What is reading? In life, people often remind us to read books, absorb the knowledge in the books, and let ourselves have more abundant things, so what is a good book? What are the top ten masterpieces of world classic literature?
Recommended by the top ten masterpieces of world classic literature
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War and Peace is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, which is considered a masterpiece of world literature and one of Tolstoy's own best literary achievements. The novel, which tells the history of the French invasion of Russia and the influence of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, tells the story of five Russian aristocratic families, and the novel was first published in 1869.
The author crosses the two lives and two threads of "war" and "peace" to form an encyclopedic and magnificent epic. The basic theme of War and Peace is to praise the patriotic enthusiasm and heroism of the Russian people in the war, but the writer opposes the war, and the tone of the work is benevolent and humanitarian.
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Notre Dame de Paris is a French romantic/gothic novel published in 1831 by the French writer Victor Hugo, which tells a bizarre and contrasting story that takes place in 15th-century France: Claude, the vice-bishop of Notre Dame de Paris, is a man of good looks, a scorpion, loves and hates, and persecutes the gypsy girl Esmeralda. Quasimodo, an ugly-looking and kind-hearted bell ringer, gave his life to save the girl. The novel declares the bankruptcy of asceticism, celebrates the kindness, fraternity, and self-denial of the working people of the lower classes, and reflects Hugo's humanitarian ideas.
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"Childhood" is an autobiographical novel published by the soviet writer Maxim Gore in 1913, the first of a trilogy based on Maxim Gorky's own experience, the other two are "On Earth" and "My University", which tells about Alyosha's childhood and yearning for a better life.
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Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Brontë and is one of the masterpieces of 19th-century English literature. The novel depicts The Gypsy outcast Heathcliff, after being adopted by the old owner of the manor, he goes out to get rich due to humiliation and love failure. After returning, the story of revenge on the landlord Linton and his children, who married his girlfriend Catherine. The whole article is full of a strong spirit of struggle against oppression and happiness, and it is always shrouded in a bizarre and tense romantic atmosphere. The work has been adapted into a film production several times.
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David Copperfield is Charles Dickens's eighth novel, the full title of which is David Copperfield's Personal History, Adventures, Experiences, and Observations, which was originally published in 1849-1850 and published as a book in 1850, many elements of the novel took place in Dickens's own life and are often considered his autobiography, which Dickens liked to write most of his own novels, and in the preface to the 1867 edition Dickens wrote: " Like many loving parents, I have a favorite child in my heart. "His name is David Copperfield.
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Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" mainly tells the story of the protagonist Robinson Crusoe, who was born into a middle-class family, spent his life wandering the world, encountered a storm on the way to Africa, drifted alone to a desert island, and began a life of isolation. With strong will and unremitting efforts, he tenaciously survived on the desert island and was able to return to his hometown after 28 years, 2 months and 19 days. Years after its publication, the novel was translated into many languages and circulated around the world, and has been adapted into several films and television series.
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Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is a French historical novel, first published in 1862, considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel explores the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, anti-monarchy, justice, religion, and the genre and nature of romantic and family love, and Les Misérables has gained popularity in numerous adaptations of stage, television, and film, including a musical and a film adapted from a musical.
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"Anna Karenina" is a novel by the Russian writer Lev Tolstoy, which depicts the vast and colorful picture of Russia from Moscow to the provincial countryside through the two clues of the heroine Anna's pursuit of love tragedy and Levin's reform and exploration in the face of crisis in the countryside, and depicts more than 150 characters, which is a social encyclopedic work.
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Roman Roland's "John Christophe" depicts the protagonist's life of struggle, from the awakening of his musical talent in childhood, to the contempt and rebellion against the powerful in his youth, to the pursuit and success of his career in adulthood, and finally to the lofty realm of spiritual tranquility. Through the protagonist's life experience, it reflects a series of contradictions and conflicts in real society, and promotes humanitarianism and heroism. In 1915, Roman Rowland won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book John Christophe.
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Gone with the Wind is a novel first published by American writer Margaret Mitchell in 1936. Set in Clayton County and Atlanta, the story depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy planter who went through three different marriages until she was 28, when lonely Scarlett understood the true meaning of love.