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1、FatherSergiusTolstoy,LevNikolayevich(Translator:LouiseandAylmerMaude)Published:1873Type(s):ShortFiction,ReligionSource:http://gutenberg.org1AboutTolstoy:CountLevNikolayevichTolstoy,commonlyreferredtoinEnglishasLeoTolstoy,wasaRussiannovelist,writer,essayist,philosopher,Chris-tiananarchist,
2、pacifist,educationalreformer,moralthinker,andaninflu-entialmemberoftheTolstoyfamily.AsafictionwriterTolstoyiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestofallnovelists,particularlynotedforhismasterpiecesWarandPeaceandAnnaKarenina;intheirscope,breadthandrealisticdepictionofRussianlife,thetwobooksstand
3、atthepeakofrealisticfiction.AsamoralphilosopherhewasnotableforhisideasonnonviolentresistancethroughhisworkTheKingdomofGodisWithinYou,whichinturninfluencedsuchtwentieth-centuryfiguresasMohan-dasK.GandhiandMartinLutherKing,Jr.Source:Wikipedia2Chapter1InPetersburgintheeighteen-fortiesasurpri
4、singeventoccurred.Anof-ficeroftheCuirassierLifeGuards,ahandsomeprincewhoeveryonepredictedwouldbecomeaide-de-camptotheEmperorNicholasIandhaveabrilliantcareer,lefttheservice,brokeoffhisengagementtoabeautifulmaidofhonour,afavouriteoftheEmpress's,gavehissmalles-tatetohissister,andretiredtoamo
5、nasterytobecomeamonk.Thiseventappearedextraordinaryandinexplicabletothosewhodidnotknowhisinnermotives,butforPrinceStepanKasatskyhimselfitalloccurredsonaturallythathecouldnotimaginehowhecouldhaveactedotherwise.Hisfather,aretiredcoloneloftheGuards,haddiedwhenStepanwastwelve,andsorryashismot
6、herwastopartfromherson,sheenteredhimattheMilitaryCollegeasherdeceasedhusbandhadintended.Thewidowherself,withherdaughter,Varvara,movedtoPetersburgtobenearhersonandhavehimwithherfortheholidays.Theboywasdistinguishedbothbyhisbrilliantabilityandbyhisimmenseself-esteem.Hewasfirstbothinhisstudi
7、es—especiallyinmathematics,ofwhichhewasparticularlyfond—andalsoindrillandinriding.Thoughofmorethanaverageheight,hewashandsomeandagile,andhewouldhavebeenanaltogetherexemplarycadethaditnotbeenforhisquicktemper.Hewasremarkablytruthful,andwasneitherdissipatednoraddicted
