Project Gutenberg 2017-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 277 Gorky, Maksim 1868 1936 Peshkov, Alexey Maximiovich Горький, Максим Gorky, Maxim Gorky, Maxime Gorki, Maximo Gorki, Maxime Strunsky, Rose The Confession: A Novel Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version,also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) "The Confession: A Novel" by Maksim Gorky is a work of fiction written in the early 20th century. This novel introduces readers to Matvei, an orphaned child abandoned at birth, who navigates a life filled with hardship, loneliness, and the search for identity. It explores themes of poverty, social injustice, and the quest for human dignity, highlighting the protagonist’s struggles against his circumstances and societal expectations. The opening of the novel presents Matvei's early years, detailing his abandonment and subsequent upbringing by a kind gardener named Danil and later, a gentle sexton named Larion. Through Larion, Matvei experiences warmth and tenderness, which contrast sharply with the harshness he faces from society as a foundling. This early section sets the groundwork for Matvei’s complex relationship with faith, morality, and the adult world, indicated by Larion's conversations about God and the nature of good and evil. As Matvei grows, he grapples with his identity and future, facing ridicule from peers and emotional turmoil stemming from his origins, making for a poignant exploration of a young man's journey through a tumultuous existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Russian fiction -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Novels Category: Russian Literature 438505 2025-07-22T09:12:32.881131 text/html 419882 2024-10-23T02:48:18 text/html 241472 2025-07-22T09:12:37.966024 application/epub+zip 248150 2025-07-22T09:12:33.586022 application/epub+zip 239217 2025-07-22T09:12:33.262051 application/epub+zip 370727 2025-07-22T09:12:41.394022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357567 2025-07-22T09:12:37.653032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353116 2022-08-25T07:40:19.470915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419455 2025-07-22T09:12:31.877077 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 399521 2024-10-23T02:48:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16944 2025-07-22T09:12:41.521012 application/rdf+xml 8839 2025-07-22T09:12:33.345043 image/jpeg 1700 2025-07-22T09:12:33.305017 image/jpeg 230278 2025-07-22T09:12:32.923032 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia