The Mother - Maxim Gorky
Pre-revolution, 1906. A widow mother sees her son fall into the same attitude as her deceased husband - a true buffoon and a drunkard. She struggles daily in her work at the factory and seems to lose all her purpose in life.
Until one day her son brings some friends over. He changes and starts thinking more peacefully yet radically. The group bring books, literature, and start reading to one another vehemently, discussing different philosophies and ways of thinking. The mother appears intrigued and held back - as she is uneducated and thus almost illiterate - but does her best to support her son eventually, powering through her non-existent political beliefs.
The group begins having some revolutionary thoughts and decides to spread their philosophy through pamphlets at the factory.
something like that, that's where I left it for now. it reads
very propaganda-esque, especially given the timeframe, but it remains a wonderful classic