Herzen, Aleksandr 1812-1870 creator Garnett, Constance 1861-1946 text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats 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. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) Translation of part 6 of: Былое и думы (Byloe i dumy). Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Past_and_Thoughts Release date is 2026-04-06 Lukas Bystricky and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924 Authors, Russian -- Biography Herzen, Aleksandr, 1812-1870 Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography Socialists -- Soviet Union -- Biography DK New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001602408 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78377 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001602408 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78377 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134822.0 78377