Boyhood

The first published novel by Leo Tolstoy released in November 1852. It is the first in a series of three novels and is followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was just twenty-three years old, the book was an immediate success, earning notice from other Russian novelists including Ivan Turgenev, who heralded the young Tolstoy as a major up-and-coming figure in Russian literature. Well-worth reading if you are interested in 19th century literature.Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian novelist today regarded as one of the greatest of all... Edasi