Begun in 1851, when Tolstoy was twenty-three and serving as a cadet in the Russian army, Childhood, the first part of Tolstoy's first novel, won immediate praise from Turgenev and others, and marked Tolstoy's emergence as a major writer. Its originality was striking, as Tolstoy sought to communicate with great immediacy the "poetry" of childhood-the intense emotions, confusions, and fears attendant upon a young boy, Nikolenka, as he grows up. In the years following, Boyhood and Youth appeared (a fourth volume was planned but never executed), each replete with psychological and philosophical subtleties hitherto unknown in Russian literature. In Scammell's resplendent translation, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth remains one of Tolstoy's major works.
| ISBN: | 9780375759444 |
| Publication date: | 9th April 2002 |
| Author: | L N Tolsto |
| Publisher: | Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 420 pages |
| Series: | The Modern Library Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Coming of age General Fiction |
Begun in 1851, when Tolstoy was twenty-three and serving as a cadet in the Russian army, Childhood, the first part of Tolstoy's first novel, won immediate praise from Turgenev and others, and marked Tolstoy's emergence as a major writer. Its originality was striking, as Tolstoy sought to communicate with great immediacy the "poetry" of childhood-the intense emotions, confusions, and fears attendant upon a young boy, Nikolenka, as he grows up. In the years following, Boyhood and Youth appeared (a fourth volume was planned but never executed), each replete with psychological and philosophical subtleties hitherto unknown in Russian literature. In Scammell's resplendent translation, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth remains one of Tolstoy's major works.
Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, General Fiction
Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth is available in Paperback
Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth was written by L N Tolsto and published by Modern Library an imprint of Random House Publishing Group
Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth has 420 pages
Yes it is part of The Modern Library Classics series