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The Lower Depths (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays) Kindle Edition

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The first of Russia's great proletarian writers, Alexey Maximovich Peshkov (1868–1936) adopted the pen name of Gorky, meaning "bitter." Drawing on his own experiences in the lowest social echelon, Gorky portrayed the wretched lives of down-and-outers, instilling his tales with heartfelt protest against a world that both tolerated and fostered the miseries of the underclass.
In The Lower Depths, his dramatic masterpiece of 1902, Gorky presents a grimly realistic view of a desperate circle of lost souls. The play unfolds in a derelict boarding house, where a cast of despairing characters argue, play cards, tell stories, and debate the merits of two opposite worldviews: a self-reliant existence free of illusions, or a romanticized outlook that softens the pain of daily life. A revealing look at the atmosphere that led to the 1917 Russian Revolution, the drama abounds in shrewd observations, lifelike characters, and compelling dialog that make it a work of enduring vitality.
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    March 29 2016
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Maxim Gorky was born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov in Nizhny Novgorod, 225 miles east of Moscow, in 1868. By 1878 both his parents were dead and he spent his youth as a nomadic labourer. In 1898 his collection ofStories and Sketcheswas published and proved an immediate success. His plays includeThe Lower Depths(1902),Summerfolk(1904),Children of the Sun(1905),Barbarians and Enemies(1906) andYegor Bulichev(1932). His other books includeChildhoodandMy Universitiesand the novelThe Mother. A socialist from his early days, he never joined the Communist Party. He offered qualified support to the Soviet state after 1918, living abroad from 1924 to 1932. In 1934 he became head of the Writers' Union but his work showed an increasing awareness that something had gone wrong with the revolution. He died in 1936.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01DND0D2U
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 29 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 794 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 83 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486159256
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  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
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    One of good play for understanding characters .
    No protagonist there,all characters have something or others.
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    Wanted to re-read this as it was a book I studied when younger. Text small compared to other Kindle books. Looks like its been scanned in?
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