Childhood, Boyhood and Youth
Leo Tolstoy
Jul 2022 · Naxos of America, Inc. · Narrated by Roger May
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15 hr 43 min
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Blending fact and fiction, this trilogy by a very young Tolstoy centres on the inner life of Nikolai as he navigates the universal challenge of growing up. In relating his thoughts and feelings, his self-awareness and embarrassing mistakes, the work is timeless: regardless of era, location and environment, we are given an unvarnished portrait of one boy – both self-important and self-deprecating – as he tries to find his place in the world. The sense of nostalgia, with its strange blend of sadness and solace, is tangible as the years pass and the child becomes a young man. In his old age Tolstoy dismissed this first substantial work of fiction from his early twenties, yet it continues to absorb and touch its readers, who find that his deep understanding of the human condition was already in evidence here
About the author
Roger May has featured in over 100 radio plays for the BBC, and is a regular on The Archers. His stage credits include The Pitmen Painters, Macbeth and The Snow Queen, and his television credits include Tom Jones, Anne, Victoria, The Crown, Endeavour, Casualty, Doctors and Father Brown. He has featured in many recordings for Naxos, including Clarissa, Frankenstein and The Professor, and his reading of Selected Poetry by Lewis Carroll was included in AudioFile’s ‘Best Audiobooks’ list in 2016.
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