Author: [UK] Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is a novel about love and marriage, and it is also Jane Austen's masterpiece. The theme of this novel is how Mrs. Bennet married her five daughters. According to the love entanglement between the hero and heroine Darcy and Elizabeth due to arrogance and prejudice, * * * wrote four marriages: Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bentley, Lydia and Wickham, Charlotte and Collins. Darcy is arrogant, representing arrogance; Elizabeth is smart and willful, representing prejudice. Finally, true love finally broke this arrogance and prejudice, and the novel ended in a wedding. In this novel, Austin reflects the English rural customs and social customs at the end of 18 and the beginning of 19, which gives people artistic imagination and is a masterpiece of social customs comedy.

Books that must be read in life II. One Hundred Years of Solitude

Author: [Colombia] Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of magical realism literature, which describes the legendary story of seven generations of Buendia family and the rise and fall of Macondo, a small town on the Caribbean coast, and reflects the changeable history of Latin America in the past hundred years. The works are mixed with myths and legends, folk stories, religious allusions and other mysterious factors. , skillfully combines reality and illusion, shows a magnificent imaginary world, and becomes one of the most important classic literary masterpieces in the 20th century. 1982, Garcí a Má rquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature and established his position as a world-class literary master, largely because of the great influence of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Books that must be read in life 3. A letter to Garcia

Author: [America] Elbert Hubbard

This is a management book about dedication, loyalty and diligence.

After the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, the United States must immediately get in touch with the Cuban rebel leader Garcia and get his cooperation. Garcia is in the deep mountains of Cuba-no one knows his exact location, so he can't be contacted. Someone recommended to the president: "There is a man named Tam who can find Garcia, and only he can find it." They called Tam and gave him a letter to Garcia. Three weeks later, Tam walked through a dangerous country and gave the letter to Garcia. Tan's deeds have also been passed down as anecdotes.

The idea of dedication, loyalty and diligence advocated in this book has influenced several generations. The book tells people that what a person really needs is not only to learn the knowledge in the book and listen to the guidance of others, but also a kind of professionalism, entrusting superiors and taking immediate action. Complete the task wholeheartedly-just like sending a letter to Garcia.

Must-read books for life 4. A Brief History of Time

Author: [England] Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time is a book about cosmology written by Stephen Hawking, a great British physicist, and it is a popular science model for popularizing advanced theoretical physics. The story about exploring the core secrets of time and space is the most advanced knowledge about the nature of the universe, including our cosmic image, space and time, the principle of expanding the uncertainty of the universe, elementary particles and natural forces, black holes, black holes that are not so black, time arrows and so on. Many theoretical predictions in the first edition were later confirmed by observing the micro or macro universe.