Infancia. Adolescencia. Juventud

Long before publishing his monumental masterpieces, the young Tolstoy began his literary career with an ambitious trilogy of novels—*Childhood* (1852), *Boyhood* (1854), and *Youth* (1857)—works that fictionalized his own biography and were originally published in the literary magazine *Sovremennik*. Each volume bears witness to the Russian genius's ability to observe the world and recreate the protagonist's shifting sensibilities as the passage of time distances him from childhood and transforms him. The account of his bewilderment, discoveries, and disappointments reveals the budding narrator's extraordinary psychological acuity—his capacity to imbue singular experiences with universal resonance. These pages, in Selma Ancira’s masterful translation, recapture the vibrant musicality of Tolstoy’s early prose while painting a precise portrait of the writer’s formative years, offering an essential gateway into his most intimate universe.