First published in 1856, Youth is the third part of Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. In this luminous portrait of awakening, Tolstoy captures the restlessness of adolescence—the lofty dreams, the moral doubts, and the search for meaning. With tenderness and irony, he reveals how the ideals of youth are shaped by love, family, faith, and the passage into adulthood.