Classic American fiction,

The United States is an immigrant country, a settlement of many ethnic groups, the collision and integration of many cultures, coupled with the American people advocate democracy and freedom, people like the spirit of adventure, promote the cowboy spirit.

After World War II, economic, political, military and ideological aspects have exerted a great influence on the whole world, and American culture has gradually penetrated into all parts of the world, exerting a far-reaching influence. Today, I would like to introduce the top ten Best-selling American novels in the world in the last century.

1. Catch-22

During World War II, an American squadron was stationed on the Island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean. There are two standouts in this division.

One was the prim and ambitious Second Lieutenant Schiskopf. In order to gain favor with his superiors and rise to prominence, he devoted himself frantically to training his squadron to win the parade. He was called a true military genius because of his research on marching without waving his hands, and he was promoted rapidly to become a lieutenant general.

The other is the canteen manager Milo, he seems to be "honest and honest", but skilled in making money, in the name of food procurement, big speculation, set up a multinational company. He used a large number of planes to smuggle goods, and even hired enemy planes to transport goods for his company, and contracted to protect Bridges. He became an international figure, mayor of many European cities and lieutenant Governor of Malta.

Ii. The Scarlet Letter

Author: Hawthorne, introduction: Tells the story happened in the North American colonial period love tragedy. Hester Prynne, the heroine, marries the doctor Chillingworth, but there is no love between them. In the lonely prynne and minister Dimmesdale fell in love and gave birth to daughter Pearl. Prynne was publicly chastised and paraded with A red "A" for adultery. But Prynne, unyielding, refused to name the father.

The characters, plots and language in the novel are all subjective and imaginative. In the description, people's psychological activities and intuition are often put in the first place. Therefore, it is not only the representative work of American romantic novel, but also regarded as the pioneering work of American psychoanalytic novel.Iii. The Old Man and the Sea

Introduction: The story revolves around an old Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream far from shore. It established Hemingway's prominent position in world literature and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

The protagonist is an old fisherman named Santiago, supporting role is a child called Manolin. The frail old fisherman did not catch a fish for eighty-four days in a row, but he still refused to throw in the towel, but full of the spirit of struggle, finally caught a body 18 feet long, 1500 pounds of marlin in eighty-five days. The fish dragged the boat out to sea but the old man did not lose heart even when there was no water, no food, no weapon, no helper and his left hand cramped.

After two days and nights, he finally killed the fish and tied it to the side of the boat. But many sharks immediately came to seize his prize. He killed them one by one, until only a broken tiller was left as a weapon. Finally, exhausted, the old man dragged back a pair of fish bones. When he went home and lay in bed, he could only dream of the good old days to forget the harsh reality.

4. An American Tragedy

Introduction: The novel is divided into three volumes. The story follows the short life of Clyde Griffith, an ordinary American youth, and interweaves many pictures of modern life in the United States.

Clyde lived in a poor pastor's family, but the family did not get happiness because of faith, on the contrary, it was very bad. In pursuit of happiness, Clyde left home to venture into the world alone.

Although he of be greedy for vanity found stable job in uncle's factory with cleverness and cleverness, still encountered the beautiful girl that is in love with him, but he is not satisfied, to pursue rich home female, he is cruel actually the cummer that oneself has been pregnant is killed. In the end, Clyde failed to realize his gold dream and was punished by the law.