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Published in 1913, My Childhood is the first in an autobiographical trilogy by the Russian writer and five-time Nobel Prize-nominee Maxim Gorky. Painfully moving in places, the book tells of the experiences of a young boy who goes to live with his grandparents following the death of his father. Gorky’s depiction of 19th-century Russia through the eyes of his younger self is remarkable. As he recalls memories of his youth, contrasting themes and emotions are revealed, from barbaric joy to dark gloom, genuine cruelty and saint-like forbearance.

The ultimate collection of great short stories by the best Russian classic authors. 1. "Her Lover" by Maxim Gorky 2. "The Empty Drum" by Count Leo Tolstoy 3. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub 4. "The District Doctor" by Ivan Turgenev 5. "The White Dog" by Fedor Sologub 6. "The Cloak" by Nikolai Gogol 7. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub 8. "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9. "A Work of Art" by Anton Chekhov 10. "Children Wiser Than Their Fathers" by Count Leo Tolstoy

bibliophile's collection of wide ranging and masterful short stories, embracing both the subtle and the macabre, the whimsical and the downright frightful. Fifty captivating short stories which will keep listeners glued to their headsets.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. The Russian Literary Tradition has justly earned a magnificent reputation. The Russian Empire of the Czars was a huge and disparate patchwork of peoples ruled by an overbearing elite that employed a middle-class bureaucracy to keep the working class firmly underfoot. Within its vaulted ranks are a role call of many of the greatest literary talents of the ages.

This remarkable book contains a series of pithy notes taken down by Maxim Gorky during his visit with Tolstoi (alternative spelling: "Tolstoy") over a period of several months. Also included is a long and detailed letter concerning Tolstoi. Very insightful.

The Lower Depths, also titled At the Bottom, is a 1902 play by the Russian author and playwright Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). This work portrays a group of wretched, impoverished outcasts living in a shelter near the Volga River. They play cards and tell stories, and are briefly uplifted by a new resident called Luca who gives them hope. When he goes off, the illusion of hope collapses, and the result is murder and suicide.

阿廖沙三岁时父亲病死，母亲带着他到外祖父家生活。外祖父家是一个充满仇恨、令人窒息的家庭……阿廖沙三歲時父親病死，母親帶著他到外祖父家生活。外祖父家是一個充滿仇恨、令人窒息的家庭…… 

为了生活阿辽什卡与外祖母摘野果去卖糊口，他当过绘图师的学徒、船上洗碗工、圣像作坊徒工……為了生活阿遼什卡與外祖母摘野果去賣餬口，他當過繪圖師的學徒、船上洗碗工、聖像作坊徒工…… 

饱尝人间辛酸的阿廖沙，抱着进大学读书的理想来到喀山，但那时的大学是不向穷人开放的……飽嚐人間辛酸的阿廖沙，抱著進大學讀書的理想來到喀山，但那時的大學是不向窮人開放的…… 

巴维尔的母亲是俄国普通劳动人民的代表，在革命开始时，她面对种种苦难逆来顺受、忍气吞声。儿子被捕后，她坚定了信念，积极参加革命活动……巴維爾的母親是俄國普通勞動人民的代表，在革命開始時，她面對種種苦難逆來順受、忍氣吞聲。兒子被捕後，她堅定了信念，積極參加革命活動…… 

V ehtot sbornik radiopostanovok voshli sleduyushchie rasskazy: Bol'shaya lyubov', Chelkash, Kak slozhili pesnyu, Odnazhdy osen'yu, Staruha Izergil', Trubochist. Uchastvuyut artisty: Yu. Kol'cov, Eh. Bystrickaya, K. Luchko, A. Konsovskij, G. Abrikosov, A. Morozov, E. Zhukov, N. Yurchenko, M. Caryov.

История соперничества отца и сына из-за любви к одной женщине. Крестьянин Василий, оставив жену и сына Якова, ушел из деревни и занялся рыбным промыслом. Забыв о семье, сошелся с красавицей Мальвой и зажил безмятежной жизнью. Повзрослевший сын Яков приезжает к отцу. Вскоре отношения между ним и Мальвой привели к конфликтам с отцом.... Максим Горький открывает проблему женской свободы.

Илья Артамонов, бывший приказчик князя Георгия, отпущен с большим вознаграждением. Он приезжает с сыновьями в небольшой город Дрёмов и собирается открыть фабрику полотна. На прибывших смотрят с подозрением, всячески пытаясь мешать. Только протекция князя помогла выстоять на первом, самом трудном этапе. Старший сын Пётр женится на дочери местного старосты и после смерти отца, надорвавшегося на стройке, становится главой семейного дела.

An enthralling collection of strange stories where characters are challenged to do something completely out of the ordinary. The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress by J. S. Fletcher, The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain, The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge, The Box Tunnel by Charles Reade, A Lucky Number by S. B. Hale, The Brown Wallet by Stacy Aumonier, The Bet by Anton Jacobs

"Comrades" reveals an ironic humour in its conception and is one of Gorky's lighter tales. A peasant policeman is dispatched to escort a vagrant without papers to the nearest magistrate, a considerable distance away. As the two talk on the journey, it becomes clear to the listener...and finally to the policeman...the real identity of the vagrant.

A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.

"Twenty-Six Men and a Girl" is a short story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky in 1899, and is one of his most famous. It is a pioneering tale of social realism (the story predates Soviet socialist realism), and is a lament of lost ideals. Twenty-six men slave away in a cellar, making kringles, looked down on by all around them, including the bread bakers. Their only joy in their lives is the 16-year-old Tanya, who visits them every morning to collect kringles.

Maxim Gorky, whose real name was Alexey Maximovich Pyeshkov, is probably the best-known late-19th-century Russian fiction writer among the English-speaking world. His pen name translates as Maxim the Bitter, which attitude is reflected in many of his works. Much of his writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. "Her Lover" describes the plight of a lonely, alienated woman who creates an imaginary lover for herself.

Spektakl' "Jakov Bogomolov" po motivam odnoimennoj p'esy russkogo pisatelja Maksima Gor'kogo. Delo proishodit na hutore, gde bezzabotnye obitateli tomjatsja ot skuki, bezdel'ja i rassuzhdajut o vysokih materijah i prednaznachenii cheloveka. Glavnyj geroj Jakov Bogomolov, mechtatel' ne ot mira sego, iskrenne ozabochennyj vselenskimi problemami. Pri jetom vse muzhchiny, kto javno, a kto tajno, vljubleny v zhenu Bogomolova Ol'gu Borisovnu.

This collection by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936) includes four of his most brilliant short stories. Maxim Gorky was one of the greatest writers in world literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An amazing connoisseur of the human soul, he wrote stories that resonate as strongly today as they did a hundred years ago.