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"All happy families are alike, and each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -"Anna Karenina "

Appreciation of works: "Anna? Karenina is one of the most important masterpieces of Tolstoy, a famous Russian writer. As soon as this work came out, it attracted people's attention. Russian contemporary writer Dostoevsky even thinks it is "a perfect work of art" and "no similar works can be compared with it" in modern European literature. Anna? Karenina is really a great work. As a realistic writer, Tolstoy created an unparalleled picture of Russian social life in 1970s. The Russian poet Fett said that the author seems to have put the whole era into this novel.

Reflect the times: "Anna? Karenina was written in the 1970s (1873- 1877). At that time, Russia was in a period of great historical change, and the feudal landlords in ancient Russia were violently impacted by the wave of capitalism in Western Europe. " Everything is upside down, and everything is just beginning to be established. "It means that the old feudal aristocratic order has been subverted and the capitalist system has just begun to be established. In this historical period of the alternation of the old and the new, what attracts Tolstoy's attention most is the change of family and the fate of women. Family tragedies emerge one after another, and scenes unfold before his eyes, and the news that a woman committed suicide on the railroad track because of love issues particularly shocked and saddened him. This could be his creation, Anna? The direct cause of Karenina.

(2) gone with the wind

Appreciation of works: Gone with the Wind is a famous American woman writer Margaret? Michelle's novels are romantic and reflect the theme of the Civil War. Scarlett, the protagonist, has always fascinated readers with her rebellious spirit and self-improvement spirit. On the eve of the American Civil War, Miss Scarlett, aged 16 from Tara, Georgia, fell madly in love with her neighbor Ashley? Wilkes. After the war broke out, Ashley and his cousin Melanie? Hamilton got married, and Scarlett got angry and married Charles, whom she didn't love. Soon, Charles died in the war and Scarlett became a widow. At a fund-raising dance, she and Rhett? Captain butler has met. As the war approached Atlanta, Scarlett fled Atlanta and returned to Tara with the help of Captain Rhett. Seeing that the former manor was in ruins, Scarlett was determined to revive her home at all costs. Soon, Scarlett's second husband, Frank, died in a duel and she became a widow again. Rhett loved Scarlett sincerely and passionately, and soon Scarlett married Rhett. Although Rhett has similar temperament characteristics to her to attract her, at the same time, she is infatuated with Ashley she once loved. Rhett left Scarlett with sadness, but Scarlett realized that Rhett was the only one who could really love her.

3 "Jane? love

Appreciation of works: 1847, Jane? After the publication of Love, London was a sensation, written by Charlotte? Bronte's contemporary famous writer Thackeray praised it as "the masterpiece of a great genius". Jane? Love describes the heroine's spiritual course of pain, suffering, resistance and pursuit. Jane? Love is short and ugly, but she has a rich emotional world. She has always been humble and maintained her personal dignity, winning Rochester's respect and admiration. Despite all the difficulties, Jane? Love finally listened to the call of the heart and returned to Rochester. He lost everything and became blind in a fire. Two hearts that really love each other are happily United. Jane? The success of love lies in the shaping of the heroine Jane Eyre. Like this artistic image. Charlotte has two sisters Emily? Bronte and Anne? Bronte said, "I want to write a heroine for you." She is as ordinary and short as me, but she should be as interesting as any heroine you write. " Contrary to the traditional writing style, the author successfully created a new female image with no outstanding appearance and determined to pursue equal and independent personality.

(4) La Traviata

Appreciation of works: This is a romantic love tragedy written by the famous French writer Dumas. Margaret is a social star in Paris society. Her extraordinary beauty and outstanding intelligence make her the object of pursuit of rich children. Margaret was deeply moved by Armand's sincerity and singleness from the moment she met Armand, and they fell in love. They live a simple and simple life in the suburbs of Paris, far from the bustling city center. At this time, Armand's father begged Margaret to leave Armand for the sake of family reputation. Margaret left Armand for the happiness of Armand's family. Armand, who didn't know the inside story, repeatedly insulted and embarrassed Margaret. Faced with the heavy blow of life, she is even more disheartened about life. When armand learned the truth and rushed to Margaret's side, she died alone in her apartment because of poverty and illness.

(5) How is steel tempered?

Appreciation of Works: How Steel was Tempered is the masterpiece of ostrovsky, a famous Soviet writer. It is one of the most representative masterpieces in Soviet literature and one of the most wonderful works in world literature. The novel narrates the protagonist Paul? Kochakin's life has created an outstanding Bolshevik image for us, with endless life and struggle. After the novel was published, it aroused great repercussions, and the protagonist Paul became an example for young people in the Soviet Union and China to learn, inspiring people to forge ahead.

(6) War and peace

Appreciation of Works: Tolstoy's masterpiece War and Peace is the first epic masterpiece of1.30,000 words in the history of Russian literature. The novel is based on the Russian-French War of 18 12 and centered on the Russian Patriotic War of 18 12, reflecting the major historical events from 1805 to 1820. The novel begins with 1805 when the aristocrats in Petersburg talk about Napoleon's campaign in Europe. Both the Sino-Russian-Austrian Coalition forces and Napoleon collapsed, and finally ends on the eve of the party movement in 18251February. The works focus on the thoughts and actions of 40 families, including Polanski, Bezukhov, Rostov and Kulagin, in the environment of war and peace. Based on the fate of the main members of four families, Andre, Pierre and Natasha, it depicts Russian social fashion and shows a broad picture of life. It is a realistic heroic epic novel. The appearance of this novel coincides with the unprecedented prosperity of Russian critical realism literature. Like a bright star, he added luster to Russian literature and won Tolstoy the reputation as a world writer.

(7) resurrection

Resurrection is the masterpiece of Tolstoy, a Russian critical realist writer, and one of the immortal masterpieces of world literature. The protagonist of the novel Katyusha? Maslova was originally the adopted daughter of an aristocratic landlord. She was seduced by her master's nephew, the young aristocratic Duke Niehe Liudov, and was abandoned. As a result, she fell into a miserable life. She was driven away by her master because she was pregnant, and she wandered around and worked as a prostitute for eight years. Later, she was framed for murder for money and was arrested and imprisoned. Ten years later, Nekhludoff appeared as a juror in Maslova's case. He recognized that the defendant was Maslova who was abandoned by him ten years ago, and he was condemned by his conscience. In order to atone for his soul, he ran around to reduce her sentence. When all efforts failed, Maslova was escorted to Siberia, and Nekhludoff went with her. On the way, there came a notice that the emperor reduced Maslova's sentence, and forced labor was changed to exile. At this time, although Maslova still loved Nekhludoff, he refused his proposal for his future and married political prisoner simonson. The experiences of these two protagonists show their spiritual and moral revival. This novel exposes those corrupt officials and touches the essence of the old law.

Notre Dame de Paris (8)

Appreciation: Notre Dame de Paris was published in 183 1. It is the first novel of great ideological significance and artistic value by Hugo, the founder of French romantic literature, and is regarded as a masterpiece of romanticism.

Through the tragic story that Esmeralda, a gypsy woman, was framed and persecuted to death by frollo, the vice bishop of Notre Dame, the novel profoundly exposed the darkness of the church, the hypocrisy of monks and the cruelty of feudal nobles. The novel describes the Paris society in the15th century, but denounces the social reality of the author's time. The whole novel is full of romantic fighting spirit against feudalism, church power and social darkness.

(9) Gao Laotou

Money can buy everything, buy a daughter. -"Gao Laotou"

Appreciation of works: Lao Gao Man is one of Balzac's representative works and occupies an important position in human comedy. It is a pivotal station in the huge structure of human comedy, and it is called the "prelude" of human comedy. The novel Tearing off the Veil of Affection and Tenderness criticizes the naked money relationship between people in capitalist society with great artistic power. The novel environment is meticulous and vivid, the details are exquisite and vivid, and the typical characters have outstanding personality, which makes the works have high artistic charm and still attracts readers all over the world.

(10) The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novella. Author Hemingway. Published in 1952. This is the continuation and development of the "tough guy character" he described since the1920s. The novel is mainly about a weather-beaten old Cuban fisherman who fished at sea for 84 days and got nothing. On the 85th day, he continued fishing and finally caught a marlin. However, on his way back, he was besieged by a large group of sharks. San Diego, an old man, struggled with sharks for three days. As a result, when the old man returned to the shore, only a huge fishbone shelf was left. Through the struggle between man and nature, the novel expresses the theme that human beings should bravely face failure. Santiago lost the battle with the shark that symbolizes bad luck, but he didn't give in to bad luck. He believes that although man can be defeated temporarily, his spirit and will will never be defeated. A man is not born to be defeated. You can destroy him as much as you can, but you can't beat him. The novel has high generality, allegory and symbolism in art, and uses contrast and inner monologue to describe the characters' characters, with clear and fluent language and simplicity. Appreciation of Works: decameron is a collection of short stories. It is the earliest representative writer in Italy during the Renaissance, the work of Boccaccio, which has the greatest influence on later generations, and the first realistic work in the history of modern European literature. Write it in 1384 and 1353. This novel is concise and vivid. At the beginning of the work, 10 young men and women lived in a villa in the countryside of Florence to avoid the Black Death, and each of them told a story every day. In 10 days, 100 stories were told in turn, hence the name "decameron". It reflected the vast real society in Italy at that time, opposed asceticism, praised the love between men and women, opposed hierarchical privilege, advocated human equality, exposed the decay and ignorance of nobles, and attacked the hypocrisy and absurdity of monks. Most of the stories are based on historical events, medieval folklore and oriental folklore. Formally, it broke through the simple way of telling stories in medieval novels, and tried to explore new ways in describing natural features, sketching characters' personalities, portraying characters' psychology and sculpting images, which had a great influence on the development of later European novels.