[UK] Galsworthy John Galsworthy (1867-1933), British novelist and playwright.Born in a lawyer's family, he graduated from Oxford University and qualified as a lawyer. In 1932, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Galsworthy's works are set against the background of British society at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, using naturalistic methods to analyze moral and social issues, which have the significance of exposing and criticizing capitalist society and law.His representative works include the novels "The Island of the Pharisees", "The Manor", and "Fraternity"; the series of novels "The Forsyte Family" (trilogy: "The Man Who Owned Property", "Riding the Tiger", "Lease") ), "Modern Comedy" (trilogy: "The White Ape", "Silver Spoon", "Swan Song"), "The End" (trilogy: "The Maid", "The Blooming Wilderness", "Kawana side").His scripts are also very successful, including more than 20 such as "Silver Box", "Struggle", and "French Open".

This novella, which the author considers one of his best stories, is beautifully written and readable.The whole story describes that the young college student Ashurst fell in love with the innocent and simple village girl Megan because of "pity", and made love with her under the apple tree; and abandoned her because of class consciousness.He caused a love tragedy, and in the end he was sad because he lost the best things in life—"that apple tree, that song, and that gold." It is worth mentioning Ashurst's discussion of "mercy" at the beginning of the story, saying that it is "at least the pearl in the oyster".This problem was also discussed in the letter to Hardy when the author was writing. He said: "Clams are sick because of pearls, but pearls are the most beautiful things, and they are more precious than clams themselves." The author's moral criticism and aesthetic concepts are captured from the novel.

"The apple tree, the song, and the gold." Murray's translation of Euripides' Hippolytus