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mother was very small, and was taken away from her when he entered the Technological Institute. Three years were passed in a great struggle in order to earn his living. He gave lessons, painted botanical atlases, corrected proofs. In 1874 Korolenko went to Moscow, having only twenty roubles (40 s.) of hard-earned money in his pocket. There he entered the Petrovskaya Academy. Having passed the examinations in the second course he received a Government scholarship, and he fancied that fortune now smiled on him, but the hope was of short duration. In 1876 he was expelled for taking part against the Director in a collective petition drawn up by the students, and was sent to Vologdd. While on his way there he was remanded to Cronstadt. There he was imprisoned for one year.
In 1887 appeared the first edition of his “Narrations” which was translated
