CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND EXILE, by Aleksandr Herzen

CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND EXILE, by Aleksandr Herzen

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Childhood, Youth and Exile

Part I: Nursery and University 1812-1834

Part II: Prison and Exile 1834-1838

ALEXANDER HERZEN (1812-70) was born in Moscow, an ilegitimate child of an aristocrat. He early chose a socialist path, and became the greatest social thinker that Russia has ever produced. His views led him into exile within Russia in 1835, and in 1847 he left his country for good, living thereafter mainly in London. Herzen's major work is his memoirs. My Past and Thoughts, which Isiah Berlin has called 'an autobiography of the first order of genius...a major classic, comparable in scope with War and Peace.'

Oxford University Press

CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND EXILE, by Aleksandr Herzen

• Amazon Sales Rank: #518723 in eBooks
• Published on: 2015-09-28
• Released on: 2015-09-28
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CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND EXILE, by Aleksandr Herzen

Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Enormously enjoyable, detailed biography - needs comprehensive biographical notes though By A. Woodley Herzen is one of the classic biographers of mid nineteenth century men of letters. Brought up as Russian he was actually the son of a Russian nobleman and a german girl only 17. Herzen's parents eloped when she was just 16 and married out of the Russian Rites thus putting Herzen's position in society in an odd kind of limbo as he never received his father's name as such even though he was brought up as his son.Herzen later went on to be an obsessive wandered, exiled from Russia for his political views. He roamed Europe until dying at the relatively young age of 58.This book, the first two parts of his memoirs is a detailed, well written memoir of his early life, but includes comentary on the state of Russia and Russian politics of the time. I would highly recommend it to those interested in European life in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, his anecdotal tales and explanations of the serf system clarifies the complex situation of Russian politics.He was still a young baby when Napoleon reached the gates of Moscow as his father and uncle had delayed leaving (1812) and so the first few weeks were spent in semi-captivity, unable to escape Moscow, and trapped despite fire and marauding. Luckily his father was able to gain support from one of Napoleon's generals which protected his family until he was granted safe passage to deliver a message to the Russian tsar, Alexander 1. This story was told to Herzen in later childhood by his nurse who had been with him in the early days.This book really needs much better footnotes and explanatory introduction. The names and relationships of the people in her, or their history, are not obvious to non-readers of Russian history and would be very helpful in the long run.It is still a very compelling book without this, Herzen is an excellent writer and it was an enjoyable read.

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