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Widely regarded as one of the most talented novelists the world has ever produced, Leo Tolstoy began his work in long-form fiction with a series of three novels based loosely on his own life experiences. In Childhood, Tolstoy recounts the innocent joys of his early life and the gradual progression toward a more cynical, mature adult view of the worldâ??a process that the author regards as tragic.… (more)

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A wonderful book of a young boy, son of a large landholder in a Russia that seems far away in the past.
I read this book aloud at bedtime and found that it would put my audience soon to sleep! I continued to read to the end of the chapter if that happened (it would have taken a year to finish it otherwise...) and pronouncing the names was fun right from the start.
A few months seen through the eyes of a ten year old, a boyhood with beautiful, sad, silly and heartfelt moments. ( )
  mdleenders | Dec 6, 2021 |
The first story Tolstoy ever wrote- not amazingly written, but good and introduces most of his major concerns. First reading for Tolstoy class. ( )
  askannakarenina | Sep 16, 2020 |
The first story Tolstoy ever wrote- not amazingly written, but good and introduces most of his major concerns. First reading for Tolstoy class. ( )
  askannakarenina | Sep 16, 2020 |
The first story Tolstoy ever wrote- not amazingly written, but good and introduces most of his major concerns. First reading for Tolstoy class. ( )
  askannakarenina | Sep 16, 2020 |
The first story Tolstoy ever wrote- not amazingly written, but good and introduces most of his major concerns. First reading for Tolstoy class. ( )
  askannakarenina | Sep 16, 2020 |
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Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:

Widely regarded as one of the most talented novelists the world has ever produced, Leo Tolstoy began his work in long-form fiction with a series of three novels based loosely on his own life experiences. In Childhood, Tolstoy recounts the innocent joys of his early life and the gradual progression toward a more cynical, mature adult view of the worldâ??a process that the author regards as tragic.

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