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"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.

"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 "favorite child in his heart". It was published in twenty parts monthly from 1849 to 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.