Childhood - Primary School Fast Reading of Classic Literature

Author: Maxim Gorky (original), Guo Dan, Tu Qiusheng, Nie Ping (compilation)
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This is the first novel in Gorky's autobiographical trilogy. The novel depicts the author's childhood life before the age of ten. It narrates the growth and life journey of the protagonist, portraying the suffocating and terrifying small world. At the age of four, Alyosha's father died, and he lived a poor and hard life with his maternal grandfather and grandmother. The grandfather had a complex and contradictory personality; while he had a kind heart, greed corrupted his soul. In this cold and indifferent world, only the grandmother protected, cared for, and gave him infinite warmth and affection, as well as beneficial guidance.