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Childhood, boyhood and youth

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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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Childhood, boyhood, youth
2012, Penguin
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Childhood, boyhood, youth
2010, Oneworld Classics
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Cover of: Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
May 2, 1977, Dutton Adult
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Childhood, boyhood and youth
1961, Oxford University Press
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Cover of: Childhood, boyhood, youth. The incursion. A landed proprietor. The cossacks. Sevastopol
Childhood, boyhood, youth. The incursion. A landed proprietor. The cossacks. Sevastopol
1904, Colonial Press Co.
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Childhood, boyhood, youth
1888, T. Y. Crowell & co.
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Childhood, boyhood, youth.
1886, T.Y. Crowell
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Childhood and Youth
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Published in
London
Series
World's classics -- 352
Translated From
Russian

Classifications

Library of Congress
PG3366 D5 M3 1961

Contributors

Translator
Louise Maude
Translator
Aylmer Maude
Introduction
Aylmer Maude

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Pagination
404p.
Number of pages
404

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32979511M
Internet Archive
childhoodboyhood0000tols_k3q8

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