Boyhood (novel)

Boyhood
AuthorLeo Tolstoy
Original titleОтрочество (Otrochestvo)
TranslatorC. J. Hogarth
LanguageRussian
PublisherSovremennik
Publication date
1854
Publication placeRussia
Preceded byChildhood 
Followed byYouth 

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.

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

  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.