The most touching prose in the world

Author: Wang Yue
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
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In the long night of my life, the books I have read and the books that have been read to me have built a towering, shining lighthouse, guiding me through the profound of human life and human spirit. — Helen Keller
When a nation becomes a slave, as long as it well preserves its own language, it is as if it has grasped the key to opening the prison. — Alphonse Daudet
Parents always wait for us, willingly giving everything to make us happy. — Shel Silverstein
Music has never penetrated my soul so deeply, soothing my restlessness, occupying my life—never so vividly showing its power to awaken the soul, its indescribable and ineffable nature. — Walt Whitman
At that moment, when I see your radiant smile, I understand that I only wish to hold your hand and grow old together, spending this life with you. — Marcel Proust
If it doesn’t come up, perhaps it will float up with the moon. If it doesn’t do so, perhaps it will float up with the sunrise. I have no cramps in my hands and feet, and I feel strong. — Ernest Hemingway
Has Helen Keller’s experience made you sigh in frustration? Has the O. Henry-style ending made you sigh in sorrow? Has the love depicted by Goethe made your eyes tear up? Has Proust’s Remembrance made you deeply moved? Family, friendship, love; morals, humanity, cultivation—all are in The Most Touching Essays in the World.
For college and university students—simultaneous accumulation of vocabulary and grammar;
For English enthusiasts—unique appreciation of sentence structures and rhetoric;
For translation enthusiasts—exquisite Chinese-English comparisons;
For essay enthusiasts—the perfect combination of appreciation and creation!
This book features Chinese-English comparisons, selecting the most touching English essays in the world to guide you into the realm of English through the most moving words.
Facing these words that seem to embody the fervent expectations of the sages, facing these words that are enough for us to read, study, research, and feel throughout our lives, can we not be satisfied and excited about the natural gift we possess in terms of joy and beauty? Can we not approach the experience of “experiencing every kind of feeling more deeply” with reverence?
Authentic dishes better stimulate the digestive function of the taste buds, and authentic classics will also inspire us to follow and explore the thoughts of the sages, creating the courage and strength to build a different life, granted by heaven.