The novel describes the southern way of life before and after the Civil War in Atlanta and a nearby plantation. Throughout the work, we see images which are typical of southerners in that era, of which Scarlett and Rhett are fine examples. As described in the story of Scarlett and Rhett's love, the customs, manners, spiritual concepts, and political attitudes of people of that era are successfully conveyed. 

It is about a group of farm animals who successfully carry out a "revolution" to drive their human oppressors off the farm and establish an equal animal society. However, the animal leaders, the clever pigs, eventually usurped the fruits of the revolution to become more authoritarian and totalitarian than their human masters.

Dystopian political allegory is widely viewed as the underlying theme in the book.

Based on the life of the French impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, this work depicts a London stock broker who suddenly gets obsessed with art. He abandons his wife and child and even his happy and prosperous life to go to the south Pacific Island of Tahiti, where he uses brush to paint the picture of his life, and this is one of those stories that puts all the great things in life into one beautiful canvas. There is no concern for the entwined entanglements of poverty and disease.

In this work, the author shows the contradictions between genius, personality, and materialism, as well as modern marriage and family life. It carries out a sharp anatomy of human nature wrapped in skin with a scalpel that smells of disinfectant, and has a broad perspective on life. It is humorous and cruel at the same time.

The novel revolves around a murder on a luxury train called the Orient Express, with detective Poirot making his way through the fog of a deadly train and finally finding the killer among 12 suspects. The novel explores lynching for revenge under the condition of imperfect rule of law and the contradictions between human justice and legal disputes.

It tells the story of a strange woman who, at the end of her life, indulges in a lifelong love affair and writes a long and touching letter, confessing her desperate love for a famous writer. The novel depicts the depth and devotion of love through a woman's most painful experience.