张爱玲的小说向我们展示了一个时代错综、华洋混杂、畸形存在的沪港洋场世界。古典味与现代味的统一是其突出特色。空间上、时间上的古典氛围、类乎传统说书人的叙事方式、曲折动人的故事情节 ,共同构成了古典味的审美倾向。畸形的社会背景产生的畸形人物和使人走向堕落的人性弱点 ,则是她对人性的现代感悟。语言的华美、意象的丰富 ,是她早期小说的最动人处之一 Zhang Ailing’s novels show us a world of Shanghai and Hong Kong that has a complicated era, mixed Chinese and abnormalities. The unification of classical taste and modern taste is its salient features. The classical atmosphere in time and space is similar to the storytelling style of traditional storytellers and the touching storyline, which together constitute the aesthetic tendency of classical taste. The deformity of the degenerate social background and the degeneration of human weakness, is her modern understanding of human nature. The beauty of language and the richness of images are one of the most touching parts of her early novels