本书是高尔基著名的自传体第三部曲，其余两部为《童年》《在人间》。作者描写了他青年时代的生活经历。从这个真实记述的教程中，我们可以看出青少年时代的高尔基对小市民习气的深恶痛绝，对自由的热烈追求，对美好生活的强烈向往。在社会底层与劳苦大众的直接接触，深入社会，接受革命者思想影响和如饥似渴地从书籍中汲取知识养料是他得以成长，从生活底层攀上文化高峰的重要条件。 This is the third book of Gorky's famous autobiographical series with the other two as Childhood and In the World. The writer depicts his life experience as a young man. In the fact-based book, we can find Gorky hating the habits of urban petty bourgeois, aspiring for freedom and beautiful life. He directly contacted the humble people and understood the society deeply. Because he accepted the thinking of revolutionalist and learnt knowledge by reading many books, Gorky finally climbed out of the grassroots society and climbed to the peak of culture.