Mother (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Maxim Gorki
- First Published: 1906
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: First decade of the twentieth century
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Pelagueya Vlasova, Pavel Vlasov, Andrey, Vyesovshchikov, Rybin, Nikolay Ivanovich, Sofya, Sashenka, Natasha
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Communism or communists, Prisoners, Revolutionaries, Twentieth century, Revolutions, Trials, Lower classes, Russia or Russian people, Peasantry or peasants, Proletariat, Russian Revolution, Propaganda
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
The factory workers in the small Russian community of Nizhni-Novgorod were an impoverished, soulless, brutal lot. Their work in the factory dehumanized them and robbed them of their energy; as a result, they lived like beasts.
When the worker Michael Vlasov died, his wife, Pelagueya, feared that her son Pavel would lead the same anguished, brutal life. Gradually, however, she noticed with joy and apprehension that Pavel was turning out differently and that he was given to reading. One day, Pavel informed his mother that he was reading subversive literature and...
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