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This book is one of the collections of Zhang Henshui's works. It is a novel that reflects the life of intellectuals. The novel fully demonstrates the various forms and mentalities of literati wandering on different paths, as well as the weaknesses of human nature in a deformed society where absurdity reigns, corruption is rampant, and moral decay, and exposes the dark reality of the Kuomintang-controlled areas.

The work is based on the countryside of Lingbi County, Suzhou, on the Huaibei Plain, and is based on Zhuangchen Village, Lingcheng Town, Lingbi County, Anhui Province's new rural construction "Thousand Villages and Hundred Towns Demonstration Project" demonstration village. It uses the ups and downs of the Chenjiaqiao family in the current wave of new rural construction as the main line. It tells the story of contemporary farmers swept by the wave of the times, from confusion to understanding, to the joy of enjoying the results of new rural construction, showing the beautiful life and new look of the current countryside.

The novel tells the story of Xiao Hang, a doctor of management who returned from overseas and taught in a university. Xiao Hang came to Wuzhou University to teach through a competition, and accidentally discovered that the president of Wuzhou University was a good friend of his father when he was decentralized. What he didn't expect was that out of politeness, he came to visit him, and someone deliberately took a photo of him, and spread the news that Xiao Hang's recruitment was through the back door. Although the truth was later revealed, Xiao Hang was involved in the vortex of power struggle. Xiao Hang remained unmoved by the disturbances from the outside world and always adhered to his teacher's ethics and beliefs. Like a needle in the whirlpool, the shadow that should not appear in the clean place on campus was eventually cleared. Xiao Hang also won the love of students and harvested beautiful love.

This book is part of the collection of Zhang Henshui's works, and is his representative work during the Anti-Japanese War. The book draws on the writing style of modern condemnation novels, and uses the form of dreams to structure the novel. Each dream forms its own chapter, focusing on satirizing a certain aspect of society. With the help of the absurdity of form, it integrates falsehood and reality, and because of the freedom of form, it expands the social capacity of the novel and makes the novel's attack on current ills more profound.

The novel "Fruitous Smell" tells the inspiring story of a pair of lovers who experienced various challenges in career, family, and relationships after graduating from college, and finally chose to take root in the countryside and build a beautiful hometown. It is a story about farmers' struggle to become rich and rural youth's pursuit of ideals and love in the context of the new era. Through various complex contradictions and entanglements, the work truly reflects the changing process of farmers' lives in the new era.

"City Hunting" is another blockbuster new work after "Insect Totem" which sold more than 200,000 copies! The animal case that has been sealed for more than 20 years has been fully exposed! In this city, how come beasts become hunters and humans become prey! Bloodthirsty werewolf, liposuction, rat, strange woman in red, face-eating dog, psychedelic magician...

Xiao Bing, a retired special forces soldier, met such a purebred Tibetan Mastiff, Dahei, in a village in Shigatse, Tibet. At the beginning, Dahei behaved extremely arrogantly and looked down upon Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing also ignored Dahei. Soon, after a series of events, especially after the Tibetan Mastiff Dahei fought fiercely with wolves many times, Xiao Bing finally saw the prowess of this plateau king...

Short stories are a literary genre that Rabindranath Tagore is good at. The book "Bubbles" selects 29 of his best works, which show the living conditions of people of all walks of life in India in a wide range of life. The writer brings rich poetry into the creation of novels, while constructing moving plots, or portraying characters or describing psychology. Famous works such as "Stairs by the River", "People of Kabul", "Bubbles", "Suba", "The Hungry Stone", etc. Are closely related to national culture and reveal the truth in human life.

This book uses the various situations after the plague in Oran, a city in Algeria, to express the extreme life of people in the epidemic city, the "suffocation" they felt and the "atmosphere of threat and exile" they experienced. It successfully created a great myth of a person who resists evil and whose strengths overcome weaknesses. The male protagonist, Dr. Rieux, represents the warmth of human nature. He proves with his hard work and tenacity that in the game against the plague and the game against life, what a person can win is nothing more than knowledge and memory. Humanity must have hope. Without hope, there is no peace.

During the "isolated island" period, the national treasure "Zhao Cheng Jin Zang", which had been missing for centuries, reappeared in the world, causing a sudden storm and undercurrents on the beach in Shanghai. The French, Japanese, British, Kuomintang and other forces appeared on the stage to compete and start one round after another of thrilling treasure hunts. Little does he know that he, who has an important mission and wears multiple masks, is the real "fisherman"... The revenger is also the perpetrator, and the perpetrator is also the solver; the treasure hunter is also the treasure thief, and the treasure thief is also the treasure protector.

This book contains eight representative novellas and a preface by Unamuno. Some novels are must-haves in existential literature. Unamuno was a best-selling writer in Europe during his lifetime, and his novels are recognized as one of the most valuable parts of Unamuno's works. The writer struggled with faith issues, self-identity and personality crises throughout his life, and this mental journey became the subject matter of his works. As a writer, Unamuno's experimental exploration in creation made him an important figure in modernism who must be mentioned. Therefore, his name is often listed with Pirandello, Gide, Hesse and others.

The novel uses black humor to show the special features and values ​​of an era. In the late 1970s, Shuipi, who committed arson by mistake, was regarded as a fire-fighting hero. The false glory became an unbearable weight in his life, forcing him to trade his face for a quiet life. But the real fire-fighting hero Lei Jiawu became a liar greedy for fame and fortune, and suffered 30 years of ridicule. Two ordinary little people, their destiny changed because of a fire.

The story begins with modern Sarah accidentally discovering the secret of the goddess Morrigan, and then uses flashback to take readers into the magical world hundreds of years ago. In the battle surrounding the resurrection of the three-faced goddess Morrigan, the demon Nephilim, the Irish elves Greeks, the Celtic tribes and the great witches lurking in the European royal family competed in wisdom and strength.

The novel takes the Wenchuan Earthquake as the background and shows the changes in life, work, career, and marriage of four young people, represented by Ma Zhongzheng, Heipi, Zhang Li, and Du Juan, before and after experiencing the earthquake. There is the helplessness of house slaves, the intrigues of official circles, the death struggle of business wars, as well as the beautiful pursuit of love, the poor management of marriage, and the display of great love and beauty of human nature. Originally life was like a monotonous tune, but the earthquake made them learn to look at society and life again.

The original novel of the same name film by the film master Hirokazu Kore-eda. There is an undercurrent of humanity that is subtler than the movie, and it is indescribably touching. The light fragrance of a cup of tea and a meal touches the hidden secrets of every family. "Deeper than the Sea" is the original novel of "Deeper than the Sea", the warm representative work of the film master Hirokazu Kore-eda. A companion piece to "Never Stop", Douban score is 8.6. Have you ever loved someone deeper than the ocean?

Gumdini, a beautiful girl who came from a declining family, married the domineering millionaire Motu Suden. The latter tried to forcibly instill his will into Gumdini and control her, making her her accessory. However, Gumdini had a strong character and constantly resisted Motusuden's authority, causing Motusuden to lose the battle. She even returned to her natal family and declared that she would never see Motu Suden again, but in the end she had to bow her head due to real problems such as her natal family's debt and pregnancy.

If you want to understand a town's biggest story, you have to hear its smaller stories first. Bear Town is a small town. It is remote and lonely, with long winters and a lot of snow. Its short stories include how people dream, how they struggle, how they fall in love, the friendship of two girls, the confrontation between two groups, a girl's trauma, and a boy's secret. Sometimes, life is really hard. The world is so complicated, but you don't know how to speak. The residents of Beartown like people who keep their mouths shut, and they've all experienced that critical moment: Who do you want to be? A choice must be made. They know that responsible people are unfree, and they believe that victory heals all, but what they don't understand is that good people can do terrible things because they believe they are just trying to protect the people they love. This is a small town, and this is a whole world. There are many people here, but in the end you only read about yourself.

A young king and a young queen were walking happily in the countryside. Suddenly there was a hunting cry. I was pursued by several knights and looked panicked. The young king and queen wanted to find a place to hide. I pretended to be angry and ran around the circus two or three times. Then I spotted the queen and rushed to her. At this time, the king used his body to cover the queen, and at the same time he drew his saber from its scabbard and stabbed it into my chest. I fell down and pretended to be dead. Of course, the saber was made of dull tin, and the blade retracted into the handle when stabbing.

Along with the full text of a school's notice to add classes, several large and eye-catching warnings of "absent class at your own risk" vividly conveyed the tense and cruel atmosphere of competition before the entrance examination. The story revolves around a series of joys, sorrows and joys that happened before and after the child's primary school to junior high school exam, reproducing the impact of exam-oriented education on a child and the entire family. Novels with realistic themes are close to life but higher than life.

Yang Ge watched his lover Chen Cuiyu leave sadly after getting married and merged into the torrent of migrant workers in Guangdong. Yang Ge was loved by the sincere girl Ye Feifei. He rejected it at first, and then was moved by her words and deeds and accepted the relationship. After that, Yang Ge was promoted to Shenzhen. Liu Sa, who went with him, also liked him very much, but he was unmoved. Yang Ge was only the best to Mo Yingci, and he respected her as his most trusted friend. The ex Chen Cuiyu came to Yang Ge, took advantage of his affection and kindness, used drugs to charm him and had his first time. Just this time, Yang Ge was infected with a terrible disease, and his bad luck began.

My childhood was spent in war. As long as I can remember, I have been "hiding" constantly, living in extreme fear of hiding here and there all day long. Even under these conditions, my father, an illiterate farmer, still let me start school at the age of five. I clearly remember that it was raining heavily that day and the village roads were muddy. One of my cousins ​​​​carried me to the private school on the front platform. The private school is run by my second father and only has a few children. He squatted on the steps in front of the house early in the morning, holding a hookah and smoking, looking really scary. I don't remember what lessons my second father gave me, but it was probably the same kind of thing. But what impressed me most was the sacrifice to Confucius. That afternoon, the second father wore long robes and mandarin jackets, set up an incense table in the field in front of the door, lit incense and burned paper with great piety, kowtowed and chanted some words. We children also knelt in a row behind us, kowtowing and bowing. This is probably our happiest day.

This is a novel. In the 19th century, Tianjin was one of the earliest places of conflict between China and the West. In this land, there were increasing exchanges and conflicts between the East and the West in economic, cultural, political and other aspects. At that time, there were many tragic problems. The connection in the world was one-way and incomprehensible, just like a monocular telescope. However, some people's interactions were able to transcend this limitation. Feng Jicai's novel "Monocular" is based on this special era and writes a wonderful story unique to that era.

The story takes place in Shanghai in the late 1980s. The novel shows another side of the life of educated youth from a new perspective. They once spent their "no regrets youth" in the beautiful Xishuangbanna, and then returned to the bustling metropolis of Shanghai one after another due to the trend of returning to the city. However, their children who stayed in Xishuangbanna never forgot their biological parents and came to Shanghai to find relatives, so a series of heart-stirring stories about love and reason, love and law happened.

"O Pioneers! "" Is the representative work of American female novelist Willa Cather. The heroine, Swedish immigrant Alexandra Bergson, came to the pristine wilderness of Nebraska with her father when she was young. After her father passed away, she inherited the family business, struggled hard in extreme poverty, and faced a series of setbacks and blows... She did not waver, but relied on perseverance and confidence to move forward unswervingly. With hard work and wisdom, far-sighted plans and scientific management, she conquered the untamed wild mountains and turned them into thousands of miles of fertile wilderness.

There are eight types of "Zhang Wei's novella series", including "Please Save the Artist", "Vineyard", "Thoughts of Autumn", "Seven Kinds of Mushrooms", "Night of Protecting Autumn", "Yellow Sand", "Yingzhou Thoughts" and "Hello!" "Comrade Ben Lin" are Zhang Wei's most representative novellas. This series of novels describes the author's attachment to nature, his pursuit of people's spiritual direction in this era, and his torture of social life. The story is wonderful and beautiful, the writing is full of charm, and the thoughts are thought-provoking.

The novel describes the story of a group of Shanghai educated youth who went to remote mountainous areas of Guizhou to settle down in the 1970s. It takes the fate of Ke Bizhou and Du Jianchun as the main line and the emotional entanglements between Ke Bizhou, Du Jianchun and Shao Yurong as the basic plot. It vividly records the unforgettable "wasted years" spent by a generation of educated youth, and truly shows the twists and turns but the path they have taken to move forward.

This is a long novel that shows the heroic image of our country's firefighters and warriors. The novel begins with a fire disaster accident and reviews the growth, emotional and family relationships of firefighter Gu Xiaoxue, comprehensively showing the whole process of this soldier growing from a high school student to a dedicated and hard-working fire hero. In addition to this main line, Gu Xiaoxue's parents, girlfriend and other character settings also always revolve around the theme of firefighting. The novel reveals the fragility and strength of people, the vulgar and the noble. It also introduces a lot of firefighting knowledge and related mechanisms through the stories produced by the firefighting industry.

"Return to the North" is the fourth and final volume of the novel "Ye Gourd Yin". This volume will tell the story of what happened to the teachers and students of Minglun University after they returned to Peiping from Yunnan after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. The fate of the characters in the book will have a preliminary ending. Foreign troubles have been eliminated, but internal worries continue, but the road of intellectuals is still bumpy. From "The Journey to the South" to "The Return to the North", Zong Pu describes the spiritual journey and real life of two generations of Chinese intellectuals when their country was destroyed and their family was destroyed. It is a unique masterpiece in the history of contemporary literature.

The novel is a long novel that reviews life and reflects on experience from the perspective of Jiangnan Confucian businessman Zhang Jinzhong. The novel runs through the social changes in the forty years of reform and opening up, and contains the author's views on the world and material enjoyment. As the protagonist traces the ups and downs of his youth, middle age, and old age, he salvages the fragments of memory, including his calculations, ingenuity, gains and losses, joys and sorrows, sorrow, and resentment. Time is shining like gold, and the unpredictable changes in life are all contained in a thought and a moment.

"If you take seven steps out, you will encounter ten enemies." This is a proverb in Qibu Town and a metaphor for history and reality. The novel is written from the perspective of the writer Dong Sheng, who, as a patient with amnesia, unexpectedly learns about his past life experiences in the process of seeking medical treatment: he was a bandit when he was born around the Republic of China and killed countless people; he later joined Hu Zongnan's army; he was defeated in the battle against the Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain; he later became a horse breeding expert and died in a vendetta. The author attempts to use the novel style of "returning to the past life" to penetrate history, reflect on life, and expand people's psychological and spiritual space.

There are eight types of "Zhang Wei's novella series", including "Please Save the Artist", "Vineyard", "Thoughts of Autumn", "Seven Kinds of Mushrooms", "Night of Protecting Autumn", "Yellow Sand", "Yingzhou Thoughts" and "Hello!" "Comrade Ben Lin" are Zhang Wei's most representative novellas. This series of novels describes the author's attachment to nature, his pursuit of people's spiritual direction in this era, and his torture of social life. The story is wonderful and beautiful, the writing is full of charm, and the thoughts are thought-provoking.

This is a long novel that writes the growth history of the "post-80s generation", focusing on the changes in fate of the protagonist Gu Mingdi. At the same time, it is a novel that directly faces the current urban life. The protagonist's main activity spaces are in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and uses this as a starting point to radiate the living conditions of all social strata. The novel relatively completely creates a typical image of contemporary youth, highlighting his journey from a "literary young man" with "petty bourgeoisie" in a metropolis to a responsible, responsible and sentimental person.

This work is a novel. Through decades of historical changes in Wangcun and Zhaocun in the mountainous areas of southern Anhui, the work tells the difficult history of the Chinese nation from the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China, and describes the Chinese nation's endless life and journey from suffering and war to rebirth. This book comprehensively reproduces the contest between good and evil, the collision between justice and evil, and the conflict between civilization and barbarism during that specific historical period through the creation of characters such as Cheng Zhuli, a representative of the late Qing Dynasty, Wang Tianfu, a family representative, Yang Tianxiao, a representative of civil forces, Communist Party Secretary Zhao Qingzhu, a representative of new forces, and Zhou Gan, a bandit leader. The author uses perceptual writing to make us remember this painful history and our suffering nation.

The father of the protagonist of the novel runs a large car shop called "Rugui Hotel". The name "Rugui" entrusted my father's good wishes for career and life, but the turbulent current situation and the Japanese invasion shattered his wishes piece by piece. Until my father passed away due to the persecution of the Japanese, "I" and my family had to abandon the Rugui Hotel and leave our hometown. The novel uses the decline of a hotel to see through the impact of the times on ordinary people. To seek a stable and prosperous life in troubled times is tantamount to wishful thinking. Only a peaceful era and a strong country can bring stability and happiness to the people.

This book collects 12 short stories and short stories by Dickens. Dickens's short stories and novellas, like his novels, embody the great writer's unique creative ideas and aesthetic pursuit of brown literary attainments. At the same time, they profoundly reflect the contradictions of real society and vigorously promote the humanitarian ideas he advocated throughout his life. In terms of creative skills, short stories pay more attention to the flexibility of form and the interest of plot, which are reflected in "A Poor Man Talks about Patent Rights" and so on.

This is a book about life and death written by an energetic man in his sixties. This man had reason to worry that he had only a few years left to live, so he returned to Spain, where he had lived in his passionate youth, and reexperienced the art of bullfighting that can give people a "sense of immortality." Finally, he left us a record of understanding life and understanding life and death.

"Spring Tide" tells the story of the young American writer Scripps O'Neill, whose wives and daughters ran away one after another. He left home on a snowy night to find a job. In a small restaurant, he met Diana, a middle-aged waitress and British literature-loving waitress. The two hit it off and got married in a flash, and he became a clerk at a water pump factory in the city. Unexpectedly, Mandy, the waitress who replaced Diana in the small restaurant, had a lot of literary knowledge and was eloquent, which fascinated Scripps. Yogi Johnson, a worker in the same factory as Scripps, had an "affair" in Paris while participating in World War I. As a result, he fell into the "fairy jump" and never wanted to find a woman again. However, a naked Indian woman broke into a small restaurant and was driven away. Yogi, who was wandering blankly on the street, followed her, took off her clothes one by one, and walked side by side into the night with her... At the turn of winter and spring, a series of strange things happened in the northern mountain town of Michigan, which formed the interesting core plot of Hemingway's early novella "Spring Tide". "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of an old fisherman's struggle with a big fish. It has a profound theme and won Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. It has long been widely popular in our country.

The protagonist Gradgrind is a retired hardware merchant and a believer in utilitarianism. Whether educating his children or conducting social education, he makes people believe in "facts" and regard life as a "cash transaction across the counter." Under his education, his daughter Louisa was forced to marry Bounderby, a capitalist who was thirty years older than her, and suffered mental torture after the marriage; his son Tom was addicted to gambling and actually became a thief and fled overseas. As a factory owner and banker, Bounderby fabricated his life experience and boasted that he was self-made, in order to paralyze the workers, and finally caused everyone to betray their relatives. By portraying two typical characters, Gradgrind and Bounderby, and their family experiences, the author reflects the class relations and social scene in Britain in the 1850s, and makes a profound exposure and criticism of the bourgeoisie.

"No. 79 East Street" tells the story of a group of young people struggling to pursue their ideals while facing cruel reality under the great reform of the national cultural system. This group of young people, represented by Liang Ruoyi, face practical problems in youth, love, career, marriage, family, etc., But still maintain their original intention to pursue their ideals and contend with various difficulties in life. This story embodies the positive and positive spiritual outlook of young people in contemporary society who do not forget their original aspirations.

The author spent several years visiting the places where Van Gogh visited and retrieved the "sound of Van Gogh's Footfall". Van Gogh's life and artistic process are presented in a three-dimensional and full way. A total of 22 cities and towns in Europe are mentioned in the book. People or things in the town became the driving force behind Van Gogh's fate. This is another unique and interesting angle for observing and understanding Van Gogh, and at the same time, it gives people an inherent power to improve their artistic realm.

A queen's gem disappeared; a purple jade necklace was related to the fate of generations; a mysterious strange woman disrupted Mr. Tang's peaceful life. This is a story about "lost treasure" and "treasure hunting" that takes place in an old alley in Sijiu City, Beijing. From the courtyard houses in the alleys of Beijing to the exotic cities of Malaysia, the "Purple Jade" necklace circulates in the hands of different people, crying or laughing, sad or happy, reflecting the colorful life and the sad true feelings. This book is a new masterpiece by Liu Yida, the head of "Beijing flavor" literature. It has both the traditional and precious style of old Beijing and the distinctive and lively atmosphere of the times. It shows the essence, spirit and spirit of the Chinese people who combine tradition and modernity.

Hardy's most outstanding work and one of the greatest works of English literature. The novel takes the heroine Tess's experience as the main line, describing the conflict between the beautiful poetic image and the surrounding gloomy reality, and vividly and concretely describes the disintegration of the small-scale peasant economy after capitalism invaded the British countryside at the end of the 19th century and the painful process of individual farmers heading towards poverty and bankruptcy. At the same time, Hardy also showed strong pessimism in his works.

This book is one of the series of novels "Zhicheng Volume". The biggest feature of this book is that the author adopts the traditional chapter style to create. It is not only an abandonment of traditional Chinese narrative art, but also a tribute to China's excellent traditional narrative. It tells the story of before and after the Revolution of 1911, Chen Yixuan, who was born into a wealthy family, was unruly and devoted himself to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and devoted himself to treating his daughter Xinbi, who was born with congenital dementia. Feng Juyuan, who was born as a commoner, yearned to establish a new school, and then became devoted to revolution. In order to make a living, the henpecked old scholar Jiang Zhongzhi obeyed his wife and started selling braised meat in Ximen. Han Shangwen, who has been martial arts since childhood, got involved in the world. The most passionate Yang Leshan went to Japan to study and joined the Tongmenghui. Two years later, he returned to China and ran a newspaper in Shanghai to promote the revolution. Through the different life choices of the five Ximen scholars, the fate of the times and characters is revealed.

This book is a collection of the latest works of Fu Xiuying, a representative writer born in the 1970s. The main titles include "The Flowers Are Full", "The Plantains Are Green", "The Order of No Clothes", etc. Fu Xiuying is good at writing short and medium-sized novels. Most of her works focus on the description and portrayal of ordinary people's lives. Her writing is clean and light, and her portrayal of the characters' inner feelings is delicate and vivid. She is an excellent representative of female writers born in the 1970s.

This book is one of the series of novels "Zhicheng Volume". The biggest feature of this book is that the author adopts the traditional chapter style to create. It is not only an abandonment of traditional Chinese narrative art, but also a tribute to China's excellent traditional narrative. It tells the story of before and after the Revolution of 1911, Chen Yixuan, who was born into a wealthy family, was unruly and devoted himself to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and devoted himself to treating his daughter Xinbi, who was born with congenital dementia. Feng Juyuan, who was born as a commoner, yearned to establish a new school, and then became devoted to revolution. In order to make a living, the henpecked old scholar Jiang Zhongzhi obeyed his wife and started selling braised meat in Ximen. Han Shangwen, who has been martial arts since childhood, got involved in the world. The most passionate Yang Leshan went to Japan to study and joined the Tongmenghui. Two years later, he returned to China and ran a newspaper in Shanghai to promote the revolution. Through the different life choices of the five Ximen scholars, the fate of the times and characters is revealed.

The novel tells the story of the Longgui Group in Xingfu County from its rise to decline. It illustrates the principle that "any unjust person will be killed" and reflects people's yearning and pursuit of a happy and beautiful life. With the spirit of "wanting to live like a big shot", Li Guishu relied on his wisdom and various means to create his own money empire-Longgui Building in Xingfu County, with the power to call the wind and rain. Everyone in the Longgui Building seems to be full of passion, but in fact they all have their own agendas. Behind all the pomp, glamour, and prominence, there are hidden various plots, hypocrisy, and interests. This is a veritable "shadow building." As the real estate developer Mr. Ouyang, the mining businessman Chen Dengshan, and the driver Xiao Wang carefully calculated against Longgui, the Longgui Group's economy was hollowed out, the building was about to collapse, and internal corruption was exposed to the world. At this time, Li Guishu, who was soaked in vanity and lust for power, woke up from his dream. In the end, he chose to destroy this leaning building together...

The novel describes the city of London under the attack of the Great Plague in 1665. The novel is likely based on records kept by Defoe's uncle, Henry Defoe. In this book, Defoe took great pains to achieve a realistic effect, describing in detail the specific neighborhoods, streets, and even which houses the plague occurred. In addition, it provides a table of casualty figures and discusses the credibility of various accounts and anecdotes. The book is often compared to contemporary accounts of the plague, particularly the diary of Samuel Pepys. Although Defoe's account is fictional, it is more detailed and systematic than Pepys' first-person narrative.

The "Good School" of the title is a fictional Connecticut preparatory high school. The story takes place in the early 1940s. Boys in a "good school" must join the army immediately after graduation. Teachers have mixed feelings about their profession and the school they attend. Although this is a school, as one teacher in the book says, it "contains huge sexual energy", and this is true for students and teachers. To some extent, "Richard Yates: Good School" also continues the theme explored in "Revolutionary Road": the fragility of marriage. The husband is disabled, the wife is cheating on her, the husband wants to commit suicide, but he is unable to do so. The title of the book "Good School" is undoubtedly the greatest irony, and it makes people sigh after reading it.

"A Long Journey" describes the story of the heroine Natsuko traveling with her husband who has a brain disease. Natsuko lives in an originally wealthy family. After their mother and brother spent all their savings, they pinned their hopes on Natsuko. However, Natsuko married herself early to a man that both her mother and brother looked down upon. The novel begins with a two-day lobbying session between Natsuko and her husband. Trivial plots are mixed with past family memories. These memories reproduce the depression and pain Natsuko experienced, allowing readers to understand the internal reasons why the protagonist gradually becomes satisfied with real life. Although her husband was ill, Natsuko not only did not hate him, but instead strengthened her own value in life through this trip. It vividly describes the declining Japanese society: Although the mother and younger brother have suffered family decline, they still cling to the glory and luxury of the past; although the protagonist works hard to take care of her husband who has limited mobility, he is content and free in his heart. Another piece included in the book, "Ninety-nine Kisses," describes sisterly emotions. The younger sister Nanako ("I") has deep feelings for her sisters. This feeling seems to be disturbed by S, who the sisters fell in love with at the same time. But at the end of the story, "I" once again strengthened her belief that the stability of her relationship with her sisters will not be weakened by the appearance of her lover.

Synopsis of "Doctor Zhivago (Part 2)": Zhivago, a surgeon who was born into a family of intellectuals, served in the Tsarist army during World War I. He saw the weakness and incompetence of the Tsarist army and the corruption of the old army. His smart mind had a premonition that the revolutionary power was maturing. He expected that the revolution would bring new life to the country and the people, and supported the new regime with positive actions. However, the harsh reality of the civil war and the subsequent implementation of a series of policies by the new regime made this honest and upright old intellectual develop deep doubts and fears about violence and centralization, and he was under tremendous pressure in a forced and systematic double life. He praised the simple and tranquil Russian quality and yearned to live a quiet life and do meaningful work; but this ideal of life, as well as his difficult and beautiful love with Lala, were ultimately not tolerated by the harsh reality.