childhood_english_librivoxLeo Tolstoyaudiolibrivoxaudio<a href="http://librivox.org/">Librivox</a> recording of <em>Childhood</em>, by Leo Tolstoy, translated into English by C. J. Hogarth. For more information on our readers, see our catalog page: <a href="http://librivox.org/childhood-english-trans-by-leo-tolstoy-translated-by-c-j-hogarth/">http://librivox.org/childhood-english-trans-by-leo-tolstoy-translated-by-c-j-hogarth/</a> <em>Childhood</em>, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, which also includes <em>Boyhood</em>, and <em>Youth</em>. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. <em>Childhood</em> is an expressionist exploration of the internal life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and was a new form in Russian writing, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. <em>Childhood</em> is Tolstoy's first published work. Translated into English by C. J. Hogarth.<br />(Summary by Hugh)</p> For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">librivox.org</a>librivox; audiobook; literature; tolstoyhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/2006-05-21 21:15:54info@librivox.orglibrivoxbookslibrivoxbookslibrivoxbooks2006-05-21 21:16:112006-05-21 21:38:252006-06-01 03:30:29LibriVoxLibrivox recording of a public-domain text2006-06-05 06:47:25librivoxbooksaudio_bookspoetry