Carter Elise Key’s Reviews > Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824 > Status Update

Ch 19: he sees the prince and he is to be freed; there are conspiracies to keep him in serfdom for longer; those are found out and dismantled; he is eventually freed, thanks to the vigor of his friends and supporters

Ch 17: there's religious context that Aleks doesn't really like but here we are; at the end of the chapter he's leaving his hometown and his mother is wailing--i think he's going to St. Petersburg? unclear right now but only because i zoned out for a bit

Ch 16: he moves to a different city with the general and undergoes several crises; he's told his writing is worthless and the attitude from the general turns from familial to cold almost overnight; he gets a visit from his mother where he receives new clothes; he soon returns to Ostrogozhk

Ch 17: he's given unofficial-official permission to teach; the town goes up in flames; new mayor is assigned

ch 15: he continues to consider suicide; he's left alone in Ostrogozhk; the general wants to employ his father, but his father winds up dying; he takes on a pupil he feels romantic attraction for

Ch 12: he doesn't go to high school and tries to go back to his father

Ch 13: his father is broke and simping for another girl, so his mother takes up a brokerage job to provide funds for the family; Alek gets offered a job as a school teacher at 14 years old

Ch 13: he doesn't go to high school and tries to go back to his father

Ch 14: his father is broke and simping for another girl, so his mother takes up a brokerage job to provide funds for the family; Alek gets offered a job as a school teacher at 14 years old

Ch 10: Talking about the school structure; enjoys his teachers and classmates, and is proud of the fact that he can have position of censor (valedictorian with benefits)

Ch 11: he goes home for summer vacation; his father is in prison again and asks him to deliver things to different people; he's scared but does it anyways

"'These peasants don't owe me anything. On the contrary, I owe them everything, since I live by their labour.'" p. 65

ch 8: move to a new city, speaking more about local nobles and such
ch 9: lots of love triangles; his father becomes in charge of the estate they were working at, Aleks gets sent to boarding school

ch 7: lots of content about his relationship with his father; talks about hunting, an incident where he almost dies, and his father cheating on his mother with a widow in town; also, his father makes him read history textbooks to become more learned

Ch 6: he prefers his less wealthy grandmother to his father's mother; he has been hired to tutor some other children in the town; he walks barefoot often

it has been clarified to me that the father was imprisoned and exiled due to corruption accusations of the count's staff. thanks john :)