Written from 1852 to 1856, this autobiographical novel was Tolstoy's first publication. The early life of Nikolai, the son of wealthy landowner in Russia, is fully explored, slowly revealing this young boy's inner mind, relationships, and social standing. As he describes his tutor, angelic mother, aloof father, worldly brother, and later his moralistic friend, Nikolai displays a mind given to dreaming and a personality as complex as it is conflicted. As he grows and moves from his country home to his grandmother's mansion in Moscow, Nikolai also struggles at intervals to find a sort of moral balance, which affects his love, his education, and the type of man he might become.
The Angel and the Author - and Others（天使与作者） 立即阅读
In this story the author dreams that he is dead and is going up and up. Now he feels that he has lost all opportunities to do good. He tries to recall whatever good he had done during his life time when he was living in this world. He realizes that he has done no deed of great benevolence during his life time. The angel who records good deeds of people is flying with him. He asks him what deeds of goodness he has recorded for him.
Doctor Ox's Experiment（牛博士的奇想） 立即阅读
"Dr. Ox's Experiment" (French: Une fantaisie du docteur Ox, "A Fantasy of Doctor Ox") is a short story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. A prosperous scientist Dr. Ox offers to build a novel gas lighting system to an unusually stuffy Flemish town of Quiquendone. As the town bore no charges, the offer is gladly accepted. The hidden interest of Dr. Ox is however not lighting, but large scale experiment on effect of oxygen on plants, animals and humans.
月圆之夜，紫禁之巅。一剑西来，天外飞仙！江湖纷争四起，血雨腥风难平。中秋之夜，西门吹雪和叶孤城约定的决战紫禁之巅，因为西门吹雪临时提出延期而改到九月的月圆之夜。消息传出，坊间议论纷纷，更有好赌之徒以决斗结局下赌，城南大户杜桐轩和仁义满京华的李燕北就是其中的代表。李燕北将全部的赌注都押在西门吹雪身上。决斗在即，李燕北却遭到黑衣蒙面人的袭击。是谁在决战之前袭击李燕北？难道是那些押注于叶孤城获胜的赌徒？如此，杜桐轩难脱干系。