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1、IvantheFoolTolstoy,LevNikolayevich(Translator:L.andA.Maude)Published:1882Type(s):ShortFiction,YoungReadersSource:http://en.wikisource.org1AboutTolstoy:CountLevNikolayevichTolstoy,commonlyreferredtoinEnglishasLeoTolstoy,wasaRussiannovelist,writer,essayist,philosopher,Chris
2、-tiananarchist,pacifist,educationalreformer,moralthinker,andaninflu-entialmemberoftheTolstoyfamily.AsafictionwriterTolstoyiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestofallnovelists,particularlynotedforhismasterpiecesWarandPeaceandAnnaKarenina;intheirscope,breadthandrealisticdepicti
3、onofRussianlife,thetwobooksstandatthepeakofrealisticfiction.AsamoralphilosopherhewasnotableforhisideasonnonviolentresistancethroughhisworkTheKingdomofGodisWithinYou,whichinturninfluencedsuchtwentieth-centuryfiguresasMohan-dasK.GandhiandMartinLutherKing,Jr.Source:Wikipedia
4、2Chapter1Inacertainkingdomtherelivedarichpeasant,whohadthreesons—Simeon(asoldier),Tarras-Briukhan(fatman),andIvan(afool)—andonedaughter,Milania,borndumb.Simeonwenttowar,toservetheCzar;Tarraswenttoacityandbecameamerchant;andIvan,withhissister,remainedathometoworkonthefarm.
5、Forhisvaliantserviceinthearmy,Simeonreceivedanestatewithhighrank,andmarriedanoble'sdaughter.Besideshislargepay,hewasinreceiptofahandsomeincomefromhisestate;yethewasunabletomakeendsmeet.Whatthehusbandsaved,thewifewastedinextravag-ance.OnedaySimeonwenttotheestatetocollecthi
6、sincome,whenthestewardinformedhimthattherewasnoincome,saying:"Wehaveneitherhorses,cows,fishing-nets,norimplements;itisne-cessaryfirsttobuyeverything,andthentolookforincome."Simeonthereuponwenttohisfatherandsaid:"Youarerich,batiushka[littlefather],butyouhavegivennothingtom
7、e.Givemeone-thirdofwhatyoupossessasmyshare,andIwilltrans-ferittomyestate."Theoldmanreplied:"Youdidnothelptobringprosperitytoourhousehold.Forwhatreason,then,shouldyounowdemandthethirdpartofeverything?ItwouldbeunjusttoIvanandhissister.""Yes,"saidSimeon;"butheisafool,andshew
8、asborndumb.Whatneedhavetheyofanything?""SeewhatIvanwillsay."Ivan'sreplywas:"Well,lethimtakehissh
