Childhood
Leo Tolstoy
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Childhood, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes Boyhood, and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. Childhood is an expressionist exploration of the internal life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and was a new form in Russian writing, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. Childhood is Tolstoy’s first published work. Translated into English by C. J. Hogarth. (Summary by Hugh) (4 hr 6 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1-3 | 29:46 | Read by Hugh McGuire |
Chapter 4-6 | 19:28 | Read by Alex Foster |
Chapter 7-9 | 17:03 | Read by Dale Hudjik |
Chapter 10 | 5:07 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 11 | 8:26 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 12 | 6:43 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 13-15 | 26:35 | Read by Mark Bradford |
Chapter 16-18 | 26:08 | Read by Mark Bradford |
Chapter 19 | 15:22 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 20 | 9:45 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 21 | 9:24 | Read by Randy Phillips |
Chapter 22 | 4:11 | Read by Andrew |
Chapter 23 | 6:50 | Read by Andrew |
Chapter 24 | 3:24 | Read by Andrew |
Chapter 25 | 14:14 | Read by Scoot |
Chapter 26 | 7:15 | Read by Scoot |
Chapter 27 | 12:56 | Read by Scoot |
Chapter 28 | 23:57 | Read by Ezwa |