Novel Volume 2

Author: Cao Wenxuan
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This series, "Guides to Masterpieces of Foreign Literature," selects works from over one hundred and twenty-eight authors, comprising more than two hundred and forty pieces, including novels, poems, and essays. The time span ranges from ancient to modern, while the geographical scope extends from Europe and Asia to the Americas, Africa, and Australia, as well as from East Asia to South Asia. Regardless of the size of the nation, it strives to embrace the world; in terms of literature, it distinguishes between the excellent and the mediocre, sincerely presenting masterpieces. The works in the series reveal, to attentive readers, that while the countries, people, and styles differ, what permeates them is a rich sense of the times, distinct national characteristics, outstanding individual styles, and profound humanistic themes. The authors' comments, for clever readers, will amaze them—though their talents, achievements, and aesthetic tastes vary, what they all invest in the series' commentary is a pursuit of elegance, reverence for classics, guardianship of the sacred, calling for conscience, forging individuality, and crafting excellence.