Maxim Gorky wrote three autobiographical works, namely My Childhood (Russian: Детство, romanized: Detstvo), In the World (Russian: В людях, romanized: V lyudyakh) and My Universities (Russian: Мои университеты, romanized: Moi universitety).

[1] The first part of Gorky's autobiography, My Childhood, was published in Russian in 1913–14, and in English in 1915.

[6] In these works Gorky has abandoned the form of fiction and all (apparent) literary invention; he has also hidden himself and given up taking any part in his characters' "quest for truth."

His person is only the pretext round which to gather a wonderful gallery of portraits.

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