《欢愉的艺术》主要讲述了:闵元帝说道:太子怎么把人养在太子妃的院子里?那院子里的人,还都是太子妃娘家安排的,这是防备着?The novel follows a woman, Modesta, who is born on 1 January 1900 and her experiences though her life in the twentieth century. The text is written for the most part in the first person (by Modesta), but sometimes also in the third person,