Mother

Gorkys 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 Vladimir 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.