Childhood, boyhood and youth
By: Leo Tolstoy ; translated from the Russian by C.J. Hogarth.
Contributors: Hogarth, C. J.
Series: Everyman's library ;; 13
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Description: Tolstoy's first novel, originally published in three successive volumes, tells of the journey of an aristocratic Russian boy from childhood through young adulthood, detailing his emotional growing pains, inner conflicts, sensitivities, and relationships with adults, and focusing on the conflict between natural truth and social conventions.