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Childhood

Leo Tolstoy

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1852
Originally in
Originally in Russian
Pages
Pages 180

A boy of ten narrates a few days on a Russian estate: lessons, a hunt, a first party, a lie he cannot take back. Then the family leaves for Moscow, his mother dies, and he watches himself grieve.

And the story of his life, too—how terrible it is!
Childhood, Leo Tolstoy

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