The Complete Works of Wu Jianren: the Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years
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This book is an autobiographical novel written by Wu Jianren, a writer in the late Qing Dynasty. It is one of the four major condemnation novels in the late Qing Dynasty. The book takes the protagonist's "narrow escape" experience as the main clue, starting from his funeral for his father and ending with his failure in business. Through his "narrow escape" for twenty years, he describes the political situation, moral outlook, social customs and world affairs of China's increasingly colonized feudal society, and reveals the irreparable historical destiny of the late Qing Dynasty society and the feudal system. The whole book uses the first person to narrate the story, which is the first in the history of Chinese novels. The structure uses flashbacks, interludes and other methods, which provides a model for the creation of Chinese novels.
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