Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 101 Brandes, Georg 1842 1927 Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen Brandes, G. (Georg) Brandes, George Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Reading ease score: 64.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Eric Eldred, Tonya Allen, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Recollections of My Childhood and Youth" by Georg Brandes is a memoir written in the late 19th century. The book reflects on the author's formative years, exploring the experiences and influences that shaped his early perspective on life, family, education, and society, particularly within a Danish context. Through his recollections, Brandes reveals a detailed portrayal of childhood innocence, alongside the complexities of growing up, as he navigates the intricacies of familial relationships, societal expectations, and self-discovery. The opening of the memoir introduces Brandes as a delicate child who views the world from a vantage point of vulnerability and curiosity. He recounts lighthearted memories of his early interactions with family and friends, detailing experiences that reveal his mixed feelings about growing up—such as learning lessons at school and encountering new elements like water and fire. As he describes the freedom of childhood alongside the impositions of parental authority, the themes of innocence and the quest for understanding gradually come to the forefront. The initial chapters emphasize his keen observations of social dynamics, contributing to his understanding of the broader world, setting the stage for deeper exploration of his formative years in later sections of the memoir. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Autobiographies Brandes, Georg, 1842-1927 -- Childhood and youth CT PT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General 894941 894575 2024-10-04T06:03:45.851239 2023-10-04T06:14:09.393574 text/html text/html 889549 2014-04-12T20:28:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 387186 2014-04-14T20:39:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 474171 2024-10-04T06:03:58.533676 application/epub+zip 486235 2024-10-04T06:03:49.629243 application/epub+zip 430957 2024-10-04T06:03:48.084237 application/epub+zip 809877 2024-10-04T06:04:05.332645 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 771639 2024-10-04T06:03:57.253723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 692052 2022-09-04T09:11:54.550866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 866810 866720 2024-10-04T06:03:44.429256 2023-10-04T06:14:08.199595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 866107 2014-04-12T20:28:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 341968 2014-04-14T20:39:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 866370 2014-04-12T20:28:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 341593 2014-04-14T20:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21915 2024-10-04T06:04:05.532632 application/rdf+xml 15985 2024-10-04T06:03:48.679243 image/jpeg 3785 2024-10-04T06:03:48.391217 image/jpeg 465608 2024-10-04T06:03:45.936240 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia