My University - World Literature Classics (Renowned Authors' Guide Edition)

Author: Maxim Gorky
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: My University is one of Maxim Gorky's autobiographical trilogy and is a work with profound educational significance and immense artistic charm. The narrative follows the young "I" who comes to Kazan with the dream of attending university. After his dreams are shattered, he is forced to struggle for survival, living in a crowded tenement, doing manual labor, and making friends with petty bourgeoisie and university students. He enters a vast "social university," where he learns knowledge that cannot be acquired in a walled university. Through painful intellectual exploration, he grows into a revolutionary intellectual. My University continues to be warmly welcomed by readers, inspiring generations to draw courage and belief from Gorky's works in their pursuit of light. This edition is a world literary masterpiece guide edited by the renowned writer Liu Xinwu, designed to complement Chinese language teaching. It includes content such as ideological themes, artistic features, expert guidance, the main text, and reflections, helping to improve students' Chinese language performance. Gorky's autobiographical trilogy is one of his outstanding works and a precious treasure of world proletarian literature. The novel, with its realistic style and passionate, courageous attitude toward life, has won the hearts of countless readers worldwide. Since its publication, it has had a broad impact, encouraging countless young people yearning for light and knowledge to advance bravely. The final installment of the trilogy, My University, has become one of the literary classics favored by middle school students. Generations have grown up reading this book, eventually stepping through the doors of university. The phrases "Hardship is a university" and "A person is forged through constant resistance to their surroundings" have become the mottoes of many aspirants, inspiring people to never give up their pursuit of a better life and ideals, no matter how dire the circumstances.