Childhood, Boyhood and Youth by Leo Tolstoy

Childhood, Boyhood and Youth

Childhood, Boyhood, Youth #1-3

Leo Tolstoy with Michael Scammell (Translator)

464 pages first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Begun in 1851, when Tolstoy was twenty-three and serving as a cadet in the Russian army, Childhood, the first part of Tolstoy's first novel, won immediate praise from Turgenev and others, and marked Tolstoy's emergence as a major writer. Its origi...

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Community Reviews

3.7
based on 538 reviews

Moods

reflective: 89%

emotional: 46%

funny: 20%

lighthearted: 20%

relaxing: 20%

sad: 15%

challenging: 13%

informative: 13%

adventurous: 12%

hopeful: 10%

inspiring: 9%

dark: 3%

mysterious: 1%

tense: 1%


Pace

7% of readers chose fast
38% of readers chose medium
54% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose A mix
90% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

70% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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N/A

Loveable characters?

32% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

14% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
74% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

87% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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