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Reminiscences of Tolstoy

Reminiscences of Tolstoy(托尔斯泰次子回忆录) 立即阅读

作者:Ilya Tolstoy    译者:George Calderon    阅读:4288    收藏:0    语言:英语

IN one of his letters to his great-aunt, Alexandra Andreyevna Tolstoy, my father gives the following description of his children:The eldest [Sergei] is fair-haired and good-looking; there is something weak and patient in his expression, and very gentle. His laugh is not infectious; but when he cries, I can hardly refrain from crying, too. Every one says he is like my eldest brother.I am afraid to believe it. It is too good to be true. My brother's chief characteristic was neither egotism nor self-renunciation, but a strict mean between the two.

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass(一个美国黑奴的自传) 立即阅读

作者:Frederick Douglass    阅读:9562    收藏:0    语言:英语

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.