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Childhooh, Boyhood, Youth (Oneworld Classics)

Childhooh, Boyhood, Youth (Oneworld Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

Tolstoy's first published work, completed in 1856, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth recounts his early life up to his university days. These are not memoirs in the strict sense of the word, as the author's Stendhalian take on the autobiographical genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination, combining nostalgic anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation. An early display of Tolstoy's storytelling genius, written in his classically simple yet colourful language, these chronicles provide the reader with invaluable insight into the personal and literary development of one of the greatest writers of all time.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 372
 Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd
Published: 15 Mar 2010
ISBN 10: 1847491421
ISBN 13: 9781847491428

Media Reviews
Someone who sees so much and so completely does not need to invent anything, someone who observes everything so poetically does not need to compose anything. --Stefan Zweig
The greatest of all novelists. --Virginia Woolf
The greatest Russian writer of prose fiction. --Vladimir Nabokov
Someone who sees so much and so completely does not need to invent anything, someone who observes everything so poetically does not need to compose anything. Stefan Zweig
The greatest of all novelists. Virginia Woolf
The pure narrative power of his work is unequalled. Thomas Mann
The greatest Russian writer of prose fiction. Vladimir Nabokov
Author Bio
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is regarded by some as the greatest novelist of all time. With such masterpieces as Anna Karenina and War and Peace, he influenced generations of writers and changed the course of world literature.