About Zhang Ailing's "The First Incense" and "Love in a City-Toppling City"

The teacher asked him to read the classic passage on the podium after reading it. The time was limited to one minute.

Answer 1

Zhang Ailing's novels, The First Incense and Love in a City-Toppling City, were both her masterpieces.

The First Incense was about a woman's loneliness and struggle in troubled times, as well as her emotional entanglement with Hu Lancheng. The novel portrayed a colorful female image with graceful words, delicate emotions and unique ideas, displaying Zhang Ailing's profound literary foundation and unique artistic style.

Love in a City-Toppling City was a story about the changes in Shanghai during the civil war in 1939. From the perspective of the first person, the novel shows the important events and characters in modern Chinese history through the emotional process of the protagonist Bai Liusu, which deeply reflects the complexity of human nature and social changes.

These two novels were widely read and praised for their high literary value and social significance.