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My Childhood

by Maxim Gorky ...

Out of the darkest depths of life, where vice and crime and misery abound, comes the Byron of the twentieth century, the poet of the vagabond and the proletariat, Maxim Gorky. Not like the beggar, humbly imploring for a crust in the name of the Lord, nor like the jeweller displaying his precious stones to dazzle and tempt the eye, he comes to the world — nay, in accents of Tyrtaeus this commoner ... Read more

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Out of the darkest depths of life, where vice and crime and misery abound, comes the Byron of the twentieth century, the poet of the vagabond and the proletariat, Maxim Gorky. Not like the beggar, humbly imploring for a crust in the name of the Lord, nor like the jeweller displaying his precious stones to dazzle and tempt the eye, he comes to the world — nay, in accents of Tyrtaeus this commoner
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8 Classic Russian Novels You Should Read [Newly Updated] (Golden Deer Classics)

Crime And Punishment, War And Peace, Dead Souls, Anna Karenina...

by Leo Tolstoy, Golden Deer Classics, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Goncharov, Ivan Turgenev, Maxim Gorky ...

This Golden Deer Classics collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky ... Read more

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This Golden Deer Classics collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky
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Creatures That Once Were Men

by Maxim Gorky ...

First published in 1918, "Creatures That Once Were Men" is a collection of short stories by the popular and influential Russian author Maxim Gorky, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and arguably the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century.Gorky wrote stories, plays, memoirs and novels which touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian ... Read more

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First published in 1918, "Creatures That Once Were Men" is a collection of short stories by the popular and influential Russian author Maxim Gorky, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and arguably the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century.Gorky wrote stories, plays, memoirs and novels which touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian
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Tales of the Devil

by Niccolò Machiavelli, Nikolai Gogol, Maxim Gorky, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant ...

Tales of the Devil, edited by Maximilian J. Rudwin, is a captivating collection of stories that explore the timeless and multifaceted figure of the Devil in literature. Originally published in 1921 under the title Devil Stories: An Anthology, this masterful work brings together tales from some of the greatest literary minds, spanning centuries and cultures to examine themes of temptation, ambition ... Read more

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Tales of the Devil, edited by Maximilian J. Rudwin, is a captivating collection of stories that explore the timeless and multifaceted figure of the Devil in literature. Originally published in 1921 under the title Devil Stories: An Anthology, this masterful work brings together tales from some of the greatest literary minds, spanning centuries and cultures to examine themes of temptation, ambition
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A Very Russian Christmas

The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time

by Mikhail Zoshchenko, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lev Tolstoy, Vladimir Korolenko, Klaudia Lukashevich, Maxim Gorky, Teffi ...

Series series Very Christmas
A collection of short Christmas stories by some of Russia's greatest nineteenth and twentieth century authors—several appearing in English for the first time.Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, this collection offers a holiday feast of Russian fiction. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy; Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales; Chekhov's ... Read more

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A collection of short Christmas stories by some of Russia's greatest nineteenth and twentieth century authors—several appearing in English for the first time.Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, this collection offers a holiday feast of Russian fiction. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy; Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales; Chekhov's
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Summerfolk

Full Text and Introduction

by Maxim Gorky ...

Translated by Stephen Mulrine ...

Series Book 0 - Drama Classics
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceMaxim Gorky's magnificent response to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, written in 1904, the year Chekhov died.Summerfolk is a play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. It is set in a world of 'false hopes and unfulfilled promises', where ... Read more

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Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceMaxim Gorky's magnificent response to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, written in 1904, the year Chekhov died.Summerfolk is a play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. It is set in a world of 'false hopes and unfulfilled promises', where
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Mother ebook

by Maxim Gorky, GP Editors ...

Mother is the immortal classic of Maxim Gorky, one of the world's best-loved writers. It is the story of the radicalization of an uneducated woman. From her dull peasant existence into active participation in her people's struggle for justice. Through her work she frees herself from the cowed state into which she has been beaten and her simple motherly concern for her son becomes a motherly ... Read more

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Mother is the immortal classic of Maxim Gorky, one of the world's best-loved writers. It is the story of the radicalization of an uneducated woman. From her dull peasant existence into active participation in her people's struggle for justice. Through her work she frees herself from the cowed state into which she has been beaten and her simple motherly concern for her son becomes a motherly
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One autumn night

by Maxim Gorky ...

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (1868 – 1936), primarily known as Maxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. He was also a five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Prior to his renown as an author, he frequently changed jobs and roamed across the Russian Empire; these experiences would later influence his writing ... Read more

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (1868 – 1936), primarily known as Maxim Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. He was also a five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Prior to his renown as an author, he frequently changed jobs and roamed across the Russian Empire; these experiences would later influence his writing
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100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2

by Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Robert Louis Stevenson, Upton Sinclair, Walter Scott, William Somerset Maugham, George Sand, Mary Shelley, Jack London, Rabindranath Tagore, Stendhal0, Mark Twain1, Mark Twain2, James Joyce3, H. G. Wells4, Jules Verne5, Leo Tolstoy6, Bram Stoker7, Edgar Allan Poe8, Herman Melville9, Marcel Proust0, H. P. Lovecraft1, Thomas Mann2, D. H. Lawrence3, Rudyard Kipling4, Grant Allen5, Lucius Apuleius6, Marcus Aurelius7, Jane Austen8, L. Frank Baum9, Dale Carnegie0, Margaret Cavendish1, G.K. Chesterton2, John Cleland3, Wilkie Collins4, Daniel Defoe5, Charles Dickens6, Arthur Conan Doyle7, Alexandre Dumas8, Victor Hugo9, Vatsyayana0, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa1, Horatio Alger Jr2, Susan Coolidge3, Benjamin Disraeli4, Elizabeth Gaskell5, George Gissing6, Hollis Godfrey7, Nikolai Gogol8, Maxim Gorky9, Henry Rider Haggard0, Pieter Harting1, O. Henry2, Arthur Morrison3 ...

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names:Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a BoatJoyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJoyce, James: UlyssesKingsley, Charles: The Water-BabiesKipling, Rudyard: KimLa Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of ClèvesLaclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous LiaisonsLawrence, D. H.: Sons and LoversLawrence, ... Read more

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This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors' last names:Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a BoatJoyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJoyce, James: UlyssesKingsley, Charles: The Water-BabiesKipling, Rudyard: KimLa Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of ClèvesLaclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous LiaisonsLawrence, D. H.: Sons and LoversLawrence,
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The Great Classics of Russian Literature

110+ Titles in One Volume: Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, Mother, Uncle Vanya, Inspector General, Crocodile and more

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Pushkin, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, Maxim Gorky, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. Garshin, F.K. Sologub, I.N. Potapenko, S.T. Semyonov, Leonid Andreyev, M.P. Artzybashev, A.I. Kuprin, Ivan Goncharov, Saki, H. H. Munro, Herman Bernstein ...

Translated by Aylmer Maude, Louise Maude, Constance Garnett, Julius West, Claud Field, Thomas Seltzer, C. J. Hogarth ...

Come along on a very Russian adventure with the greatest classics the world has ever known! This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: The Rise of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War ... Read more

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Come along on a very Russian adventure with the greatest classics the world has ever known! This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Introduction: The Rise of the Russian Empire Novels & Novellas: Dead Souls Oblomov Fathers and Sons Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Leo Tolstoy: War
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Mother

by Maxim Gorky ...

In his novel, Gorky portrays the life of a woman who works in a Russian factory doing hard manual labour and combating poverty and hunger, among other hardships. Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova is the real protagonist; her husband, a heavy drunkard, physically assaults her and leaves all the responsibility for raising their son, Pavel Vlasov, to her, but unexpectedly dies. Pavel noticeably begins to ... Read more

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In his novel, Gorky portrays the life of a woman who works in a Russian factory doing hard manual labour and combating poverty and hunger, among other hardships. Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova is the real protagonist; her husband, a heavy drunkard, physically assaults her and leaves all the responsibility for raising their son, Pavel Vlasov, to her, but unexpectedly dies. Pavel noticeably begins to
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8 Classic Russian Novels You Should Read

by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Goncharov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Nikolai Gogol ...

This collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky ... Read more

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This collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky
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