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Leo Tolstoy / Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й
رماننویس، داستاننویس، نمایشنامهنویس و فیلسوفِ روس، یکی از بزرگترین نویسندگانِ تاریخِ ادبیات. «جنگ و صلح» و «آنا کارنینا» را در کنارِ آثارِ هومر، دانته و شکسپیر مینشانند. تولستوی در نیمهی دومِ عمر دگرگونیِ معنویای پیدا کرد، از روایتِ پُر شخصیت به داستانهای اخلاقیِ کوتاه و موعظهای رو آورد، و آموزهای از مسیحیتِ مردمی و عدمِ خشونت پایه گذاشت که گاندی و مارتین لوتر کینگ از آن الهام گرفتند.
[I] An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea talking, the elder began to boast of the advantages of town life: saying how comfortably they lived there, how well they dressed, what fine clothes her children wore, what good things they ate and drank, and how she went to the theatre, promenades, and entertainments.
In the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov. He had two shops and a house of his own.
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In the city lived the shoemaker, Martuin Avdyeitch. He lived in a basement, in a little room with one window. The window looked out on the street. Through the window he used to watch the people passing by; although only their feet could be seen, yet by the boots, Martuin Avdyeitch recognized the people. Martuin Avdyeitch had lived long in one place, and had many acquaintances. Few pairs of boots in his district had not been in his hands once and again. Some he would half-sole, some he would patch, some he would stitch around, and occasionally he would also put on new uppers. And through the window he often recognized his work.