Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 1456 Review of "British Literary Masters"

Hello everyone, I am Cang Yiwei.

Today I would like to recommend to you a new book that has been on the shelves for a week.

"British Literary Masters", member of the committee, first-class author. 260,000 words serialized.

Category: History-Foreign History.

Summary:
Lu Shi returned to England in 1900 and accidentally swept the literary world, leaving behind the proverb:

Britain has always been an inhumane person.

The British people of later generations are deeply moved every time they think of this, and wonder what kind of international spirit could make a Chinese person so heartbroken about Britain that he left such a prophecy...

【Brief Comment】

He only has this book to his name. It took 53 days to write and was put on the shelves on July 19. It received 3250 first orders and the subscription-to-book ratio was 8, which was higher than the author's own expectations.

This is a novel about a great writer. I believe you have read a lot of great writers, including those from the Republic of China, modern times, and Japan. Even many great writers have written novels similar to plagiarism novels, such as Elbow and Plagiarist.

What I am more curious about is that this book is not set in the city, but in history, and even in the relatively remote foreign history. It couldn't be colder.

I read all twenty chapters of the story in one sitting and was thoroughly entertained. It was clearly not written by a new author. As for the author's account, few readers seemed to be particularly interested.

The protagonist of the story is Lu Shi, a government-sponsored student studying abroad in the Qing Dynasty. The setting is Britain in 1900. He wakes up at the door of a pub and discovers that he was a translator in his previous life and traveled through time while riding the subway.

He walked into a pub to rent a room, but was pulled out by someone who turned out to be Natsume Soseki, a fellow student studying in the East, the author of "I Am a Cat" and a top Japanese writer.

The two of them shared similar experiences, facing financial hardship and unsatisfactory study abroad experiences. The author even quotes a passage from Natsume Soseki's "On Literature," demonstrating his thorough preparation before writing. Even when searching on Baidu, he clearly identified the sources to source. Natsume Soseki majored in English literature, but upon arrival, he discovered that so-called English literature differed significantly from the English he had previously known, and that mastering English was insufficient to strengthen the nation. When completing his instructor's assignment, he struggled to find a good starting point, and it was the protagonist who suggested he focus on the flaws in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

The next day, he receives a joint visit from his mentor and Arthur Conan Doyle, the original author of Sherlock Holmes. During their conversation, Doyle encourages the protagonist to write a novel and submit it to a newspaper with opposing political views. Thus, the protagonist begins plagiarizing the detective novel And Then There Were None, ushering in a new style of mystery writing that has caused a sensation in the London literary world.

Although it inspired Doyle to write The Hound of the Baskervilles, it still couldn't stop the protagonist from shining. Even in a salon, he still maintained his rationality and wit in the face of the struggle between different factions, allowing these men to see that the Qing people still had shining points despite being invaded by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

This book is different from other exciting stories. Although the essence is the same, the author is obviously a master in writing style and rhythm control. He is good at creating exciting moments and has a perfect grasp of the affairs of literati and politics.

Although plagiarism is not a great skill, being able to copy out exciting highlights and create wonderful characters is truly a good book worth reading among the increasingly impetuous new books.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment.

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”.

Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

I just took a nap and am a little sleepy. It’s not that the book is not interesting, but I wanted to be lazy and play games instead.

Anyway, I will continue to read this book, let's all join me.

(End of this chapter)