- Title ; Contents; I
- The Tutor, Karl Ivanitch; II
- Mamma; III
- Papa; IV
- Lessons; V
- The Idiot; VI
- Preparations for the Chase; VII
- The Hunt; VIII
- We Play Games; IX
- A First Essay in Love; X
- The Sort of Man My Father Was; XI
- In the Drawing-Room and the Study; XII
- Grisha; XIII
- Natalia Savishna; XIV
- The Parting; XV
- Childhood; XVI
- Verse-Making; XVII
- The Princess Kornakoff; XVIII
- Prince Ivan Ivanovitch; XIX
- The Iwins; XX
- Preparations for the Party; XXI
- Before the Mazurka; XXII
- The Mazurka; XXIII
- After the Mazurka; XXIV
- In Bed.
- XXV
- The LetterXXVI
- What Awaited Us at the Country-House; XXVII
- Grief; XXVIII
- Sad Recollections.
Widely regarded as one of the most talented novelists the world has ever produced, Leo Tolstoy began his work in long-form fiction with a series of three novels based loosely on his own life experiences. In Childhood, Tolstoy recounts the innocent joys of his early life and the gradual progression toward a more cynical, mature adult view of the world -- a process that the author regards as tragic.
