Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. It was first published in monthly installments as a serial in 1915 in The Forerunner, a magazine edited and written by Gilman between 1909 and 1916, with its sequel, With Her in Ourland beginning immediately thereafter in the January 1916 issue. The book is often considered to be the middle volume in her utopian trilogy; preceded by Moving the Mountain, and followed by, With Her in Ourland. It was not published in book form until 1979.
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Far from the Madding Crowd was Thomas Hardy's first major literary success, and it edited with an introduction and notes by Rosemarie Morgan and Shannon Russell in Penguin Classics. Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area.
Set on the Nebraska prairie where Willa Cather grew up, this powerful early novel tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying father leaves her in charge of the family and of the lands they have struggled to farm. In Alexandra's long flight to survive and succeed, O Pioneers! relates an important chapter in the history of the American frontier. Evoking the harsh grandeur of the prairie, this landmark of American fiction unfurls a saga of love, greed, murder, failed dreams, and hard-won triumph. In the fateful interaction of her characters, Willa Cather compares with keen insight the experiences of Swedish, French, and Bohemian immigrants in the United States. And in her absorbing narrative, she displays the virtuoso storytelling skills that have made her one of the most admired masters of the American novel.
小说主要以张家庄张木匠的老婆小飞bai蛾为主线，描du写了她与婆婆和女儿艾艾三代女性zhi的婚恋故事。艾艾母亲小飞娥发现女儿所藏之罗汉钱，回忆起20年前自己与恋人保安相爱，后来被父母拆散强迫嫁给张木匠的经历，恐女儿日后蹈娘覆辙，于是拒绝了媒婆的说亲。村里另一对男女青年小进与燕燕也在相恋，在旧习惯势力包围中，他们为争取婚姻自由相互支持。燕燕主动上门对小飞娥为艾艾“说媒”，经劝说同意将艾艾许配给小晚，但因村长阻挠而未办成婚姻登记。两个月后，《婚姻法》颁布，两对恋人终于圆满结合。女儿艾艾与同村的小晚自由恋爱，也受到同样“名声不正”的非议，但是生长在新时代，在《 婚姻法》的保护下，这对年青人最终冲破重重束缚 ，终成眷属。
涉县的东南角上，清漳河边，有个西峧口村，姓牛的多。离西峧口三里，有个丁岩村，姓孟的多。牛孟两家都是大族，婚姻关系世代不断。像从前女人不许提名字的时候，你想在这两村问询一个牛孟两姓的女人，很不容易问得准，因为这里的“牛门孟氏”或“孟门牛氏”太多了。孟祥英的娘家在丁岩，婆家在西峧口，也是个牛门孟氏。不过你却不要以为他们既是世代婚姻，对对夫妻一定是很美满的，其实糟糕的也非常多。这地方是个山野地方，从前人们说：“山高皇帝远”，现在也可以说是“山高政府远”吧，离区公所还有四五十里。为这个原因，这里的风俗还和前清光绪年间差不多；婆媳们的老规矩是当媳妇时候挨打受骂，一当了婆婆就得会打骂媳妇，不然的话，就不像个婆婆派头；男人对付女人的老规矩是“娶到的媳妇买到的马，由人骑来由人打”，谁没有打过老婆就证明谁怕老婆。
赵树理的小说《锻炼锻炼》写于1958年，正是“大跃进”的高潮期间，与农民血肉相连的赵树理敏锐地发现中国农村正处于这“天聋地哑”的前期。当时的文艺界刚刚经过“反右运动”，表面上一片莺歌燕舞，暗地里却一片心惊胆战，赵树理不可能也不会被允许写出农村真实情况。所以《锻炼锻炼》也利用了当时一般文学创作惯用的歪曲生活真实的方法，曲折地反映出作家的民间立场。这篇小说的题目就很奇怪，谁需要“锻炼锻炼”？原来农业社副主任杨小四是个青年人，老主任王聚海认为他还年轻，还需要“锻炼”，但在一次强迫农民出工劳动的“当家”过程中，杨小四表现出非凡的工作能力，所以，老主任受到了批评。从赵树理当时谈的创作体会，似乎也是这样的创作动机。但是，当我们仔细读这个文本，就会发现它所描写的真实生活场赴的意义，大于作家所申明的主观意图。
