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This book is Volume 1 of the "Great Collection of Original English Novels" series. The series is a compilation of original English works for Chinese readers, covering classic novels widely circulated in British, American, and European literary history, arranged by volume, totaling roughly more than a thousand English classics—a type of resource often called "1000 English Classics" in Chinese reading circles. This volume is the opening volume of the series, serving to launch the series and demonstrate its format; the specific works included should be determined by the table of contents of the actual published version and are not speculated here. As a compilation of original English reading materials, the series is closer to a "reading resource library" than a conventional single-volume publication: it does not provide sentence-by-sentence translation or detailed annotation, nor is it primarily guided reading or appreciation; rather, it presents the original texts as completely as possible, letting readers come into direct contact with the linguistic texture, narrative rhythm, and period flavor of English literature. For Chinese readers, the value of such collections lies in "winning by quantity" and "winning by originals": on the one hand, hundreds or thousands of works are gathered in one place, making it easy to choose freely by interest, difficulty, or era without having to hunt for books; on the other hand, reading the originals directly avoids the loss of tone, puns, and sentence patterns in translation, and long-term immersion helps build English language intuition and literary appreciation. A caveat: collection-type resources usually lack uniform editorial processing, and the source of editions, typesetting quality, and level of annotation may vary; when choosing specific works, readers should first browse sample chapters to confirm the text is complete and free of obvious omissions. This is Volume 1 of the series and is suitable as a first step into this resource library of original English works.