Here, beneath the silver birches and apple trees, Tolstoy, the lord of the manor, became Tolstoy, the peasant, the man who worked the land as fervently as he worked the quill.
在这里,在白桦树和苹果树下,庄园主托尔斯泰变成了农民托尔斯泰,他像使用羽毛笔一样热情地耕种土地。
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Lord of the manor
In Anglo-Irish history, the lordship of a manor is a lordship emanating from the feudal system of manorialism. In modern England and Wales it is recognised as a form of property, one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties: