Mother. Gorky M.

The basis of the novel “Mother”, one of the most popular works of Gorky, was the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence the exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, selfless heroism of the main character-revolutionary Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the hero’s mother, one of the brightest and most exciting characters of Russian literature, symbolizing the eternal image of a mother, endowed with the gift of boundless love and patience.