Author: lev tolstoy

[Introduction]

Duke Nekhludoff is a juror in the Moscow District Court. Once he participated in a trial of poisoning and murder. Unexpectedly, Maslova, a prostitute, recognized her as Katyusha from her distinctive eyes. He had madly loved her when he was young. So ten years ago, the past appeared in front of Nekhludoff: at that time, he was a college student, living in a manor in menstruation during the summer vacation and writing a thesis. He is kind, enthusiastic, full of ideals, keen on western progressive ideas, and falls in love with menstruation's adopted daughter and handmaid Katyusha. They play and talk together, and their feelings are pure and flawless. Three years later, Nekhludoff graduated from university, joined the Guards, passed by menstruation's manor, and met Katyusha again. In the solemn atmosphere of Easter, he looked at Katyusha's slim figure in a white dress, blushing face and slightly squinting black eyes, and once again realized the joy of pure love. However, after that, secular ideas and passions prevailed. Before he left, he took Katyusha and abandoned her. Later, when I heard that she had fallen, I completely forgot her. Now, he is aware of his sin and his conscience is condemned, but he is afraid of being recognized by Maslova and making a fool of himself on the spot. He is nervous and confused. Other judges and jurors were absent-minded and made empty comments. As a result, Maslova was wrongly sentenced to four years' hard labor in Siberia. When Nekhludoff understood the consequences of his dereliction of duty and saw Maslova crying after being sentenced, he was determined to find the president's lawyer and try to remedy it. The lawyer told him that he should appeal.

Nekhludoff went to Missy's house for dinner with complicated and excited feelings. Originally, the luxurious style and elegant atmosphere here often made him feel very comfortable. But today he seems to see through everyone's essence, and feels that everything is disgusting: General Kirchagan is rude and arrogant; Big miss is eager to get married; The duchess put on airs. He made an excuse to leave early.

When he got home, he began to reflect and purify his soul, and found that he and the people around him were "shameful and disgusting". Mother's behavior before her death; His ambiguous relationship with the eldest daughter of the nobility; He opposed private ownership of land, but inherited his mother's grange. All this happened after the crime against Katyusha. He decided to change his life, and the next day he announced to the housekeeper: pack up, dismiss the servants and move out of this big house.

Nekhludoff went to the prison to visit Maslova and asked her about their children. At first, she was surprised, but she didn't want to touch the wound She simply answered a few words, took him as an available man and asked him for ten rubles of alcohol, tobacco and money to anesthetize herself. The second time Nekhludoff visited the prison, he said he would make amends and even marry her. At this time, Katyusha issued a grieving accusation: "You used me for fun in this life, and you want to use me to save yourself in the afterlife!" "Later, Nekhludoff helped this difficult friend and improved her situation. She also gave up smoking and drinking and worked hard to learn well.

Nekhludoff scattered the land and went to the upper level of Petersburg, but his appeal was still rejected. He had to immediately petition the emperor and go back to Moscow to prepare to go to Siberia with Katyusha. On the way, Katyusha was deeply influenced by the noble sentiments of political prisoners, forgave Nekhludoff, and agreed to combine with simonson who respected her and cared about her happiness. Nekhludoff also got the enlightenment from the Bible that "human beings should love each other, not hate each other".

The experiences of these two protagonists show their spiritual and moral revival. This novel exposes those corrupt officials and touches the essence of the old social system.

[Novel background]

Resurrection is Tolstoy's late masterpiece. At this time, the writer's world outlook has changed greatly, abandoning the traditional views of the upper-class landlords and aristocrats, re-examining various social phenomena with the eyes of patriarchal peasants, and vividly depicting the real picture of Russian society through the experiences of the hero and heroine: courts that ignore human life and prisons that imprison innocent people; Resplendent churches and ragged prisoners; Poor and bankrupt countryside and luxurious Kyoto; Boundless Siberia and political prisoners in handcuffs and shackles. Tolstoy made a fierce attack on the whole state machine at that time with the most sober realistic attitude. However, in Resurrection, Tolstoy lashed out at the real society and exposed the essence of social system, but at the end of the novel, he still pinned his hopes on Christianity and forced his religious views into the novel, which almost denied all the functions of all capitalist state machines, which had to be said to be a regret in the field of novel thought.

Four novels were originally planned, but only three were created.

[Introduction to the author]

Lev tolstoy (левниколаевичтолстой). Other works include The Landlord's Morning, Cossack and The Story of Sevastopol. There are also diving, poor people, seven diamonds, meiren and so on. Selected as a Chinese textbook for primary schools in China. He also wrote many fairy tales. He worked hard all his life and reached the peak of critical realism literature in Europe at that time. He also tried to create "the first-class works in world literature" with his powerful brushwork and superb artistic skills, so he was praised by Lenin as "a genius artist with the most vivid realism".

Tolstoy's thought is full of contradictions, which is a reflection of complex contradictions in Russian society and a vivid portrayal of a noble intellectual with a sense of justice who is awake and weak, struggling and hesitant, shouting and frustrated when seeking a new life. Tolstoy's works, even if they contain reactionary and utopian things, are still the pride of the world's progressive mankind, and he is recognized as a literary master all over the world. Lev tolstoy was called "the mirror of Russian revolution" by Lenin