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The Sorrows of Young Werther is Goethe's important early work. The novel describes the experience and feelings of progressive young people towards the despicable German society at that time. It shows the author's reaction to the feudal moral hierarchy and his strong demand for individual liberation: Young Werther fell in love with a girl named Lotte, who was engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther devastated. Later, Werther committed suicide because he was incompatible with feudal society and felt that his future was hopeless. This book came out in 1775, and its publication was considered an epoch-making event in the history of German literature; it shocked the hearts of an entire generation of young people in Germany and even Europe.

This book is one of the representative works in "The Human Comedy". It describes the evil methods of the bourgeois upstarts in realistic writing: Grandet controls the market, drives up prices, engages in public debt speculation, and usury; Charles sells people, evades taxes and smuggling, colludes with pirates, etc. The work takes the miser Grandet's family life and exploitative activities as the main line, and Eugenie's love and marriage tragedy as the central event. It analyzes Grandet's sinful fortune and his dehumanizing money worship in layers, and successfully portrays the immortal image of the miser in the history of world literature. This book also includes "Old Man Goriot", which tells the story of the protagonist Goriot Goriot, a flour merchant who started his career during the French Revolution. He lost his wife in middle age. He devoted all his love to his two daughters. In order to let them squeeze into the upper class, he gave them a good education since childhood and gave them a dowry of 800,000 francs each when they got married. However, his two daughters lived a lavish life, and his love was easily defeated by the principle of money supremacy. This work is representative in showing the breadth and depth of social life, in reflecting the progress and limitations of the writer's worldview, and in expressing the artistic achievements and shortcomings of "The Human Comedy". Its artistic style is one of the works that can represent the characteristics of Balzac.

A young pregnant woman of unknown origin collapsed on the street, and people sent her to a poor asylum. She died the next day after giving birth to a boy. The orphan was named Oliver Twist. Ten years later Oliver became an apprentice in a coffin shop. Unable to endure the abuse, he fled to the foggy London, where he unfortunately fell into the hands of a gang of thieves. The little orphan struggled in adversity, but fortunately he got help from kind people because of his kind nature. He saved the day from danger time and time again, and was finally reunited with his loved ones, and the truth about his mysterious origin was revealed. While deeply revealing social ills, this book also left a series of vivid characters in the history of British literature, and has been deeply loved by readers for more than a hundred years.

"The Adventures of Good Soldier Schweik" written by J. Hasek, through the various encounters of an ordinary soldier Schweik in the First World War and the activities of various people around him, uses a wonderful technique of joking but not cruelty, adding solemnity and humor, and containing anger and laughter, exposing the cruel and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire and all its ugliness to the broad daylight.

"The Adventures of Good Soldier Schweik" written by J. Hasek, through the various encounters of an ordinary soldier Schweik in the First World War and the activities of various people around him, uses a wonderful technique of joking but not cruelty, adding solemnity and humor, and containing anger and laughter, exposing the cruel and decadent Austro-Hungarian Empire and all its ugliness to the broad daylight.

As the first novel to narrate the American Civil War from the perspective of southern women, it focuses on the experiences and feelings of women who stayed at home and suffered from the war, from their reverence for the war and their full support for the war at the beginning of the war, to the pain of losing loved ones caused by the war, having to succumb to the fate of failure, and the arduous journey of rebuilding their homes after the war. The war was defeated, and some people were depressed because of it, losing their original fighting spirit and unable to adjust their mentality to face the fragmented life after the war. On the contrary, other people have overcome the mentality of failure, faced the harsh reality with awe, and become strong people who are not afraid of difficulties in life and move forward on the journey of life.

As the first novel to narrate the American Civil War from the perspective of southern women, it focuses on the experiences and feelings of women who stayed at home and suffered from the war, from their reverence for the war and their full support for the war at the beginning of the war, to the pain of losing loved ones caused by the war, having to succumb to the fate of failure, and the arduous journey of rebuilding their homes after the war. The war was defeated, and some people were depressed because of it, losing their original fighting spirit and unable to adjust their mentality to face the fragmented life after the war. On the contrary, other people have overcome the mentality of failure, faced the harsh reality with awe, and become strong people who are not afraid of difficulties in life and move forward on the journey of life.

"The Three Musketeers" is one of the masterpieces of French 19th-century romantic writer Alexandre Dumas, and has been made into movies many times. The work describes the legendary life of a knight swordsman in the 17th century and creates a series of flesh-and-blood characters: d'Artagnan's heroic youth, Athos' steady sophistication, Porthos's boldness and recklessness, and Aramis' resourcefulness and graceful demeanor. They are all vividly drawn by the author's wonderful pen, ready to be drawn out. The work is based on the conflict between King Louis XIII of France and the powerful Cardinal Richelieu. It is interspersed with the overt and secret struggles among ministers and factions, and revolves around secret historical anecdotes in the palace, showing readers a magnificent picture of French society in the 18th century.

"The Three Musketeers" is one of the masterpieces of French 19th-century romantic writer Alexandre Dumas, and has been made into movies many times. The work describes the legendary life of a knight swordsman in the 17th century and creates a series of flesh-and-blood characters: d'Artagnan's heroic youth, Athos' steady sophistication, Porthos's boldness and recklessness, and Aramis' resourcefulness and graceful demeanor. They are all vividly drawn by the author's wonderful pen, ready to be drawn out. The work is based on the conflict between King Louis XIII of France and the powerful Cardinal Richelieu. It is interspersed with the overt and secret struggles among ministers and factions, and revolves around secret historical anecdotes in the palace, showing readers a magnificent picture of French society in the 18th century.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" mainly describes a story of revenge that took place during the French Bourbon Dynasty. Dantes, the young first mate of the Pharaon ship, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party before his death. He was framed by two despicable villains and the insidious prosecutor Villefort, and was imprisoned on death row. Depriving him of the beautiful sunshine, love and future that should have belonged to him. Eighteen years later, he escaped from prison with the secret told to him by his fellow inmate Faria before his death. After finding the treasure hidden by Faria, he became extremely rich. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished three enemies who wanted to kill him.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" mainly describes a story of revenge that took place during the French Bourbon Dynasty. Dantes, the young first mate of the Pharaon ship, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party before his death. He was framed by two despicable villains and the insidious prosecutor Villefort, and was imprisoned on death row. Depriving him of the beautiful sunshine, love and future that should have belonged to him. Eighteen years later, he escaped from prison with the secret told to him by his fellow inmate Faria before his death. After finding the treasure hidden by Faria, he became extremely rich. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished three enemies who wanted to kill him.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" mainly describes a story of revenge that took place during the French Bourbon Dynasty. Dantes, the young first mate of the Pharaon ship, was entrusted by the captain to deliver a letter to the Napoleonic party before his death. He was framed by two despicable villains and the insidious prosecutor Villefort, and was imprisoned on death row. Depriving him of the beautiful sunshine, love and future that should have belonged to him. Eighteen years later, he escaped from prison with the secret told to him by his fellow inmate Faria before his death. After finding the treasure hidden by Faria, he became extremely rich. From then on, he changed his name to the Count of Monte Cristo. After careful planning, he repaid his benefactor and punished three enemies who wanted to kill him.

"La Traviata" has created some vivid and distinctive artistic images for us, among which the outstanding and unforgettable one is naturally the heroine Margaret. Margaret is beautiful, smart and kind. Although she has fallen into the world, she still maintains a pure and noble heart. She pursues a true love life with passion and hope, and when this hope is shattered, she is willing to sacrifice herself to help others. All these make the image of this despised fireworks woman shine with a holy brilliance, so that when people mention the three words "La Traviata", the first thing that comes to mind is not something despicable, but a beautiful, lovely and sympathetic woman.

"Animal Farm" is one of Orwell's works. It is a profound dystopian political allegory. A group of animals on the farm successfully carried out a "revolution", driving their exploitative human masters out of the farm and establishing an equal animal society. However, the animal leaders, those smart pigs, eventually usurped the fruits of the revolution and became more authoritarian and totalitarian rulers than their human counterparts. "If one more person reads Orwell, there will be an additional guarantee of freedom," one critic said.

Julien, the protagonist of "The Red and the Black", was born in a family of small proprietors. He was obsessed with Napoleon's great achievements and wanted to get ahead. Unfortunately, France was in the midst of the Bourbon Restoration at that time, and he had no choice but to join the army and chose the path of the church. Because he could recite the entire New Testament, Julien was favored by the local mayor and became his family's tutor. Later, he was recommended by the church and became the personal secretary of the Marquis de Larmore, a backbone of the royalist party. But in the end, a whistleblower letter ruined his career.

"The Outsider" is divided into two parts. Part of the story begins with the death of Meursault's mother and ends with him killing the Arabs on the beach. There seems to be no necessary connection between successive events, dialogues, gestures and feelings, giving people a sense of incoherence and absurdity. In the second part, social consciousness replaces Meursault's spontaneous consciousness. The judicial institution, with its inherent logic, described Meursault, who always believed that he was innocent and didn't care about anything, as a ruthless devil who deliberately killed people.

"War and Peace" is an immortal masterpiece in the history of world literature, ranking first among the "Top Ten Masterpieces in the World", with a total of four volumes. Focusing on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the writer describes the heroic scenes of the Russian people rising up to fight against the invaders, while also exploring the historical destiny of the aristocracy. The novel revolves around the lives of four aristocratic families including Bolkonsky, and uses the fate of the main members of the four families as the plot clue throughout. It depicts Russian social fashion and shows a broad picture of life.

"Little Women" describes the life of a family during the American Civil War in the mid-19th century. In this autobiographical work, the four sisters' father joined the Northern Army in the war. They lived with their loving mother and experienced many tearful and laughing stories. Although the four sisters have different ideals and destinies, they are all self-reliant, cherish their family, and cherish their love. In this book, you can find all the emotional experiences and life experiences that all girls have to go through and face.

"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.

"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.

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.

"Mother" is the foundation work of Russian proletarian literature. It tells the story of a mother who joined the revolution because of her son's influence. A panoramic work that reflects the revolutionary struggle of the Russian proletariat from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. The work shows the entire historical process of the Russian workers' movement, the spread of Marxism, the growth of workers' groups, and the awakening of the people. The transformation of revolutionary struggle from spontaneous to conscious, from economic struggle to political struggle, from urban to rural development, the significance of worker-peasant alliance, the role of revolutionary intellectuals, etc., Are all clearly reflected in the novel.

"In the World" is the second part of Gorky's autobiographical novel trilogy. As soon as Alyosha turned eleven, he left his grandmother, who had raised him, and went out to make a living independently. He worked as an apprentice in a leather shoe shop and an icon workshop, as a dishwasher on a ship, and as a helper in the house of his uncle who was a draftsman. He experienced ups and downs and suffered a lot in the world. While working as a dishwasher on the ship, Alyosha met the upright chef Smorey, and with his help he began to study, which inspired his determination to pursue justice and truth. Alyosha prepared to go to Kazan with the hope of entering university.

"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.

An eternal classic that explores "why do people live?" It has been a best-selling literary masterpiece around the world for nearly a century. The "lonely revolutionary hero" who touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of people once worked with "How the Steel Was Tempered" to build a pedigree of heroes in the hearts of the Chinese people. Translated by famous translators, Cai Hui, a famous translator. "The Gadfly" is the representative work of the Irish female writer Voynich. After being introduced to China in the 1950s, it became very popular and became one of the favorites of young people at that time. Arthur, an Italian young man, was born into a wealthy businessman family, but he resolutely joined the revolution as an adult. Due to negligence, he leaked the secret, which led to the arrest of his comrades in arms, misunderstood his childhood sweetheart girlfriend Gemma, and painfully discovered that he was the illegitimate son of Father Montanelli, whom he had admired for a long time. Under the harsh reality education, he used fake suicide as a cover and ran away angrily. After 13 years of wandering abroad, he became a determined revolutionary under the pseudonym "Gadfly". He returned to his country to organize armed forces, smuggled arms and actively prepared for the uprising. In the end, he was unfortunately arrested. Faced with threats from the military and his biological father's persuasion to surrender, he remained unmoved and died calmly. "Gadfly" also tells the story of the snow-like pure and flawless love between Gadfly and Gemma, as well as the intertwined love and hate for their biological father. It is very sad to read.

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.