Gorky's "childhood" full text
Gorky's "Childhoods" was first published in the Soviet Union in 1924. The novel used Gorky's childhood as the background to tell the story of his childhood life experience, including family, school, society and so on. The protagonist of the novel was a boy named Alexei Gorky. He lived in a rural family in the Soviet Union during his childhood. His father was a blacksmith and his mother was a teacher. Although their family was relatively poor, they supported each other and cared for each other. In the novel, Gorky described his life in school, including learning, playing, and communicating with his classmates. He also described his experiences in society, including his stories with his neighbors, his interactions with his teachers and classmates, and so on. Through Gorky's childhood experience, the novel showed the dark side of the Soviet society and the suffering of the people. At the same time, it also reflected Gorky's own thoughts on social problems and his yearning for the future. "Childhoods" was one of Gorky's representative works and was regarded as a classic in the history of world literature. Through real life experiences and profound thoughts, it depicted human childhood, human nature and emotions, which had a profound impact on later literature and art.