What kind of book was considered a literary work?
A literary work usually referred to a work that had artistic, literary, and intellectual value that was professionally presented in the form of words. Literature usually required high literary attainments, imagination, skills, rich life experience, and cultural background. The subjects of literary works included but were not limited to history, biography, philosophy, science fiction, fantasy, love, marriage, family, society, etc. They can convey the author's thoughts, emotions and cultural values through telling stories, describing characters and expressing emotions. They have profound social significance and human values. Common literary works included novels, poems, essays, plays, movies, music, and so on. For example," Dream of the Red Chamber,"" Pride and Predict,"" War and Peace,"" One Hundred Years of Solitude,"" The Kite Runner," and other classic works were all literary works with certain literary and artistic value.