世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画,让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。为此,我们将这套精心编辑的“名著典藏”奉献给广大读者。
我们找来了专门研究西方历史、西方文化的专家学者,请教了专业的翻译人员,精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作,并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议,不删节、不做任何人为改动,严格按照原著的风格,提供原汁原味的西方名著,让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。本书是《名人传》。
THE LIFE OF BEETHOVEN
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
HIS LIFE
HIS WILL
HIS LETTERS
HIS THOUGHTS
HIS WORKS
THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART 1 THE STRUGGLE
PART 2 ABDICATION
EPILOGUE
THE LIFE OF TOLSTOY
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER 2 BOYHOOD AND YOUTH
CHAPTER 3 YOUTH: THE ARMY
CHAPTER 4 EARLY WORK: TALES OF THE CAUCASUS
CHAPTER 5 SEBASTOPOL: WAR AND RELIGION
CHAPTER 6 ST. PETERSBURG
CHAPTER 7 "FAMILY HAPPINESS".
CHAPTER 8 MARRIAGE
CHAPTER 9 "ANNA KARENIN".
CHAPTER 10 THE CRISIS
CHAPTER 11 REALITY
CHAPTER 12 ART AND CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER 13 SCIENCE AND ART
CHAPTER 14 THEORIES OF ART: MUSIC
CHAPTER 15 "RESURRECTION".
CHAPTER 16 RELIGION AND POLITICS
CHAPTER 17 OLD AGE
CHAPTER 18 CONCLUSION