Autobiography: Childhood, Boyhood and Youth

Childhood, Boyhood and Youth is an autobiographical trilogy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Childhood is an exploration of the inner life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and one of the books in Russian writing to explore an expressionistic style, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. It is the first in a series. Published when Tolstoy was just twenty-three years old, the book was an immediate success, earning notice from other Russian novelists i...