Isäntä ja renki Tolstoi（主人与仆人） 立即阅读
Se tapahtui 70-luvulla, talvella, Nikolainpäivän jälkeisenä päivänä. Pitäjäässä oli juhla ja kauppias Wasili Andrejitsh Brehunov, majatalon pitäjä, ei voinut olla poikessa, hänen kun kirkonisäntänä piti olla kirkossa ja sitte kotona ottaa vastaan ja kestitä sukulaisia ja tuttavia. Mutta niin pian kuin viimeiset vieraat olivat lähteneet pois, alkoi Wasili Andrejitsh heti hankkiutua matkalle naapuriin kartanon omistajan luo, jonka kanssa jo kauan oli eräästä metsästä kauppaa hieronut.
Fruits of Culture, aka The Fruits of Enlightenment, (1889-90, pub. 1891) is a play by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It satirizes the persistence of unenlightened attitudes towards the peasants amongst the Russian landed aristocracy. In 1891 Constantin Stanislavski achieved success when he directed the play for his Society of Art and Literature organization.
The First Distiller（托尔斯泰著戏剧） 立即阅读
CHARACTERS A PEASANT. { WIFE. HIS { MOTHER. { GRANDFATHER. { LITTLE DAUGHTER. A NEIGHBOUR. FOUR VILLAGE ELDERS. OLD WOMEN, WOMEN, GIRLS AND LADS. THE CHIEF OF THE DEVILS. HIS SECRETARY. A DANDY IMP. THE OFFICIALS' IMP. THE PEASANTS' IMP. SENTINELS, DOORKEEPERS AND IMPS.
Tolstoi for the young: Select tales from Tolstoi（托尔斯泰故事精选） 立即阅读
Once upon a time there lived a rich peasant, who had three sons—Simon the Warrior, Taras the Pot-bellied, and Ivan the Fool, and a deaf and dumb daughter, Malania, an old maid. Simon the Warrior went off to the wars to serve the King; Taras the Pot-bellied went to a merchant’s to trade in the town, and Ivan the Fool and the old maid stayed at home to do the work of the house and the farm. Simon the Warrior earned a high rank for himself and an estate and married a nobleman’s daughter.
The Cause of it All（一切因由） 立即阅读
CHARACTERSAKULÍNA. An old woman of seventy, brisk, dignified, old-fashioned.MICHAEL. Her son, thirty-five years old, passionate, self-satisfied,vain and strong.MARTHA. Her daughter-in-law, a grumbler, speaks much and rapidly.PARÁSHKA. Ten years old, daughter of Martha and Michael.TARÁS. The village elder's assistant, speaks slowly and gives himselfairs.A TRAMP. Forty years old, restless, thin, speaks impressively; whendrunk is particularly free and easy.IGNÁT. Forty years old, a buffoon, merry and stupid.
Three Days in the Village And Other Sketches（乡村三日） 立即阅读
Something entirely new, unseen and unheard-of formerly, has lately shown itself in our country districts. To our village, consisting of eighty homesteads, from half a dozen to a dozen cold, hungry, tattered tramps come every day, wanting a night's lodging. These people, ragged, half-naked, barefoot, often ill, and extremely dirty, come into the village and go to the village policeman. That they should not die in the street of hunger and exposure, he quarters them on the inhabitants of the village, regarding only the peasants as "inhabitants."
"Bethink Yourselves"（自我思考） 立即阅读
Again war. Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men. Men who are separated from each other by thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of such men (on the one hand—Buddhists, whose law forbids the killing, not only of men, but of animals; on the other hand—Christians, professing the law of brotherhood and love) like wild beasts on land and on sea are seeking out each other, in order to kill, torture, and mutilate each other in the most cruel way.
Herr und Knecht (russisch Хозяин и работник) ist eine Erzählung von Leo Tolstoi, die 1895 in der Zeitschrift Sewerny Westnik (Nördlicher Bote) erschien. In dieser Kurzgeschichte reist der wohlhabende Grundstückseigentümer Wassilij Andrejewitsch Brechunov mit seinem demütigen und folgsamen Knecht Nikita zusammen bei einem Schneegestöber durch die Steppe. Wassilij ist ungeduldig und möchte die Stadt schnell erreichen, um dort vor anderen Interessenten ein Stück Wald zu kaufen.
What Shall We Do?（我们该怎么办） 立即阅读
"What Shall We Do?" by Leo Tolstoy explores the evil in men. He looks at men's desire for power, entitlement and money.