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"Hometown" is a short story written by the modern writer Lu Xun in 1921. The novel takes "my" activities of returning to my hometown as a clue, follows the plot arrangement of "returning to my hometown" - "being in my hometown" - "leaving my hometown", and based on what "I" see, hear, remember and feel, focusing on the characters of Runtu and Yang Ersao, thus reflecting the rural bankruptcy and the painful life of farmers before and after the Revolution of 1911. At the same time, it deeply points out that due to the influence of the traditional concepts of feudal society, the spiritual constraints of the working people have caused the distortion of innocent human nature, resulting in indifference and isolation between people. It expresses the author's strong dissatisfaction with reality and his strong desire to transform the old society and create a new life. This book also includes a collection of correspondence between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping from March 1925 to June 1929 - "Book of Two Places".

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