Author Henry Hitchings explores the lives and works of Britain's radical and pioneering 18th-century novelists who, in just 80 years, established all the literary genres we recognise today. It was a golden age of creativity led by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Fanny Burney and William Godwin, amongst others. Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Gulliver's Travels, Tom Jones and Tristram Shandy are novels that still sparkle with audacity and innovation. 　　On his journey through 18th-century fiction, Hitchings reveals how the novel was more than mere entertainment, it was also a subversive hand-grenade that would change British society for the better. He travels from the homes of Britain's great and good to its lowliest prisons, meeting contemporary writers like Martin Amis, Will Self, Tom McCarthy and Jenny Uglow on the way. 　　Although 18th-century novels are woefully neglected today compared to those of the following two centuries, Hitchings shows how the best of them can offer as much pleasure to the reader as any modern classic

It is 1873, and the war in the Caucasus is far from over. A young officer named Grigory Pechorin is sent down to the army as punishment for fighting a duel. Here, in the Caucasus, Pechorin is swept up by a string of audacious events - battles against contrabandists, the kidnapping of a young Chechen princess, and yet another duel. After Pechorin kills his close friend in the duel and everyone turns against him, he continues his chosen path alone - a desolate hero who personifies his time.

第一集 　　第一战之后，随着英国盘算到了战争的毁灭性，以及帝国的衰亡，人们在战间期萌发出了自我怀疑与意识形态危机，这使英国小说界发生了变革。在此期间，一些最为伟大与创新的英国现代小说作品横空出世，它们从此主宰了小说界的命运与财富，永垂不朽。 　　第二集 　　第二次世界大战的尾声迎来了原子时代——那个威斯坦·休·奥登杜撰出的焦虑年代已然来临。大屠杀与蘑菇云霸占了当时人们的情感，随着政治局势的恶化，焦虑、惊骇与惶恐“世界末日大战可能爆发”的情绪日益强烈。新一代的小说作家们身负重任，将遭遇并表达出这个时代。 　　第三集 　　最后探索了70至80年代——这段时期诚如安吉拉·卡特所示，鉴于当时的风俗观念无时不刻不被质疑着，确是“没有什么是神圣的”。由于英国小说猛然成了众人瞩目的焦点，小说家们无疑站在了一场新革命的最前线。作为挑衅的使者们，他们改变了文学思潮，根深蒂固。

根据莱蒙托夫小说《当代英雄》的第一个故事改编。

安德鲁·马尔(Andrew Marr)讲述了英国从二战结束到第三个世纪初的历史。

安德鲁·马尔(Andrew Marr)从他获奖的《现代英国史》(History of Modern Britain)一书中，将我们带回了20世纪上半叶，这是英国历史上最生动、变化最迅速、最令人兴奋的时期之一。他重温了爱德华时代的戏剧，20年代和30年代的疯狂过山车，以及两场毁灭性的世界大战的国家大事。 　　从维多利亚女王的死到从敦刻尔克撤退;从大罢工到电缆街之战;从查理·卓别林到劳斯莱斯;从音乐大厅到D-Day，安德鲁·马尔带我们参观了这个迷人的时代，现代英国正在蓬勃发展。（有道翻译）

失意的小说家兼教授塞隆尼斯·“蒙克”·埃里森（杰弗里·怀特 Jeffrey Wright 饰）出于怨恨，用开玩笑的方式写了一本小说，书中充斥着古怪刻板印象的黑人形象。不料这本书出版后大受好评，不仅获得文学大奖，还被拍成电影。

失意的小说家兼教授塞隆尼斯·“蒙克”·埃里森（杰弗里·怀特 Jeffrey Wright 饰）出于怨恨，用开玩笑的方式写了一本小说，书中充斥着古怪刻板印象的黑人形象。不料这本书出版后大受好评，不仅获得文学大奖，还被拍成电影。

Shin-hyo was unknown writer. nobody likes his novel. so he decided to commit suicide. but he didn't die. he spent 27 year in vegetative state. when he wake up he became midiage..and his novel became masterpieces.

Shin-hyo was unknown writer. nobody likes his novel. so he decided to commit suicide. but he didn't die. he spent 27 year in vegetative state. when he wake up he became midiage..and his novel became masterpieces.