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Boyhood

Leo Tolstoy

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1854
Originally in
Originally in Russian
Pages
Pages 140

On the road to Moscow the boy realises other people have inner lives as complicated as his own. He philosophises himself into paralysis, is cruel to a servant, and barely notices his family coming apart.

I felt in my heart that delightful impulse to be up and doing which is a sign of sincere enjoyment.
Boyhood, Leo Tolstoy

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