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graf Leo Tolstoy. Childhood
Childhood
Table of 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
XXVII—GRIEF
XXVIII—SAD RECOLLECTIONS
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graf Leo Tolstoy
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Papa then greeted ourselves, and said that if we stayed much longer in the country we should become lazy boys; that we were growing quite big now, and must set about doing lessons in earnest,
“I suppose you know that I am starting for Moscow to-night?” he went on, “and that I am going to take you with me? You will live with Grandmamma, but Mamma and the girls will remain here. You know, too, I am sure, that Mamma’s one consolation will be to hear that you are doing your lessons well and pleasing every one around you.”
