Childhood. Adolescence. Youth

The trilogy "Childhood. Adolescence. Youth", based on the diary entries of young Tolstoy, tells about the formation of a child's personality, the search for self-identification, and finding one's place in the outside world. The main character, Nikolai Irtenyev, grows up before our eyes: he plays with friends, falls in love, composes poetry, experiences the death of his mother, and enters the university.
This book set a powerful literary trend.

Works that continue this type of narrative include "The Children's Years of Bagrov's Grandson" by S. Aksakov, "The Childhood of Tyoma" by N. Garin-Mikhaylovsky, "The Childhood of Nikita" by A. Tolstoy, as well as the autobiographical trilogy by M. Gorky.