{"product_id":"childhood","title":"Childhood","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore War and Peace, before Anna Karenina—the story where Tolstoy learned to see.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo Tolstoy's first published work is a quiet miracle: a novel of growing up that captures the joy, the grief, and the staggering intensity of a child's inner world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen-year-old Nikolenka lives comfortably on a Russian estate with his brother, his sister, his adoring mother, and a cast of servants, tutors, and eccentric relatives. But this is no simple idyll. Through Nikolenka's eyes, Tolstoy renders every moment with breathtaking precision: the shame of a poorly recited poem, the agony of a first lie, the bewildering death of a mother, and the strange, painful dawning of self-awareness. What emerges is not merely a portrait of childhood, but a theory of the soul—how it forms, how it wounds, and how it remembers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Tolstoy before the epics, before the moral crises, before the world knew his name—yet already unmistakably Tolstoyan in its psychological depth and radiant honesty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first part of his autobiographical trilogy (followed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoyhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYouth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and it remains one of literature's most tender explorations of the door between innocence and experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolstoy's dazzling debut, praised by Turgenev and the Russian literary establishment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA masterwork of psychological realism from the mind that would later give us \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential reading for anyone interested in the origins of Tolstoy's genius\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who remembers that childhood is never as simple as it looks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1828–1910) was one of Russia's most celebrated novelists and thinkers, renowned for his deep philosophical inquiries and unparalleled storytelling. 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