叶紫的第一部短篇小说。描写老农民云普叔一家头年因水灾丢了一老一小两条人命。次年高利借贷，卖女卖房，求神拜佛，再加上日夜苦干才夺得一个好收成。他满心欢喜，打算把债统统还清，再叫孩子饱饱地吃它几顿。不料，丰收后粮价猛跌，物价飞涨，高利贷和各种名目的捐税一齐涌进门来，半点钟功夫，一年辛苦所得的一仓谷被抢劫一空，而且还有捐税未清。云普叔气得倒地吐血，这才模模糊糊地意识到：只是苦吃苦做不行，还要像儿子立秋说的那样，“准备好不理他们”，或是来一次“大的拼命”才有出头之日。小说描写天灾人祸威逼下农民的苦难生活，揭示了陷农民于水火的人祸——封建官僚地主的黑暗统治，描写了农民的觉醒，显示了农村革命的前景。
Klee Wyck (1941) is a memoir by Canadian artist Emily Carr. Through short sketches, the artist tells of her experiences among First Nations people and cultures on British Columbia's west coast. The book won the 1941 Governor General's Award and occupies an important place in Canadian literature. Carr was an avid traveller, and explored much of the west coast of British Columbia in her lifetime. She related some of her experiences on western Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and on the Skeena and Nass Rivers are related in this first book.
