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A battlefield diary integrating poetry, prose and photos. This book was published just before the outbreak of the European War. It is very popular for its detailed information, humorous writing style and firm anti-fascist stance. It has extremely high historical and literary value. The twenty-seven sonnets written by Auden are even known as "the most profound and innovative chapters in Auden's poetry of the 1930s, and can also be said to be one of the greatest English poems of this decade."

A businessman full of realism in his bones, he made business friends, bought a big house, and married the pasha's daughter, but he did not dare to have the slightest idea of ​​deviating from the status quo. A young man who grew up in a wealthy family did not want to be mediocre and longed for dreams, but he could not find his direction, lost touch with reality, and was eventually drowned in the torrent of realism. A painter who makes a living based on his ideals, he is pursuing his dream on the road of art, but he still has to face the turmoil of complicated life, and is confused and hesitant in reality.

Smiley's love, Guillam, lives a comfortable secluded life in France, but his past as a spy still clings to him, and a secret letter urgently calls him back to London. Guillam was shocked to find that what he needed to face this time was not the enemy, but the descendants of his colleagues who fought side by side in the past - their father and mother had names that intelligence officers could not forget: Leamas and Liz. In the out-of-control espionage incident that year, one was an intelligence agent who was loyal to the Intelligence Bureau, and the other was his lover. Both of them died under the Berlin Wall. What led to their deaths? Was Yuanchang deliberately "abandoning his son", or was there another hidden agenda? Deep in Guillam's private memories that are inconsistent with official records, there are secrets that he does not want to reveal...

The novel tells the story of Galip, a lawyer born and raised in Istanbul, who searches for his missing wife. A detective story-like beginning - his wife Rumeng disappeared, leaving only a note. Galip began to search and roam the streets of Istanbul. He gradually believes that Rumeng's running away is related to the disappearance of her half-brother Yela, a well-known newspaper columnist. He began to explore the deep meaning behind Jela's words, visited the places Jela had visited, and even thought in Jela's way. Finally, he sneaked into Jela's apartment, wore his clothes, answered his phone calls, and finally even pretended to be him to write a column. This is the surface plot of the novel. And as Pamuk says in the book, there is a deeper meaning behind the story. Galip's pursuit of Rumeng and Yela seems to symbolize the exploration and revelation of an ultimate ideal. This has the same cultural logic as the mystery of words and meanings, the mystery of faces and meanings, and the theory of "the savior will come" declared in Yela's column once discussed in the book, thus forming a multi-line parallel network of meanings. At the same time, the questioning of the nature of the self and the thinking about the relationship between self and others are constantly strengthened through the plot of the novel itself and the text of Jela's column in the novel, permeating the entire novel. This in turn triggers and is connected with the narration of the history and destiny of Istanbul, and thus expands to thinking about the relationship and essence between the East and the West.

28 fictional stories The cold and concise language texture conveys the undercurrent of memories and the real pain of life. This book is a collection of four short books: "Nightmare", "Yesterday", "Where Are You, Matthias", and "The Illiterate Man". Each has its own characteristics in style and content, and together presents a psychedelic style in which reality and dreams are intertwined. Like the "Bad Boy Trilogy", the black atmosphere of cruelty and disillusionment lingers, but the writing style of these four works is lighter and more varied and closer to the author's own voice. "Nightmare" consists of 25 story fragments that resemble both dreams and reality. Part of it describes the absurd helplessness in real life, and part of it is full of psychedelic surrealism. Daily life in Yageta's writing is like "a prison composed of a huge absurd nonsense."

In the 1930s of the Meiji period, at the time of reconciliation and innovation, the world was confused and literati were arguing. On the outskirts of Tokyo, there is a mysterious bookstore called "Diaotang", which is filled with a vast collection of ancient and modern books of all kinds. The owner of the hanging hall is a bookworm of unknown origin and unconventional world. He is dressed in white and sits in the hall. Ta Zi, who was born into a wealthy noble family, was forced to marry by his family. Fearing change, he fled to the suburbs to relieve his depression. He accidentally entered the hanging hall of a library that was hidden from the world, and met an extraordinary mysterious book explorer who visited the hanging hall at the same time. In a chaotic and chaotic world, ordinary women and literary and artistic people are all troubled by the question of whether they should change. The owner of the hanging hall, who has a clear eye for fire, helps the confused book explorers to find the book of life that guides them in their own direction.

Things like life are by no means all about beautiful flowers and full moon. There are good times and there are bad times; there are the best years and there are certainly the worst years. At the age of eighteen, Yokomichi Seinosuke came to Tokyo from a small town in Nagasaki to study. After graduating from college, he encountered the "employment ice age" and was unable to find a job. At the age of twenty-four, he still relied on doing odd jobs and playing with small steel balls to survive. During this year, he competed for chairs at a small steel ball shop with a girl who aspired to become a sushi chef; he experienced the first overseas trip in his life with Xiao Zhu, a newcomer to the "social animal"; he had a new relationship and entered the life of a beautiful single mother with a three-year-old son... Even if he was frustrated, Seinosuke never changed! His simplicity, kindness and heartfelt love for life continue to infect all who meet him.

"Aesop's Fables" is the oldest and most influential collection of fables in the history of European fables. "Aesop's Fables" is an ancient Greek-Chinese bilingual version and belongs to the "Rizhi Classics Series". The Greek text of this book is based on Aesop's "Aesop's Fables" in the Teubner series in Germany, which collects various materials on Aesop's fables from ancient times to the Middle Ages, and contains 346 fables. It is an authoritative revised version recognized by the academic community. The translation in this book was directly translated from the original ancient Greek text by Mr. Wang Huansheng, a classical literature translator, and revised word for word. The translation is accurate and unpretentious, making it the most authoritative and credible full translation of "Aesop's Fables" in China. The stories in "Aesop's Fables" are short, exciting and vivid, with profound meanings, rich content and thought-provoking teachings that enable its spread to last forever and become a widely circulated classic literary work in the world.

"The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years", written by Wu Jianren, is an autobiographical work and one of the four major condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Taking the protagonist's experience as the main clue, it begins with him attending the funeral for his father and ends with his failure in business. Through the experiences and knowledge of the twenty years of "narrow escapes", it reflects the social reality from before and after the Sino-French War in the 10th year of Guangxu (1884) to the early twentieth century, and exposes the corruption and depravity of the ruling class during the general collapse of feudal society. In addition to the officialdom, it also writes about shopping malls and foreign markets, objectively revealing the darkness of the entire feudal society and its inevitable demise.

"The Couples" was written in 1968 and is Updike's best-selling novel. The plot of the novel is extremely simple, it is just an affair story of 10 couples. But "The Couples" is not the American version of "The Plum in the Golden Vase"; it is still a serious work of realism. Of course, there are many positive or sideways descriptions of adultery, wife-swapping, homosexuality, etc. In the book, but Updike's original intention was by no means "teaching obscenities", but objectively reflecting reality and providing a relatively comprehensive summary of the life and thoughts of the American middle class in the 1960s. The publication of this book caused a great sensation, and Updike appeared on the cover of Time for the first time, with the cover title "The Adulterous Society."

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Be open and honest, and anyone who makes a deal with the devil will never suffer a loss. With a piece of paper, you may be able to win the whole world, but at what cost?

In an unknown blacksmith shop, a visitor suddenly arrived and asked to make the best long sword. Is it a conspiracy or a coincidence?

It cannot be crushed, bitten, torn, untied or freed. What is the experience of unkillable love?

The mysterious painter's ulterior secret deal, and what kind of conspiracy is hidden behind the magical portrait that will forever collect your soul.

A prince possessed by a demon and a monk dedicated to exorcising demons, win-win or fight to the death, that is the question.

A thief who robbed the road, an alchemist who murdered his wife, a writer with many books... After countless identities, who is he?

Why did the academic authority in the college become famous and gradually drifted away on the road of academic fraud?

We were once young and frivolous college classmates, but now one is crowned king and the other is in charge of the border. What kind of mystery is hidden in the correspondence.

This book contains the masterpiece "Awakening" and ten other representative short stories with excellent reputation. Edna deserves to be happy. As a wealthy lady in the upper class, she only needs to look after her husband, raise her children, and entertain guests to maintain a life rimmed with gold. As for her husband, she occasionally felt that she loved him, and he treated her well. But there was always something that made her unhappy. Until that summer, their family went to Glen Island for vacation, and she met the person who changed her life... That summer, her perspective on the world changed, and a new voice awakened in her body.

Alain de Botton analyzes the French writer Proust and his masterpiece. This is an easy-to-understand, funny and practical introduction to "In Search of Lost Time", revealing why Proust became a role model for life: seize the present, read for yourself, face pain, and enjoy love. "In Search of Lost Time" by the French writer Proust is a well-known work with world-class literary value, but it is daunting to readers due to its huge length. Alain de Botton's book, with its exquisite and humorous writing, successfully outlines a true and vivid spiritual portrait of Proust, and expresses the essence of this holy book from the perspective of life philosophy. This is not only an easy-to-understand literary introduction that reveals the true beauty of "In Search of Lost Time", it is also a humorous and insightful guide to life, telling us how to prioritize life, find a balance between freedom and compromise, experience the true meaning, and live a free and unrestrained life under the guidance of Proust.

This is a collection of white stories about loneliness and affection. Revealing the gentle, bright, lonely and unknown side of "Baek Yiyi". After the boy with the prophetic ability said those words to me in "Future Forecast", our lives changed forever... "The Girl in the Film" "Sadako" who called my name in the film slowly turned her head in the video, teacher... Why are you shaking again? Teacher, what's wrong with you? "The Hand Grabbed by the Thief" The hand that quietly reaches into the crack in the wall for the purpose of stealing, what it grabs is not banknotes or jewelry, but another hand? "The Lost World" When I become a vegetable, what should I do to find a way for everyone to be happy? "Bai Yiyi" series of pure love works, see how Yiyi plays with healing reasoning. Waiting is lonely, loneliness is lonely, regret is lonely, fulfillment is lonely. We met because of loneliness.

The works of global best-selling author, lifestyle leader, and speaker Alain de Botton have long been on bestseller lists in Europe and the United States. 80 Paintings and photographs, and more than 30 excerpts of excellent works are beautifully presented; the novels on the left hand are full of talents; the prose on the right hand comforts people's hearts. The beautiful words of Wordsworth and Baudelaire take you to taste the world. A new preface written by de Botton especially for Chinese readers has been added. Pricking a needle into the dream at the end of "Love in Prague", the oozing light blue can color de Botton's journey; the true color of any journey is transformed by the blue of the heart and the blue of the mist, becoming an irresistible temptation; the space loses its geographical meaning In the direction of the location, time lazily turned into a wisp of fragrance; only Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Van Gogh and de Botton, a talented man, connected the itinerary and words, and the resonance throbbed in the depths of the soul; walking with de Botton, the road ahead was a journey to a distant place or a return to home in the sunset...

Templars, alchemy, and Kabbalah are melted into one pot, providing an antidote to the disease of postmodern mysticism. In Milan in the 1970s, the passionate years were gone and mysticism was reviving. Dr. Casaubon, a scholar who is proficient in medieval history, and his two friends, Belbo and Theotalevi, senior editors of an academic publishing house, are responsible for publishing a set of "Hermes Series" aimed at profit. In the influx of manuscripts, and in the process of contact with occult enthusiasts, a repeated and ambiguous "Templar conspiracy theory" appeared repeatedly. The three partners claim to be knowledgeable and skilled, and in a playful spirit, they weave the many mysterious events, characters and associations circulating in history into a seamless "plan", almost "rewriting" and "rewriting" the entire world history. In order to make the "plan" more complete, they created a secret society: "Teleis". Unexpectedly, the mystics took all the orders and actually organized the "Teleis" to track Casaubon and Belbo, and would search the world for the fictitious "secret map" in the "plan"...

Roland began brewing and conceiving in 1890 and completed the last volume in 1912, which took a total of more than twenty years. The novel describes the ups and downs but constant struggle of a talented musician of German descent, John Christoph. Creates a character full of unyielding spirit. This is a hero who belongs to the world, not a certain nation - Christophe constantly resists the decadent art and the vulgar social environment. After hitting the wall, he becomes more and more courageous, and constantly surpasses himself and pursues a higher spiritual realm. This is Beethoven's spirit and Roland's own spirit.

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Herodotus (approximately 484 BC - 425 BC) was the greatest historian and writer in ancient Greece. Chinese readers often compare him to Sima Qian (145 BC-90 BC), the author of the great historical work "Historical Records". Sima Qian's son inherited his father's legacy and served as the Taishi Ling. He traveled around various places to learn about customs and collect rumors. Herodotus also used vivid writing to record what he heard and saw during his long journeys in his life, as well as the history of Persia and other countries, and wrote a book that influenced later generations for more than two thousand years - "History of Herodotus". Cicero, the famous political orator in ancient Rome, called Herodotus the "father of history" (paterhistoriae). It can be said that it is not an exaggeration at all, just as Sima Qian can be regarded as the "father of Chinese history." The book "History of Herodotus" mainly records many historical stories Herodotus heard. Indeed, this is similar to Sima Qian. In fact, there are many stories in "Historical Records" that Sima Qian heard. But this does not prevent Sima Qian from becoming a great historical recorder. Precisely because of his records, even the stories heard from hearsay were completely recorded and passed down to this day more than two thousand years later in the form of books. Isn't this a miracle in itself? Assuming that without Sima Qian's records, many wonderful stories in Chinese history might have fallen into darkness and remained unknown. Herodotus recorded or dictated many battles, histories, and many interesting stories in his books. It is precisely because of Herodotus's records that later generations have a basis for studying the Peloponnesian War and have historical data for reference. Herodotus once said that the reason why he wanted to record these things and pass them on to future generations was "to preserve the achievements of mankind so that they would not be forgotten due to age, to prevent the admirable achievements of Greeks and foreigners from losing their luster, and especially to record the causes of their disputes." Of course, it is undeniable that many of the stories in his world-impacting book were imaginary, and many of them were seriously distorted. But after all, this is the earliest record of human history left to the world. If we don't read it, what can we read? In the same way, if we don't read Sima Qian's "Historical Records" to understand the history he knew, even if it was hearsay, who can we read? There is no room for choice. Therefore, we can only look at the people and events at that time from Herodotus's historical perspective, and we can only observe the first-hand historical information he provided us from Sima Qian's historical perspective. There is no other choice.

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This book tells the story of the protagonist Goriot, a flour merchant who started his career during the French Revolution. He lost his wife in middle age. He devoted all his love to his two daughters. In order to let them squeeze into the upper class, he gave them a good education since childhood and gave them a dowry of 800,000 francs each when they got married. However, his two daughters lived a dissolute life and spent money like water. His love was easily defeated by the principle of money supremacy.

In the first chapter of the novel, the young protagonist Stephen appears, but he cannot describe his world with complex vocabulary. He does not care about the causal relationship of the world around him, so the world in front of him presents a chaotic and unorganized situation during his experience. A few years later, Stephen became obsessed with religion. At this time, his thinking ability seemed to have greatly improved, and he was able to think about the world with clearer logical thinking and a more adult way of thinking.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is a representative work of Lewis Carroll, the most famous British writer in the 19th century. It was first published in the 19th century. The work tells the story of a little girl named Alice who fell into a rabbit hole and entered a world of hallucinations. Although the storyline may sound absurd, it is generally very logical. The author's writing is very smooth to read, and it is a rare English book that is worth enjoying.

This book mainly tells the story of a miser. A miser had accumulated a lot of money, but he was reluctant to add a piece of coal to the staff's fire. His nephew kindly invited him to attend the Christmas Eve party, but he thought the nephew was refusing to take advantage of him. Social activists asked him to donate some Christmas meals to the poor, but he ruthlessly refused. He returned home at night and saw a ghost face in the night. Is this really a ghost? Or is he an illusion? However, the appearance of ghost caused him to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Hamlet, one of Shakespeare's four most famous tragedies, was created in 1601, when the European Renaissance entered its late stage and two years before the death of Queen Elizabeth of England (1603). Therefore, Hamlet not only embodies the ideology of the Renaissance, but also reflects the various conflicts and conflicts in the transformation period of British society. The tragedy of "Hamlet" contains four main levels: The first level involves the political tragedy of murdering the king, usurping the throne, and then murdering the prince. The second level involves the elements of social tragedy in which positive figures representing the progress of civilization fight against ugliness and sin. The third level involves the tragic element of family destruction caused by blind involvement in political conflicts. The fourth level involves the tragic elements of love in which love is destroyed and exploited.

American writer Thoreau's record of living alone by Walden Pond describes what he saw, heard and thought for more than two years. The first feature that distinguishes this work from previous literary works is its detailed description and extension of nature. The changes in scenery caused by the changing of the seasons, as small as the fight between two ants, are all vividly reproduced in Thoreau's wonderful pen, and the descriptions are not superficial, but have the precision of a naturalist. The author meticulously describes the life of living alone by the lake for more than two years, with the purpose of proving to readers through this personal experiment: In fact, you can live well and happily without a lot of money.

Among Edgar Allan Poe's novels that explore love and hate, The Tell-Tale Heart (see the table of contents of this volume) is the most outstanding and famous. Edgar Allan Poe described these two completely different and even opposing emotions in a psychological sense that penetrated the back of the paper. It is based on this that Freud, the world-famous master of psychological analysis, developed his psychological theory that affects the world: Psychoanalysis. He explained that the so-called love and hate seem to be two different psychological emotions, but in fact they are just emotions intertwined in people's inner world. The two are sometimes inseparable, but the means of expression take different forms. This collection also includes another famous novel by Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat. The novel describes a gentle animal lover who eventually turned into an evil cat killer. The transformation process is full of amazing things. Edgar Allan Poe not only used love as the theme of his novels, but also wrote his works with death as an overriding theme. At the same time, with the major theme of death, he often uses some kind of mask as a tool to further develop the plot of his novels. For example, The Cask of Amontillado and The Masque of the Red Death in this series. Edgar Allan Poe's novels are full of ups and downs. Once you read them, you often feel inextricable. You can't concentrate on doing other things until you finish reading the entire novel. Some people say that when reading Edgar Allan Poe, one must be prepared for a serious illness. This is not unreasonable, because Edgar Allan Poe is profound and because of Edgar Allan Poe's grasp of human nature. Poe liked to use symbolic objects to show the world that they might have some meaning. He used Whirlpool to symbolize madness in MS. Foundina Bottle (see the book list of this series); in The Tell-Tale Heart, he used "eyes" to symbolize human nature, and so on. It can be said that Edgar Allan Poe's novels contain a huge amount of information. And all of this requires us to read and feel bit by bit.

"La Traviata" is a masterpiece by Alexandre Dumas, the son of the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas in the 19th century. More than a hundred years after its publication, it has been recognized as a classic of world literature and has also become a must-have in Western spiritual and cultural life. This version has also become the most classic model version of the English translation. Main content: Story content: The protagonist of the story is a young man who fell in love with the prostitute Margaret. But the young man's father did not agree that this relationship would come to any fruition. So, there was a lot of obstruction. As a result, a touching love story was born. This section covers the big issues in human nature such as hope, love, compassion and forgiveness, and also provides a very perspective analysis and exposure of social classes.

"Slaughterhouse (English Version) \u002F Classic English Library" exposes the poor working conditions in Chicago meat processing plants and describes the tragic experiences of Lithuanian immigrants Jorgis Ludkus and his family after they settled in the United States. Jurgis's father died of illness due to overwork. Jurgis suffered a work injury and lost his job. His wife was raped by the foreman. In revenge, he beat the foreman, but was arrested and imprisoned. After he was released from prison, his wife and son died. He was alone and wandered around. Only with the education and help of some socialists did he see the light.

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"The Prince and the Pauper (English Edition)/Classic English Library" is a satirical novel. The story is based on the social conditions of England in the 16th century. It describes in the form of a fairy tale that Tom, a poor boy in the slums, dramatically changes his identity with Prince Edward by chance and becomes the King of England. After the kind-hearted Tom became the king, he implemented some benevolent policies, abolished some cruel punishments, and pardoned some innocent prisoners, thus gaining the love and support of the people. The real prince Edward experienced various social conditions under the autocratic rule of the feudal monarchy, which enabled him to witness the suffering and shortcomings of the people with his own eyes, which made him deeply aware of the cruelty of British law and the contradictions of social classes. The writing style of the work is light, but the meaning is profound. Every line reveals the author's dissatisfaction with the rulers and sympathy for the suffering people.

The Divine Comedy is a cross-section of the human spiritual structure. From the perspective of Freudian psychology, hell is a world of self-indulgence, where human instincts and desires such as pride, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed for money, lust, and gluttony cannot be controlled; purgatory is where the self gradually purges away its sins and breaks away from the self to be reborn. Process, the seven kinds of sinful souls living in it, although they have sinned but to a lesser extent and have repented, are the self that can control themselves, and can ascend to heaven after repentance; heaven is the paradise of God, angels and good people, the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, and the superego that transcends control. From the three sections of human spiritual structure, corresponding to the three realms of the Divine Comedy, we can also see Dante's value orientation and exploration of human nature.

"Shangshu", an early book called "Shu", was written around the fifth century BC. The traditional "Shangshu" (also known as "Jinwen Shangshu") was handed down from Fu Sheng. Legend has it that it is a work left over from the ancient culture "Three Tombs and Five Codes". "Shangshu" is listed as one of the important core Confucian classics. "Shang" means "up", and "Shangshu" is an ancient book. It is a compilation of ancient Chinese historical documents and some works that trace ancient deeds. It is an early collection of historical documents in my country.

"O Pioneers! " Tells the story of the Bergson family. The Bergson family were immigrants from Sweden. After many hardships, they finally came to the Nebraska Highlands in the United States. This place is described in the novel as "the dividing line." Of course, in Oh Pioneers! "The novels not only tell stories about land, but also include romantic stories of love and human tragedies. But if we look closely, we will find that the more touching story is not about the land itself but about the people. The heroine of the novel, Alexandra, not only owns the land under her feet, she belongs to it. The author's wonderful description of the heroine leaves a very deep impression on people: her personality charm, her ambition...

Before Legge, the linguist Sir William Jones (Sir W. Jones) had translated the Book of Songs in the 18th century. Legge also drew from it in the process of translating the Book of Songs. However, Sir William Jones's translation was rather borrowed from the title and was not a faithful reproduction of the Book of Songs. The "faithfulness" that translation emphasizes is by no means equal to "one-to-one correspondence." As far as poetry translation is concerned, it is not difficult to achieve the standard of "faithfulness", but to achieve "faithfulness", "expression" and "elegance" at the same time is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky. What is even more insurmountable is the gap of "meter".

Yeats's most widely read poem in China is "When You Are Old". This time we publish it together and attach a Chinese translation for the convenience of readers.

The author Stendhal is loved by readers for his profound analysis of the psychology of characters in novels, and is considered the earliest practitioner of literary realism. The novel records that a young man from another province not only used his own talents and hard work, but also used some deceptive means and double-dealing in his life to complete his struggle to climb up the social ladder and become a so-called upper-class person. But in the end, his true inner feelings betrayed him. The so-called "red" and "black" refer to religion (black) and secular (red). This was also the focus of society at that time and caused fierce controversy.

"Women in Love" is a novel written by the British writer D. H. Lawrence. It is the sequel to "The Rainbow" and was first published in 1920. "Women in Love" revolves around the emotional entanglement of two pairs of lovers: Ursula, a female teacher, and Burkey, an inspector, broke through many barriers with their love for life, and the lovers finally got married; Ursula's sister Gretchen and the mining magnate Gerald, due to their huge differences in concepts, experienced numerous conflicts and eventually their relationship broke down. Gerald finally ended his life in a desolate, silent, windy and snowy deep valley. This book is entirely in English.

"Flowers of Evil" was new and unique from all angles. It was beyond people's expectations and immediately attracted the attention of people from all walks of life. Some people considered this monster-like collection of poems to be immoral and blasphemous. As a result, Baudelaire also suffered a lawsuit. Not only was the collection of poems banned, but both the poet and the publisher were fined. But the great writer Mr. Hugo praised this book, saying that it was like a dazzling star, bringing a new tremor to the French poetry world. Hugo's judgment becomes more and more correct and fair as time goes by. It was this "Flowers of Evil" that ushered in a new era of modern French poetry and left an indelible impact on the Western poetry world. People are increasingly aware that this is a work of very high artistic skills and extremely rich ideological content.

During World War I, a British ship was hit by a German torpedo, and the people on board fled for their lives, creating a chaotic scene. An American girl was about to board a lifeboat to escape when a British man appeared in front of her. The man thrust a small paper bag into her hand and asked her to protect it, then hurriedly gave her his contact information and fled. In the blink of an eye, World War I was over. The hero Tommy and the heroine Toppans in the novel were originally ordinary people. They were childhood sweethearts and met unexpectedly in London. The two were so happy that they decided to set up an adventure company together. However, the twists and turns of their ordinary lives were like adventure stories. They encountered dangerous events one after another and then escaped from them. They met Mr. Carter, a member of the intelligence agency, and Yuri, an American millionaire. The story further escalates. During their adventure, they also met the beautiful and very wealthy Ms. Rita and the mysterious Mr. Brown. At the same time, a maid named Annette was also involved. The heroine had just been working as a servant for two days when she found her master's body lying in the bedroom. The male protagonist Tommy was inexplicably knocked unconscious and even placed under house arrest.

The first line of "The Iliad" is "The wrath of Achilles is my theme." Achilles, the general of the Greek coalition, was fiery and he showed his anger twice. The epic poem writes that the war has been going on for nine years and ten months, and the outcome is still uncertain. At this time, internal strife broke out among the Greek coalition forces due to the plague. The plague was caused by Agamemnon, the commander of the coalition forces, who refused to return a female prisoner because she was the daughter of the priest Apollo, the sun god. Apollo's priest asked Agamemnon to return his daughter when he was refused, so he prayed to Apollo to punish the Greek coalition forces. If the plague continues to spread, it will make the Greek coalition unstoppable, so Achilles asks Agamemnon to return the female prisoner to prevent the plague from spreading further. Agamemnon reluctantly returned the female prisoner, but unfairly took away another female prisoner originally assigned to Achilles. As compensation for his own loss, Achilles refused to participate in the battle in anger.

This book uses the tone of Captain Rimel Gulliver (also translated as Lemuel Gulliver) to narrate his experience of traveling around four countries. Through Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the Flying Island Kingdom, and the Houyhnhnms Kingdom, it reflects the corruption and sin of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century. It also expresses the thoughts and ideas of the author Jonathan Swift in a relatively perfect artistic form. The author used rich satirical techniques and fictional fantasies to write absurd and bizarre plots, which profoundly reflected the meaningless partisan struggle in the British Parliament at that time, the stupidity, decadence and profit-seeking of the ruling group, and exposed and criticized the cruelty of the colonial war; at the same time, it praised the heroic struggle of the colonial people against the rulers to a certain extent.