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"Childhood", Tolstoy’s first published work in 1852, is also the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes "Boyhood," and "Youth." Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. "Childhood" is an expressionist exploration of the internal life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and was a new form in Russian writing, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator.
Themes of shyness, self-image and self-improvement permeate the book, yet we are also exposed to a young Tolstoy’s wider descriptions of nature, art and the workings of the world.
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Rating★★★★ 3.9 (14K)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, Self-Help, History
Length4 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 23, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - THE TUTOR, KARL IVANITCH
2Chapter 2 - MAMMA
3Chapter 3 - PAPA
4Chapter 4 - LESSONS
5Chapter 5 - THE IDIOT
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6Chapter 6 - PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE
7Chapter 7 - THE HUNT
8Chapter 8 - WE PLAY GAMES
9Chapter 9 - A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE
10Chapter 10 - THE SORT OF MAN MY FATHER WAS
11Chapter 11 - IN THE DRAWING-ROOM AND THE STUDY
12Chapter 12 - GRISHA
13Chapter 13 - NATALIA SAVISHNA
14Chapter 14 - THE PARTING
15Chapter 15 - CHILDHOOD
16Chapter 16 - VERSE-MAKING
17Chapter 17 - THE PRINCESS KORNAKOFF
18Chapter 18 - PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
19Chapter 19 - THE IWINS
20Chapter 20 - PREPARATIONS FOR THE PARTY
21Chapter 21 - BEFORE THE MAZURKA
22Chapter 22 - THE MAZURKA
23Chapter 23 - AFTER THE MAZURKA
24Chapter 24 - IN BED
25Chapter 25 - THE LETTER
26Chapter 26 - WHAT AWAITED US AT THE COUNTRY-HOUSE
27Chapter 27 - GRIEF
28Chapter 28 - SAD RECOLLECTIONS
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