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"Rural Chronicles: The Itch of the Land" is a part of the "Rural Chronicles" series, which describes the local issues in rural China. The work tells the story of the three different transformations that the villagers of Hejiawan experienced during the thirty years of reform and opening up, from the "lifeblood" of the source of food and clothing, to the "rib" that is tasteless and disposable, to the "tail" that they want to cut off but is not so easy to cut off, and their struggle in the soil. , As well as tracing back history, expounding the history of rural land relocation in China during the thirty years or more of reform and opening up and the living conditions of Chinese farmers for more than a century, vividly depicting the process of land relocation in China's rural areas since reform and opening up and its impact on the hearts of farmers. The whole book integrates the fantasy of time and the daily life of farmers. It not only pays attention to the macroscopic impact of time on farmers' micro life, but also focuses on the impact of micro life on the macro world. While truly reflecting real life, it also deeply explores folk culture such as customs (festivals), religious beliefs, myths and legends that affect people's behavior.

This book tells the story of Qiao Yan, a village cadre who serves as the "secretary" in Hejiawan Village, engaged in targeted poverty alleviation work, doing practical things, and solving practical problems. It also writes about the difficulties that some of her idealized plans encountered in reality. Through Hejiawan Village and its villagers, it also shows the current representative figures in the village and their spirit and life style. It more realistically reflects the specific problems faced by grassroots cadres in poverty alleviation work, and their flexible and intelligent response to complex and ever-changing grassroots work.

Through four chapters and 12 short and medium-sized stories, it shows and explores the living and mental states of small people from different angles - how they exist, how they think, the difficulties they encounter and their struggles, and their growth. (Example 1: Zhao Zhao was sold by her father from Southeast Asia to the southern coast of China because of a bride transaction. Nominally, Zhao Zhao was sold voluntarily. But she also had her own conspiracy - she wanted to use the buyer to cross the border and go to China to find her husband Ruan Wen who was forced to separate from her. In the article, Zhaozhao combines romanticism and idealism. Through his four escapes in the southern coastal mountain villages, he shows the character's yearning for freedom and the pursuit of the lost self.

This is the latest novel by the famous writer Hong Ying. It tells the story of two cities, Rome and Chongqing, over five and a half days. A girl reads and stares at the river, and a girl dances on the beach. They are lonely and missing their father. They escape from the day-to-day mountain city and come to Rome with their hearts in mind. The momentary experience of female existence becomes a constantly playing melody and voice in this novel, which is not limited by national boundaries, cities, or time. In exploring the depth of freedom of the soul, it is a dialogue scene of urban spiritual life. Like a movie lens, it seems to have entered the palace of philosophical themes of love and marriage. On the one hand, it sincerely pursues love, and on the other hand, it faithfully analyzes the emotion and intellectuality surging in the depths of life. On the one hand, she yearns to perform the wedding ceremony, but on the other hand, she gives up marriage cautiously and without hesitation. This is an independent and unique novel, but it also inherits the theme of love and freedom from the May Fourth period. Exploring the mysteries of marriage and love allows people to deeply experience the preciousness of physical and mental freedom, and also allows people to appreciate the magical relationship between the soul, cultural civilization and wedding ceremonies. They transcend the real plight and suffering of women, and also reflect from another perspective the inner struggles and anguish of most people in China over the past 40 years of reform and opening up.

"Chinese Fishermen" is a history of survival of fishermen in the Bohai Sea. "Chinese Fishermen" is a history of survival of ordinary people at the bottom. There are no romantic stories in the book, there are legendary experiences, only real life.

This is a strange and mysterious story. A lonely man, a genius child, traveled across the ocean to a strange country. Their memories were erased, their identities were tampered with, and they formed a "coupled family" with another unrelated woman to start a new life. The novel contains comedic surprises and shocks, and the narrative texture is still Coetzee-like and dense, including multiple themes such as metaphysics, ethics, sociology, and pedagogy that "new life" refers to.

In 1735, during the "Funeral Song Operation" of Miss Lillian, the head of the Wilhelmia family, an arms dealer, Count Lulgamas was arrested and imprisoned. A few months later, the Count's property was auctioned, and news spread that the Count was shot in Tunisia. In 1741, Lord Glarel, Baron Dale, and Viscount Alison gathered at Glarel Manor to hatch a plan to avenge the earl. What stories happened on the journey with an uncertain future? --Who killed the Marquis of Jowa in a pool of blood? What is the ending of Baron Dale who jumped off the cliff? Where is the owner of the four-masted galleon that begins with the letter "G"? Who was responsible for the flintlock shots that echoed through the manor? Who is the man in black who keeps appearing? Why did the Qing Dynasty's Ying family woman suddenly visit? Also, why is the girl named Lijikai covered with scars? What has happened to the familiar Joshua? Who is the elusive Lenaga? What prompted the raid on the Barton Theater? What kind of terrifying sea monster is Lilian's trump card "Dreamer"? Was Calvert really stupid? Can Viscount Alison grasp the ten minutes of life and death? Is Count Lulgamas really dead? ..."In this world, the flames of war have never truly been silent!" Hatred, anger, arrogance; bravery, perseverance, faith... The once-silent legendary sailing battleship "Golden Empire" has finally made its miraculous voyage again! In the final battle on the Black Sea, who can be left until tomorrow?

This book is a full-length novel. A few days ago, the old minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation called Director Wu of Guangrong Farm and asked whether there were any difficulties for the transferred officers and soldiers marching into the Great Northern Wilderness. Director Wu reported to the old minister at the top of his lungs: "There are no difficulties, and they are not difficult. There is only one - - These twenty-five-year-old men are in need of wives! They are in need of wives! If they don't have wives, how can they continue to build Beidahuang from generation to generation and continue to immigrate here? If they don't think of a way, they will run away."

This book mainly records all aspects of the lives of the lower class people living in Suzhou's Pantong Alley, focusing on the three representative families of Wu, Qiao and Zhang. The time span is from before and after liberation to the period of reform and opening up. With the changes in the social system and the changes in "houses", wealthy landowners have become civilians, and civilians have squeezed into the not-so-wide crotch alley. Things about the house became more and more tense. During this period, some people made a fortune by fishing in troubled waters, some encountered misfortune, and some escaped from danger. The common people in Crotch Alley each had their own ideas and eventually went their separate ways, while the die-hard conservatives still clung to the dilapidated Crotch Alley, looking forward to far-fetched construction plans, institutional changes, housing demolition and distribution...

An enduringly readable saga of three generations of women. Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing said, "This is not a book to be read in a hurry, because every sentence of it is refreshing." Considered a contemporary American classic. A writer who plays an important role in American literary circles. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Hemingway Prize, and the Orange Prize for Literature, Obama personally awarded her the National Humanities Medal. She was one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2016. A beloved writer by Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient". The novel was adapted into a film of the same name by Scottish director Bill Fosse. The town of Fingerbone, a lakeside village in remote western Idaho, has rare wet weather, which exposes the entire village to constant disasters such as heavy rains, river flooding caused by severe cold, hunger, cold, house collapse and other disasters. The people who took care of the two little orphans kept coming and going, and they only wanted to see a complete mother in their grandmother and aunt Sylvie with her little quirks, but in the end they discovered that Sylvie only longed for a wandering journey. Lucille, the precocious sister, suddenly realizes one day that her memory of her mother has long been rotten by the intrusion of reality. She returns to daily life, and at the same time longs for another place completely different from Fingerbone Town; Ruth and Sylvie, who are richer and more reserved in their hearts, are destined to be wanderers, spending their wandering lives in carriages. The extraordinary past has given them a rich and incomprehensible inner world. The lingering sadness in their memories and emotions made them realize that a kind of grief for the deceased gradually became brighter and darker in the river of time.

"Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" is one of Li Ruqing's masterpieces. The whole book consists of two volumes. It tells the heroic story of a Red Army team led by the party in the early days of the Second Civil Revolutionary War, following the Jinggangshan Road pioneered by Chairman Mao, and establishing a rural revolutionary base in a mountainous area in the south of the motherland. With full revolutionary passion and typical heroic images, the work illustrates the great significance of the Jinggangshan Road to the Chinese revolution. At the same time, it also vividly reflected the broad social outlook and complex revolutionary situation at that time. The book has distinctive characteristics of the times, and at the same time, it fully reflects the literary talent, historical values ​​and aesthetic pursuits of the writers of that generation.

The novel fictionalizes the story of a small village that migrated from a distant place. The people of this small village have retained some special customs and behaviors for many years, and have been ridiculed by the locals. However, life in the small village is so peaceful and lively, and the villagers' joyful and sorrowful emotions intertwined into a landscape of self-sufficient agricultural civilization. However, under the erosion of modern industrial culture, the symbolic village finally sank tragically. The novel's deep meaning and complex and harmonious artistic structure all have their own unique charm.

A woman's forty years of affection and love are written with a delicate and gorgeous pen in a sad and touching way, intertwined with the changes of Shanghai, a metropolis, from the 1940s to the 1990s. Wang Anyi's seemingly plain but humorous and cold writing style, in which he relishes the small and trivial details of life, shows the people and the city in the changing times, and is known as the "modern Shanghai epic". This book won the first World Chinese Literature Award, and in 2000, it won the Mao Dun Literary Award, the most honorable award in my country's literary world.

"Bitter Cauliflower" is set in the rural areas of Kunyu Mountain in Shandong Province. It describes how the local people under the leadership of the Communist Party fought against Japanese invaders, traitors, and feudal forces during the Anti-Japanese War. Here, there are couples who both suffered and refused to give in until death; there are rural women who would rather sacrifice their husbands in front of the enemy to save the Eighth Route Army cadres. These people who fought bravely went through a long and arduous process and finally won the final victory.

The novel tells the story of the survival struggle of different tribes in a canyon of the Lancang River since the beginning of the last century. It not only shows the primitive survival scenes on this land, but also expresses people's special attitude towards nature and gods, the rough and wild characteristics necessary to survive here, and the infinite meaning of spiritual communication between humans and gods. The work shows rare strength and depth. The time span of the novel is quite large. The entire history of Tibet in the last century is presented in such a tense and relaxed manner. It makes us face a strange period of history and directly probes into our spiritual depths.

The novel is set in the social life of a remote rural area in Sichuan in the winter of 1979. Through the life stories of the old farmer Xu Mao and his daughters, the novel truly records the catastrophic damage caused to agricultural production and the severe mental trauma caused by the "Cultural Revolution" to the farmers. It profoundly reflects the changing social outlook of the late 1970s and foreshadows the bright and beautiful prospects that will emerge after the turmoil ends. The novel won the first Mao Dun Literature Award.

"Snow City" is the masterpiece of the famous writer Liang Xiaosheng. It tells the story of the educated youth who returned to the city in the early 1980s and struggled to integrate into the new environment, find and realize their own value. It truly shows their confusion and pursuit, and praises their beautiful feelings and pursuits in the face of adversity. This work has been republished many times and adapted into a TV series, which has had a wide impact.

In the winter of 1946, a small team of the Northeastern Democratic Alliance Army, led by the regiment's chief of staff Shao Jianbo, went deep into the forest and snowy fields to carry out the task of suppressing bandits. The reconnaissance hero Yang Zirong battled wits and courage with the Eagle Bandits in Weihu Mountain. "Linhaixueyuan" has always been regarded as a typical representative of "revolutionary popular novels" and has been hailed as a shining example of "the combination of new political ideas and traditional forms of expression". It is also an irreplaceable and important novel in the development of the entire "Seventeen Years of Literature".

"The Legend of Dongzang" is a novel written by the contemporary female writer Zong Pu. It is the sequel to the novel "The Story of the Southern Crossing" and was first published in 2000. The characters in the novel are based on Professor Meng Yue of the History Department of Minglun University, his wife Lu Bichu, and his daughters Meng Liji and Meng Lingji. They are radiated to nearly a hundred people around Professor Meng Yue's relatives, friends, and colleagues. It tells the story of the personal encounters, emotional experiences, and spiritual growth of a group of intellectuals who came south from the capital during the Anti-Japanese War. The novel uses a warm tone to show the perseverance and broad-mindedness of the Chinese nation. In 2005, "Dongzang Ji" won the 6th Mao Dun Literature Award.

"The Story of the Broad Sword" was created in 1975 and consists of two parts and three volumes. This is the only full-length novel in China that describes the Anti-Japanese War in the Northern Shandong Plain. The author Guo Qingcheng uses a realistic writing style rooted in the countryside and a simple and vigorous style derived from traditional Chinese novels to extol the heroic spirit and historical merits of the people of the Northern Shandong Plain in the Anti-Japanese War. The work gained widespread influence as soon as it was published and became an indelible reading memory for a generation. The book has distinctive characteristics of the times, and at the same time, it fully reflects the literary talent, historical values ​​and aesthetic pursuits of the writers of that generation.

In the form of a novel, the work describes the life journey of Comrade Jiao Yulu, a good cadre of the party and a good servant of the people, who grew from a poor boy to an outstanding leading cadre of our party. It vividly reproduces the touching scenes of him leading the people of Lankao to fight against heaven and earth and build their homeland. It successfully creates a three-dimensional, multifaceted and flesh-and-blood literary image of Jiao Yulu, and vividly restores the life legend of a public servant of the people.

"Three Mile Bay" was first published in 1955. The novel revolves around the four tasks of the Sanliwan Agricultural Cooperative's autumn harvest, cooperative expansion, party consolidation, and canal opening. It describes the intricate conflicts and entanglements of the four families, Ma Duoshou, Fan Denggao, Yuan Tiancheng, and Wang Baoquan. It reflects the conflict between advanced and backward forces in the countryside, and shows the style of rural life in a period of great social change. The structure of the novel inherits the traditional techniques of Chinese classical novels, and the language is vivid, simple and interesting. The character setting and characterization are exquisite and interesting.

There are many ordinary people living in Cailianbang. There are storytellers, opera singers, odd-jobbers, teachers, framers, and vendors; there are also those who were prostitutes in the past and those who are prostitutes now... They are struggling on the journey of life, performing scenes of heartbreaking and pitiable hardships... "The Record of Misery in Cai Lian Bang" written by Fan Xiaoqing is written calmly, naturally, freely and smoothly, with elegance in the vulgarity and vulgarity in the elegance. It is shocking in its heavy display.

The story takes place in Chongqing, the capital of the Nationalist Government in 1945. Here are a group of dead people who were drunk and dreaming in the feasting and feasting. Everything revolves around money. Corruption of officials, speculation by businessmen and bankers, and women cheating with their lustful appearance are all the rage. The novel uses the clues of Wei Duanben, a young civil servant, and Tian Peizhi, a woman in trouble, who broke up after living together, and uses the opportunity of many characters to rush to buy gold savings certificates to make money from the national crisis, and unfolds a complicated story.

"Qing Ping Shan Tang Hua Ben" is a collection of Hua Ben that records the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, and is the earliest extant collection of Hua Ben. It was originally called "Sixty Family Novels". In the 1920s and 1930s, Mr. Ma Lian and Mr. A Ying successively discovered the annihilated version of this book, and obtained 29 chapters, which were named "Qingping Shantang Huaben". "Qingpingshan Hall" is the name of the hall of Hong Zhen, a native of Qiantang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. "Qing Ping Shan Tang Hua Ben" truly preserves the original appearance of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Hua Ben. The works included are all folk creations, with relatively simple and superficial ideas, not very high taste, and short and vulgar writing. However, it is the most real. It looks at these colorful mortal things from the eyes of ordinary people, presenting an artistic realm of folk culture that is completely different from the refined culture such as poetry and prose.

Facing major changes unseen in a thousand years, the Qing Dynasty terminated the imperial examination system that had been followed for thousands of years, and changed the life path of the majority of students who studied and excelled to become officials. Along with the turbulent political situation, a group of scholars walked out of the county school and started their own different life journeys: some have gone through hardships, but their hearts are bright; some are seeking office by any means; some do not distinguish between right and wrong, and pursue fame and fortune for fun. The protagonist distinguishes right from wrong in a chaotic political situation, is still kind to others, sticks to the bottom line, and helps those in need even in times of disappointment and despair. He continues to explore ways to save the country and the people in times of hardship, and ultimately grows from a scholar in troubled times to a determined Communist Party member.

"Submarine" is a novel by Japanese writer Kotaro Isaka. It tells a story about youth and hope. Although it is a little cruel, it still makes people feel extremely warm. Isaka Kotaro said: "I want to write stories that cannot be truly solved. For example, a car accident, the perpetrator who suddenly takes away an innocent life is hateful, but maybe through media reports, we will learn about the various difficulties involved and gradually feel confused. "Submarine" is the subject I gave myself." Synopsis of the story of "Submarine": My job is to contact minors who have violated the law and judge whether to impose criminal sanctions. This time, I encountered a tricky thing. A young man named Yuma Tanaoka drove without a license and killed a pedestrian. A few days later, a young man came to the door. It was he who was distracted while driving, rushed onto the sidewalk, and took the life of Bangaoka's friend. On the day when Bangaoka caused the car accident, this young man had appeared at the scene of the accident. It's like we are playing mahjong with an invisible opponent all the time. At first, everyone gets thirteen cards, and even if they have a bad hand, they have to work hard to find a way to tie the cards. People with good luck will always draw good cards, while people with bad luck can only win a small amount of money even if they draw by themselves. Even if they complain that they are not lucky and can no longer play cards, they still have to continue playing.

Joel Monroe's life is like the hands on a clock, moving step by step on the dial, living a repetitive life day after day. After his wife passed away, Joel lost the motivation to live and continued to circle numbly based on inertia. Finally, after witnessing too many deaths, he refused to move forward again - it was up to him to decide when to stop. However, an accident disrupted his plan and turned his life upside down... There are moments in everyone's life when "I don't want to live anymore". Mr. Monroe decided to take action and find a decent way to commit suicide. The bad friend Frank actively made suggestions - die! There must be a perfect solution!

The novel "Proceedings" tells the wandering life of Adam Poirot. In the eyes of the world, Adam is a man who has nothing to do all day long, wandering on the beach and in big cities. He does not care about the news and movements of society and the city, nor does he think about his past, recall his relatives, or consider his future. He seems to have cut off all ties with modern society. He always maintained a straightforward approach and refused to accept rational directions of thought. At the same time, he strives to materialize himself so that he can dissipate and melt into a bit of matter in the universe. In the end, he was regarded as a mental patient by the police because of the "weird" speech he made on the street and was sent to the hospital. "Proceeding Transcript" has the rich fantasy color of Le Cléchio's early works. Adam was considered a "madman" by society because he told the truth, but he showed extremely high intelligence and amazing thinking ability in his tit-for-tat conversations with the medical team. This contrasting writing style, full of irony and rebelliousness, shows Le Cléchio's own intuitive questioning of people, society, and modern civilization. As the Swedish Academy commented on him, he "is a writer who marks a new beginning in literature. His works contain poetic innovation, sensual ecstasy, and an exploration of human nature under the dominance of civilization and free from civilization." Former French President Charles de Gaulle once commented: ""Proceedings" allowed me to enter another world. Maybe this is a real world."

The protagonist, middle-aged man Charlie, encounters obstacles everywhere in his life: he is an unsuccessful retired baseball player, his marriage is on the rocks midway, and he lacks communication with his daughter. When he found out that even his daughter was unwilling to invite him to her wedding and that he had become a complete loner, he suffered a complete psychological breakdown and committed suicide by driving his car. When he was wandering at the border between life and death, he suddenly saw his mother who died many years ago. His mother (or rather his mother's vision, ghost...) Leads him back to the past, where he stays for one more day. During this day, his mother took Charlie to visit several people, some of whom had had a significant impact on his life, and some of whom were complete strangers. In the process, Charlie's memories of his life were interspersed with them, and some family secrets buried deep in his memory were gradually revealed. All of this constituted a journey that made Charlie review, introspect, and even enlightenment. Regarding family and life, Charlie realized more in this day than in most of his past life. At the end of the day, his mother disappeared, and Charlie was successfully rescued and returned to the world, where he spent the rest of his life with a positive and open-minded attitude.

One of the most famous works of Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the winner of the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize. Based on the magnificent life of a rural female doctor, the work reflects on China's 60-year history of family planning, conveys a strong humanitarian concern for life, presents the contradictions and pain deep in the soul of intellectuals, and fully demonstrates the richness and mystery of Mo Yan's literary kingdom.

Mo Yan's most important full-length masterpiece challenges reading nerves with torture in the late Qing Dynasty. As soon as he starts speaking, readers are drawn into Mo Yan's unique narrative world: the soul-stirring "cat tune" drama, the traditional telling method of "crested pig belly - leopard tail", the wild imagination of the "storyteller", and the strange people and strange things in "Northeast Gaomi Township". It is a perfect combination of violent aesthetics, historical intervention and realistic concern.

Among contemporary Chinese literature, it is one of the earliest works that cares about society and reflects real life. It is a work of conscience that pleads for the people. The author created this literary masterpiece based on the once sensational "garlic sprouts incident". Thousands of farmers responded to the county government's call to plant garlic sprouts in large quantities. However, when the sales failed, officials ignored the incident. Worried farmers gathered spontaneously, leading to a sensational social incident.

Let the physical childhood pass and the spiritual childhood remain forever. --Lin Haiyin "Old Things in the South of the City" is a collection of autobiographical short stories published by the famous female writer Lin Haiyin in 1960, based on her life between the ages of seven and thirteen. It describes that in the 1920s, in a courtyard in the south of Beijing, Yingzi's warm and harmonious family lived. Through the childish eyes of the protagonist Yingzi, it shows the joys and sorrows of the adult world to the world. It has an indescribable innocence, but it expresses the complex emotions of the world, touching generations of readers.

Born in a suburb of Tokyo, Tsukuda's dream since childhood was to fly into the universe. When he grew up, he became an outstanding scientific researcher, specializing in rocket engine research and development. But when he was closest to the peak of his dream, an accident caused him to resign and return to his hometown, inheriting the factory left by his father. Seven years have passed, and the word dream has long been far away from Tsukuda. Now he is a small and medium-sized enterprise operator. He has to deal with banks and compete with large companies for the sake of his employees... Just when Tsukuda has almost forgotten his dream, a lawsuit comes to his door. Just when he is struggling, Tsukuda sees a glimmer of a dream in the whirlpool. Want to give pursuit of your dreams another try?

"Typical Yankee" is an American story. The novel tells the painful struggle of three Chinese intellectuals who came to the United States in the 1940s to pursue their own American dreams. When the Zhang family consisting of Ralph Zhang, his sister Teresa, and his wife Helen first settled in the United States, due to the differences between American culture and Chinese culture, the Zhang family was particularly repulsive and had a certain disdain for American culture. However, in the process of pursuing their own "American Dream", the Zhang family faced two different values ​​and cultures, and fell into a series of dilemmas. In the process of self-reflection in loss and despair, they gradually understood the essence of the "typical Yankee" and became the "Yankee" they had previously despised.

About the edition: Based on the 1952 Chenguang Publishing Company edition, the punctuation and wording are revised according to the habits of modern readers. While retaining the original meaning, it is as close to the present as possible, eliminating unnecessary sense of time, and presenting the timeless charm of Lao She. Text part: Lao Li, a young intellectual, is dissatisfied with the vulgarity and perfunctoriness of his marriage and workplace. He wants to escape but lacks the courage. He is surrounded by people who are confused and have no dreams: the officious big brother, the young but evil office guy, the henpecked and incompetent director, the domineering wife of the director, the country wives who were infected by the vulgar disease, the ridiculous giant baby "revolutionary"... He struggled in the vulgar environment, sometimes compromising, sometimes struggling. When a friend is in trouble, he sacrifices his status and money to rescue him, and in the process sees through the depravity and hopelessness of those around him. He was moved by the bravery and righteousness of a social worker who was usually looked down upon, and made him make up his mind to leave the seemingly colorful Peiping and the stable iron rice bowl, and return to rural life and a simple family.

"Long Live Tiger Ben" is the first full-length novel that directly describes the famous battle of the Kuomintang's frontal battlefield - the Battle of Changde. Work description code\

"Bao Gong Case" is a public case novel from the Ming Dynasty. It tells the story of Bao Zheng, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, who solved the case. It is one of the three major public case novels in ancient Chinese literature and has a great influence. The novel is based on the "Huaben" circulated among the people. It is a collection of short stories about Bao Gong's solving crimes. Although the content is incoherent, the image of Bao Gong runs through the whole book. He enforces the law impartially and is honest and upright. Through a series of cases involving "human life", "adultery", "thief", "competition", etc. That he tried, the author created an image of an upright official who eliminates harm for the people and is loved by others.

This book is the longest of the sequels to "A Dream of Red Mansions", with a hundred chapters in total. It mainly describes the rebirth and reunion process of Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and other twelve beauties of Jinling. The plot of the whole book is bizarre and fascinating. "A Dream of Red Mansions" published by our publisher is based on a copy of the Langhuanzhai edition of the Peking University Library collected by the Shanghai Ancient Books Society, and is compiled with reference to other editions for proofreading and editing.

After reading "The Veil", I realized that you can do without love, but don't lose yourself! The representative work of "Story Master" Maugham in his mature period is a novel based on his personal experience after traveling to China in 1920. It uses the story of a British woman who came to China in a turbulent era to explore the meaning and value of women's existence in the world. It has been adapted into movies three times, touching countless fans, and is known as "a classic for women's spiritual awakening." Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Zhang Ailing, and Wang Anyi moved to recommend. Reader Classic Library's new hardcover illustrated edition of "The Veil" specially includes "Maugham's Travels in China" to help readers understand the story behind "The Veil" and further understand "The Veil". Specially included are original hand-drawn illustrations, which wonderfully present the classic scenes of the novel. A new translation by veteran young translator Liu Yongjun. He has translated Maugham's works such as "The Moon and Sixpence", "The Shackles of Humanity", "The Blade", "Maugham's Short Stories", etc., And can perfectly restore Maugham's sharp writing style! "I am determined to keep my daughter away from all this. I hope she will become a brave and sincere person. I hope she will be an upright person, not relying on anyone, and taking control of herself. I hope she will live freely and live a more exciting life than I did." Faced with the betrayal of her lover, Katie had to team up with her husband to go to a strange country where cholera was rampant. After witnessing poverty and disease, betrayal and death, she finally unveiled the veil of humanity and recognized the direction of her life...

After reading "Goodbye, My Love", I discovered that there are some people you just can't quit, and there are some things you just can't compromise on! Haruki Murakami's literary idol, author of "The Long Goodbye", and Chandler, a master of American literature, is another masterpiece! Haruki Murakami once personally translated "Goodbye, My Love", setting off a reading frenzy! Murakami: "Chandler is my idol!" In addition to Murakami, great masters such as Camus, Maugham, Eliot, O'Neill, Auden, Qian Zhongshu, etc. Also regard Chandler as their literary idol. The "Chandler-style" writing style has influenced countless writers in later generations! Reader's Classic Library "Goodbye, My Love" is an exclusive and must-read reason: 1. A young translator and die-hard Chandler fan has created a brand new translation to restore the "tough guy" refined writing style. 2. Brand new hand-drawn comic-style illustrations, vividly showing the charm of Chandler's writing. 3. Specially comes with an original [Illustrated Book of Marlowe's personal belongings], which displays wine, clothes, cars and other items in an illustrated way - take the illustrated book to the pub and order a glass of wine that Marlowe drank. 4. Special bonus: [Marlowe's Map of Los Angeles], original map and landmark illustrations, taking you through Chandler's Sin City. The desperado who had just been released from prison was looking around for his lover's whereabouts. He didn't care that his lover had never visited the prison or written a letter in eight years. The day he was released from prison, he bought new clothes and looked for her everywhere. He just wanted to see her, he just loved her, but his lover... "Hello, honey, long time no see."

There are ten thousand possibilities in life, and I don't want to live a boring life! Naoki Award-winning writer Hiroshi Ogihara once again moved the whole of Japan after "Seaside Barbershop"! The novel is a hot recommendation on Japan's famous book review website "Reading METER". How to balance career and family, dreams and reality? The answer lies in "Strawberry Life". The process of growing a good strawberry is full of magic, just like the secret soup in a ramen shop or the treasure map in a secret cave. And these can never be known in a metropolis. Designer Keisuke dreamed of making a career in Tokyo, and after working hard for many years, he finally established his own studio. Two years after establishing its own business, the business entered a downturn. Keisuke could have returned to his hometown to take over the farming industry, but he really didn't want to spend his whole life wearing dirty work clothes. More importantly, leaving Tokyo seemed to declare a failure in life. At this time, news came that his father was seriously ill, and Keisuke had to temporarily return to his hometown at the foot of Mount Fuji. The family started growing strawberries at some point, and he was surprised to find that the process of growing a high-quality strawberry was actually full of magic - just like a ramen shop with secret soup, or a secret cave with a treasure map. Keisuke never thought that his life would be rekindled by this sweet and sour strawberry field under Mount Fuji.

Commemorative edition for the 120th anniversary of Hemingway's birth; experimental writing techniques construct a kaleidoscope that gives a panoramic view of society. This book is divided into three parts: "Spring", "Autumn" and "Winter", vividly showing the failed life of Harry Morgan, an "individualist". In "Spring", Morgan was engaged in the business of renting out fishing boats. He was forced to make a living by transporting "live goods" (smugglers) for others. In order to protect himself, he did not hesitate to risk his own life and got into a lawsuit with his life; in "Autumn", Morgan was engaged in the business of smuggling spirits and lived a life of "licking blood on the edge of a knife"; Although he killed the group of terrorists on the yacht, he was also shot and died. This is one of Hemingway's works that has aroused strong controversy among critics.

This work is part of the author's detective novel series "The Heroic Thief Lu Ping", which tells the detective story of the hero Lu Ping, portrayed by Sun Liaohong, who helped the poor, rescued the poor, and hoe the strong and the weak. The author used such a character to strongly criticize and satirize the dark corruption of the upper class of society at that time. The book "Ghost Hands" contains four of the stories, namely "Ghost Hands", "Jie Xin Ji", "Singling Birds" and "Puppet's Drama".

This work describes the life of Gu Xiuzhen, a prostitute in Leli, Shanghai's red-light district in the 1920s and 1930s. She "worked alone", sometimes hunting big clients in the "company", sometimes waiting for customers in hotels, and even promiscuous men on the streets. The main scene of the story is concentrated in half of a small pavilion. From this specific perspective, various characters and events in the glitzy world of Shanghai at that time are shown.

"The Appearance of Officialdom" is the most representative work of condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty and one of the four major condemnation novels. There are 60 chapters in total, and the structure is similar to that of The Scholars. After one person performs a performance, he immediately switches to the next one, and so on. The work takes the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty as the object of expression, focusing on describing the corruption, darkness and ugliness of the old officialdom during the collapse of feudal society. Here there are military ministers, governors and governors, admirals, as well as county magistrates, officials, and miscellaneous officials. They are either dirty and despicable, ignorant, or corrupt, forming a picture of the bureaucracy in the late Qing Dynasty.

This book combines Bao Qingtian in history with Bao Qingtian in novels, operas and folklore, and vividly describes Bao Qingtian's dangerous experience in the complicated social relations in the Song Renzong era. He was not afraid of power and dared to break through the network woven by bureaucrats, nobles, gentry and bullies.

Not long after Yu Jianping, known as the "Twelve Money Escorts", announced his retirement from the world, due to repeated requests from his old friend Hu Mengang, the head of the Haizhou Zhentong Escort Bureau, he finally agreed to lend the sealed Twelve Money Escorts to his old friend, and sent his disciple assistant to escort a huge amount of salt official funds to Jiangning. Unexpectedly, he was kidnapped along with the silver and belt escorts on the way. In order to find out the truth of the matter and regain the Twelve Money Escorts that were related to his dignity, Yu Jianping decided to return to the world...

This book tells the story of Qiu Haitang, a female actor, who fell in love with Luo Xiangqi, a girl who was insulted by the warlord. However, she was persecuted by the warlord and was even disfigured. She had to give up love and art, and took her daughter Meibao to take refuge in the countryside to farm. For more than ten years, father and daughter experienced all kinds of discrimination and humiliation. Later, when Luo Xiangqi found them, Qiu Haitang had already passed away.