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The Philistines (translated also as Smug Citizens and The Petty Bourgeois; Мещане, 1901); The Lower Depths (На дне, 1902); Summerfolk (also, Vacationers; Дачники, 1904)
Gorky intended his final work of fiction, The Life of Klim Samgin, a novel which he worked on until his death, as his masterpiece; it was supposed to depict "all the classes, all the trends, all the tendencies, all the hell-like commotion of the last century, and all the storms of the 20th century." Out of the four intended volumes of the novel ...
D. S. Mirsky, the émigré critic and the author of The History of Russian Literature, who was very critical of Gorky before the novel came out, wrote that The Artamonov Business "is undoubtedly the best of Gorky's novels", and that "it belongs to one of the main traditions of Russian literature, to a great number of denunciations of Russian spiritual poverty, such as Oblomov, The Golovlyov ...
Gorky was personally connected to the novel as it is based on real life events, revolving around Anna Zalomova and her son Pyotr Zalomov. Gorky, being a distant relative of Anna Zalomova who visited Gorky's family when he was a child, had a deeper connection to the story. The event took place during a May Day demonstration in Sormovo in 1902.
Pages in category "Novels by Maxim Gorky" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. The Artamonov ...
The book was printed but distribution was delayed by censorship. In February 1914 the St. Petersburg Press Committee decided to initiate criminal proceedings against Gorky and seize all copies of the book. On May 19, 1914, this decision was carried out, and most of The Life of a Useless Man was cut out of all 10,400 copies of the volume. [4]
The biographies were authored by prominent publicists and journalists of the time, such as E. A. Solovyov and A. Skabichevsky. Some essays were penned by professional philosophers and writers, including V.S. Solovyov, and N.M. Minsky. Maxim Gorky introduced a new format of biographies featuring world-renowned figures in science, art, and ...
"Creatures That Once Were Men" (Russian: Бывшие люди, literally, "former people") is a 1897 novella by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. It is regarded as a work of social realism , and it depicts the bottom of Russian society (like Gorky's other early works, including his most famous play The Lower Depths ) [ 1 ] The novella was ...
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