XVIII PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
When the Princess had heard my verses and overwhelmed t … 继续阅读XVIII PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
Childhood, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes Boyhood, and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. Childhood 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. Childhood is Tolstoy’s first published work. Leo Tolstoy was a Russia born writer and poet and is regarded as the world’s greatest poet and novelist.
When the Princess had heard my verses and overwhelmed t … 继续阅读XVIII PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH
“Yes, show her in,” said Grandmamma, settli … 继续阅读XVII THE PRINCESS KORNAKOFF
RATHER less than a month after our arrival in Moscow I … 继续阅读XVI VERSE-MAKING
HAPPY, happy, never-returning time of childhood! How ca … 继续阅读XV CHILDHOOD
ON the day after the events described, the carriage and … 继续阅读XIV THE PARTING
In days gone by there used to run about the seignorial … 继续阅读XIII NATALIA SAVISHNA
WE all felt a little uneasy in the thick darkness, so w … 继续阅读XII GRISHA
Twilight had set in when we reached home. Mamma sat dow … 继续阅读XI IN THE DRAWING-ROOM AND THE STUDY
Papa was a gentleman of the last century, with all the … 继续阅读X THE SORT OF MAN MY FATHER WAS
PRETENDING to gather some “American fruit” … 继续阅读IX A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE