In the World

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"In the World" is a novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that continues the semi-autobiographical story of a young boy’s harsh upbringing and moral awakening in late 19th-century Russia.


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instanceOf novel
alsoKnownAs Among People
В людях
author Maxim Gorky
basedOn life of Maxim Gorky
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
follows My Childhood
genre autobiographical novel
bildungsroman
hasSequel My Universities
languageScript Cyrillic
literaryMovement social realism
literaryPeriod Russian literature of the late 19th century
mainCharacter Alyosha Peshkov
narrativePerspective first-person
originalLanguage Russian
partOfSeries Maxim Gorky autobiographical trilogy
settingPlace Russia
settingTime late 19th century
theme childhood hardship
formation of political consciousness
moral awakening
poverty
social injustice
workChronologyPosition second book of Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy


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