, and she endured all the pressures of life without complaining. The mother was forced to remarry and died of tuberculosis a few years later. After his grandfather went bankrupt, Alyosha was forced to wander and start to make a living independently.

Emma, ​​a peasant girl who grew up in a convent, is obsessed with the lifestyle of the upper class and fantasizes about the romantic love in chivalric literature. In her marriage to a country doctor, she constantly sought stimulation from outside the world, transcended the boundaries of marriage, and drifted up and down in her desires for love, materiality, and status. Emma goes to destruction in the novel, travels through time and space in reality, and comes back to life in the ordinary life of modern people, becoming a mirror for every reader to torture themselves.

"Gone with the Wind" is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and tells the story of Scarlett growing up from a vain and proud young lady to a strong-willed, brave and independent heroine in the changing times. Compared with love, "land is the only thing in the world that can be passed down, and it is worth working hard for, fighting for, and even dying for." Scarlett O'Hara has become an excellent example of female vitality.

Create a complete world literature reading system for the Chinese e-book market! From Emily Bronte to Oscar Wilde, from Turgenev to Chekhov, the literary canon of the second half of the 19th century is dominated by stars; the female awakening of the Victorian era continues to the aesthetic sentimentality of the end of the century, and together with the pinnacle of Russian reality criticism, they question the conscience and soul of mankind. Each one can withstand re-reading, the last literary celebration of the democratic era, the immortal masterpiece on the eve of chaos! A selection of translated masterpieces, a lifelong literary reading plan in your pocket. "Selected Masterpieces in Translation·Volume 3 (set of 29 volumes in total)" includes 29 classics from Emily Brontë to Chekhov, spanning the awakening of female writers in the Victorian era in the mid-19th century to the emergence of Russian critical realism in the late 19th century, and strives to provide readers with a complete pedigree of world literature. The current third series (mid-to-late 19th century) includes Wuthering Heights, The Night Before: Father and Son, Hunter's Notes, Leaves of Grass, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, The Injured and Insulted People, Madame Bovary, La Traviata, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, War and Peace, and Announcement Karenina", "Resurrection", "Little Women", "Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "Millions of Pounds", "Spartacus", "Nana", "The Last Lesson", "Education of Love", "Beautiful Friends", "Ball of Suif", "Treasure Island·Dr. Jekyll", "The Happy Prince", "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "Chameleon".

"The Moon and Sixpence": Charles, a banker, suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from home in order to pursue his secret dream of painting. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. He said: I have to paint, just like a drowning person has to struggle. "Wuthering Heights": After the death of the old owner of Wuthering Heights, the gypsy outcast Heathcliff was tortured and humiliated by his son in every possible way. His beloved lover married another man, and Heathcliff had to leave the village. A few years later, he became famous and returned to the villa to take revenge. "Pride and Prejudice": The author Jane Austen uses the love story and self-growth of Squire Bennet's second daughter Elizabeth and the hero Darcy to lead readers to appreciate the rural life and worldly affairs of the British Regency period from the late 18th to the early 19th century. "The Red and the Black": Julien, the son of a carpenter, is eager to escape from his original class and get ahead through his intelligence, and is eager to establish great achievements like Napoleon. However, he was discovered by the mayor because of his affair with Madame Reina, and was forced to leave Besançon Seminary. Later, Julien fell in love with the Marquis, and his dream of joining the upper class seemed to be coming true, but an informant letter ruined his dream... "Notre Dame de Paris": Set in France in 1482, it tells the story of the gypsy girl Esmeralda The relationship with the young and handsome captain of the guard, the sanctimonious archdeacon and the deformed and ugly bell ringer is the main line. It passionately sings the noble character of the gypsy girl and the bell ringer, and deeply lashes out at the hypocrisy and despicability of the captain of the guard and the archdeacon. It embodies Hugo's artistic expression principle of "contrast between beauty and ugliness". Its publication broke the shackles of pseudo-classicism and marked the complete victory of romanticism. "Great Expectations": The orphan Pip has a crush on Estella, the adopted daughter of the noble Havisham, and develops a yearning for the upper class. A few years later, his dream came true. A mysterious man entrusted a lawyer to arrange for him to go to London to receive a higher education and inherit a large inheritance when he became an adult. Various coincidences made him think that he was selected by Havisham and would have a great future from now on. However, fate took another turn: the true identity of the mysterious man surfaced, and the so-called "Great Expectations" was just a dream of Pip... "Beautiful Friend": The male protagonist Duroy, who was born in the common class and retired from the army, later moved to Paris. "Carmen": The novel tells the adventures of Carmen, a free and uninhibited bohemian woman. Carmen is beautiful, outspoken and daring. She seduced the soldier Don Yucai, causing him to be expelled from the army, and also induced him to commit smuggling crimes with her. Later, Carmen fell in love with another woman, and conflicts between Don Yucai and her continued until she paid for it with her life... "A Life": It tells the story of the aristocratic woman Yona's unobtainable life in pursuit of happiness. With a keen eye, Maupassant noticed the close connection between women and nature. By describing the life of the aristocratic woman Yona whose ideals were constantly shattered, he raised thoughts on issues such as marriage and love under the "traditional" and patriarchal worldview, as well as people's reliance on religion.

"Les Misérables" is a novel published by French writer Victor Hugo in 1862. "Les Misérables" is clearly about tragedy, but in fact it is about the glory of human nature. Through the tragic experiences of Jean Valjean and others and a series of touching deeds after Jean Valjean was converted by the bishop, the novel profoundly reveals the contradictions and ugliness of society, and eulogizes the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature. It is a model of the combination of realism and romanticism in the history of world literature. It is known as an encyclopedia of human suffering and has a shocking artistic appeal.

"The Prince and the Pauper" is Mark Twain's attempt at a historical fantasy novel. The story is set in England in the mid-16th century. The protagonists are Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII, and Tom, a poor boy who is often abused by his father. Not only were they born on the same day, they even have the same appearance. After a chance encounter, the two exchanged clothes out of curiosity about each other's lives. From then on, Tom cautiously began his dream palace life, while Edward went through many hardships and embarked on a tortuous road back to the palace...

"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 the family of Dr. Manmanet and the Saint-Antoine district headed by the Defarges. The "Twin Cities" in the book's title refer to Paris and London. During the French Revolution, the famous doctor Manette accidentally witnessed the atrocities committed by the feudal aristocrats Evremonde brothers who took human lives indiscriminately. Because of their injustice, he was thrown into the Bastille and imprisoned for eighteen years. "A Tale of Two Cities" has a strict structure and concise language. Dickens's in-depth thinking on revolution and human nature and his breathtaking writing talent are vividly demonstrated in it.

She is both old and young, both abrupt and mysterious; she is the cradle and mother of Quasimodo, and the lair where Frollo plots his conspiracy; she is Esmeralda's refuge, and the demon attacked by the Beggar Gang; she is the temple that is feared by all, and the palace where all fates are rubbed. Whether her soul is good or evil, it is always closely related to all living things... She is, incomparable, Notre Dame de Paris.

An important work by the Russian literary giant Tolstoy in his later years. The novel tells the story of a highly respected court official who originally lived an ordinary life. Suddenly he learned that he was seriously ill and was about to die, so he began to think about life and life. The novel uses line drawing to meticulously express all the mental activities of human beings when facing death, to think deeply about the issue of death, and to inspire everyone to think about the meaning of life and the true meaning of life.

The little prince on a distant planet quarreled with the beautiful and proud rose and ran away in anger. During his roaming around the planets, the little prince met arrogant kings, drunkards, profit-seeking businessmen, and dogmatic geographers. He came to the earth and tried to find a cure for loneliness and pain. At this time, he met a strange fox, and something wonderful and amazing happened... In addition, this book publicly displays 63 original illustrations from "The Little Prince" when it was first published in 1943, and provides a detailed interpretation of each picture. These illustrations are entirely from the author's hand without any reprocessing, allowing readers to feel the author's thoughts poured into them through these original hand-drawn drawings. This is not a fairy tale book just for children, but a life fable for each of us.

The wise and clever Elizabeth said, "Even if I can't find a man in my life, I would never want me to marry you." But the handsome and indifferent Mr. Darcy said, "I found out that I fell in love with you only when I couldn't help myself." One of them is prejudiced, the other is arrogant, and they stay away from each other in every contact, which makes the little spark of love flicker. In the end, the misunderstanding was solved, Darcy married Elizabeth as he wished, and Elizabeth broke away from prejudice and became Mrs. Darcy, which confirmed the saying "You can't get married without love." The story style of the novel is relaxed and humorous, and the scene descriptions are beautiful and charming. It explains four different views on marriage and love through the marriage experiences of four pairs of men and women. It is a love and marriage novel that is still very attractive and realistic even after two hundred years.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a novel published in 1876 by American writer Mark Twain, and it is also one of his masterpieces. The protagonist Tom Sawyer is innocent and lively, likes fantasy and adventure, cannot bear the boring life that restricts his personality, and dreams of doing a heroic career. The work describes the free and lively minds of children in a cheerful style. With its humor with local characteristics and keen observation of characters, the work has become one of the greatest children's literature works. Mr. Zhang Yousong is the most famous and distinctive Chinese translator of Mark Twain's works in my country. His translation is the classic translation of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884) is a companion piece to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". The novel uses a witty and humorous approach to describe the protagonist Huckleberry's various experiences in pursuing a free life. He ran away from home and rafted along the Mississippi River with the black slave Jim. This book can be said to be an outstanding picture of American social life and is regarded as an epoch-making realist masterpiece in the history of American literature.

"Gulliver's Travels" is an outstanding travel satirical novel by Jonathan Swift (translated as Jonathan Swift). The novel is written based on the experience of surgeon Gulliver's four voyage adventures. It expresses the author's thoughts in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author uses rich satirical techniques and bizarre plots of fictional fantasy to profoundly analyze the social reality of the time in Britain.

"The Castle" is a masterpiece of Kafka's novel. Land surveyor K was ordered to take up a post in a certain city, but was unexpectedly blocked outside the castle gate. So K started a long and cumbersome negotiation with the castle authorities over whether he could enter the castle. The castle is located on a hill in front of us, but it is just out of reach; it is so cold and majestic, like a giant beast looking down at K; it represents a huge bureaucracy with a strict hierarchy, countless departments and officials, and countless documents that are gathered there in dust, unattended and unprocessed for many years. Facing this powerful castle, K was helpless.

"The Great Gatsby" is Fitzgerald's masterpiece. The novel describes how Gatsby, who was born in poverty, used all means to acquire wealth, and transformed from a pauper into a "great" rich man in people's hearts. No one knew Gatsby's past. Some said he was a spy, others said he ran an illegal business and became rich overnight. He bought a luxurious mansion and played every night. He doesn't care about rumors, he only cares about a love that doesn't belong to him...

"Red and Black (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" is the masterpiece of Stendhal, the "father of modern novels" in France. It is paired with more than 300 woodcut illustrations specially made for "Red and Black" by the famous French illustrator Jean-Paul Quint. Julien, the protagonist of the novel, is the son of a carpenter. He has been treated maliciously by his father and brother since he was a child, and he longs to escape from his original class and get ahead through his intelligence. He admired Napoleon and aspired to achieve great achievements like Napoleon. However, France was in the period of the Bourbon Restoration at that time, and he had no way to join the army and chose to follow the path of the church. Because he could recite the entire Latin New Testament, Julien was favored by the mayor, Mr. Reina, and became his family's tutor. However, he was discovered by the mayor because of his affair with Mrs. Reina, and was forced to leave Besançon Seminary. Later, he was recommended by the church to serve as the private secretary of the Marquis de La Mour, and fell in love with the Marquise's Miss Madiault. Julien's dream of joining the upper class seems to be coming true, but an informant letter ruins his dream...

Banker Charles Strickland was a middle-aged man with a successful career. In order to pursue his secret dream of painting, he suddenly abandoned his wife and children and ran away from home. In a foreign country, he was poor and sick, but he became more determined and persistent in his dream. He said: I have to paint, just like a drowning person has to struggle.

Tom lost his mother when he was young and was adopted by his aunt. The smart and naughty Tom couldn't stand the control of his aunt and school teachers, and often skipped school and got into trouble. Late one night, while playing in a cemetery with his good friend Huckleberry Finn, he accidentally witnessed a murder. Because they were afraid that the murderer would discover that they knew about it, Tom and Huckleberry fled to a desert island with another friend and became "pirates". The family thought they were drowned, but they turned up at their own "funeral". After a fierce ideological struggle, Tom finally stood up bravely and testified against the murderer. Not long after, during a picnic, he and his beloved girl Betsy got lost in a cave. They were hungry and cold for three days and nights, and faced the threat of death. Later, he finally escaped from danger and found the treasure buried by the murderer with his friend Huck.

More than four hundred years ago in Spain, a writer named Cervantes wrote a novel called "Don Quixote". The protagonist Don Quixote in the book is a poor country squire. He has a whimsical idea and calls himself a knight errant. He rides on a skinny horse and takes a squire with him. He travels around various places, doing chivalry and fighting injustices. After the publication of this book, the story of Don Quixote spread throughout Spain. No matter the nobles, gentlemen, or servants and vendors, the whole country fell in love with this book like crazy.

In the chaotic years, wars were endless, peace was far away, and people's spirits were seriously injured. Should you stick to yourself or follow the crowd? Should you choose to be a hero or become a villain? Should you stick to your inner justice, or surrender to the malice of the world? In this unfair era, someone has to insist on doing decent things and being a decent person.

"The Plague" is a fable novel that describes a plague disaster that occurred in a small town called Oran in North Africa, and the process of people's resistance to the plague. Camus uses a third-person perspective throughout the novel to depict various social pictures of life and death struggles during the epidemic. He ends the novel with a short-lived victory, clarifying that the pathological social phenomenon has led to the long-term presence of plague in human life. The exclamation issued by the work is not an accusation but a beautiful expectation, a metaphor for people's choices and struggles in the face of absurd situations. Camus deeply hopes that social viruses like the plague can disappear forever, freeing mankind from these senseless disasters. True redemption is not victory after a fight, but the ability to find the strength to live and peace of mind in suffering.

"War and Peace" is one of Tolstoy's representative works. The novel centers on the Russo-French War of 1812, takes the experiences of the four nobles at that time as the main line, intersects "war" and "peace", and praises the patriotic enthusiasm and heroism shown by the Russian people in the war. It is an epic masterpiece and "the greatest work of world literature in the 19th century."

"Carmen (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" is a classic novel by French realist writer Mérimée and the original work of the opera "Carmen". It has been adapted into film and television dramas many times. The novel tells the adventures of Carmen, a free and uninhibited bohemian woman. Carmen is beautiful, outspoken, and daring. She seduces the soldier Tang Yucai, causing him to be expelled from the army, and induces him to commit smuggling crimes with her. Later, Carmen falls in love with another person, and Tang Yucai and her have constant conflicts until she pays for it with her life... This book uses the classic translation of Fu Lei, a famous Chinese translator, with a vivid, smooth and rhythmic translation. The editor has preserved the words and translation methods in the book to the greatest extent, and tried not to damage Fu Lei's personal text characteristics. The exquisite illustrations included in the book were specially drawn for this book by the legendary German illustrator Alastair. At the same time, "Letter from Spain", which directly influenced Mérimée's creation of the novel "Carmen", is specially included to trace the origin of the creation of "Carmen".

"Colomba (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" is a classic novella by the French realist master Mérimée. The novel tells a story of female revenge that took place in Corsica, France in the 1820s. The girl Colomba encouraged her brother to avenge her father because her father was murdered by Barricini and his son, a powerful village chief who was a lawyer. However, his elder brother has a more legalistic perspective due to his civilized education and influence. He believes that "family revenge" is a remnant of barbaric customs. In addition, his father has been dead for two years and there is insufficient evidence of murder, so he is unwilling to engage in it rashly. At the same time, he was also worried that his love with Miss Lydia would be affected. However, Gao Longba's careful planning and clever arrangements still aroused his brother's desire for revenge. The brother and sister finally killed their enemy and avenged their father... This book uses the classic translation of Fu Lei, a famous Chinese translator. The exquisite illustrations included in the book are carefully drawn by the famous French illustrator Pierre Rousseau.

The author Jane Austen uses the love story and self-growth of Squire Bennet's second daughter Elizabeth and the hero Darcy to lead readers to appreciate the rural life and worldly conditions of the British Regency period from the late 18th to the early 19th century. Although describing love and marriage, Austen went against the sentimental novel content and pretentious writing methods that were popular in society at the time. She used her "rare sense of humor" to express serious thinking and criticism, exploring women's self-discovery and growth in love, and their pursuit of personal independence and equal rights. Mr. Wang Keyi's translation retains the quaint charm of the original work, and Austen's ironic essence can be seen everywhere.

The "Forsytes" trilogy includes "The Man of Property", "Ride the Tiger" and "Rent", which focuses on the feud between the elder Jolyon and his son, the eldest brother, and James and Soames, the second son of the Forsyte family. "The Man of Land" opens with old Jolyon holding a tea party at his home to celebrate the engagement of his granddaughter Joan to the architect Philippe Bosinny. People from all the rooms in Forsyte came. The author took this opportunity to describe the men and women of this family in varying degrees. Of course, the focus is on the patriarch Jolyon, the second wife James and his son Soames, while the unruly architect Bosinny becomes the object of whispering among the aunts. There is also Soames' wife Irene. The author outlines a beautiful image in a few strokes, and reveals from James's ideological activities that she and Soames are not harmonious. In 1932, Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for the excellence of the art of description which reaches its climax in The Forsytes".