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Summary

«The Life of Klim Samgin» is an epic by Maxim Gorky, spanning the period from the 1870s to 1917. At the heart of the narrative is the life and inner world of Klim Samgin, an intellectual who observes the changes in Russian society. Klim Samgin is a man who constantly reflects, doubts, and searches for his place in life. He encounters various ideas and movements but never finds his path. Through his fate, Gorky illustrates the crisis of the intelligentsia, its inability to take decisive action, and its internal disunity. The epic concludes on the eve of the October Revolution, leaving the protagonist in a state of complete uncertainty and confusion.