Childhoodgraf Leo Tolstoy
Childhood
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Original author: graf Leo Tolstoy
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"Childhood" by graf Leo Tolstoy is a novel published in 1852. It marks Tolstoy's debut at age twenty-three and launched his literary career, earning immediate acclaim from established Russian writers. The first in a trilogy followed by "Boyhood" and "Youth," it explores the inner world of young Nikolenka through an innovative expressionistic style that blends fact, fiction, and emotion. This groundbreaking work captures childhood's fleeting innocence, joy, and intense capacity for love through the narrator's moods and reactions.
Childhood, by graf Leo Tolstoy. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2142.
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28 Chapters
- 1.Chapter I: The Tutor, Karl Ivanitch2,063 words
- 2.Chapter II: Mamma821 words
- 3.Chapter III: Papa1,491 words
- 4.Chapter IV: Lessons1,116 words
- 5.Chapter V: The Idiot1,513 words
- 6.Chapter VI: Preparations for the Chase822 words
- 7.Chapter VII: The Hunt1,615 words
- 8.Chapter VIII: We Play Games688 words
- 9.Chapter IX: A First Essay in Love412 words
- 10.Chapter X: The Sort of Man My Father Was760 words
- 11.Chapter XI: In the Drawing-Room and the Study1,247 words
- 12.Chapter XII: Grisha980 words
- 13.Chapter XIII: Natalia Savishna1,281 words
- 14.Chapter XIV: The Parting1,707 words
- 15.Chapter XV: Childhood1,008 words
- 16.Chapter XVI: Verse-Making1,967 words
- 17.Chapter XVII: The Princess Kornakoff1,218 words
- 18.Chapter XVIII: Prince Ivan Ivanovitch1,413 words
- 19.Chapter XIX: The Iwins2,255 words
- 20.Chapter XX: Preparations for the Party1,456 words
- 21.Chapter XXI: Before the Mazurka1,337 words
- 22.Chapter XXII: The Mazurka799 words
- 23.Chapter XXIII: After the Mazurka1,232 words
- 24.Chapter XXIV: In Bed582 words
- 25.Chapter XXV: The Letter2,094 words
- 26.Chapter XXVI: What Awaited Us at the Country-House998 words
- 27.Chapter XXVII: Grief1,751 words
- 28.Chapter XXVIII: Sad Recollections3,280 words