Boyhood
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By Leo Tolstoy 15 Sep, 2019
Boyhood is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and followed by Youth. The novel was first published in the Russian literary journal Sovremennik in 1854. A tender, sensitive book, and partly autobiographic ... Read more
Boyhood is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and followed by Youth. The novel was first published in the Russian literary journal Sovremennik in 1854. A tender, sensitive book, and partly autobiographical. Tolstoy had a difficult childhood, and at this time in his life, after seeing the Crimean War, and having been through so much - a difficult childhood, with both parents dying young, we see both the intense frustration he has with the world, but also his sensitivity and goodness - his ability to understand people, which so colors the rest of his work. It is partly his own life shown here, but also the childhood he wished he had. Less
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  • Public Domain Books
  • 2006-03-01
  • English
  • 978-1523319763
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Leo Tolstoy (9 September 1828 - 20 November 1910), was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received multiple nominations for Nobel Prize in Literature every...
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