1903年(续)本年,吴沃尧的长篇历史小说《痛史》开始在《新小说》上连载。该书演述南宋亡国历史,借古鉴今,表现了作者反帝救国的热情。本年,刘鹗的长篇小说《老残游记》开始在《绣像小说》上发表。这是晚清的四大谴责小说之一。本年,张肇桐撰小说《自由婚姻》由自由社刊行。这是近代中国资产阶级革命派小说中一部重要的代表作。 1903 (continued) This year, Wu Wooyao’s long history novel “History of Pain” began to be serialized in “New Novels.” The book describes the history of the South Song Dynasty, by ancient Kam today, showing the author’s passion to save the country against imperialism. This year, Liu Yong’s novel Travels to the West began to be published in the “Embroidery Novel”. This is one of the four censure novels in the late Qing. This year, Zhang Zhaotong novel “Free Marriage” published by the free agency. This is an important representative of modern bourgeois revolutionary novels in modern China.