Boyhood (Russian: Отрочество, Otrochestvo) is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and followed by Youth. The novel was first published in the Russian literary journal Sovremennik in 1854.

Boyhood
Author Leo Tolstoy
Original title Отрочество (Otrochestvo)
Translator C. J. Hogarth
Country Russia
Language Russian
Publisher Sovremennik
Publication date
1854
Preceded by Childhood 
Followed by Youth 

Later in life, Tolstoy expressed his unhappiness with the book.[1]

See also edit

Leo Tolstoy bibliography

External links edit

  • Boyhood at Project Gutenberg (trans. by C.J. Hogarth)
  •   Boyhood public domain audiobook at LibriVox

References edit

  1. ^ Hruska, Anne (Spring 2000). "Loneliness and Social Class in Tolstoy's Trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, Youth". The Slavic and East European Journal. 44 (1): 64–78. doi:10.2307/309628. JSTOR 309628.