Childhood, boyhood, youth
Tolstoy, Leo graf 1828-1910
Childhood, boyhood, youth / Leo Tolstoy; translated by Dora O'Brien - London : Alma Classics, 2016 - 364 pages ; illustrations ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This trilogy of short novels, taken as a whole, recounts the young narrator’s early life up to his university days, each episode told through the perceptions, points of view and emotions felt by the protagonist at the time. Based on Tolstoy’s own life and experiences, this fictionalized account of a young man growing into the world combines anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation, as the author’s Stendhalian take on the confessional genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination.
Tolstoy’s first published work, which launched him on a successful writing career, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth – besides offering an early display of his storytelling and stylistic abilities – provides the reader with invaluable insight into the personal and literary development of one of the greatest writers of all time.
9781847496003
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 --Childhood and youth--Fiction
Russia--History--Fiction
Russia--Social life and customs--Fiction
READING IN ENGLISH
Autobiographical fiction
Russian literature
Literary classics
PG3366 / .D5
Childhood, boyhood, youth / Leo Tolstoy; translated by Dora O'Brien - London : Alma Classics, 2016 - 364 pages ; illustrations ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This trilogy of short novels, taken as a whole, recounts the young narrator’s early life up to his university days, each episode told through the perceptions, points of view and emotions felt by the protagonist at the time. Based on Tolstoy’s own life and experiences, this fictionalized account of a young man growing into the world combines anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation, as the author’s Stendhalian take on the confessional genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination.
Tolstoy’s first published work, which launched him on a successful writing career, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth – besides offering an early display of his storytelling and stylistic abilities – provides the reader with invaluable insight into the personal and literary development of one of the greatest writers of all time.
9781847496003
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 --Childhood and youth--Fiction
Russia--History--Fiction
Russia--Social life and customs--Fiction
READING IN ENGLISH
Autobiographical fiction
Russian literature
Literary classics
PG3366 / .D5
