The Russian and Soviet writer Maxim Gorky was a founder of the Socialist realism literary method and a political activist, who used his novels to illustrate the corruption of the world around him. This comprehensive eBook presents a range of Gorky’s works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to G...

A book of the utmost importance"", in the words of Lenin, and a landmark in Russian literature, The Mother - here presented in a brilliant new version by Hugh Aplin, the first English translation in almost a century - will enchant modern readers both for its historical significance and its intrinsic value as a work of art. 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 o...

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 pla...

ABOUT sixty years ago, when fortunes of millions had been made on the Volga with fairy-tale rapidity, Ignat Gordyeeff, a young fellow, was working as water-pumper on one of the barges of the wealthy merchant Zayev.Built like a giant, handsome and not at all stupid, he was one of those people whom luck always follows everywhere—not because they are gifted and industrious, but rather because, having an enormous stock of energy at their command, they cannot stop to think over the choi...

THE BEST-LOVED NOVELof One of the World’s Great WritersMother, the immortal classic of Maxim Gorky, one of the world’s best-loved writers, 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.To read Mother is to under...

Tales from Gorky written by Maxim Gorky who was a Russian and Soviet writer. This book was translated by R. Nisbet Bain and was published in 1902. Now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the...

Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev - the life of the ordinary Russian. After his father, a paperhanger and upholsterer, died of cholera, five-year-old Gorky was taken to live with his grandfather, a polecat-faced tyrant who would regularly beat him unconscious, and with his grandmother, a tender mountain of a woman and a wonderful storyteller, who would kneel beside their bed (with Gorky in...

Maksim Gorky’s writing is known for its naturalistic style and its focus on the lives of ordinary people. In Tales from Gorky, he uses detailed descriptions and a deep understanding of human nature to bring his stories to life.The collection was well-received for its powerful and realistic portrayal of Russian life, and Gorky’s ability to capture the emotional depth of his characters made his work influential in the literary world. Gorky is considered a key figure in Russian literature, an...

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. Gorky's most famous works were The Lower Depths (1902), Tw...

In "Tales from Gorky," Maksim Gorky presents a poignant collection of short stories that delve into the complexities of human existence, particularly within the socio-political landscape of early 20th-century Russia. Through a raw and vividly naturalistic style, Gorky navigates themes of poverty, resilience, and the quest for meaning amidst adversity. The tales blend realism with a lyrical prose, showcasing Gorky's adeptness at capturing the inner worlds of his characters'—the marginalized...

Maxime Gorki est un écrivain russe soviétique considéré comme un des fondateurs du réalisme socialiste en littérature et un homme engagé politiquement et intellectuellement aux côtés des Révolutionnaires bolcheviques. Enfant pauvre et autodidacte, formé par les difficultés et les errances de sa jeunesse, passé par le journalisme, il devient un écrivain célèbre dès ses débuts littéraires. Auteur de nouvelles pittoresques mettant en scène les misérables de Russie profonde, de pièces de théât...

In 1920, Virginia and Leonard Woolf's Hogarth Press published Maxim Gorky's Reminiscences of Tolstoy and it was recognized almost immediately as one of the few masterpieces of modern biography. 'It is one of the most remarkable biographical pieces ever written,' writes Leonard Woolf in his autobiography. 'It makes one hear, see, feel Tolstoy and his character as if one were sitting in the same room – his greatness and his littleness, his entrancing and infuriating complexity, his ...