Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova – the mother of the title – and her son Pavel, Gorky’s masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes’ struggle for...

Maxim Gorky\"s short stories provide a candid and unflinching portrayal of life among the downtrodden of Russian society. Drawing on experiences from the author\"s own early life, which was characterised by poverty and abuse, his tales feature resourceful thieves, delinquent tramps, and browbeaten workers....

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This edition of Foma Gordyeff The Man Who Was Afraid by Maxim Gorky and translated by Herman Bernstein is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition ...

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Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova – the mother of the title – and her son Pavel, Gorky\"s masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the proletariat, the role of women in society and the lower classes\" struggle for...

This compelling 1902 play, considered Gorky\"s masterpiece, centers on a group of wretched souls who congregate to play cards, tell stories, and debate whether it is better to live without illusions or to maintain a romanticized worldview. A......

\"I could hear the frost crackling outside. Greenish moonbeams shone through windows covered with patterns of ice...\" One of the most moving accounts of being a boy ever written, My Childhood is a both wonderful and harrowing memoir - and one......

In \\\"The Lower Depths\\\", his dramatic masterpiece of 1902, Gorky presented a grimly realistic view of a desperate circle of lost souls....