Childhood. Adolescence. Novellas

The novellas «Childhood» and «Adolescence», the first two parts of the autobiographical trilogy by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), are the literary debut of the great writer. They brought him instant fame and opened up for his readers the psychology of a child as a process of self-discovery and understanding of the surrounding life. By basing the novellas on his childhood and adolescent impressions, the author attempts to capture the tiniest movements of the human soul, the immediate poignancy of the feelings of a ten-year-old child, which influence the formation of personality and the entire future life of a person.