Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger. Tolstoy clashed with editor Mikhail Katkov over political issues that arose in the final installment; therefore, the novel's first complete appearance was in book form in 1878. Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction, Tolstoy considered Anna Karenina his first true novel, after he came to consider War and Peace to be more than a novel.
Aesop was a Greek storyteller born in approximately 620 BCE. Tradition says he was born as a slave, but developed a real talent for fables that were used to teach truths in a simple, understandable way. While Aesop was revered for his abilities, it is almost certain that many of the fables attributed to him were actually written by countless people over the ages. The fame garnered by Aesop is such that some scholars question whether he was a real person at all. (Presumably, a slave in ancient Greece would have been hard-pressed to attain the fame that Aesop did.) Be that as it may, Aesop is referred to by ancient luminaries such as Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. His fables (or those attributed to him) have been translated around the world and are the substance of numerous stories, poems, and children's books.
济公的故事，虽为长篇巨制，实际上是由许多独立的故事联缀而成，用今天的话来说，是系列剧而非连续剧。因此，《续济公传》虽名为续集，情节却完全可以独立于《济公全传》之外而存在。而且故事内容与人物形象，与《全传》比也有较大的变化。续集叙述了济公率领弟子，劝导一批忠臣后裔和江湖义士，严惩卖国投降的奸臣和皇亲国戚，平定“大狄国”的内患，以保南宋江山“国泰民安”的种种故事。在这些故事中，济公的活动范围从市井社会拓展到整个朝野江湖，其所作为也从撮合男女美满姻缘、扶危济困、除怪降妖扩展到关系国家安危的军机大事，社会场景更为广阔，情节也特别丰富、曲折，引人入胜。济公的形象也从一个游戏人间行侠仗义的“颠僧”，逐渐演化成一个忠肝义胆、神机妙算、佛法无边的济世活佛。
