In the World

Maxim Gorky1915–1916

The second volume of the autobiographical trilogy, published 1915-1916. It covers the five years when Alyosha goes 'into the world' from eleven to sixteen: errand boy in a boot shop, servant in a draughtsman's household, apprentice in an icon-painting workshop, dishwasher on Volga steamers—where a reading cook sets him on the path of books. The English translation In the World by Gertrude M. Foakes (The Century Co., 1917) is available in full from Project Gutenberg; Chinese translations remain under copyright—this entry provides bibliographic lookup only for Chinese.

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The English translation is in the public domain and available from Project Gutenberg. Chinese translations remain under copyright; please consult publishers, bookstores, or library systems for specific editions.

English Edition: In the World, translated by Gertrude M. Foakes, The Century Co., 1917 (Project Gutenberg eBook #55502, public-domain full text)
Chinese Edition: Chinese translations (various publishers, per respective copyright pages)
Rights Boundary: Gorky's Russian original and the 1917 English translation are in the public domain (author died 1936; translation published 1917). Chinese translations remain under copyright; no Chinese full text is hosted.

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