Mother

This book gives a broad and generalized picture of life in Russia on the eve of the Revolution of 1905. The narrative is based on events which took place in the town of Sormovo. Pyotr Andreyevich Zalomov, a Sormovo worker, and his mother Anna Kirillovna served as prototypes for the main characters in Gorky's novel, embodied in Pavel Vlassov, a revolutionary, and his mother Nilovna, a workman's wife. The life and activities of the Zalomova presented Gorky with material from which he created typical characters and situations. Through the fascinating people in this book he expressed his concept - a concept born of much hard experience - of the beauty and greatness of those who are selflessly devoted to the most advanced ideas of their day and to the cause of the people.

1907. Maxim Gorky, Pseudonym Of Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov, Soviet Novelist, Playwright And Essayist, Who Was A Founder Of Social Realism. Although Known Principally As A Writer, He Was Closely Associated With The Tumultuous Revolutionary Period Of His Own Country. The Mother, One Of His Best-known Works, Is The Story Of The Radicalization Of An Uneducated Woman That Was Later Taken As A Model For The Socialist Realist Novel, And His Autobiographical Masterpiece Childhood. See Other Titles By This Author Available From Kessinger Publishing.