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D'Annunzio, the last playboy writer of the 19th century and a representative figure of Italian aestheticism literature; a novel that represents the ultimate elegance and luxury of late autumn in Venice, where life and art are passionately intertwined, and represents the ultimate in aestheticism literature. "Fire" was published in 1900. It is a novel with an obvious autobiographical color. It reproduces the emotional experience of the writer himself and the famous actress Eleanora Duse through the images of the talented young poet Stelio and the actress Foscarina who is no longer in her prime. With the water city of Venice in autumn as the background, through Stelio's passionate speech and brilliant dreams about art and life, D'Annunzio praises the "Apollinian spirit" and the "Dionysian spirit" - the "Soul of Venice" that has given generations of artists endless creative inspiration.