1836: I Became a Literary Giant in Great Britain

In 1836 England, the Victorian era was approaching. Michel, a postgraduate student majoring in English literature, awoke to find himself unexpectedly transported to this era of brilliant minds. In that year’s England, Dickens had not yet penned the famous opening of *A Tale of Two Cities*; in France, Hugo had not yet written the immortal *Les Misérables*; in Russia, the Todots were merely teenagers, impoverished university students from the outset. Michel could only strive to change his fate through his writing. Unbeknownst to him, he had become the brightest star among these luminaries! Churchill: “I would rather lose a hundred Indias than lose one Michel.” “This is not the Victorian era, it is the Michel era.” “He (Michel) is a writer’s writer; he does not belong to any one era, but to all centuries!”