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Similar to Joseph Conrad's better-known Heart of Darkness, Youth begins with a narrator describing five men drinking claret around a mahogany table. They are all veterans of the merchant navy. One of the men, Marlow speaks of his first voyage to the East as second mate on board... Read Full Overview

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Similar to Joseph Conrad's better-known Heart of Darkness, this autobiographical short story, by Joseph Conrad, depicts a young man's first journey to the East. Youth is a haunting tale about ill omens, the passing of time and the making... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

""Youth"" is a novella written by Joseph Conrad and published in 1902. The story is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's own experiences as a young man working as a sailor on various ships. The main character, Marlow, is a young man who dreams of adventure and decides... Read Full Overview

""Youth"" is a novella by Joseph Conrad that tells the story of a young man named Marlow who sets out on a journey to become a captain of a ship. The story takes place in the late 19th century and follows Marlow as he navigates the challenges of the sea and the complexities of... Read Full Overview

Youth is the third novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. It was first published in the popular Russian literary magazine Sovremennik. Later in life, Tolstoy expressed his unhappiness with the book, and the second in the trilogy, Boyhood... Read Full Overview

Youth is the third novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. It was first published in the popular Russian literary magazine Sovremennik.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian... Read Full Overview

Youth (1857) is a novel by Leo Tolstoy. Published at the beginning of his career as a leading Russian author of his generation, Youth is the third in a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels tracing Nikolenka's journey from innocence to experience. As a record of the... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Youth (Russian: Yunost']; 1857) is the third novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. It was first published in the popular Russian literary magazine Sovremennik.

I have said that my friendship with Dimitri opened up for me a new view of my life and of its aim and relations. The essence of that view lay in the conviction that the destiny of man is to strive for moral improvement, and that such improvement is at once easy, possible, and... Read Full Overview