Chinese Classic Literature

Who wouldn't love to have a cat like the one in Charles Perrault's amusing fairytale? A cat that can think, talk, that help his young master to get rich and famous! And to think that the relationship between cat and master has not started in a very promising way...

这里是童话的摇篮，这里是经典的盛宴，让一个个美丽的小公主带我们走进那个梦幻的世界。……這裏是童話的搖籃，這裏是經典的盛宴，讓一個個美麗的小公主帶我們走進那個夢幻的世界。

英俊高大的王子、聪明善良的王子、勇敢机智的王子……他们身上都有我们小朋友需要学习的珍贵品质。……英俊高大的王子、聰明善良的王子、勇敢機智的王子……他們身上都有我們小朋友需要學習的珍貴品質。

每个时代都有名动一时的绝色美女，她们不仅以自身的美貌愉悦着这个世界，而且也影响着历史的进程……每個時代都有名動一時的絕色美女，她們不僅以自身的美貌愉悅著這個世界，而且也影響著歷史的進程……

历史长河滚滚而去，多少英雄豪杰已湮灭于尘埃之中，唯有那些才子的腕底波澜、笔底明珠仍然留存于世……歷史長河滾滾而去，多少英雄豪傑已湮滅於塵埃之中，唯有那些才子的腕底波瀾、筆底明珠仍然留存於世……

辛十四娘，红衣佳人，长得如同不食人间烟火的仙子，虽身为狐妖，但心地善良，与狐狸父亲及十八个姐妹一同寄住禅院之中……辛十四娘，紅衣佳人，長得如同不食人間煙火的仙子，雖身為狐妖，但心地善良，與狐狸父親及十八個姐妹一同寄住禪院之中……

文字简单，富含韵律，易学易记，朗朗上口，它们仿佛神奇的魔法语言，在含蓄的幽默中，带给孩子数不尽的纯真快乐。…… 文字簡單，富含韻律，易學易記，朗朗上口，它們仿佛神奇的魔法語言，在含蓄的幽默中，帶給孩子數不盡的純真快樂。

《三字经》《百家姓》《千字文》是千百年来流传最广的幼儿启蒙教材，俗称“三、百、千”。…… 《三字經》《百家姓》《千字文》是千百年來流傳最廣的幼兒啟蒙教材，俗稱「三、百、千」。

相貌美丽的女鬼，善良的穷书生，夜夜相会，可惜人鬼殊途，又有恶鬼阻挠，有情的一对儿，能否冲破世俗的隔阂，生活在一起。…… 相貌美麗的女鬼，善良的窮書生，夜夜相會，可惜人鬼殊途，又有惡鬼阻撓，有情的一對兒，能否衝破世俗的隔閡，生活在一起。

洪大业纳了婢女宝带为妾，冷落了正室夫人悦人，悦人内心十分愤懑。狐仙恒娘向悦人传授“媚夫之术”，悦人又重新获得了丈夫的专宠。…… 洪大業納了婢女寶帶為妾，冷落了正室夫人悅人，悅人內心十分憤懣。狐仙恒娘向悅人傳授「媚夫之術」，悅人又重新獲得了丈夫的專寵。

少女胭脂爱上了年轻秀才鄂秋隼，阴差阳错却害得自己的父亲被杀，是巧合还是阴谋，真相能否大白？…… 少女胭脂愛上了年輕秀才鄂秋隼，陰差陽錯卻害得自己的父親被殺，是巧合還是陰謀，真相能否大白？

流落青楼的女子，美丽的容貌，惊世的才情，痴情的穷秀才，苦命的鸳鸯。可惜的是美女变成丑女，痴情的秀才一颗心依然如旧。…… 流落青樓的女子，美麗的容貌，驚世的才情，癡情的窮秀才，苦命的鴛鴦。可惜的是美女變成醜女，癡情的秀才一顆心依然如舊。

书生王子服在上元节时偶然邂逅一位美丽女子，从此害下了相思，机缘巧合之下，他寻到了女子的住所，却不料，这女子竟然还有着不为人知的身世…… 書生王子服在上元節時偶然邂逅一位美麗女子，從此害下了相思，機緣巧合之下，他尋到了女子的住所，卻不料，這女子竟然還有著不為人知的身世……

We have selected for you 100 best quotes by Victor Hugo. Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside of France, his most famous works are the novels ! "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as "Les Contemplations" ("The Contemplations") and "La Légende des siècles" ("The Legend of the Ages").

We have selected for you 100 best quotes by Pascal. Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method.

Montaigne might well be one of the most sympathetic writers ever known. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre; his style merges casual anecdotes and autobiography with deep intellectual insights. His Essays are among the most influential ever written; one can recognize Montaigne's direct influence on great literary figures all over the world, from René Descartes to Nietzsche, Isaac Asimov, and possibly William Shakespeare. We have selected for you 100 of his most fascinating, insightful, and amusing quotes, so you can meet directly with one of the greatest minds who ever lived.

We have selected for you 100 best quotes by Flaubert. Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This is the audiobook version of the book. The print book has two versions. One version is marked with Pinyin and the other without Pinyin. Please select the version that best suits your need.

Mark Twains Prosa hat in Amerika neue Maßstäbe gesetzt. Seine Erzählungen strotzen vor humoristischen Raffinessen, satirischen Salti und Bodenständigkeit. Jede Geschichte ist ein Erlebnis, da die Figuren authentisch, skurril und persönlich wirken - aus dem Leben gegriffen eben.Die komplette Szenerie erscheint dem Zuhörer so deutlich vor seinem imaginären Auge, dass man das Gefühl hat, sich bewegende Bilder zu verfolgen. Einmal Twain, immer Twain - jeder, der sich für amerikanische Literatur interessiert, landet früher oder später bei Twain. Kein Wunder: Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt.

In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official. The first series is addressed to her husband whilst he is on a world tour with Prince Chung in the late 19th century. The second series of letters is from 25 years later and are addressed to her mother-in-law. Political intrigue is raging in China and the country is on the verge of a revolution.