Childhood. In People. My Universities

Russian writer, thinker, and five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize Maxim Gorky, before dedicating his life to literature, spent a lot of time traveling across the Russian Empire. He lost his parents early and grew up in a home where a hostile atmosphere reigned. His grandmother tried in every way to surround him with love and care, but never dared to contradict her tyrant husband. His grandfather raised his grandson in the old-fashioned way and beat the entire family. The sufferings experienced in childhood left an indelible mark on the writer's soul and formed the basis of the autobiographical trilogy «Childhood. In People. My Universities», where he talks about growing up and his first disappointments.