8 sentences

1. 这部长篇小说是她的处女作。

   zhè bù cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō shì tā de chǔ​nǚ zuò.

   This novel is her debut work.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

2. 他的长篇演说可以归结为一句话。

   tā de cháng​piān yǎn​shuō kě​yǐ guī​jié wéi yī jù huà.

   His long speech can be summed up in a single sentence.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

3. 他正在写一部关于历史的长篇小说。

   tā zhèng​zài xiě yī bù guān​yú lì​shǐ de cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō.

   He is writing a novel about history.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

4. 他把这本长篇小说缩写成了五万字。

   tā bǎ zhè běn cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō suō​xiě chéng le wǔ​wàn zì.

   He condensed this long novel into fifty thousand words.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

5. 作家正在构思他的下一部长篇小说。

   zuò​jiā zhèng​zài gòu​sī tā de xià yī bù cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō.

   The author is conceiving his next novel.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

6. 他正在写作一部关于历史的长篇小说。

   tā zhèng​zài xiě​zuò yī bù guān​yú lì​shǐ de cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō.

   He is writing a long novel about history.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

7. 这部长篇小说是这位作家花费多年心血完成的力作。

   zhè bù cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō shì zhè wèi zuò​jiā huā​fèi duō nián xīn​xuè wán​chéng de lì​zuò.

   This novel is a masterpiece that the author spent many years of painstaking effort to complete.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary

8. 他的第一部长篇小说去年问世后，立刻引起了文坛的关注。

   tā de dì​yī bù cháng​piān xiǎo​shuō qù​nián wèn​shì hòu, lì​kè yǐn​qǐ le wén​tán de guān​zhù.

   After his first novel was published last year, it immediately attracted the attention of the literary world.

   Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary