This textbook comprehensively considers the writers genre, the age of the writers life, the representativeness of the work, the influence of the work, the degree of difficulty, and the ratio of male to female writers, etc., and finally selects Daniel Defoes Robinson Robinson from English literature. Crusoe, Wilkie Collins The Woman in White, Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, Thomas Hardys Tess of the DUrbervilles, and David Hurt Burt Lawrences Sons and Lovers, Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Nathaniel Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, Edgar Allan Poes The Black Cat, Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Ernest Hemingways The Sun Also Rises and Toni Morrisons The Beloved are selected as classic British and American novels Selected reading content. Each chapter of this textbook includes a brief introduction of the authors life, a summary of the plot of the selected novel, an introduction to the main characters of the selected novel, excerpts from the novel, and Chinese translations of the chapters of the selected novel. Gain a better understanding of the writer and the writing characteristics of the chosen novel. The language of this textbook is concise and clear, whether it is used as a textbook for English majors or as an interest book for English lovers, it is a good choice.