Childhood
graf Tolstoy, Leo
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Description
Leo Tolstoy made his name with Childhood, a short novel told by Nikolenka Irtenev, a boy of ten on a Russian country estate. Tolstoy was a young officer when the book first appeared, and C. J. Hogarth translated this edition. Nikolenka watches his German tutor Karl Ivanitch, his gentle mother, and his older brother Woloda with painful honesty.
Scenes move from lessons and birthday presents to hunts, dances, and a death that ends the boy's safe world. Nikolenka swings between love and shame, catching his own feelings in the act. Readers meet Tolstoy's gift early here: small moments, exact feelings, and a child's view that spares nobody, least of all himself.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | graf Tolstoy, Leo |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 228 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |