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- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Максим Горький
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 367
- Publisher
- Independently Published, Palala Press, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781475012330
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Gorky, Maxim or Maksim [Rus.,=Maxim the Bitter], pseud. of Aleksey Maximovich Pyeshkov, 1868-1936, Russian writer. Gorky is considered the father of Soviet literature and the founder of the doctrine of socialist realism. Instilled by his grandmother with a love of romantic tales and great sympathy for mankind, Gorky began a nomadic life at 12, wandering the Volga area. Since the czar's schools were closed to peasants, he educated himself, an experience he describes in My Universities (1923). He held dozens of menial jobs, publishing his first story in 1892. Gorky then became a journalist and married a colleague on the Samarskaya Gazeta. His articles exposed local corruption and he soon lost
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