Childhood
by Leo Tolstoy
English
⏱ 4h 6m
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Childhood, published in 1852, is 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. Childhood is Tolstoy’s first published work. Translated into English by C. J. Hogarth. (Summary by Hugh)
Chapters
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Chapter 1-3
29m
2
Chapter 4-6
19m
3
Chapter 7-9
17m
4
Chapter 10
5m
5
Chapter 11
8m
6
Chapter 12
6m
7
Chapter 13-15
26m
8
Chapter 16-18
26m
9
Chapter 19
15m
10
Chapter 20
9m
11
Chapter 21
9m
12
Chapter 22
4m
13
Chapter 23
6m
14
Chapter 24
3m
15
Chapter 25
14m
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Chapter 26
7m
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Chapter 27
12m
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Chapter 28
23m