The childhood of Leo Tolstoy in his work

Childhood of Leo Tolstoy can hardly be called cloudless, but the memories of him, set out in the trilogy, have a touching and sensual character.

A family

His upbringing was mainly concerned with guardians, and not with his mother and father. Leo Nikolayevich was born in a prosperous noble family, where he became the fourth child. His brothers Nicholas, Sergei and Dmitry were older than a little. At the birth of the last child, daughter of Mary, the mother of the future writer died. At that time, he was not yet two years old.

The childhood of Leo Tolstoy passed in Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy's family estate. Shortly after the death of his mother, his father and his children moved to Moscow, but after a while died, and the future writer and his brothers and sister were forced to return to Tula province, where their distant relationship was continued by their upbringing.

After the death of her father, Countess Osten-Saken AM joined her. But this was not the last one in a series of experiences. In connection with the death of the Countess, the whole family moved to the upbringing for a new guardian in Kazan, to the sister of Yushenko's father P.I.

"Childhood"

At first glance, we can conclude that the childhood of Leo Tolstoy passed in a difficult, oppressive environment. But this is not entirely true. The fact is that it was precisely his childhood that Count Tolstoy described in his eponymous story.

In a gentle, sensual manner, he talked about his experiences and hardships, thoughts and first love. This was not the first experience in writing stories, but it was Leo Tolstoy's "Childhood" that was published first. This happened in 1852.

The narration is conducted on behalf of the ten-year-old Nikolenka, a boy from a wealthy wealthy family, whose education is handled by a strict mentor - the German Karl Ivanovich.

At the beginning of the narrative the child acquaints the readers not only with the main characters (mother, father, sister, brothers, servants), but also with their feelings (falling in love, resentment, embarrassment). Describes the way and life of an ordinary noble family and its environment.

Further the author narrates about moving to Moscow, new impressions and acquaintances of the young hero with new people. Describes how the worldview and the world view of the young nobleman are changing.

In the last chapters of the story, the story of the sudden death of Nikolai's mother, his perception of a terrible reality and a sharp growing up.

Creation

In the future, from the pen of the author will come the most famous "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina", a huge number of articles, stories and reflections on the life style, personal attitude to the worldly. "Childhood" by Leo Tolstoy, by the way, was not only his touching memory of the past, but also became the starting piece for creating a trilogy, which included "Youth" and "Adolescence".

Criticism

It is important to note that the first criticism of these works was far from unambiguous. On the one hand, enthusiastic reviews of the trilogy, written by Leo Tolstoy, were published. "Childhood" (reviews on him were the first) received the approval of venerable at that time literary figures, but after a while, strangely enough, some of them changed their mind.