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Written from 1852 to 1856, this autobiographical novel was Tolstoy's first publication. The early life of Nikolai, the son of wealthy landowner in Russia, is fully explored, slowly revealing this young boy's inner mind, relationships, and social standing. As he describes his tutor, angelic mother, aloof father, worldly brother, and later his moralistic friend, Nikolai displays a mind given to dreaming and a personality as complex as it is conflicted. As he grows and moves from his country home to his grandmother's mansion in Moscow, Nikolai also struggles at intervals to find a sort of moral balance, which affects his love, his education, and the type of man he might become. Tolstoy demonstrates, even in this first literary attempt, his ability to utilize a host of minor characters to fully develop the internal life of his main character. "Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth" shows in its three parts not only the deliberate building of a protagonist but also a universal story about coming of age. This novel has proven itself to be a seminal work for an extraordinary novelist. - Digireads.com
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Social conditions, Social problems, Childhood and youth, Biography, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), Youth, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Social life and customs, History, Fiction, biographical, Russia (federation), fiction, Translations, Slavic philology, Translations into EnglishPeople
Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910)Places
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19th century, 1801-1917, 1533-1917Showing 11 featured editions. View all 98 editions?
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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
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Childhood, boyhood, youth. The incursion. A landed proprietor. The cossacks. Sevastopol
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"On the 12th of August 18-, exactly three days after my tenth birthday, for which I had received such wonderful presents, Karl Ivanych woke me at seven in the morning by hitting at a fly just over my head with a flap made of sugar-bag paper fastened to a stick."
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