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Maxim Gorky

Born

in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire, Russian Federation

March 28, 1868

Died

June 18, 1936

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Classics

Influences

Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Pomyalovsky, Pushkin, Knut Hamsun, August Strin ...more

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Russian writer Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексей Максимович Пешков) supported the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and helped to develop socialist realism as the officially accepted literary aesthetic; his works include The Life of Klim Samgin (1927-1936), an unfinished cycle of novels.

This Soviet author founded the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. People also nominated him five times for the Nobel Prize in literature. From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929, he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union, he accepted the cultural policies of the time. ...more

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	Mother 3.97 avg rating — 19,017 ratings — published 1906 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 9,087 ratings — published 1913 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lower Depths 3.77 avg rating — 5,300 ratings — published 1902 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Universities 3.86 avg rating — 2,833 ratings — published 1923 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Apprenticeship 4.09 avg rating — 2,042 ratings — published 1916 — 175 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Старуха Изергиль by Maxim Gorky, Максим Горький 3.90 avg rating — 2,059 ratings — published 1894 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Short Stories of Maxim Gorky 3.97 avg rating — 1,113 ratings — published 1909 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of a Useless Man 3.64 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 1907 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Artamonov Business 3.73 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 1925 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	اعتراف أين الله by Maxim Gorky, مكسيم غوركي, فيروز نيوف (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 577 ratings — published 1908 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Maxim Gorky

Autobiography (3 books)
by

Maxim Gorky,

Ronald Wilks (Introduction)

4.04 avg rating — 13,983 ratings

Seçme Öyküler (4 books)
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Maxim Gorky,

Ayşe Hacıhasanoğlu (Translator)

3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings

Quotes by Maxim Gorky (?)

“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
― Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths and Other Plays

2360 likes

“Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.”
― Maxim Gorky

388 likes

“When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.”
― Maxim Gorky

tags: 1926

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Oldtimer - Klasik Okuma Grubu - Mayıs 2018 Eski Klasiklerden Anketi

Mayıs 2018'de aşağıdaki eski klasiklerden hangisini okuyalım?

Victor Hugo - Bir İdam Mahkûmunun Son Günü, 1829, 160 sayfa

11 votes 21.2%

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Genç Werther'in Acıları, 1774, 168 sayfa

8 votes 15.4%

Jane Austen - Gurur ve Önyargı, 1813, 424 sayfa

7 votes 13.5%

Nikolai Gogol - Ölü Canlar, 1842, 479 sayfa

6 votes 11.5%

Filibeli Ahmet Hilmi - Amak-ı Hayal, 1908, 147 sayfa

5 votes 9.6%

Voltaire - Candide, 1759, 170 sayfa

5 votes 9.6%

Anatole France- Penguenler Adası, 1908, 302 sayfa

2 votes 3.8%

Herman Melville - Kâtip Bartleby, 1853, 63 sayfa

2 votes 3.8%

Robert Louis Stevenson - Define Adası, 1882, 242 sayfa

2 votes 3.8%

Maxim Gorky - Mujik, 1900, 168 sayfa

2 votes 3.8%

Anne Brontë - Şatodaki Kadın, 1848, 362 sayfa

1 vote 1.9%

Charles Dickens - Zor Zamanlar, 1854, 272 sayfa

1 vote 1.9%

Henry James - Avrupalılar, 1878, 214 sayfa

0 votes 0.0%

52 total votes

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