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Childhood

by graf Leo Tolstoy

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CHILDHOOD

By Leo Tolstoy

Translated by C.J. Hogarth

CONTENTS

I THE TUTOR, KARL IVANITCH

II MAMMA

III PAPA

IV LESSONS

V THE IDIOT

VI PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHASE

VII THE HUNT

VIII WE PLAY GAMES

IX A FIRST ESSAY IN LOVE

X THE SORT OF MAN MY FATHER WAS

XI IN THE DRAWING-ROOM AND THE STUDY

XII GRISHA

XIII NATALIA SAVISHNA

XIV THE PARTING

XV CHILDHOOD

XVI VERSE-MAKING

XVII THE PRINCESS KORNAKOFF

XVIII PRINCE IVAN IVANOVITCH

XIX THE IWINS

XX PREPARATIONS FOR THE PARTY

XXI BEFORE THE MAZURKA

XXII THE MAZURKA

XXIII AFTER THE MAZURKA

XXIV IN BED

XXV THE LETTER

XXVI WHAT AWAITED US AT THE COUNTRY-HOUSE

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