Mother
READING AGE 16+
(1906)
The Mother is a story about revolutionary factory workers. It has been translated into many languages, and has also been adapted into a number of movies.
One of Maxim Gorky's firm convictions was that the purpose of literature was to raise a man's soul while expurgating seductive elements that subvert the peace and balance of life. The beginning of this novel transports the reader back in time giving them a glimpse into the lives of the workers of Krasinove Soromo Factory--living in a smoke-begrimed, greasy atmosphere, obedient to the summons of the power of steam-hastening forward like frightened cockroaches. It has some memorable speeches like, "when will we have mothers who rejoice at sending their children to death." Let me have books--such books that when a man has read them he will not be able to rest.--Submitted by pushpinder
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In the street the frozen atmosphere enveloped her body invigoratingly, penetrated into her throat, tickled her nose, and for a second suppressed the breathing in her bosom. The mother stopped and looked around. Near to her, at the corner of the empty street, stood a cabman in a shaggy hat; at a slight distance a man was walking, bent, his head s……
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