Childhood, youth, and exile : parts I and II of My past and thoughts

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. - 271 c. На английском языке. Translated from the Russian by J. D. Duff with an introduction by Isajah Berlin. Впервые воспоминания были опубликованы в английском переводе в 1923. Воспоминания о детстве и изгнании известного русского борца с деспотизмом в России 19-го века Александра Герцена. В книге поместились первые две части воспоминаний из общего цикла "Былое и Думы" (My Past and Thoughts). Книга представляет собой живую картину быта, прошлого, отношений между людьми как в России так и в Англии. **My Past and Thoughts** (Russian: *Былое и думы*, romanized: *Byloje i dumy*) is an extensive autobiography by Alexander Herzen, which he started in the early 1850s and continued to expand and revise throughout his later life. Serialized in *Polyarnaya Zvezda*, the book in its full form came out as a separate edition after its author’s death. In Herzen’s lifetime the major parts of the book were translated into English (1855), German (1855) and French (1860-1862). *My Past and Thoughts* gives a panoramic view on the social and political life in Russian Empire as well as the European West of the mid-19th century. It is considered to be the classic of Russian literature. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Past_and_Thoughts))
This book comprises the first two parts of Herzen's autobiography, My Past and Thoughts, one of the greatest monuments of Russian iterature, comparable to the major works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev. Herzen begins with his nurse's account of Napoleon's occupation of Moscow in 1812, and continues through his solitary boyhood and close friendship with his cousin Nick Ogarëv, his days at Moscow University, and his eventual imprisonment for his socialist beliefs. The book ends with his adventures in exile which are vividly recounted and disply the rich observation of detail that make Herzen's work so compelling. This book comprises the first two parts of Herzen's autobiography, My Past and Thoughts , one of the greatest monuments of Russian iterature, comparable to the major works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev. Herzen begins with his nurse's account of Napoleon's occupation of Moscow in 1812, and continues through his solitary boyhood and close friendship with his cousin Nick Ogarev, his days at Moscow University, and his eventual imprisonment for his socialist beliefs. The book ends with his adventures in exile which are vividly recounted and disply the rich observation of detail that make Herzen's work so compelling. Parts 1 and 2 of "My Past and Thoughts", one of the monuments to Russian literature, comparable to the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev. Herzen's adventures in exile are vividly recounted, with rich observation of detail.