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Childhood

Autobiographical Novels Book 1

Book 1 of the Autobiographical Novels series.Told through the eyes of young Nikolenka, this first autobiographical novel follows his life on a Russian country estate and in Moscow, capturing early friendships, loss, and the first stirrings of conscience in a privileged child.

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Published 1852
Part of the Autobiographical Novels series as book 1.

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Told through the eyes of young Nikolenka, this first autobiographical novel follows his life on a Russian country estate and in Moscow, capturing early friendships, loss, and the first stirrings of conscience in a privileged child.

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A good next step after Childhood is Boyhood, Youth, Anna Karenina.

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Childhood was published in 1852.