This book is Gorky's autobiographical trilogy describing how the author, form the bottom of life, reaches the cultural peak and find the way to the revolution. My childhood is about the miserable childhood of the hero in his grandpa's house. In the world describes the suffering of the hero in the society. My universities tells that the hero learns much in the "social university" and becomes a revolutionary intellectual.

孤苦伶仃的阿廖沙从小就寄住在贫困的外祖父家。寄人篱下的生活和充满仇恨的环境，在他幼小的心灵上留下了深深的伤痕。为了生活，他在杂货铺做过伙计，当过绘图师的学徒，还做过船上的洗碗工。后来，怀揣读大学的梦想，阿廖沙背井离乡来到喀山。谁知梦想破灭，迫于生活的压力，他走入了天地广阔的"社会大学"。在这里，阿廖沙终于成长为一位革命者。小读者们能从他的身上汲取追求光明的勇气和信心，学会从容镇定地面对生活中的困难与挑战。