If youre not familiar with maxim gorky, he was a famous russian author. Llc maxim gorky maxim gorkiy llc is the largest potato flakes producer in russia a part of national land company group. In nizhny novgorod the central district childrens library, the academic drama theater, a street, as well as a square are named after maxim gorky. These books are part of the autobiography trilogy of maxim gorky. Mother is probably the least successful of the novels, yet it has considerable interest as gorkys only long work devoted to the russian revolutionary movement. Their correspondence would continue until chekhovs death, of tuberculosis, in 1904.
It is not tolstoys gentille, educated society, where money is only hinted at as a source of both pride and shame it is the coarse, hardscrabble world of the trade and lower classes. The childhood of maxim gorky, gorky trilogy i, my childhood, childhood of maxim gorky, detstvo gorkogo. Maxim gorky is the penname of alexei maximovich peshkov, who was born in 1868 in the city of nizhnynovgorod, now renamed after him. Maxim gorky, like leo tolstoy, was primarily an autobiographical author, and the material here is considered amongst the greatest of his writings. The childhood of maxim gorky detstvo gorkovo was the first of russian director mark donskis trilogy based upon gorky s memoirs. Books by gorky, maksim sorted by popularity project gutenberg books by gorky, maksim sorted by popularity. Maxim gorky german russian spanish portuguese french italian greek turkish chinese finnish arabic hindi other languages maxim gorky long live, then, the proletariat as it goes forth to renew the whole world. Maxim gorky biography childhood, life achievements. Gorky lost his father at an early age, he was beaten by his stepfather and became an orphan at age 9, when his mother died.
Maxim gorky started the production of potato flakes on the brandnew equipment produced by tummers, with a maximum capacity of 1550 kg of flakes per hour 2 drum driers. Reading this literary work of maxim gorky, a famous russian novelist, known for his novel mother you will know this way of writing that cought million herats during his times and beyond. Maxim gorky also spelled maksim gorki is one of the giants of 20th century russian literature and theater, known for his realistic depictions of how terrible it is to be poor and oppressed. And the most important attraction there is the museumapartment of maxim gorky. Feb 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Funding was acquired via charity, primarily from aleksei chaly, a russian businessman who declared himself mayor of sevastopol shortly before the 2014 crimean status referendum. September 3, 1899, yalta my dear alexei maximovich, greetings to you once again.
Gorky is considered the father of soviet literature and the founder of the doctrine of socialist. Publication date 1915 publisher new york, the century co. Jan 16, 2011 a few days ago, i finished reading maxim gorky s account simply titled my childhood. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free. My childhood is the english translated version of detstvo which is written in russian during the years 1914. Maksim gorky gorky, maksim, 18681936 the online books page.
This biography of gorky provides detailed information about his childhood, life, works, achievements and timeline. Publication date 1919 topics my childhood collection millionbooks. He was brought up by his grandmother, who helped his development as a storyteller. An autobiography as told to maxim gorky stein and day, new york 1967 library of congress card no. Of all gorky s books this is the one that made him the father of russian literature.
Chekhov and gorky in yalta, circa 1900 in 1898, an exuberant maxim gorky wrote the elder anton chekhov, expressing his profound admiration for the latters work. It was heartrending in its descriptions of poverty and its effects. Maxim gorkys 1906 novel the mother became a staple of soviet literature and is often considered the first work of socialist realism. My childhood, in the world, my universities by gorky, maxim, schneider, isidor isbn. Project gutenberg offers 61,534 free ebooks to download. Long live the working men of all lands who by the strength of their hands have built up the wealth of nations and are now labouring to. May 01, 2005 my childhood, the first volume of gorky s autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism.
The childhood of maxim gorky, my apprenticeship, and my universities, directed by mark donskoi, filmed in the soviet union, released 19381940. Download my universities, maksim gorky, penguin books, 1991. In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. Gorky himself grew up in rough times and was a lifelong spokesperson for the underclass. Listofillustrations maximgorky frontispiece facing page hedanceunweariedly,obliviousofeverything. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Best russian short stories 2542 downloads mother maksim gorky 333 downloads na dne. Project gutenberg offers 61,354 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone.
Maxim gorky has 830 books on goodreads with 81958 ratings. My childhood paperback published november 1st 1991 by penguin books penguin twentiethcentury classics, paperback, 240 pages. The childhood of maxim gorky subtitles 10 subtitles. In the world by maksim gorky free ebook project gutenberg. After having a difficult childhood, he roamed across the russian. The 35th battery maxim gorky ii was repaired and made into a museum complex commemorating the sacrifice of its defenders. Maxim gorky village, znamensky district of omsk oblast.
To celebrate the first new translation in decades of this. The gorky trilogy is a series of three feature films. With tableaux beautifully vivid and forceful, it recounts the touching relationships which develop when gorky is put into his grandparents custody. Confronting life, 1905, 3, 90k, ebook, download pdf confronting life. Books by gorky, maksim sorted by popularity project gutenberg. If the movie based on gorky s autobiography is any indication, then gorky had a very russian childhood.
Maxim gorky pseudonym meaning maxim the bitter of aleksey maximovich pyeshkov 18681936, russian author considered the father of soviet revolutionary literature and founder of the doctrine of socialist realism wrote the mother 1906. Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, gorkys childhood equipped him to understand in a way denied to a tolstoy or a turgenev the life of the ordina. This haunting, unforgettable film, based upon maxim gorky s 19 autobiography, my childhood and shows a twelveyearolds journey in life against the tumultuous backdrop of 19th century russia. A drama reveals the great writers inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives. Project gutenberg 61,770 free ebooks 35 by maksim gorky.
English maksim gorky 299 downloads tales of two countries. Alexei maximovich peshkov, better known as maxim gorky, was a russian author considered the father of soviet revolutionary literature and founder of the doctrine of socialist realism. My universities is a volume of autobiography by maxim gorky, covering his life up to the age of twenty in 1888. When his father died maxim and his mother went to live with the latters people in a household which.
Alexei maximovich peshkov primarily known as maxim gorky russian. My childhood by maxim gorky overdrive rakuten overdrive. Australia brazil canada china france germany italy japan mexico netherlands singapore. From the first chapter, which describes the death of his father and the breakup of the home, to the last, there is little but a record of suffering, unkindness, cruelty, and brutality. Not only do they give the astonishingly varied life of gorky from childhood through youth, but they also provide us with an unforgettable picture of one of the most crucial generations in russian. It describes a life begun in the raw, remembered with extraordinary charm and poignancy and without bitterness. My childhood by maxim gorky was published 60 years after tolstoys childhood and they make fascinating companion pieces.
My childhood my university was written by maxim gorky. The childhood of maxim gorky 1938 release info imdb. Essays and criticism on maxim gorkis maxim gorky gorky, maxim. Maksim gorky is a pseudonym of aleksei maksimovich peshkov, who was born into a poor russian family in nizhnii novgorod on volga river. My childhood, the first volume of gorky s autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism. After his fathers death, he spent his childhood with his mother and grandparents in an atmosphere of hostility. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Mother by maksim gorky free ebook project gutenberg. He led a vagabond life for many years, working and tramping with the poorest classes in russia, and his writings record the tragedy of poverty and crime as he found it. Gorkys best works in the decade following 1910 are his autobiographical novels childhood and in the world published between 19 and 1916, which with great artistic power describe the path of a man who rose from the depths to the heights of culture, creativity, and the struggle for freedom. Alexei maximovich peshkov, better known as maxim gorky, was a russian author. In culture and the people, international publishers, 1939 these words were often repeated by the liberal educators of the people long before the october revolution. Aleksyei maksimovitch pyeshkof pseudonym maxim gorky.