Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth by Leo Tolstoy

Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth is one of Leo Tolstoy’s early works, tracing the inner journey of a young boy from childhood to the brink of adulthood. With intimate and reflective storytelling, Tolstoy offers a vivid portrait of emotional growth, evolving thoughts, and emerging moral awareness within the setting of a Russian aristocratic family. Readers are drawn into the quiet yet profound moments that shape the narrator’s view of the world. But in the struggle to grow up and find one’s place, is maturity the end of innocence?