Leo Tolstoy

Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (eBook, ePUB)

A Coming-of-Age Journey Through Innocence, Growth, and Self-Discovery (Large Print Deluxe Edition For Easy Reading)
Übersetzer: Zengerink, Tim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What if understanding your future meant revisiting the truths you ignored as a child?

In Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, Leo Tolstoy charts the emotional and intellectual evolution of a young nobleman as he passes through the formative stages of life. With vivid detail and penetrating insight, this semi-autobiographical trilogy traces the internal struggles, awkward discoveries, and subtle awakenings of Nikolai, a sensitive and observant boy growing up in aristocratic Russia.

From the innocent wonders of childhood and the heartbreaks of early friendships to the moral questions and spiritual confusion of adolescence, Tolstoy captures the universality of growing up with unparalleled honesty.

This modern adaptation preserves Tolstoy's lyrical tone while making the language accessible to a contemporary audience, offering a deeply relatable portrait of youth, family, self-awareness, and the passage into adulthood.

What You'll Discover in This Modern Translation:

• A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Narrative - Relive the timeless moments of growth, insecurity, and personal discovery.
• Tolstoy's First Literary Masterpiece - Experience the early work that laid the foundation for his later greatness.
• A Modern, Accessible Translation - Designed for today's readers while preserving Tolstoy's psychological richness.
• A Mirror for Self-Reflection - A story for anyone who remembers what it's like to ask: "Who am I becoming?"

Whether you're a young reader navigating your own path or an adult reflecting on the journey you've taken, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth is a moving, meditative masterpiece that speaks across generations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Library of Alexandria
• Seitenzahl: 163
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781806985012
• Artikelnr.: 75987771

Autorenporträt

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province, and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. He took part in the Crimean War and after the defence of Sebastopol he wrote The Sebastopol Sketches (1855-56), which established his reputation. After a period in St Petersburg and abroad, he married Sofya Andreyevna Behrs in 1862. The next fifteen years was a period of great happiness; they had thirteen children, and Tolstoy managed his vast estates in the Volga Steppes, continued his educational projects, cared for his peasants and wrote War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). A Confession (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life, and in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod. He died in 1910, in the course of a dramatic flight from home, at the small railway station of Astapovo. Judson Rosengrant has translated and edited a wide range of Russian literature and historiography, including works by Olesha, Lydia Ginzburg, Iskander, Limonov and Radzinsky. He has taught Russian language, literature and culture at the University of Southern California, Indiana University and Reed College in the United States, and translation theory and practice at St Petersburg State University in Russia.

Rezensionen

Tolstoy's first published work, Childhood, is unquestionably one of his most engaging and profound narratives, and he followed it in short order with the other two parts of the trilogy. We have several competent English translations, but none of them comes close to matching Judson Rosengrant's in capturing the young writer's astonishing precision, stylistic variety, and range of moods [...] The introduction breaks new critical ground in presenting Tolstoy's language and thought. The deft, unpretentious annotations are the most thorough in any English-language edition. I cannot think of a better place to start for new readers of Tolstoy, or a more insightful, enjoyable refresher for experienced Tolstoyans William Mills Todd III, Harvard University