Childhood

Author: Maxim Gorky
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The New Chinese Language Curriculum Standard Designated Classics is selected based on the recommended reading list from the Full-Time Compulsory Education Chinese Language Curriculum Standards published by the Ministry of Education and the designated reading list from the Senior High School Chinese Language Curriculum Standards. This series has the following characteristics:
1. Expert Introduction with Three Points and Self-Assessment (Key Points, Difficult Points, Knowledge Points, Self-Assessment). The series invites foreign literature experts and professors to write introductions, clarifying the key points, difficult points, and knowledge points of the classics, helping readers better understand them. The "Self-Assessment" at the end of each book lists review and reflection questions related to the classics, catering to the learning needs of middle school students and facilitating their study and revision for exams.
2. Abridgment. The series is abridged by foreign literature experts and professors, ensuring the preservation of the essence of the original works while condensing overly lengthy and redundant chapters. This allows students to better and faster grasp the classics, saving study time and achieving better results.
3. Annotations. To assist readers in understanding the classics, the series invites experts and professors to provide detailed annotations on foreign literary schools, trends, historical events, historical figures, and place names mentioned in the works. These annotations are not only helpful for students to read and comprehend the classics but also serve as a reference for teachers in preparing lessons.
Maxim Gorky, the world-renowned author, is one of the autobiographical novels in his "Trilogy." Childhood, the first part of the trilogy, profoundly impacts readers with its rare authenticity and depth in depicting the realities of Russia at the time. It upholds the values of truth, goodness, and beauty while condemning falsehood, evil, and ugliness, showcasing a strong sense of justice. With its extraordinary artistic techniques and the charm of an ordinary yet great personality, the novel moves readers deeply.
The book features a rigorous artistic structure and outstanding character development. The novel focuses on three main characters: Alyosha, his grandmother, and his grandfather. Alyosha is the central figure of the book. From a young age, he is kind-hearted, especially nurtured by his grandmother, who instills in him a clear sense of right and wrong, good and evil, and the ability to love and hate. He is diligent in learning and hardworking, and the harsh life shapes him into a strong-willed, idealistic, and accomplished individual. The most important aspects of his character are his thirst for knowledge, his reverence and aspiration for the present, his yearning for a brighter future, and his idealism and determination to achieve greatness.