Childhood In the World My University (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Maxim Gorky (USSR)
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Features: This book authentically describes the author's difficult childhood and reflects some typical characteristics of the social life at that time, especially depicting a vivid and realistic picture of the customs and daily life of the petty bourgeois class in Russia. It not only reveals the "lead-heavy ugly deeds" but also portrays many excellent ordinary people around the author, among whom the image of the grandmother is one of the most brilliant and poetic figures in Russian literature. It is these ordinary people who gave young Gorky a positive influence, helping him develop a character that refuses to yield to ugliness and shaping him into a strong and kind individual. Childhood is part of Gorky's trilogy of autobiographical novels. As early as the 1890s, Gorky had the idea of writing biographical works. Between 1908 and 1910, Lenin visited Gorky at his villa on Capri Island in Italy, and Gorky spoke to him on several occasions about his childhood and youth. Once, Lenin said to Gorky, "You should write everything down, old friend, you must! Everything here is extremely meaningful!" Gorky replied, "One day, I will write it down." Soon after, he fulfilled this promise. In this book, Gorky authentically describes his difficult childhood, reflecting some typical characteristics of the social life at that time, especially depicting a vivid and realistic picture of the customs and daily life of the petty bourgeois class in Russia. It not only reveals the "lead-heavy ugly deeds" but also portrays many excellent ordinary people around the author, among whom the image of the grandmother is one of the most brilliant and poetic figures in Russian literature. It is these ordinary people who gave young Gorky a positive influence, helping him develop a character that refuses to yield to ugliness and shaping him into a strong and kind individual. Childhood was written between 1912 and 1913. It was first published in installments from August 1913 to January 1914 in the newspaper Russkaya Gazeta. In 1914, it was first published as a standalone book in Berlin. The Chinese translation is from Gorky's 30-volume collection, Volume 13, first published in 1956. This book is printed based on the Gorky Collection of our publishing house. Etc.