Russian Childhood

In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America. The perfect listen for fans of the jaw-dropping twists of 90 Day Fiancé and the emotional gut punch of I’m Glad My Mom Died. Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas...

Childhood (1852) marks Leo Tolstoy's literary debut and the beginning of one of Russian literature's most celebrated autobiographical trilogies. Written when Tolstoy was just twenty-four, this novella draws from his own experiences growing up on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, offering an intimate portrait of Russian aristocratic life in the early 19th century. The work follows ten-year-old Nikolai Irtenev as he navigates the complex emotional landscape of childhood, from the security of family bonds to his first encounters with loss, social hierarchies, and moral awakening. Through ...

Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy—Childhood (1852), Boyhood (1854), and Youth (1857)—stands as one of the most profound explorations of human development in world literature. Written when Tolstoy was in his twenties, these interconnected novellas launched the career of one of Russia's greatest writers while establishing a new standard for psychological realism in fiction. The trilogy follows Nikolai Irtenev from age ten through his university years, tracing his journey from the protected world of aristocratic childhood through the turbulent confusion of adolescence to the ...

A child's voice. A stepfather's delusions. A family destroying itself. Netochka Nezvanova grows up in poverty and chaos, shaped by her stepfather Efimov's obsession. He was once a violinist of promise—now he's a bitter, delusional man convinced of his own genius, nursing imagined grievances while his family starves. Netochka's mother sews to keep them alive. Efimov offers nothing but fantasies of the greatness that jealous rivals have stolen from him. Netochka cannot understand the dynamics rationally, but she absorbs everything emotionally. She idealizes Efimov despite his failures, ...

Tyoma is eight years old, the son of a retired general in a provincial Russian town, and the world around him is large, confusing, and not always kind. His father's rages fill the house with a particular kind of silence. The rules of childhood — what is brave, what is shameful, what can be forgiven and what cannot — are constantly shifting beneath his feet. And one night, his dog Zhuchka falls into a well, and Tyoma must decide, alone in the dark, what he is made of. Tyoma's Childhood, first published in 1892, is the opening volume of Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky's celebrated ...

This audiobook contains Childhood Nikita by the great Russian writer Alexey Tolstoy (1882-1945). Written in the Russian language, it perfectly conveys the inner life and experiences of youth.

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an ‘awkward mixture of fact and fiction’, generations of readers and listeners have not agreed, finding the series to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and color.

Выжить можно везде. Даже в Пекле. Если удача на твоей стороне. Если тебя вовремя найдут и сумеют отбить от желающих тобой закусить.

Can words really hurt you? Alexei My father rules this city, and my life with an iron fist. He moved us away from her because he thinks she makes me soft. He ordered me to have nothing to do with her. A good son would have listened, but I'm not always the good son. For years, I've kept in touch with her. As my pen pal, I can keep her at arms length. Until, someone discovers my secret and puts her life in danger. Heather I didn't want to let him go. He's the link to the childhood innocence I wish I could cling too. When he comes back into my life, I know he's different. He's lost his ...

This book contains the stories of "Korney Vasiliev", "Invasion", and "Power of Childhood", all by the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

Красочно описываются первые впечатления в детстве мальчика: влюблённость, обида, жалость, предвкушение, горечь прощания. Мелочи, которые доставляют неприятности и мелочи, которые радуют.

В жизни Карима Мурадова всё шло своим чередом, пока в один весенний день к нему к кабинет не вошёл посетитель, который сообщил, что ему нужно сказать Кариму что-то по секрету.