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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emma is the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She was educated in a convent since she was a child. She is beautiful, loves poetry and art, and is proficient in dance, painting, embroidery, and music. However, she feels that the plain country life is boring and suffocating, and she yearns passionately for romantic, beautiful love, and a vigorous life. Perhaps it was the desire for a new life, or perhaps the freshness brought by country doctor Charles Bovary, that made her believe that she finally got the love in her fantasy. Eventually, she married Charles Bovary. Before getting married, Emma thought she knew what love was, but after getting married, she didn't see the happiness she should get from love. Sometimes she thought that she must have lost her mind and fell into this unremarkable marriage, so she especially wanted to know: happiness, satisfaction, fascination, what these charming words in the book meant in life. And it was this restless desire that guided her step by step into the abyss...

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

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

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

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

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

"Robinson Crusoe" - The young Robinson Crusoe, an adventure warrior, wanted to go out for adventure, but unfortunately he was shipwrecked and ended up on a desert island. With his indomitable will and hard work, he overcame numerous difficulties, built food, built a house, and opened up wasteland. After twenty-eight years of hard struggle with nature, he finally returned to civilized society. "Gone with the Wind" - Tells You How to Fight the Cruel Reality. The story is set in Atlanta and a nearby plantation, depicting the life of American southerners before and after the Civil War. The work depicts the images of many southerners of that era, of which Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie and others who occupy the central position are typical representatives. "The Old Man and the Sea" - Warrior of Hope: An old Cuban fisherman went fishing alone. After eighty-four days, he still caught nothing. Finally, on the eighty-fifth day, he caught a huge marlin. The blood of the big fish attracted the sharks. After a hard fight, the big marlin only had one spine left. The old man did not compromise and decided to rest and continue setting off. "If You Give Me Three Days of Sight" - the autobiography of Helen Keller, a blind and deaf American writer and educator, the Warrior of Light. She was deprived of her vision and hearing by a disease and fell into darkness forever. With the help of teacher Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller learned to read and speak with perseverance, and finally graduated from Harvard with honors. "How Steel Was Tempered" - Paul Korchagin, the protagonist of Iron Warrior, was born at the bottom of society. Under the influence of revolutionary Zhu Helai, he embarked on the road of revolution. After going through life stages such as joining the army, fighting on the front lines, and building railways, he gradually grew into a conscious, selfless and strong warrior.

Who did you marry? Who did he marry? Everyday "family trouble" turned out to be an immortal classic. Mrs. Bennet was anxious to marry off her five daughters who were waiting for marriage, so she urged Mr. Bennet to visit the young and wealthy Mr. Bingley before other families did. The two started to quarrel over this. In the hallowed hall of classics, no work is as "down to earth" as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. At the beginning, he performed a "family drama" by "talking, learning and singing", but it was never "over the top" or "bloody", it was daily and vivid, and it was performed to the end. Based on daily life and the emotions and desires of ordinary people, the love in Austen's works is true and relevant, and has widespread consensus, and has therefore won a large readership. Its various versions have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and the number of film and television adaptations is second only to "Jane Eyre".

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.

Duras is a famous contemporary French novelist, playwright, journalist and film artist. "The Lover" is an autobiographical work. It is based on the life of French colonists in Vietnam. It describes the deep and hopeless love between a poor French girl and a wealthy Chinese young master. The writing touches on some of the most fundamental and secret qualities of human nature, which is thought-provoking. The emotional power that surges from beginning to end in the novel even surpasses the superb writing skills and is extremely contagious.

Charlotte once said to her sisters: "I am going to create a heroine for you. She will be short and ugly like me, but she will be as interesting as any of your heroines." Jane Eyre was born. In the past two hundred years, "Jane Eyre" has remained popular. The story of Jane Eyre and Rochester is not only a love story, but also a story of a woman's efforts to explore a broader heart. "Jane Eyre" was published in 1847. In order to overcome the obstacles caused by gender prejudice, the author used the pen name Cole Bell when publishing.

"Resurrection" is Leo Tolstoy's last novel. It is a summary of the writer's life exploration and thoughts. It is known as the peak of the development of Russian critical realism. The novel uses the suffering of Maslova, a maid in a noble family, and the spiritual awakening process of Nekhludoff, a young nobleman who once hurt her. In the process of his running around to rescue Maslova, the novel extensively and deeply criticizes the corruption and gangsterism of courts, prisons, and bureaucracies. Darkly, it exposed the extravagant and licentious life of the feudal ruling class and the cruel, stupid and inhumane nature of the reactionary officials. It tore off the hypocrisy of the government-run church, reflected the bankruptcy of the countryside and the extreme poverty of the farmers, and sketched a social picture of serfdom Russia that was on the verge of collapse.

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"Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's masterpiece. It uses daily life as the material. It goes against the content and pretentious writing methods of sentimental novels popular in the society at that time. It vividly reflects the conservative and closed-off British rural life and worldly conditions from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. "Pride and Prejudice", a novel of social style, not only attracted a large number of readers at the time, but still gives readers a unique artistic enjoyment today. Although Austen's works have been compared to "two-inch ivory sculptures", she reflected the various social conditions at that time through the daily conversations and interactions between gentlemen and ladies. She used humorous language to satirize the phenomena of profit-seeking and vanity, and used comic scenes to mock people's stupidity, selfishness, snobbery, blind confidence and other despicable and ridiculous weaknesses.

"Robinson Crusoe" tells the story of Robinson living alone on an uninhabited island for 28 years. It is wrong to say that life is not right, survival is the portrayal of Robinson Crusoe. He started from scratch on the island, and through hard work, finally lived a self-sufficient life, but he was very lonely, with only parrots talking to him, and his neighbors were cannibals who occasionally visited. However, he firmly believed that as long as he used wisdom, he could create all the materials needed for survival; he firmly believed that the servant "Friday" he rescued was kind-hearted and worthy of dependence; he firmly believed that he would be rescued... It was this belief and courage that finally made him return to England. Defoe uses vivid and lifelike details to write fictional scenes that make people feel like they are actually there, giving the story a strong sense of reality.

This book is a selection of Andersen's fairy tales, named after his famous work "The Daughter of the Sea". The name Andersen is like an eternal monument, shining with the most brilliant light. He created countless beautiful fairy tales in his life: the poor and miserable little match girl went to another warm and beautiful world in her heart; the stupid emperor put on new clothes that did not exist at all; the little mermaid made selfless and regretless sacrifices for love; the ugly duckling finally turned into a noble white swan...

"The Sorrows of Young Werther", Goethe's masterpiece, tells the story of a love tragedy in which young Werther pursues Lotte, an engaged girl, but is unable to extricate himself due to hopelessness and commits suicide. The book has been a bestseller since its publication in 1774 and has been translated into dozens of languages ​​around the world. The bitter love story shown in the book has shocked the hearts of generations of teenagers. This is the Bible for young people. As soon as it came out, it became popular in Germany and the entire Western Europe. This is the epitome of the youth of an era, a bitter love affair destined to be fruitless! The sensational work of the world's literary giant has swept the hearts of tens of millions of young men and women around the world!

Maupassant was a great French critical realist writer and short story writer at the end of the 19th century, and an outstanding representative of the naturalistic literary school. Together with Chekhov and O. Henry, he was called "the three kings of short stories in the world". With his exquisite artistic skills, flowing natural writing style, and pure language, Maupassant's novels have become models that showcase the charm of French and occupy an irreplaceable position in the history of French and even world literature. His works have been translated into more than a hundred languages ​​and are still popular today.

"Beautiful Friend" is the masterpiece of the 19th-century French novelist Maupassant. It was born at the most glorious moment in the speculative activities that marked the historical characteristics of the Third Republic. It describes the lewdness, corruption, pursuit of fame and fortune in the French upper class, and paints a vivid picture of a group of hypocritical and cunning people. It can be called a masterpiece born of the major events of this period. "For nearly half a century, the influence of this novel has never ended, whether in France or the world."

D'Artagnan, who was born a commoner, went to Paris to join the army, joined King Louis XIII's Musketeer Guards, and became good friends with the other three Musketeers. In order to protect the reputation of Queen Anne of Austria, they fought against Cardinal Richelieu, defeated many obstacles set by Richelieu, went to England, retrieved the queen's diamonds from the Duke of Buckingham, and thwarted Richelieu's plot to sow discord between the king and the queen.

"Sons and Lovers" is the first novel by British writer Laurence. The novel tells a classic love story. The first generation in the book is Walter Morel and Gertrude. Walter was originally full of energy, optimistic, and lovable; but later his temper became bad, he drank alcohol and beat people, and became a walking zombie. The wife, who was disappointed with her husband, pinned her hopes on her son. However, her beloved eldest son William unfortunately died young, and she developed strong feelings for her second son Paul. However, Paul's two girlfriends have different views on love, leaving him at a loss as to what to do. After his mother died, Paul decided to leave his hometown and go to the city. The novel has taken the world literary world by storm, and its charm remains everlasting.

"Selected Foreign Masterpieces (set of 6 volumes in total)" includes: "The Red and the Black", "Vanity Fair (2 volumes)", "John Christopher (2 volumes)" and "The Grapes of Wrath".

The pinnacle of Tolstoy's artistic achievements, he outlines a broad picture of Russian social life in the 19th century. A classic translation by the famous Russian-Soviet literary translator Li Gang, interpreted by Wang Anyi. A profound interpretation of Tolstoy's outlook on life and art. Face the darkness and light in the heart, and write about the deep confrontation between good and evil in human nature. This year, Maslova was twenty-six years old and stood trial on charges of murder. Nekhlyudov, the aristocratic young master who once fell in love with her, possessed her, and abandoned her, happened to be one of the jurors in this trial. After many years, Nekhludoff felt deeply guilty when he saw Maslova again, whose life had been changed by his temptation. Deep in his heart, the "spiritual man" gradually defeated the "animal man". Due to the negligence of the judge and jury, Maslova, who was supposed to be innocent, was sentenced to exile. Nekhludoff was determined to avenge her and even married her to redeem his sins.

This book is a collection of Flaubert's classic works. It's in English, so English lovers shouldn't miss it. Take "Madame Bovary" as an example. This is a novel written by the French writer Flaubert and first published in 1857. The novel is based on a true story: the poisoning case of a country doctor's wife. The work tells the story of Emma, ​​a peasant girl who received an aristocratic education. It describes a love affair that is very common both in life and in literary works. However, the author's brushwork perceives sensitive areas that others have not touched. He uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the process of the protagonist's emotional degradation. The work criticizes the negative influence of negative romantic literature, sharply criticizes the evil deeds of provincial aristocrats, landowners, loan sharks, and philistines, exposes the decadent social customs of capitalist society and the vulgarity and vulgarity of small citizens, and truly reproduces the cruel reality under the cover of superficial prosperity in the early stages of capitalist development.

This book is a novel completed by the French writer Romain Rolland in 1912. It tells the story of the protagonist John-Christophe's life of struggle and resistance for music, from the awakening of his musical talent as a child, to his contempt and resistance to the powerful in his youth, to his career pursuit and success as an adult, and finally to the lofty state of spiritual tranquility. It is a novel that reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society through the life experience of the protagonist, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. Romain Rolland won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature for this book.

"The Prince and the Pauper" is a masterpiece by the famous American writer Mark Twain. It describes that the prince Edward and the pauper Tom changed places with each other by an unexpected chance. The prince became a pauper and the pauper became a prince.

"Aesop's Fables" was born in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago. It was originally called "Aesop's Fables" and was introduced to China by missionaries in the late Ming Dynasty. Modern translator Lin Shu was the first to publish it and translated it into "Aesop's Fables", which is still in use today.