Mother - World Literature Classics (Introduction by Renowned Scholars)

Author: Maxim Gorky (USSR)
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Mother is one of Gorky's most representative works. This novel vividly depicts the revolutionary struggle of the working class against the autocratic rule of landlords and the bourgeoisie, praises the indomitable revolutionary spirit and heroism of the proletariat, and portrays the glorious image of the proletarian revolutionary fighters with socialist consciousness. It holds a landmark significance in the history of world proletarian literature. This book is a famous author's introduction edition of the world literary masterpiece Mother, edited by the renowned writer Liu Xinwu, and is designed to complement Chinese language teaching. It includes content such as ideological themes, artistic features, famous author's introduction, the main text, and reflections, helping to improve students' Chinese language performance. Mother is the masterpiece of the Soviet realist writer Gorky and holds a landmark significance in the history of world proletarian literature. The protagonist of the novel, the mother (Nikolovna), was originally an ordinary laboring woman who endured her fate. Under the influence of her revolutionary son Pavel, her thoughts mature rapidly, and she gradually grows into a proletarian revolutionary fighter. This novel profoundly reflects the mass revolutionary struggles led by the proletarian party in the early 20th century and depicts the historical process of the workers' movement from spontaneity to consciousness. It also creates for the first time the image of a proletarian hero with socialist consciousness. Lenin praised it as "a very timely book."