How the Steel Was Tempered

“The most precious thing for a person is life. It is given to him only once, and he must live it in such a way that it does not hurt painfully for the aimlessly lived years” – perhaps one of the most famous literary quotes, which came from the pen of Nikolai Ostrovsky. “How the Steel Was Tempered” is an autobiographical novel written in 1932. The novel immediately gained immense popularity and became the most published work of literature. It is a book about the resilience of character, determination, idealism, and, most importantly, boundless faith in a bright future for which it is worth fighting!