| Tolstoy: Childhood Contributor(s): Tolstoy, L. N. (Author), Pursglove, D. M. |
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ISBN: 1853992941 ISBN-13: 9781853992940 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: 36 stories by one of the world's masters of literature, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art - Literary Collections - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 700.1 |
| Series: Russian Texts |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.44" W x 8.5" (0.45 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Childhood (Detstvo) appeared in 1852 and was Lev Tolstoy's first published work. Together with Boyhood (Otrochestvo) and Youth (Iunost') it forms a trilogy which, though fictional, is deeply rooted in Tolstoy's autobiography. As the first-person narrator grows out of childish innocence, he develops a growing awareness of the degree of deception inherent in adult behaviour and the extent to which he himself is increasingly capable of deception. Remarkable in its own right for its clear-sighted portrayal of the child's world, the work also contains in embryo themes which dominate Tolstoy's nature work. These are detailed in the introduction to this edition, which also contains full notes and a vocabulary. |