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The Man Who Was Afraid

Maksim Gorky · Herman Bernstein

FormatEbook
Published2001
Words1,20,901
LanguageEnglish
ReadingIncluded
About this book
This novel by Maksim Gorky, translated by Herman Bernstein, follows Foma Gordeyev, son of a wealthy Volga merchant, who cannot accept the acquisitive values of Russia's merchant class. It suits readers interested in Russian literature and social criticism of the late tsarist era.
Maksim Gorky

Maksim Gorky

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an author, he travelled widely across the Russian Empire, changing jobs frequently; these experiences would later influence his writing. He associated with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, both mentioned by Gorky in his memoirs.

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