Gorky's Mother, which focuses on the role women played in the struggle of the Russian working class on the eve of the revolution of 1905, is considered a turning-point in the history of Russian literature. In the words of Vladamir Lenin: “It is a book of the utmost importance; many workers, who have joined the revolutionary movement impulsively, without properly understanding why, will begin to comprehend after reading Mother“.
Gorky's Mother, which focuses on the role women played in the struggle of the Russian working class on the eve of the revolution of 1905, is considered a turning-point in the history of Russian literature. In the words of Vladamir Lenin: “It is a book of the utmost importance; many workers, who have joined the revolutionary movement impulsively, without properly understanding why, will begin to comprehend after reading Mother“.