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"The Great Gatsby" is one of the most important works in the history of twentieth-century American literature. It tells the story of Nick, a clerk who left his hometown in the Midwest and came to the East in the spring of 1922, and accidentally lived next door to the rich Gatsby. He found that Gatsby's huge mansion was full of music and music day and night, but he himself was full of thoughts and always stared across the water at the shining green light at night in the residence on the other side - where his first love, Daisy, lived. Gatsby walked a long way to stand on the lawn of this mansion. When he recognized the green light of Daisy's house for the first time, he felt that his dream seemed so close that it was almost impossible not to catch it. He didn't expect that that dream had already been left behind in the boundless chaos behind the city...

The work looks at the bizarre world of adults from a child's perspective and helps adults find themselves who once knew what love is. The text in the book is easy to understand and rich in philosophy. Since its publication, it has moved countless adults and children and has sold over 10 million copies. The little prince living on an asteroid left the asteroid after quarreling with his beloved rose. He visited passing asteroids, met kings, drunkards, businessmen, geographers... And finally came to the earth to find a way to cure loneliness. Then he met a fox and conquered the little fox with his patience and became a close friend with it. The little fox gave the little prince his secret - using his mind to understand the essence of things as a gift. Use simple and innocent language to write about human loneliness, and use a child's eyes to see the absurdity and hypocrisy of the adult world. Although the fairy tale "The Little Prince" is only a work written by the author in three months, it has a profound creative background. It is the author's accumulation of life and emotions over several years or even decades. It is the product of accumulated experience. It is not only a fairy tale for children, but also a "crystallization" of philosophy and thinking, full of insights into life.

"The Boy and the Sea" is a novel about the ocean written by the British writer Rudyard Kipling during his creative prime. It tells the adventure story of a 15-year-old boy named Harvey Cheney. The young protagonist Harvey Cheyne is 15 years old. He is a pampered and spoiled boy with a good family environment. Unfortunately, he fell into the water while on a boat trip to Europe with his mother. He was rescued by a fisherman and put on a two-masted schooner called "We Are Here". The brave captain Disco is leading the sailors in fishing operations and will not be able to return to the dock until the fishing season is over. So little Harvey had to learn to adapt to life on the ship. From resistance to participation, Harvey's journey was as ups and downs and full of surprises as the ever-changing sea water, and an unexpected encounter began...

"The cancer building is also called 'Building 13'." After more than ten years of military service and exile, Kostoglotov's cancer recurred, and he was admitted to the cancer building after all the hard work until he was dying. After receiving radiotherapy, his condition gradually improved, but the next course of "hormone therapy" will make him lose his sexual ability. It was during the days of treatment in the cancer building that love and desire reawakened in him. Strong lust, instinctive desire, becomes a sign of vitality. The irreconcilable contradiction between the two caused him great pain. While showing Kostoglotov's pursuit of spiritual freedom, the author also describes the different fates and experiences of him, his roommates, and attending physicians, as well as their character formation and personality distortions, such as the manipulative personnel cadre Rusanov, the young geologist Vadim, the ill-fated librarian Shulubin, the decisive and professional doctor Dontsova, and so on. In the small cancer building, everyone's fate intersects here, completing the collapse and reconstruction of souls. "Cancer Tower" is a group portrait work that condenses the good and evil of human nature, thinking about the roots of social tragedy, reflecting on the changes of the times and the writing of history.

Create a Chinese e-book market and a complete world literature reading system; from Jane Austen to Thoreau, from Hugo to Dickens, romanticism and realism tempered the fire of the comet, accounting for half of the literary canon in the first half of the 19th century; each of them is a classic Worth re-reading, it was born in the industrial revolution and is a moving literary feast in the democratic era; sitting opposite dozens of immortals in the literary temple, one book is calling another book; a selection of translated masterpieces, washed away by the waves, a lifelong literary reading plan in your pocket. The set of "Selected Masterpieces in Translation·Volume 2" has a total of 28 volumes, including 28 classics from Jane Austen to Thoreau. The time span is from the romanticism pioneered in the democratic era of the 19th century to realism, and strives to provide readers with a complete reading pedigree of world literature. The current second series (1811 AD to the mid-19th century) includes Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Essays of Ilya, The Red and the Black, Frankenstein, Eugenie Grande Gautist, Aunt Betsey, Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, Notre Dame de Paris, 1993, Laughter "The Face", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "The Black Tulip", "Carmen", "The Scarlet Letter", "Andersen's Fairy Tales", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Dead Serf", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Vanity Fair", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations", "David Copperfield", "Jane Eyre" and "Walden".

"Wuthering Heights" is an undoubted classic in the history of world literature. The strong local realistic features in the novel contain the power of original creation; with the help of deconstructed language and unreliable narrator, Emily makes us reflect on whether language can express the truth; the fiery and extreme love between Catherine and Heathcliff and the diverse and repeated symbolic images in the novel that do not provide a single meaning constitute a strong reading attraction.

"Crime and Punishment" is Dostoevsky's masterpiece, and its translations are almost everywhere in the world. The whole book records a murderer who did not kill out of jealousy, revenge, or seeking wealth, but out of grief and anger. Later, after all kinds of terror, the murderer finally surrendered and did not harm others. This book is full of strong humanistic colors, terrifying psychology and superb thoughts. He speaks for the despised, the damaged, the insulted. Dosage also found that although these people's behavior was extremely dirty, their souls were pure, so his novels contain a great spirit of love between the lines. Some people comment that Dossetts and Tolstoy reached the same goal by different paths, they were like right and left hands, and they became the pioneers of the Russian Revolution. This is quite correct.

Gorky's last masterpiece. "The Life of Kri Samkin" contains many characters, rich atmosphere of the times, and broad social scenes. It is called an encyclopedia of Russian social life before the revolution. At the same time, the novel's artistic conception is grand and its expression techniques are diverse. Realism and non-realism techniques are used alternately, which reflects Gorky's creative style in his later years.

"The Little Prince" is a beautiful fairy tale. The little prince on a distant planet had a quarrel with the beautiful and proud rose. He was so sad that he set off to travel to other planets to relax. In order to find someone to talk to, he traveled to six planets and met kings obsessed with power, vain and conceited people, drunkards escaping from reality, profit-seeking businessmen, selfish lamplighters, and geographers who adhered to dogma. Finally he came to earth and finally found a cure for his sorrow. He met a peculiar fox and had an amazing experience... The little prince is very cute, he is innocent, kind, simple, sensitive, compassionate and considerate... After reading it, adult readers will definitely feel that he is like their own child, with a lovable appearance; after reading this, young readers will definitely feel that he is like their own little brother, kind and lovable. This fairy tale is written for both children and adults. It has rich and interesting imagination and profound philosophy. It can be said that it is suitable for all ages.

Jean Valjean had to serve nineteen years of hard labor for stealing a piece of bread; Fantine sold her teeth in order to raise her illegitimate daughter; the corpse thief became the savior of the general who escaped death. What kind of miserable world is this? Hugo used passionate writing to recreate the dark and soul-stirring era from the Napoleonic Wars to the French July Monarchy, and outlined the lives of a group of little people living at the bottom of society. Through the tragic experiences of Jean Val and others and a series of touching deeds after Jean Valjean was converted by Bishop Bian Furu, this book profoundly exposes and criticizes the decadent nature and evil phenomena of French feudal autocratic society in the 19th century. It expresses compassion and sympathy for the exploitation, fraud and cruel persecution suffered by the poor people under the heavy feudal pressure.

As the earliest work of German Romanticism, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" has epoch-making significance in the history of world literature. Goethe wrote this book when he was in his twenties. Once it was published, European youths rushed to imitate the protagonist of the story, triggering the "Werther fever" that swept the world. During the May Fourth Movement, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" was introduced to China and became a gift to couples determined to follow the path of free love.

This book is the masterpiece of the Irish female writer Voynich. It tells the story of Arthur, a young man from a wealthy Italian family. After being betrayed by the one he loves, Arthur runs away from home. After going through hardships, he takes the pseudonym "Gadfly" and returns to Italy. He criticizes the church with sharp writing, smuggles arms, and prepares for an uprising. Later, unfortunately, he was arrested by his biological father, but the two hearts that were once connected deviated from each other due to the arrangement of fate. Facing a fragmented life, Gadfly made his own choice...

Meredith's influence on the novel is indirect rather than direct. His widely used inner monologue is the forerunner of the "stream of consciousness" technique of James Joyce and others. Commentators believe that he and Eliot created psychological novels, forming an important link between the forerunners in the 18th century and their successors in the 20th century. "The Egoist" depicts Sir Willoughby, an "egoist" with a good reputation but good at controlling others. The book highlights the subjugated status of women in the Victorian era and dramatizes the struggles and dilemmas faced by women. This book is known for its profound psychological description and is Meredith's masterpiece. Xiang Xingyao is a senior translator of English and American literature in my country. His representative translations include "Portrait of a Lady" and "The Egoist".

This book is the pinnacle of German Bildungsroman. As the son of a businessman, William Meister is a passionate young man full of ideals and vitality. He is dissatisfied with the mediocrity and profit-seeking of the civil class, and hopes to transform society through dramatic art and aesthetic education. However, the chaotic and dirty theater world makes his efforts confused. William wandered around and came into contact with various world conditions, and finally got acquainted with a noble group composed of enlightened nobles, and became a seeker who constantly pursues the perfection of human nature and lofty social ideals. In this ideal society, everyone has his or her own personality, and at the same time respects each other and works together; everyone has lofty ideals, but at the same time, everyone is a doer who is not good at empty talk. William initially sought the art of drama, but ultimately found the art of life.

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

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

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

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

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

"The Little Prince" tells a beautiful and sad story. The pilot "I" was forced to land in the Sahara Desert far away from the human habitation due to a malfunction of the plane. At this time, a charming and mysterious little boy appeared and stubbornly asked "I" to draw him a sheep. He is the little prince, pure and melancholy, from an unknown asteroid in the solar system. He loves to ask questions but never answers other people's questions. During the conversation, the secret of the little prince was gradually revealed. He ran away in anger because of an emotional entanglement with his beautiful and proud rose. He roamed among the planets and visited the planets of kings, conceited people, drunkards, businessmen, lamplighters and geographers. Then he came to the earth and tried to find a way to relieve loneliness and pain. The little prince met the fox, established friendship with the fox, and learned the true meaning of life from the fox. He decided to go back to his rose, but his body was difficult to take away, so he decided to turn to the poisonous snake that could kill people within 30 seconds...

"The Personal History of David Copperfield" (The Personal History of David Copperfield, also translated as "David Copperfield") is a novel written by the British novelist Charles Dickens. It was called by the author his "most beloved child in his heart". It was published monthly in 20 parts between 1849 and 1850. The whole book adopts first-person narrative and incorporates many of the author's own life experiences. The novel tells the story of the protagonist David's life from childhood to middle age. Taking the birth of "I" as the source, the novel combines the sincerity and darkness of friends, the childishness and impulsiveness of love, the sweetness and triviality of marriage, and the conflicts and harmony of family members into a stream that slowly flows on the river bed of fate and eventually merges into the tolerant and magnificent sea. Mixed in with all kinds of characters and opportunities. The language is witty and interesting, showing a broad picture of Britain in the mid-19th century, reflecting Dickens's ideal that the world is full of kindness and justice.

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

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

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

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

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"The Abyss of Loneliness" is the first famous novel dedicated to lesbianism in English literature and is regarded as the "Bible of Lesbians". The author himself is well-known as a poet and writer. His writing style is delicate and elegant, and has extremely high literary value. It has good research value on current sociology and psychology. The novel is based on the author's experiences and feelings. The heroine Stephen Gordon comes from an upper-class British family, but her "sexual inversion" has been obvious since she was very young. During World War I, she volunteered to be an ambulance driver and met and fell in love with Mary Llewellyn. However, their love was isolated and opposed by society. For the happiness of her lover Mary, she sacrificed everything and pushed herself into the abyss of loneliness.

Niels' Travels on the Goose was first published in 1907. It is written about a fourteen-year-old rural boy named Niels. Because he played a trick on an elf, he was magically transformed into a little man as big as a thumb by the elf. From then on, he traveled around Sweden on the back of a goose. The author uses novel and flexible techniques, humorous and vivid writing style to depict various beautiful pictures of Sweden for children. Through fascinating storylines, he makes true records of Sweden's geography and landforms, animals, plants, cultural monuments, the lives and customs of inland residents and people in remote minority areas, integrating literature, art, knowledge and science. "Niels Riding the Goose" is the first and only fairy tale in the history of world literature to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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

"Wuthering Heights" is the work of Emily Brontë, one of the Brontë sisters, a British female writer. It is one of the representative works of British literature in the 19th century. The novel describes the gypsy abandoned child Heathcliff who was adopted by the old owner of the villa. He went out to get rich due to humiliation and failed love. After returning, he takes revenge on the landowner Linton and his children who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole novel is filled with a strong fighting spirit against oppression and striving for happiness, and is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere. This book is translated by Zhang Ling and Zhang Yang.

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

"Money" is the nineteenth novel in the French writer Zola's masterpiece "The Rougon-Macquart Family". Published in 1892, it occupies an important position in Zola's entire creation due to the significance of its subject matter and the success of its artistic depiction. It uses vivid and rich images to express a series of major social phenomena in the early days of modern capitalism: new problems in the financial market, the role of capital, social speculative psychology, and the human tragedies and comedies that occurred around these. "Money" expresses the role of money in social life from a sociological perspective, highlighting a special form of activity and role of money capital in social life under capitalism. That is, once money capital is formed, it will inevitably turn into financial speculation, and the exchanges that carry out such speculative activities have become the focus of "Money".

"Pride and Prejudice" describes the love and marriage of middle-class men and women. The novel uses comedy techniques to express serious criticism of life and explores the heroine's psychological process of self-discovery from love to marriage. The marriage between the heroine and Darcy is a happy marriage that the author praises as "setting an example for all lovers in the world".

"Where Are You Going" is the representative work of the Polish writer Sienkiewicz. It uses the love story of the young Roman aristocrat Vinicius and the Christian girl Lygia as a clue. It portrays the "elegant judge" Petronius, the tyrant Nero, the Saint Paul, Peter and many other historical figures in a profound way. It vividly shows the historical truth of the Roman Empire's brutal suppression of the early Christian movement, and reproduces the historical process of the decline and destruction of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity. It is known as a "true Christian epic." A series of Sienkiewicz's historical novels have been translated into many foreign languages ​​and are widely circulated in countries around the world. "Where Are You Going" is even more favored by readers. It has the most translations and circulation of all Sienkiewicz's works, and has been adapted into movies many times.

"Quiet Don" is an outstanding work of socialist realism. The novel is set between World War I and the Soviet Civil War in 1922. It describes the turbulent life of the Cossacks in the Don River region during these ten years and reflects the customs, social changes and major historical events in this region. The protagonist Gregory has become a very dazzling figure in the gallery of world literary figures because of his bumpy and complicated experiences.

This book is a complete translation of "Little Women" and consists of the first and second parts of "Little Women". The original "Little Women" published by our company only contained the content of the first part. However, most books of the same name on the market are a combined version of the first and second parts, and when the book was adapted into a movie, the content of both parts was also used. It should be said that "Little Women" composed of two parts is the complete version. Therefore, the original translator is now requested to revise the content of the first part, newly translate the content of the second part, and publish a new full translation. The first part of "Little Women" tells the story of the four March sisters. After its publication, it was well received by readers and critics and is called one of the best family novels in the United States.

The creation of the novel "Oblomov" began in the 1840s. It is the representative work of the outstanding Russian realist writer Goncharov. It was not completed until 1859 and occupies an important position in the history of Russian literature. The novel creates an image of a character who is upright, kind, and gentle, but also lazy, obsessed with fantasy, inactive, and conservative. Oblomov, a landowner and intellectual, was pampered and regarded labor and public service as unbearable burdens. Although he envisioned a huge action plan, he was unable to accomplish anything. In the end, he could only lie on the sofa and dawdle, becoming a complete lazy man and waste. Russian writer Turgenev said: "Even when there is only one Russian left, he will remember Oblomov."

"Doll" is an important representative work in Prussian literary creation and a masterpiece of Polish critical realism in the 19th century. The story described in the novel took place from early 1878 to October 1879. The work mainly reflects the development of Polish commercial capitalism after the anti-Russian national uprising in January 1863, mainly through plots such as the failed pursuit of the aristocratic lady Isabella by the bourgeois upstart Vukulski, and his complicated relationship with people from all walks of life in Warsaw. It extensively and profoundly reflected the social outlook of Poland at that time, and occupied a very important position not only in the history of Polish literature, but also in European realist literature.

The core of "Doctor Zhivago" is a history of the fate of intellectuals. The protagonist of the novel, Yuli Zhivago, experienced a series of complex and turbulent stages in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in his short life of less than forty years. In the novel, the writer relies on an era of rapid changes and casts his thoughts on many issues into his fate. The novel is the reflection of the poet's sensitive soul on the living conditions of people in the changing era under new historical conditions.

Zadig is a masterpiece of philosophical novels by Voltaire, a leading figure in French Enlightenment literature. Set in ancient Babylon, the novel interweaves nineteen imaginative and interesting short stories into the bizarre and extraordinary life of young Zadig. It records Zadig's pursuit of the light of reason as an interpreter of the enlightenment spirit.

"Notre Dame de Paris" uses bizarre and contrasting techniques to tell a story that happened in France in the 15th century: Frollo, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame de Paris, was sanctimonious and vicious, loving first and then hating, and persecuting the gypsy girl Esmeralda. The ugly but kind-hearted bell ringer Quasimodo sacrifices his life to save the girl. The novel exposes the hypocrisy of religion, declares the bankruptcy of asceticism, praises the kindness, friendship and self-sacrifice of the lower working people, and reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts.

The protagonist Julien is extraordinarily handsome and intelligent. He comes from a humble background but is ambitious. He has hoped to join the upper class society through personal efforts and struggle since he was a child. Just when he thought he was on the road to success and had found love that transcended class, society ruthlessly sent him to the guillotine. "The Red and the Black" is a monument of French and even European literature in the nineteenth century. The confrontation between the individual and society is its central theme. After so many years, the book is still shining brightly in the long and long art gallery. It has not faded over the years and has become a literary book that people all over the world cannot put down.

"Madame Bovary" is the masterpiece of Flaubert, "the founder of modern Western novels". Emma, ​​an educated peasant girl, married Buffali, a country doctor, but yearned for a more luxurious and romantic life. After two derailments and facing heavy debts, she did not end well. When marriage cannot meet the expectations of love, when the charm of novelty fades away, love reveals its eternal monotony. Flaubert criticized the decadent and degenerate social life in the early stage of capitalist society and the vulgarity and vulgarity of the small citizens.

This book is based on the Trojan War caused by the abduction of the beautiful Helen by the Trojan prince Paris. It mainly narrates the story that took place around the fifty days of the tenth year of the war: the arrogance and greed of the Greek army commander Agamemnon aroused the anger of the army chief Achilles, which triggered a series of battles and killings.

Prince Hamlet of Denmark's father, old Hamlet, died suddenly. Hamlet's uncle Claudius succeeded to the throne and married his mother. After Hamlet returned home, under the guidance of his father's ghost, he gradually figured out the truth behind his uncle's murder of his brother and usurpation of the throne. He followed the instructions of the dead soul and decided to avenge his father, but the cunning Claudius struck first and designed a trap to harm him.

"Sir, I'm a fool!" Shuike is a complete fool, with a chubby round face and a silly smile that always hangs on his face. He was deemed an idiot by the military medical review board and retired from the army. From then on, he had to make a living by selling dogs and forging pedigree certificates for various mutts from humble backgrounds. Later, when the war was critical, he endured the pain of rheumatism and asked his maid to push him in a wheelchair to join the army. By coincidence, he became a captain and an orderly of the chaplain. From being drafted into the army to going to the front line, Shuai Ke obeyed his superiors unconditionally and carried out his orders to the letter. However, his mindless obedience and good intentions often make his superiors embarrassed and create one ridiculous farce after another...

Werther is an emotional young man who yearns for a free life. At a dance, he met the judge's daughter Lotte and fell deeply in love with her. But not long after, Lotte's fiancé came back, and Werther also left under the persuasion of his friends and returned to the city to work as a clerk. The conservative and corrupt officialdom, the vulgar citizens, and the arrogant nobles all caused him to constantly conflict with the reality around him. In the end, the disillusioned Werther ended his life with a pistol...

Oliver, who had no father or mother, struggled to live in an orphanage for nine years, and was sent to an apprenticeship with the owner of a coffin shop. Unbearable hunger, poverty and humiliation forced Oliver to flee to London, where he was forced to become a pickpocket. He was once taken in by the wealthy Mr. Brown, but unfortunately he was discovered by a pickpocket and fell into the den of thieves again. In order to rescue Oliver, the kind-hearted female pickpocket Nancy reported to Brown, regardless of the surveillance and threats of the pickpocket leader, saying that Oliver was the son of his long-awaited old friend...

Raskolnikov, a poor college student, was tortured by depression and poverty and killed the cruel and greedy loan shark Ivanovna and his sister Lizaveta. After the murder, Raskolnikov could not get rid of the fear in his heart. He felt that all the good feelings he had had were wiped out. This was an inner punishment more severe than legal punishment...

"War and Peace" is a novel written by the literary giant and Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, written from 1863 to 1869. This book is in English and should not be missed by English lovers. This work is one of the top ten famous novels in the world. It centers on the Patriotic War of 1812 and takes the experiences of nobles such as Balkans and Bezukhov as the main line. It connects many events and characters in the alternate description of war and peace. The work praises peace and describes war at the same time, reflecting the heroic spirit of the people in defending their motherland from being insulted by the enemy. The Russian people were not discouraged by the brutal plunder of powerful enemies, and used just war to stop unjust wars and strive for a peaceful life. As a Russian novel that is the pinnacle of Russian realist literary achievements in the 19th century, this book has universal humanity. In terms of content, it is not only a magnificent "heroic pastoral poem" of Russian aristocrats, but it also expresses the love and hate, life and death, war and peace of all mankind; in terms of form, it comprehensively inherits the rich tradition of previous European novels and develops the artistic genre of long epics to the extreme. In the entire history of the development of Russian literature, "War and Peace" is the first novel with pan-European significance. Russian literary historian Mirsky once said: "This work belongs to both Russia and Europe to the same extent, which is unique in Russian literature." The work has far-reaching influence and has been adapted into a film and television drama of the same name. In addition to battles, the book contains daily events in family life: conversations between relatives, holiday celebrations, dancing, playing cards, hunting, partings and reunions, etc. These ordinary events show unique narrative power in Tolstoy's writings, and they remain world-renowned literary classics to this day.