The Short Stories by Great Writers series is an outstanding showcase for the world's finest short stories. Newly translated into and annotated in Chinese, the 9-set series is an excellent choice for both English and Chinese language learners as well as story lovers. The authors represented include Charles Dickens, Alexander Pushkin, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan, and other major writers of world literature. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common–the enduring quality of the writing, which places them among the masterpieces of the world's fiction. Life Stories by Great Writers is one book from the series."罪证确凿"的杀人凶犯，熬过二十多年漫漫冤狱；隐藏身份的女钢琴家，引得贵族小伙儿患得患失；四个日子宛若春夏秋冬，既带来希望，也难免悲剧；一片面包看似微不足道，既挽救生命，也荡涤灵魂。人生起伏跌宕，世事变幻无常。莫泊桑、左拉、托尔斯泰、史蒂文森......文学大家带来8个精彩短篇，加上全新的译文诠释，邀读者一起体悟人生百味，领略两种语言的魅力。