The Complete Works of Zhang Ailing: The Love of a City Toppling
Love in a City-Toppling City was published in modern China in 1934. The novel tells the story of the love story of Shanghai, China in the 1920s, involving love, politics, history, culture and many other aspects. The novel used the love story of the two main characters, Bai Liusu and Fan Liuyuan, as the main line, and interweaved with the description of Shanghai's urban history and culture to show the style of Shanghai society in the 1920s and the distortion of human nature. In the story, the relationship between Bai Liusu and Fan Liuyuan experienced all kinds of twists and turns. Their love was troubled by political and social factors, and finally ended in a tragic way after experiencing the test of life and death. The novel depicted the greed, selfishness, vanity and helplessness of human nature with delicate strokes, showing the dark side of human nature. At the same time, the novel also has a certain degree of discussion on political and cultural issues, which has a certain reference value for modern Chinese history.