被誉为"30年代的文学洛神"的萧红，是民国四大才女中命运最为悲苦的女性，也是一位传奇性人物。本书精选了萧红的小说代表作《呼兰河传》《生死场》《小城三月》等。萧红的作品以抒情笔调抒写着自我主观感受；散文化的小说结构；重文化风俗和自然景物的描写，不在人物性格的刻画上浪费笔墨；故事情节断断续续，然而意味深长；童年趣事，妙趣横生。正如茅盾先生给出的评价："有讽刺，也有幽默。开始读时有轻松之感，然而愈越下去心头就会一点一点沉重起来。可是，仍然有美，即使这美有点病态，也仍然不能不使你炫惑。"

(Xiao Hong, honored as "Literary Goddess of the 1930s", is the most tragic one among the "Top 4 Talented Women of the Republic of China", and a legendary figure. This book is made up of Xiao's representative fictions carefully chosen (Tales of Hulan River, The Field of Life and Death, March in the Town, etc.). Xiao's works express her subjective feeling in a lyric style. Her fictions are structured like essay. Her depictions focus on cultural customs and landscapes rather than personality. She told a story disjointedly but meaningfully, and depicted her childhood as full of wit and humor. The famous writer Shen Yanbing evaluated her works as "Satire is accompanied by humor. You may feel relaxed at the beginning of reading, but will get more and more heavy-hearted when you continue. However, despite of the "heavy-hearted", aesthetics are perceivable, a little morbid but very charming.")