A CONFESSION

A Confesten is a 1908 short novel by Maxim Gorky. About a pilgrim the novel highlights the God-building movement that arose in the Russian Empire in the late 19th century. A Confevian expresses Gorky's helief in humanity when strong individuals are connected to cach other. It also reflects Gorky's disgurt with injustice hypocrisy and conditions that degrade human dignity and his faith in human potential Gorky says I am an atheist In A Confession the lea wat to show the means by which man could progress from individualiam on the collectivist understanding of the world. The main character aces Cod- building as an attempt to reconstruct social life according to the spirit of crollectivison the spirit of uniting the people on their way tzr cur сти goal: lihorating man fivom slavery within and without.