It was also translated into english as childhood like the volumes of autobiography that were to follow, my childhood examines the authors experiences by means of individual portraits and descriptions of events. Aleksyei maksimovitch pyeshkof pseudonym maxim gorky. The project gutenberg ebook of the confession, by maxim gorky. Project gutenberg offers 61738 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and. Read childhood an english translation by maksim gorky available from. He spent his early childhood in astrakhan where his father worked as a shipping agent, but when the boy was only five years old, his father died, and he was sent to live with. He was also a fivetime nominee for the nobel prize in literature. After his fathers death, he spent his childhood with his mother and grandparents in an atmosphere of hostility. Maxim gorky, like leo tolstoy, was primarily an autobiographical author. He was turned out of the house when his mother died. Books by gorky, maksim sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Russian setting can be had only by reading his recent book, my childhood.
Synopsis maxim gorky, pseudonym of alexei maksimovich peshkov, soviet novelist, playwright and essayist, who was a founder of social realism. Childhood ebook by maksim gorky 9781566639064 rakuten kobo. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. His grandmother was the most important person of his childhood and the reader feels the importance of this person and her sweetness. For more than a decade, it was on my bookshelf, patiently waiting for its turn. The name reflected his simmering anger about life in russia and a determination to speak the bitter truth. Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, gorkys childhood equipped him to understand in a way denied to a tolstoy or a turgenev the.
His poverty greatly influenced his autobiographical trilogy, childhood 19, in the world 1915 and my universities 1923. Like the volumes of autobiography that were to follow, my childhood examines the authors experiences. Maxim gorky, pseudonym of alexei maksimovich peshkov, soviet novelist, playwright and essayist, who was a founder of social realism. Of all gorky s books this is the one that made him the father of russian. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading my childhood.
It describes a life begun in the raw, remembered with extraordinary charm and poignancy and without bitterness. The project gutenberg ebook of confession, by maxim gorky this ebook is for the. Mother by maxim gorky part 1of2 book reading, british english female voice magneonbooks. My childhood ebook maxim gorky auteur out of the darkest depths of life, where vice and crime and misery abound, comes the byron of the twentieth century, the poet of the vagabond and the proletariat, maxim gorky. Like the volumes of autobiography that were to follow, my childhood examines the authors experiences by means of individual portraits and descriptions of events. Book reading, british english female voice duration. Of all gorky s books this is the one that made him the father of russian literature. The first book of an autobiographical trilogy by maksim gorky, published in russian in 1914 as detstvo. From maxim gorkys trilogy, moskva, 1975, this book began it, followed by among the people, and my university. My childhood paperback published november 1st 1991 by penguin books penguin twentiethcentury classics, paperback, 240 pages. My childhood, the first book of an autobiographical trilogy by maxim gorky, published in russian in 1914 as detstvo.
Although known principally as a writer, he was closely associated with the tumultuous revolutionary period of his own country. Since i seem to have more patience with books these days, i picked up this classic, despite never having read any of gorky s works. In nizhny novgorod the central district childrens library, the academic drama theater, a street, as well as a square are named after maxim gorky. This antiquarian book contains gorky maxim s 1906 novel, the mother.
Product twentysix and one and other stories by maxim gorky, fiction, classics, literary, short stories. Mother by maxim gorky part 1of2 book reading, british. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read my childhood. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading my childhood penguin modern classics. Detstvo is an autobiographical work by maxim gorky, published in russian in 1914, and in english in 1920. It presents vignettes of the people and situations he.
Maxim gorky village, znamensky district of omsk oblast. My childhood, the first volume of gorky s autobiographical trilogy, was in part an pdf act of exorcism. The russian and soviet writer maxim gorky was a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist, who used his novels to illustrate the corruption of the world around him. Born aleksey maksimovich peshkov on march 16, 1868, in nizhny novgorod, russia later renamed in his honor maxim gorky would learn early the harsh lessons of life. It is a moving and thoughtprovoking narrative of the parallel between the evolution of one mans mother and the evolution of mother russia. Listofillustrations maximgorky frontispiece facing page hedanceunweariedly,obliviousofeverything. Ebook my childhood by maksim gorky read online or download for. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. And the most important attraction there is the museumapartment of maxim gorky.
It rushed like a rapid torrent from somewhere far away, stirring ones. He was turned out of the house when his mother died and was left to work in various jobsin a bakery, in an ikonmakers shop, on bargesuntil his. He began using the pseudonym gorky literally bitter in 1892, while working in tiflis newspaper the caucasus. My childhood isbn 9780140182859 pdf epub maxim gorky. My childhood 1991 read online free book by maxim gorky. Maxim gorky is the penname of alexei maximovich peshkov, who was born in 1868 in the city of nizhnynovgorod, now renamed after him. He was turned out of the house when his mother died and was left to work in various jobsin a bakery, in an ikonmakers shop, on bargesuntil. He led a vagabond life for many years, working and tramping with the poorest classes in russia, and his writings record the tragedy of poverty and crime as he found it.
She talked also about angels and devils she had seen and gorky child was fascinated by all these stories. My childhood penguin modern classics kindle edition by gorky, maxim, wilks, ronald. The material here is considered amongst his greatest. Gorky s father had died when he was a child and his mother decided to leave him with her parents and to go away. My childhood by maxim gorky overdrive rakuten overdrive. My childhood, the first volume of gorky s autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism. My little brother maxim was dead, and lay on a table in the. This comprehensive ebook presents a range of gorky s works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time. I had bought maxim gorky s my childhood back in july 2006.
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