Picking up where 1938's My Childhood left off, the story covers the years in Gorki's life when the future writer was on his own, looking for a purpose and place in life.
Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Natalya, the washer-woman
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Matriona Ivanovna
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Viktor Ivanov, son
The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
Smury, the cook
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Ship's Steward
Grandfather Kachirin
Uncle Yakov Kashirin
Zhikaryov, icon painter
Ivan Larionovich
Sitanev, craftsman
Kapendiukin
Mitropolsky
