My Universities

Name: My Universities
Author: Maxim Gorky

by Maxim Gorky

Autobiographical narrative describing the author's intellectual growth and self-education through reading

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Maxim Gorky

Gorky brought Russian naturalism to its social extreme with plays depicting the desperate lives of the lower classes. The Lower Depths is one of the great documents of pre-revolutionary Russian consciousness.

More by Maxim Gorky

MotherNovel depicting a mother's sacrifice and her son's revolutionary journey and political awakening
My ChildhoodAutobiographical account of the author's harsh childhood under a tyrannical grandfather in Russia
My ApprenticeshipAutobiographical memoir of the author's formative years as a poor apprentice learning trades
The Lower DepthsRealistic play depicting the lives of poor residents in a St. Petersburg dosshouse
Enemies
Children of the SunPlay exploring conflict between intellectuals and workers over competing visions of progress