Childhood (Compulsory Reading Series for Full-time Compulsory Education Students)

Author: Maxim Gorky (China)
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Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Happy childhoods are all similar; unhappy childhoods are each different. As a semi-autobiographical novel by the literary giant Maxim Gorky, this book reveals the growth journey of a Russian child, and even of the Russian nation: "In my childhood, I imagined myself as a beehive, with various ordinary people, all like bees, sending the knowledge and ideas of life into the hive. They generously enriched my soul to the best of their ability. This honey was often dirty and bitter, but as long as it was knowledge, it was honey."