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"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.

"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.

"The Diary of Anne Frank" is the diary of the Jewish girl Anne Frank. This diary records her secret life for two years from June 1942 to August 1944. In August 1944, the whole family was arrested by the Green Police and sent to a concentration camp. He died of typhoid fever the following year. The diary contains detailed records of Anne's hidden life, as well as her analysis of her adolescent self, her longing for the end of her war life, and her brief but beautiful first love. Although she was in the midst of war, Anne still observed life optimistically and delicately and faced the war situation positively. After the war, her surviving father, Otto Frank, published Anne's diary, causing a huge sensation. "The Diary of Anne Frank" has been translated into more than 70 languages ​​and was included in the "Memory of the World Register" by UNESCO in 2009. The film also received eight Oscar nominations in one fell swoop, and both John F. Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn voiced their voices for the book. Anne's story has had an impact around the world.

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 Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a masterpiece of romanticism that must be read. The plot of the novel is twists and turns, tense and vivid, unpredictable, dramatic and legendary. It is highly artistic and takes the history of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago as the background, truly showing the dark dealings between the palace and the church. 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 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.

Maugham is one of the most famous and important modern and contemporary writers in Britain. His literary achievements are mainly reflected in the field of novels. Maugham wrote many works, and "The Shackles of Life" is one of his best works. It was published in 1915 and is his second novel. The novel tells the story of the protagonist Philip's thirty-year life experience in family, school and society since his childhood. It reflects his confusion, frustration, pain, disappointment and exploration in the process of growing up, as well as the physical defects, religious and erotic constraints he suffered, as well as the protagonist's journey of finally getting rid of these shackles. Compared with Maugham's personal experience, this work is obviously quite autobiographical, and it seems that we can see the author's early misfortune. As a result, novels appear more solid, and literary creations extracted from the mineral resources of life will undoubtedly appear more realistic and artistically appealing.

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".

"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 Old Man and the Sea" is one of Hemingway's most representative works and one of the most famous novellas in the world, winning the Pulitzer Prize. This book mainly tells the story of an old man who went fishing alone in distant seas. After not catching a fish for eighty-four days and being laughed at by others, the old man finally caught a big marlin alone. However, the fish was so big that it dragged the old man's small fishing boat on the sea and escaped for three days. In the end, he was exhausted and was killed by the old man and tied to the side of the fishing boat. Unfortunately, on the way back, the old man was constantly attacked by sharks. When the big marlin landed, only its head, tail and a white backbone were left. Despite this, the old man never gave up. "A person can be eliminated, but cannot be defeated." This is the life belief of the protagonist Santiago, and it is also the thought that the author wants to express in "The Old Man and the Sea". Through the image of Santiago, the author passionately praises the indestructible spiritual power displayed by human beings in the face of hardships. The child is preparing to go to sea again with the old man, and he must learn all the "skills" of the old man, which symbolizes that the "invincible" spirit of mankind will be passed down from generation to generation.

"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.