茅盾是我国著名的现代作家，他的长篇小说创作，在中国现代小说史上有举足轻重的地位。一般认为，在茅盾的小说中，最具代表性的是早期的《蚀》、《虹》和后来的《子夜》。这些小说，以观察深刻、画面广阔、叙事结构宏大见长，它们以准确、生动和丰富的艺术手段，展现了中国社会二十至四十年代曲折而复杂的历史长卷。 Mao Dun is a famous modern writer in China. His full-length novels have a great significance in China's modern novel history and his works on prose have also achieved great success. Generally, it's believed that The Eclipse, The Rainbow and later The Midnight are the most representative works of Mao Dun's novels written in his early days. These novels are featured with profound observation, broad picture and grand narrative structure; they reveal the winding and complicated roll of history of 1920s-1940s by accurate, vivid and broad artistic means.