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Maxim Gorky's short stories provide a candid and unflinching portrayal of life among the downtrodden of Russian society. Drawing on experiences from the author's own early life, which was characterised by poverty and abuse, his tales feature resourceful thieves, delinquent tramps, and browbeaten workers. These stunning, thought-provoking short stories helped forge Gorky's reputation as a major proponent of literary socialist realism. This brilliant collection includes the classic tales, The Outcasts, Makar Chudra, Twenty-Six and One, At the Salt Marsh, Chelkash and Song of the Falcon. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.

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Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) was a Russian writer who was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize. A political opponent of the Tsarist regime, he initially supported Lenin's Bolshevik party before becoming disillusioned with Communist Russia in the years after the revolution. Though briefly exiled from the country of his birth, he was able to return there before his death in 1936.

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