"Childhood" is the first of three novels which describe the development to maturity of a character who is in some way close to Tolstoy himself. It is a classic picture of the life of the Russian gentry and a meditation on the problems which preoccupied Tolstoy all his life: how a person is affected by his environment, to what extent he has the power to change himself, what goals he should strive for, what is good and what is bad. In this study a survey of critical approaches to the work is combined with the author's own independent assessment.
- ISBN10 1853993832
- ISBN13 9781853993831
- Publish Date 1 January 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Bristol Classical Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English