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Who is this book for? Readers interested in classic literature and coming-of-age stories.

Topics ChildhoodYouthFamily dynamicsComing of ageSocial hierarchyMoral developmentRelationshipsInner strugglesRussian societyPersonal growthComing of AgeIdentityFamily
MoodReflective
'The beautiful illusion, when reading Tolstoy, is that one is looking directly at the world, as opposed to a depiction' Andrew O'Hagan from his preface to Childhood, Boyhood and YouthPublished in 1852, when he was just twenty-four, Childhood was Tolstoy's first published work, and the first of a trilogy of stories that evoke the upbringing and traditional education of a Russian aristocrat in a world that vanished with the revolution. In this self-portrait, narrated by its protagonist Nikólya, the young Tolstoy captured the textures of adolescence with a psychological insight and subtlety of analysis that look forward to his mature achievements; while his matchless objectivity - summoning the smells, sights and sounds of early childhood - is already fully present in these pages. The riverrun edition reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide readership in English.

Language

en

Published on

11/12/2020

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781787479302

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