What are some wonderful novels that you can read without staying up late?

Have you ever had this experience when reading a novel:

Halfway through a long novel, you are eager to know the plot direction and ending of the story, and you can’t wait to forget food and sleep to read it all at once. Finished reading.

However, it is late at night, and I am thinking about it when I go to bed. Not going to sleep will affect my mental state the next day, thus affecting my work and study.

However, short stories can avoid this situation after reading a story.

Therefore, what I would like to recommend today are world-famous collections of classic short stories.

Although they are short, they still have exciting plots and complete stories. It allows you to have a spiritual pleasure and relaxation in your short leisure time of the day without affecting your daily work and study the next day.

About the author:

O. Henry is an American short story writer with an international reputation, known as the "King of Short Stories". His unique creative style has a great influence on modern American short stories and occupies a position that cannot be ignored in literary history.

Content introduction:

This book selects 22 short stories of O. Henry in different styles, such as "The Gift of the Magi", "Spring", "The Last Leaf" and "The Skylight Room" ""Confessions of a Humorist", etc., in order to give readers a more comprehensive understanding of his works.

Reason for recommendation:

As the best storyteller in the world, O. Henry is like an old sailor with rich experience, who can always naturally tell the stories in his life. Wonderful stories are told. As he himself said: "The nature of my jokes is kind and friendly, never sarcastic or making others angry. About the author:

Ambachekhov, Russian novelist and dramatist . He is a world-class master of short stories and the last master of critical realism in Russia in the late 19th century. He is a writer with a strong sense of humor.

Introduction to this book:

This book. Including works such as "The Man in the Trap", "Death of a Little Official", "The Fat Man and the Thin Man", "Trouble", "Wanka", and "Prairie", you can not only see the tragedy hidden in ordinary life, but also see the behind-the-scenes smile with tears.

Reason for recommendation:

Chekhov’s distinctive feature is his ability to reveal the essence of life from the most ordinary phenomena. He highly downplays the plot and only intercepts ordinary daily life. Fragments, using exquisite artistic details to truly depict and depict life and characters, and show important social phenomena. About the author:

Maupassant, an outstanding French critical realist writer in the second half of the 19th century, has great influence on later generations. It has a great influence and is known as the "King of Short Stories". His representative works include "Beautiful Friend", "Ball of Suif", "The Necklace", etc. The movies adapted from his novels are popular all over the world.

Content introduction:

It contains 30 representative works of Maupassant, including classics such as "The Necklace" and "Ball of Suet". These novels have been translated into various languages ??and have influenced generations of readers around the world. , some have also been adapted into stage plays, film and television dramas, etc.

Recommendation reason:

Every piece of Maupassant's work is a small comedy, a small story. The complete drama opens an enlightening window into life. Reading his works and his characters can make you cry or laugh, but it will always be thought-provoking. ——Zola

About the author:

William Faulkner, one of the most influential writers in the history of American literature, a representative figure of stream-of-consciousness literature in the United States, and winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature

Content introduction:

This book collects classic chapters from William Faulkner's short stories, such as "Burning the Horse Barn", "A Rose for Emily", "Dry September" and other 18 articles represent Faulkner's style and main achievements in short story creation.

Reason for recommendation:

Some of the literary role models in my youth gradually became more and more popular. The earth has faded, and it is impossible for me to reread their works now, but Faulkner is still a first-rate writer to me.

——Vargas Llosa About the author:

Angela Carter is one of the most original writers in the UK. Her writing style is a mixture of magical realism, Gothic and feminism.

Introduction:

Stories come from continental Europe, Scandinavia, the Caribbean, the United States, the Arctic, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The story captures the actual lives of ordinary people, sometimes to an uncomfortable degree - poverty, hunger, unstable family relationships, widespread atrocities.

Reason for recommendation:

A long time ago, ghost stories were not just for children, as was the case with "Angela Carter's Ghost Stories". These remarkable stories celebrate strong will, dastardly deceit, sorcery and intrigue, and could only have been collected by the one and only, and deeply missed, Angela Carter.

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