Can you recommend a European novel where the protagonist remains optimistic and confident in the face of adversity?

It mainly reflects the protagonist's optimism, but it can't be extreme. After reading it, I feel that it is similar to the optimistic attitude of a person in real life. I want to use it at the beginning of my personal statement. Thank you. If it is good, I will add it again.
The protagonist doesn't need to experience particularly miserable suffering. The whole story gives people the strength and beauty of a woman. It doesn't need to be too grand.

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"I'm not sure if it'll satisfy your needs, but I'll try my best to recommend a novel that's most relevant to your description.""Living Up to My Pleasure " is a modern romance and urban life novel written by the author, Sang Lai. The general plot of this novel is as follows:

Have you ever met a person who has seen you in such a sorry state but still loves you to the bone? You don't have to kiss, hug, or contact him all the time because you know he won't leave.
This knowledge was conveyed to you at all times. He used his every move to give you a sense of security!
Shu Nansang had met him before. She was glad to have met him in this world, even if it was only for a short time…
Shu Nansang remembered that the man had told her to throw away all her armor.
He said,"You're already covered in bruises, but you still have the courage to start a new life with me. How can I give up on you and not cherish you?"
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The book "Master of the Heart" was a game novel written by the author, Jun Buwo, Mo Jizhi. The general plot of this novel was:

This was a good era of peace. Steam engines and airships brought convenience to life. Ocean-going giant ships expanded new colonies. White churches guided people to good. This was a chaotic bad era. Money was supreme and extravagant life corrupted people's souls. Saints were forgotten, and evil lurked in the dark side of the city, waiting for an opportunity. The reason why we live happily is not because of peace, but because of the nameless people who hide their faces and bow their heads to protect us silently. When the twisted evil descended upon the world, and the rights that were once taken for granted became privileges, would you still remember those who carried the burden? As an observer, I will record a person named Lorne. Wellington's unlucky transmigrator, I will record in detail his short but comedic legendary journey. His hesitation, joy, happiness, grief, anger, redemption…will be remembered by me. The audience who read this might think that Lorne was a hero, a coward, a miser who insisted on asking for money, or an awkward guy who did not mean what he said... But please remember, he was originally just like you and me, just an ordinary person who worked hard to pursue happiness.
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"The Day of Survival in a Foreign Land" was a sci-fi novel written by Auon. The general plot of the novel was:

When he started writing this novel, he had thought about many things. The unknown energy radiation on Earth's blue planet caused a large number of creatures to undergo abnormal evolution. The climate and magnetic field were chaotic, and humans were facing extinction. The protagonist who survived in the disaster area was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. From survival to escape, he met one reliable companion after another and finally established his own family. Together with all mankind, he found an opportunity to win in this craze of evolution. Although this book is defined as a science fiction apocalyptic novel, I think the atmosphere created is positive. The original intention of the creation is to hope that through the protagonist's growth bit by bit, he will overcome setbacks and difficulties, not give up his initial dreams and beliefs, and finally win the future. It will encourage the readers who read this book to gain the courage to continue moving forward, even if it is only a little. A happy ending might be too ideal, and reality was always cruel, but it was precisely because of this delusion that we would chase after it regardless of everything.
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"Even a Mourning Can Be Sweet" was a modern romance novel written by the author, Aligo. The general plot of this novel was:

The war in her original family, the inferiority complex she felt after living under someone else's roof, the fact that she had never been looked down upon by her family, she had worked hard to obtain the recognition of others through her studies, pretending to be strong and cheerful. It was only when she met the perfect him that she realized that she was also fragile and needed to be loved...
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"The Legend of the Disintegration Knight" was a light novel written by the author, Crazy White Wing. It was a funny and sarcastic novel. The general plot of this novel was:

I was born in a world known as the Calamity of Collapse. I was hurt by it and affected by it. But I changed myself. I chose to become a knight with courage, swearing to fight against the collapse and carry out justice. I firmly believe that the greatness of mankind is the greatness of courage, and the hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage.
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"The Counterattack Begins with a Terminal Illness" was a novel about urban life written by the author, Pursuit of Happiness. The general plot of the novel was:

This was a story about a problematic teenager who, after learning that he had cancer and that his days were numbered, actively extended his life and smiled at life. Let's see how the problematic youth turned the tide in despair, and how the prodigal son gained a new life in adversity...
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Adventurer's Words was a fantasy sword and magic novel written by the author, Impatient Love Seal. The general plot of the novel was:

[Please add it to your collection, recommend it, and submit it to us.]
Walking in the shadows, wandering in the darkness.
He was the most dangerous thief in the world and also the most special adventurer.
From the ancient castle to the holy city of the temple, from the vast desert to the lost ocean.
His legend was everywhere.
Demons whispered in the abyss, and dragons roared in the sky.
The turmoil of the era, the conflict between races.
The conspiracy of ten thousand years gradually surfaced.
This was the worst era, but also the most dazzling era.
This was an epic story that belonged to adventurers…
Two to three chapters per day, each chapter 3000+
He had to give himself hope while he was young.
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"The Happy Life of a Puppet Master" was a fantasy sword and magic novel written by the author, Wu Maxing. The general plot of the novel was:

"There was once a person who believed in miracles and used light as a guide. He walked this long and mysterious path, feeling the happiness, sadness, anger, and loneliness on this path…He once looked up at the sky in a daze, hugged a girl and laughed, and held a puppet to fight against an enemy that he could not defeat…In the end, he found the true meaning of happiness that belonged to him."
Along the way, there were mages, bards, mermaids, sirens, orcs, elves, titans…
There were faces with different expressions and stories of different colors.
This was a colorful and strange world…
"If possible, please let me have a girl's smile forever, as well as that indelible fragrance…"
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The Final Domination was a fantasy novel written by the author, Little Soldier. The general plot of the novel was:

Sad about the misfortune of talent, annoyed about the reputation of the family, worried about the endless humiliation, annoyed about not competing for it…How was this youth who had been abandoned by the heavens going to turn the world around?
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Blood and Steel's Watch was a fantasy-epic fantasy novel written by the author, Jungle Roar. The general plot of the novel was:

Europe in the 13th century was full of suffering and opportunities. The Mongols, the Crusaders, the Mamluks, the Assassins, everyone wanted to leave their names in history. And he, a wanderer who did not even remember his own past, had to use the blood of his heart and the steel in his hands to watch over the persistence of humanity and the dawn of civilization in this dark age. The blending and collision of various civilizations in the East and the West shone in the waving of swords and sabers.