Childhood (version 2)
Leo Tolstoy
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Childhood is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N. in the November 1852 issue of the popular Russian literary journal The Contemporary. It is the first in a series of three novels and is followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was just twenty-three years old, the book was an immediate success, earning notice from other Russian novelists including Ivan Turgenev, who heralded the young Tolstoy as a major up-and-coming figure in Russian literature. Childhood is an exploration of the inner life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and one of the books in Russian writing to explore an expressionistic style, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. - Summary by Wikipedia (3 hr 54 min)
Chapters
| I. The Tutor, Karl Ivanitch | 12:33 | Read by Expatriate |
| II. Mamma | 5:26 | Read by Expatriate |
| III. Papa | 8:45 | Read by Expatriate |
| IV. Lessons | 7:03 | Read by Expatriate |
| V. The Idiot | 9:03 | Read by Expatriate |
| VI. Preparations for the Chase | 5:16 | Read by Expatriate |
| VII. The Hunt | 9:54 | Read by Expatriate |
| VIII. We Play Games | 4:26 | Read by Expatriate |
| IX. A First Essay in Love | 2:54 | Read by Expatriate |
| X. The Sort of Man My Father Was | 5:13 | Read by Expatriate |
| XI. In the Drawing-room and the Study | 7:49 | Read by Expatriate |
| XII. Grisha | 6:25 | Read by Expatriate |
| XIII. Natalya Savishna | 8:04 | Read by Expatriate |
| XIV. The Parting | 10:19 | Read by Expatriate |
| XV. Childhood | 6:24 | Read by Expatriate |
| XVI. Verse-Making | 11:56 | Read by Expatriate |
| XVII. The Princess Kornakoff | 7:39 | Read by Expatriate |
| XVIII. Prince Ivan Ivanovitch | 8:43 | Read by Expatriate |
| XIX. The Iwins | 14:19 | Read by Expatriate |
| XX. Preparations for the Party | 8:53 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXI. Before the Mazurka | 8:13 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXII. The Mazurka | 5:12 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXIII. After the Mazurka | 7:23 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXIV. In Bed | 3:54 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXV. The Letter | 12:07 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXVI. What Awaited Us at the Country-house | 6:24 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXVII. Grief | 10:52 | Read by Expatriate |
| XXVIII. Sad Recollections | 19:30 | Read by Expatriate |
Reviews
Reading
Mar
Well read by Expatriate; I understand most words in the story, as a non-English speaker. I enjoy the story. Thank you for reading this book!
Deepa Rani Mallick
the audio book is great and with the uttermost amount of emotion. the audio is filled with emotions that I have never saw in other audiobooks
A LibriVox Listener
such a great read! the reader did a great job too