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"Zang and Postscript" contains about forty articles, all of which are written by famous figures in the contemporary literary and artistic circles, such as Ba Jin, Bing Xin, Yu Guangyuan, Gong Mu, Jiao Juyin, Feng Zhi, Shen Congwen, Wang Zengqi, Huang Yongyu, Wu Guanzhong... The author started from a certain version of each of their works, writing both "books" and "people"; therefore, it is both a literary and readable reading essay and a valuable historical material of contemporary literature.

Cooking, pottery making, photography, traveling and handicrafts are the sources of "my little happiness". They are pure and simple, seemingly unrelated, but there are many overlapping elements. I love every detail in "Little Happiness", they make my heart more peaceful and richer. I like this kind of myself and this kind of life. When I first arrived in Japan, everything was so strange. I was used to the huge crowds in the country, and the place seemed extremely empty and cold. The house we rented was far away from the busy city, which made it feel even colder. I can't remember the first few nights I cried alone. Suddenly I smelled a faint fragrance, mixed with the smell of miso, tofu, and seafood. It instantly touched my taste buds and I couldn't help but sigh, "It smells so good." At that time, I made up my mind that the world is so beautiful, so don't waste time being sad. --Cold sauce

"The Collected Works of Alain de Botton (set of 13 volumes in total)" includes: "Falling in Love with Romance", "The Consolation of Philosophy", "Embracing Lost Time", "The Charm of Boring", "A Little Trip in the Airport", "Status Anxiety", "The Architecture of Happiness", "For Atheists", "Ode to Work", "The Art of Travel", "Kiss and Tell", "Love Notes", "The Turmoil of the News" and "Falling in Love with Romance".

"The Little Donkey and Me" is a collection of essays written by Spanish Nobel Prize winner Jimenez about his close relationship with his beloved little donkey Pur. There are more than 100 short stories in the book. Each article is short, concise, clean and elegant, full of poetic melancholy, exuding a touch of sadness. It expresses the imperfection of reality in the innocent tone of a child, and the words are filled with love and warmth. In the author's eyes, the little donkey is full of spirituality, noble and kind. The author's emotions about it include enthusiasm, longing, worry, bitterness, and sweetness. He writes about his lifelong friendship with a little donkey in a touching way.

This book excerpts some of Johannes Jensen's classic novels, which describe primitive, semi-savage people from ancient times to the present day, who still live with ancient fears. His vivid and powerful descriptions of his childhood birthplace can be seen strongly in his superb poetry. His sentences are lively, vivid, expressive, and each sentence is resounding, making reading like a spring breeze. This poet, who is deeply rooted in his own land, sings the praises of the Nordic people's victorious struggle against nature in his book.

"The Bald King" is one of the masterpieces of Zhang Tianyi, a famous children's literature writer. This work has attracted thousands of young readers with its timeless artistic charm and has accompanied the growth of generations of young readers. It has become an eternal classic and is treasured deep in children's memories. "The Bald King" tells the story of the moody Bald King, who is stupid and evil. His teeth will grow when he is angry. Although he already had many wives, he forced Gangan to be his wife, and arrested Gangan's parents, her brother Dong Geer, and neighbor Youjun. In the end, everyone worked together to drive the stupid and cruel Bald King out of the palace, rescued all the innocent people, and gained freedom. This story tells children the secret to overcoming adversity: unity, calmness, optimism, and wisdom.

The book is a collection of personal essays by Wuhan author Wu Li. It includes more than 30 essays of various types, which write about some of her experiences and perceptions about career and women's life, about her extraordinary life experience of going south to Shenzhen to start a business, about her relatives, ups and downs of love, and interactions with others. It includes chapters such as "Love of Beauty Since Childhood", "Growing Old in Elegance", "Going to School Alone and Hard Education", "They Make Up for My Regret of Not Having a Daughter", etc.

This book is a collection of prose essays written by "Jun Ping Da Mo Wang", a well-known beauty blogger on Sina Weibo. The author has lived in Beijing and Shanghai and traveled around the world. The author uses vivid language to tell wonderful stories that happened in different places and with different protagonists. The pen and ink are sonorous and powerful, humorous and interesting. Along the way, the author also described his extraordinary life experiences and unique spiritual insights. There are also unknown experiences such as "depression" and "IT youth", as well as the "osmanthus rain" full of old Hangzhou flavor, and the beautiful memories with many relatives and friends such as "grandma", "grandfather" and "parents". Every trip is a wonderful encounter with the unknown self. Life is short. Since you can't live more than a few lifetimes, then travel, see and think. The footprints of time belong to others as well as to yourself.

"Quietness is a Direction" is a collection of prose works. It is divided into four parts: "Destiny Comes and Destiny Goes", "Viewing the East and Viewing the West", "Ebb and Flow", and "Before the Rain and After the Rain", which records the author's life imprints and life insights in the past three years - or looking at the world from the innate fate of people coming and living, or nurturing life and connecting with everyone; Explore the culture of beautiful cities with mountains and rivers from the natural cities in the southeast, northwest, or reveal the inner feelings of the soul from the profound world of people; or see the ups and downs of human nature year after year from the various elements constructed by people, units, and society. Most of the collected works have been published in newspapers and periodicals at or above the municipal level, and some of them have won various essay awards or supplement awards.

This book is a collection of excellent articles from the WeChat public account "Tsinghua Study Room" of the Graduate Student League Committee of Tsinghua University. It is mainly original articles about Tsinghua figures, campus culture, educational hot spots, current social events, and study visit experiences. All the articles in this book were written by postgraduate students in their spare time from academic research. Many of the articles have become popular masterpieces in the WeChat public account and have been widely disseminated in the school and society.

This book is divided into four albums: "The Bigness of the University", "The Magnetic Field of Life", "The Far Distance" and "Sunrise in the Heart". The book begins with "Beida Attitude", which details the profound historical accumulation and cultural heritage of Peking University, Tsinghua, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley and other world-famous universities, and explores Chinese and Western educational concepts; critic Wang Xuebo vividly depicts a group of Chinese and foreign cultural masters, including Cai Yuanpei, Mei Yiqi, Feng Youlan, Hu Shi, Bing Xin, Thoreau... Vividly showing their artistic pursuits and life ideals. From famous schools to people, travel notes from the west to the east of the United States, different albums present different fields. Wang Xueying uses the combination of poetry and thinking to construct a unique aesthetic space. This is a prose with humanistic care, ideological strength, and cultural heritage. This is the most vivid and good book for general education.

"Collected Works of Ning Shufan" is one of the two "Historical Essays" edited by us when we were academic consultants at the School of Journalism and Communication of Shantou University from 2003 to 2005 (the other is "Collected Works of Fang Hanqi") edited by the school's "Changjiang Journalism and Communication Series".

This collection includes: "Four Generations Under One Roof", "The Soul-Breaking Gun Collection", "Two Horses", "Drum Calligraphy Artist", "Cremation", "Lao Zhang's Philosophy", "Divorce Ding", "Camel Xiangzi Dog Morning", "Cat City", "New Han Muled", "Cat City", "Xinhan Muled", "The Biography of Niu Tianci", "Weishen Collection", "Dr. Wen" "Sunshine", "How I Write a Novel", "The Nameless Highland Has a Name", "Xiaopo's Birthday Little Wooden Man", "Collection of Humorous Sketch", "Crescent Moon Collection", "Zhao Zi said", "Small Resurrection under the Red Flag".

This is public intellectual writing that Judt delivers "with a genuine heart," a book about the pain points of our time. This book is the last collection of Judt's essays compiled and published with a preface by Jennifer Homans, Tony Judt's widow. It contains many important articles written by Judt as a public intellectual. These articles record the changing trajectory of his thinking and represent his continued and passionate involvement in public life. Whether he is talking about the moral dilemmas faced by mankind in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or the French who were selectively blind to the treatment of their own country's Jews during World War II, or his admiration for Camus and Orwell, Judt brings a fair perspective, clear moral judgment and excellent intellectual standards. He reminds us of the hidden crises of this era, allowing us to remember the history of the 20th century as we enter the 21st century, and bringing us closer to the truth of the current world.

The famous writer Cong Weixi's collected works, a total of 14 volumes. Collects important works from Weixi's literary creation spanning more than 60 years in the literary world. It includes 10 volumes of novels and 4 volumes of documentary literature and essays.

This is a unique collection of prose, with rich texts and illustrations, all written by Feng Jie. Some experts call it "the most bizarre new type of fuzzy prose book". The author writes freely, and his imagination can reach far beyond the sky, but is always rooted in the land of the Central Plains, showing the mottled world of the times and salvaging the interest of rural life. There is history hidden in his hometown, and fairy tales embedded in his culture. Feng Jie reproduces the charm of Chinese characters with his superb paper skills, and even the period is an atmosphere. What Feng Jie writes about is the countryside we have lived in and the countryside we have never seen. This is Feng Jie's narrative charm.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

"Collected Works of Chen Bohai" contains Mr. Chen Bohai's main academic achievements. The collection is divided into six volumes, each of which is about the study of macroscopic literary history, the study of Chinese classical literature theory, the study of Chinese classical literary works, the study of Tang poetry, the study of ancient Chinese writers, and the study of classical Chinese poetic theory. These works reflect Chen Bohai's long-term theoretical thinking, embody his spirit of exploration, and are of great inspiration to future generations' research.

Tang Zhenchang spanned the three major fields of journalism, literature and art, and history throughout his life, and made outstanding achievements in all of them. He was hailed as a "generalist in the three fields." According to Xiong Yuezhi, president of the Shanghai Historical Society, Tang Zhenchang was born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 7, 1922. After graduating from the Journalism Department of Yenching University in 1946, he worked successively at Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, and later worked in Shanghai Film Script A screenwriter at the Creation Institute, he was transferred to the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1977 and engaged in research on modern Chinese history and Shanghai history. During his lifetime, he once said that the reason why he switched from journalism to history was out of reflection on the "Cultural Revolution" and believed that "if you don't study history, you can't know the present." "Collected Works of Tang Zhenchang" focuses on his representative works after entering the field of history, including his news works published in "West China Daily" and "Ta Kung Pao" in his early years.

Tang Zhenchang spanned the three major fields of journalism, literature and art, and history throughout his life, and made outstanding achievements in all of them. He was hailed as a "generalist in the three fields." According to Xiong Yuezhi, president of the Shanghai Historical Society, Tang Zhenchang was born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 7, 1922. After graduating from the Journalism Department of Yenching University in 1946, he worked successively at Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, and later worked in Shanghai Film Script A screenwriter at the Creation Institute, he was transferred to the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1977 and engaged in research on modern Chinese history and Shanghai history. During his lifetime, he once said that the reason why he switched from journalism to history was out of reflection on the "Cultural Revolution" and believed that "if you don't study history, you can't know the present." "Collected Works of Tang Zhenchang" focuses on his representative works after entering the field of history, including his news works published in "West China Daily" and "Ta Kung Pao" in his early years.

Tang Zhenchang spanned the three major fields of journalism, literature and art, and history throughout his life, and made outstanding achievements in all of them. He was hailed as a "generalist in the three fields." According to Xiong Yuezhi, president of the Shanghai Historical Society, Tang Zhenchang was born into a wealthy family in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 7, 1922. After graduating from the Journalism Department of Yenching University in 1946, he worked successively at Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, and later worked in Shanghai Film Script A screenwriter at the Creation Institute, he was transferred to the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1977 and engaged in research on modern Chinese history and Shanghai history. During his lifetime, he once said that the reason why he switched from journalism to history was out of reflection on the "Cultural Revolution" and believed that "if you don't study history, you can't know the present." "Collected Works of Tang Zhenchang" focuses on his representative works after entering the field of history, including his news works published in "West China Daily" and "Ta Kung Pao" in his early years.

Mr. Li Zehou, a famous contemporary Chinese thinker, has always been praised by the academic circles for his profound connotations, full emotions and clear diction. His profound and novel thoughts are often wrapped in fresh and smooth pen and ink and spread like wildfire. He was once praised as "Contemporary Liang Qichao". This book is Mr. Li Zehou's first collection of essays, divided into five volumes, including 64 miscellaneous writings, memories, prefaces and postscripts by Mr. Li Zehou, and 21 selected and excerpted articles, for a total of 85 articles.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is known as an encyclopedia reflecting social life in the late feudal period of China. The author Cao Xueqin, with a huge pen, not only sets up the plot of the story, shapes the personality of the characters, and describes the various situations of the world, but also describes in detail all aspects of daily life such as etiquette and customs, food and clothing, regulations of utensils, garden architecture, medical horoscopes, and monthly field rents. This book aims to interpret the Red Mansion culture that has been obscured by the dust of history. It reveals the details of daily life, illuminates the characters and shows the social picture. It restores the clear context of Cao Xueqin's writings through careful reading and textual research, leading readers to understand more meanings, so that readers can enjoy aesthetic pleasure and spiritual satisfaction.

This book contains articles and poems written by famous poets and writers such as Xie Mian, Ouyang Jianghe, Tang Xiaodu, Xichuan, Zang Di, Lei Pingyang, Xu Zechen, etc. To commemorate and comment on Chen Chao. It is a touching and special biography. "I walked on the land tilted by huge ice. The sunlight penetrated my body vertically from the vast and distant sky. And its reflection in the ice was like a bunch of sharp, deliberately narrowed lightning bolts. In the face of cold and exhaustion, it unfolded its flaming dossier. In In this life journey of reincarnation of fire and ice, I have penetrated deeply into the great and pure poetry, which is an abrupt bridge to the sky, allowing me to cling to my mother tongue with my toes and climb upward." This is a passage often quoted by Chen Chao in the Chinese poetry circle. Chen Chao's achievements as a famous poetry critic, poet and excellent teacher of his generation are more and more remembered with his death.

"Reading You Through Four Hundred Years" is a collection of translated poems, poetry interpretations or essays, and appreciation of translated poems by famous writers. It contains 20 selected readings of Shakespeare's sonnets, opening up the classic Shakespeare's sonnets in a fresh and beautiful way. This is not only a tribute to Shakespeare on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death, but also an innovation to the classics. It is also a return and advocacy of elegance and affection.

This series of books is written by Mai Jia, Su Tong, Alai and Ma Jiahui. Recommended version designated by four famous writers ★ "The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover Edition Recommended by Four Masters)" People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated ★ "The Castle (Recommended Edition by Four Masters)" An in-depth interpretation of the preface by Su Tong, winner of the Mao Dun Literature Award: There is a place in the world that we look at Seen, but never arrived★ "The Little Prince (Hardcover Edition Recommended by Four Teachers)" Preface by Mao Dun Literary Award Winner Alai In-depth Interpretation: Having a Simple Heart in a Complex World★ "Silent Spring (Hardcover Edition Recommended by Four Teachers)" Mao Dun Literary Award Winner A long preface by Lord Alai: Human beings protect nature in order to protect themselves★ "As I Lay Dying (Hardcover Edition Recommended by Four Teachers)" Mao Dun Literary Award Winner Su Tong gave a long preface: How can we live better before death ★"Madame Bovary" (Hardcover edition recommended by the Fourth Master)" An in-depth interpretation of the preface by Mao Dun Literature Award winner Su Tong: an encyclopedia of human nature ★ "Letter from a Strange Woman" An in-depth interpretation of the preface by Mao Dun Literature Award winner Mai Jia: A long letter, a woman's aching heart.

Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse's most classic nature essay. German translator Han Yaocheng performed it passionately. A selection of 15 exquisite hand-painted pictures by Hesse himself, many of which are included for the first time in China, a great value collection!

Liu Cixin, the representative writer of Chinese science fiction novels, wrote a handwritten message and highly recommended it! In each book, expressive original illustrations are selected and described in detail! The excellent Chinese Taiwan translation and the new translation by outstanding young translators jointly present the Verne science fiction classic! In the history of human literature, Verne has been synonymous with science fiction from beginning to end! In the history of human literature, Verne became an adventurous scientific prophet because of his extraordinary insight! He is the irreplaceable father of science fiction and a pioneer of surrealism! Verne is one of the undisputed founders of the science fiction literary genre! "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a science fiction enlightenment book by Liu Cixin, a representative Chinese science fiction writer!

This book collects Zhu Ziqing's classic masterpieces from the collections such as "Traces", "Back", "You and Me", and "European Travel Notes". It also includes Zhu Ziqing's essays, essays, book reviews, etc. That were not compiled into a collection during his lifetime. Through this book, readers can understand Zhu Ziqing's life as a modern Chinese writer, scholar and patriotic democratic fighter, as well as his literary creation achievements and his outstanding contributions to modern Chinese literature.

Fu Xuancong (1933-2016) was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Famous scholar and publisher, member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the 8th, 9th and 10th Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, librarian of the Central Research Institute of Literature and History, and former editor-in-chief of Zhonghua Book Company. He once served as a member and secretary-general of the State Council's Ancient Books Collection and Publishing Planning Group, a member of the National Ancient Books Collection and Publishing Planning Leading Group, president of the Chinese Tang Dynasty Literature Society, vice-president of the Chinese Verse Society, director of the Classical Literature Research Center of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University, professor, and doctoral supervisor, and distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Chinese Studies at Renmin University of China. After the death of Mr. Fu Xuancong, his friends, colleagues and students successively wrote some commemorative articles describing his achievements and recalling his style. They are now collected into a collection to commemorate him.

This book selects more than 200 famous works from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, mainly prose, including rhyme and parallel prose, taking into account works of different schools and styles. It reflects the general outline and main features of the development of prose from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty, and represents the highest achievement of Chinese classical prose.

This book is a collection of research and practice results involving the integration and application of the two disciplines of regional economics and planning. The work is divided into six volumes, including "Reflections on the Current Situation, Rational Exploration, Strategic Planning, Resource Optimization, Practical Achievements, and Discipline Development," and an additional volume of case selections and short essay selections, totaling 50 articles, more than 1 million words, and 300 pictures. The result is the essence of "practice in research, research in practice."

This book is a collection of articles about news communication. It has selected about 60 articles on news communication previously published by Comrade Xiang Desheng, and edited them into a volume in six chapters, including fashion topics, ways to become talented, awareness of danger, and digital news, etc. It has certain reference significance and reference value for those engaged in journalism and communication.

This book contains 20 articles written by the author at different times, some of which have been published in relevant news journals. This book covers all aspects of news planning, interviewing, writing, editing, etc., And basically covers the entire process of broadcast news work.

This collection of poems is selected from the works I have written. It reflects my understanding and feelings about the world and life, as well as my pursuit and expression of the art of poetry.

This treatise is the result of the author's cultural research and is also a social science research planning project of Gansu Province. The content includes three aspects: starting from "Chinese Studies" to explore the cultural spirit; focusing on "cultural sociology" to reveal the theme of "cultural wisdom"; based on "local culture" to construct "Kongtong Cultural Studies".

This collection of essays is first of all related to "loess", which is the "qi" quality contained in the works. On the one hand, loess gives people a sense of richness in life and a profound sense of history; on the other hand, the natural simplicity and true taste of loess becomes even more profound, especially when it is integrated into culture. Whether looking at the vicissitudes of the world, bowing to the local customs, or facing the joys and sorrows, some of them are grand discussions, and some of them are discussed in a few casual words, which can be called "loess articles".

This work mainly covers research on literary form, cultural poetics, prose aesthetics and novel art. Literature is a cultural aesthetic form that shines the brightest brilliance of human civilization. It starts from the aesthetic relationship between people and reality, expresses the life experience and thoughts and feelings of the creative subject, and uses language as a medium to achieve the aesthetic grasp and artistic expression of life, bringing people into a far-reaching world that displays human value and the meaning of life.

"We must learn to use the eyes of beauty to discover everything around us." The famous host Wang Han never forgets to recommend a book to the audience repeatedly during the show! This edition is carefully translated into vernacular and carefully edited in the Republic of China for appreciation of the original text, allowing you to better understand China's most beautiful classics.

This book is a collection of poetry and prose that combines words and pictures. The author writes some things hidden deep in his heart in these words, bravely analyzes himself, strives to resonate with readers, and bring some touching feelings to readers. The book is composed of two parts, with fresh modern style and elegant Chinese style as two directions, covering the author's poetry, prose, and novels. The text is ethereal and the atmosphere is beautiful.

This book collects all of Lin Huiyin's most classic, beautiful and exquisite works. Each work is the condensation of her smart thoughts and full of talent, making readers feel like a spring breeze.

Lin Huiyin is a Chinese female poet and architect. This book contains Lin Huiyin's classic works.

This book contains Zhou Yueran's self-narration of his book collecting experience and related essays on edition and bibliography. Zhou Yueran was a famous bibliophile during the Republic of China. He not only loved reading, but also did a lot of research on book editions. In his heyday, his family collected nearly 10,000 kinds of books. He had a unique understanding and say in books, which has certain academic research value.

This edition of "Single Reading" is a special issue that collects articles by the best new generation and Mesozoic writers in China, including the works of two-time One-Way Street Bookstore Literary Award winners. These include short stories by emerging novelists such as Ah Yi, Yan Ge, Wen Zhen, and Li Jingrui, literary reviews by the best young scholars of this generation, Zhang Dinghao, and Fan Ye, essays by Li Juan and Yun Yetui, nonfiction works by Zou Bo, poetry by Bao Huiyi, and photography by artist Wang Qing, as well as the latest works in humanities history and travel literature by translators Peng Lun, Lu Dapeng, and Liu Zichao. The authors and selected articles in each category strive to mark the level of creativity of the latest generation of authors, providing rich and diverse perspectives, as well as texts that are both in-depth and readable. It is hoped that in the battlefield of popular culture, it will trigger more ideological debates with a more positive outlook.

The legendary story of King Arthur is a treasure of European literature. It has been circulated for more than 500 years. Its popularity is probably second only to the Bible and Shakespeare's plays. Its main contribution to European literature is to provide the three major themes of adventure, love and religion. It reflects the idealized knight's life and is full of mystery. It can also be said to be the earliest romantic literature in Europe.