Maxim Gorky

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 concern for all oppressed. The book uses simple style to make it an easy read while slowly adding thicker and thicker layers of propaganda and pro Marxist Communist theory.

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. These stunning, thought-provoking short stories helped forge Gorky's reputation as a major proponent of literary socialist realism. This brilliant collection includes the classic tales, The Outcasts, Makar Chudra, Twenty-Six and One, At the Salt Marsh, Chelkash and Song of the Falcon. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

Maksim Gor'kij - pisatel', tvorchestvo kotorogo kazalos' by vsem znakomo, hotja by po shkol'noj programme. Ego provozglasili klassikom literatury socialisticheskogo realizma i tem samym fakticheski izbavili ot vsjakoj kritiki, navjazav chitateljam opredelennoe, vostorzhenno-hvalebnoe otnoshenie k ego tvorchestvu. No esli otbrosit' vse to, chto tak tshhatel'no vnushali nam, mozhno razgljadet' LIChNOST'', figuru prezhde vsego interesnuju gumannuju i stradajushhuju. Ponimanie tvorchestva Gor'kogo trebuet samostojatel'nosti myshlenija i samyh neordinarnyh neozhidannyh podhodov. Jeto pomozhet vam nasladit'sja mnogogrannost'ju ego talanta... V sbornik voshli chetyre samyh izvestnyh rasskaza: Chelkash Ded Arhip i Ljon'ka Makar Chudra Staruha Izergil'

The famous novel of revolutionary conversion and struggle. This novel of Russia before the Revolution is without question the masterpiece of Gorky, Russia's greatest living writer. Into one passionate, astonishing book has been gathered the spirit of the terrifying struggle against the Czar's autocracy. In it Russia stands forth in a flood of light.

Макси́м Го́рький (настоящее имя -- Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; устоявшимся является также употребление настоящего имени писателя в сочетании с псевдонимом -- Алексе́й Макси́мович Го́рький; 16 28] марта 1868, Нижний Новгород, Российская империя -- 18 июня 1936, Горки, Московская область, СССР) -- русский писатель, прозаик, драматург. Один из самых значительных и известных в мире русских писателей и мыслителей.5 раз номинирован на Нобелевскую премию по литературе в 1918, 1923, два раза в 1928, 1933 гг. Начав с романтически одухотворённых новелл, песен в прозе и рассказов, в 1901 году Горький обратился к драматургии. На рубеже XIX и XX веков прославился как автор произведений в революционном духе, лично близкий к социал-демократам и находившийся в оппозиции к царскому режиму. Расцвет творческой биографии писателя отмечен циклами очерков, автобиографических повестей, пьесами, двумя крупными романами, а также книгами и рассказами в жанре публицистической документалистики. Основной пафос творений Горького -- мечта о «новых людях , бесстрашных и свободных, обладающих высочайшими интеллектуальными и физическими способностями, способных добиться сверхцелей за гранью возможного, не исключая бессмертия. В эмиграции провел в общей сложности более 18 лет, включая 15 лет в Италии, при этом не овладел ни одним иностранным языком. ... (wikipedia.org)

A collection of three short stories: Twenty-six and One, Tchelkache & Malva.

A collection of short stories about Russia.

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 of Nizhni Novgorod spurs on his troops of freedom-loving heroes to conquer, as it were, the placid, self-satisfied literatures of to-day, and bring new life to pale, bloodless frames

Mother, by Maxim Gorky, tells the story of revolutionary factory workers. Mother is considered to be the only long work of Gorky on the Russian revolutionary movement; however, of all his novels, it is possibly the least successful. Nevertheless, it remains the best known work of Gorky among the author's other important novels. The political agenda behind the novel was clear. In geya Nilovna Vlasova is a woman who works in a Russian factory doing hard manual labour and combating poverty and hunger, among other hardships. She 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 emulate his father in his drunkenness and stammer, but suddenly becomes involved in revolutionary activities. Abandoning drinking, Pavel starts to bring books to his home. Being illiterate and having no political interest, Nilovna is at first cautious about Pavel's new activities. However, she wants to help him. Pavel is shown as the main revolutionary character. Nevertheless Nilovna, moved by her maternal feelings and, though uneducated, overcoming her political ignorance to become involved in revolution, is considered the true protagonist of the novel.

Through Russia ia a collection of short stories about Russia. About Gorky: Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (March 28, 1868 - June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian/Soviet author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929 he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union he accepted the cultural policies of the time, although he was not permitted to leave the country.

My Childhood is the autobiography of Maxim Gorky.

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

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov 28 March O. S. 16 March] 1868 - 18 June 1936), primarily known as Maxim, 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. Around fifteen years before success as a writer, he frequently changed jobs and roamed across the Russian Empire; these experiences would later influence his writing. Gorky's most famous works were The Lower Depths (1902), Twenty-six Men and a Girl, The Song of the Stormy Petrel, My Childhood, The Mother, Summerfolk and Children of the Sun. He had an association with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov; Gorky would later mention them in his memoirs. Gorky was active with the emerging Marxist social-democratic movement. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime, and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov's Bolshevik wing of the party. For a significant part of his life, he was exiled from Russia and later the Soviet Union. In 1932, he returned to USSR on Joseph Stalin's personal invitation and died there in June 1936.

Maksim Gor'kij - pisatel', tvorchestvo kotorogo kazalos' by vsem znakomo, hotja by po shkol'noj programme. Ego provozglasili klassikom literatury socialisticheskogo realizma i tem samym fakticheski izbavili ot vsjakoj kritiki, navjazav chitateljam opredelennoe, vostorzhenno-hvalebnoe otnoshenie k ego tvorchestvu. No esli otbrosit' vse to, chto tak tshhatel'no vnushali nam, mozhno razgljadet' LIChNOST'', figuru prezhde vsego interesnuju gumannuju i stradajushhuju. Ponimanie tvorchestva Gor'kogo trebuet samostojatel'nosti myshlenija i samyh neordinarnyh neozhidannyh podhodov. Jeto pomozhet vam nasladit'sja mnogogrannost'ju ego talanta... V sbornik voshli chetyre samyh izvestnyh rasskaza: Chelkash Ded Arhip i Ljon'ka Makar Chudra Staruha Izergil'

Maxim Gorky continues to be regarded as the greatest literary representative of revolutionary Russia. Born of the people, and having experienced in his own person their sufferings and their misery, he was enabled by his extraordinary genius to voice their grievances and their aspirations for a better life as no academic could.

Maxim Gorky's novel The Confession embodies the philosophy of the "God-building" movement that arose in the Russian Empire in the late 19th century. The Confession expresses Gorky's belief in humanity when strong individuals are connected to each other. It also reflects Gorky's disgust with injustice, hypocrisy, and conditions that degrade human dignity, and his faith in human potential. The Confession gives insight into some compelling Russian and wider human themes explored by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov and Gorky himself. These include the roles of the church, the state, and individuals, ubiquitous human questions of love, fear and death, and the responsibilities people have for one another.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.