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Category: 100 Works of World Literature

A bilingual, source-grounded series introducing 100 major works of world literature through concise overviews and complete guides to their stories, characters, structures, themes, and literary significance.

The Red and the Black: Ambition, Performance, and the Judgement of Class

红与黑, Literary Guides, Stendhal, The Red and the Black, World Literature, 司汤达, 文学导读, 世界文学

Dead Souls: When a Person’s Name Becomes a Mortgageable Number

Dead Souls, Literary Guides, Nikolai Gogol, World Literature, 尼古拉·果戈理, 文学导读, 死魂灵, 世界文学

Call to Arms: The Iron House, Spectators, and Hope Not Yet Extinguished

Call to Arms, 鲁迅, Literary Guides, Lu Xun, World Literature, 呐喊, 文学导读, 世界文学

Water Margin: Driven to Liangshan, Brotherhood, and the Tragedy of Amnesty

Literary Guides, Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, World Literature, 文学导读, 施耐庵, 水浒传, 世界文学

The Plum in the Golden Vase: Desire, Household Economy, and the Everyday Abyss of Late Ming Society

金瓶梅, Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, Literary Guides, The Plum in the Golden Vase, World Literature, 兰陵笑笑生, 文学导读, 世界文学

Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Warlords, Strategy, Brotherhood, and Historical Cycles

罗贯中, Literary Guides, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, World Literature, 文学导读, 三国演义, 世界文学

Heart of Darkness: Imperial Plunder, Narrative Fog, and the Dispute over Africa’s Representation

约瑟夫·康拉德, 黑暗的心, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Literary Guides, World Literature, 文学导读, 世界文学

The Grapes of Wrath: Dust Bowl Migration, Labour Dignity, and the Journey from ‘I’ to ‘We’

约翰·斯坦贝克, John Steinbeck, Literary Guides, The Grapes of Wrath, World Literature, 愤怒的葡萄, 文学导读, 世界文学

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov: Everyday Life, Open Endings, and Unanswered Questions

Anton Chekhov, Literary Guides, Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov, World Literature, 契诃夫小说选, 安东·契诃夫, 文学导读, 世界文学

The Decameron: Plague, One Hundred Tales, and Rebuilding Order through Story

Giovanni Boccaccio, Literary Guides, The Decameron, World Literature, 十日谈, 文学导读, 世界文学, 乔万尼·薄伽丘

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