The book contains articles by M. Gorky, published under the heading "Untimely thoughts", as well as other responses and notes published by him on the pages of the newspaper "New Life" in 1917 - 1918 The newspaper was opened after the February Revolution and closed after the October Revolution. Printing on the pages of the “New Life”, Gorky tried to develop his position, his attitude to reality, developing events. Most of these articles were in complementary books - "Revolution and Culture . Posts from 1917.. [ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Notes on the Revolution and Culture".. [ The first book, consisting of 33 articles, was published in 1918 in Berlin in Russian, the second - from 48 articles - was published in 1918 in Petrograd .......... After 1918.. [ [ In the USSR, the books were not reprinted ..