Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of short stories with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
Creatures That Once Were Men Maxim Gorky Illustrated
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of short stories with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
Creatures that Once Were Men
Author: Maksim GorkyCreatures That Once Were Men Maxim Gorky Illustrated
Author: Translator J M ShiraziPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A collection of short stories by the popular and influential Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and arguably the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century.
Creatures That Once Were Men Illustrated
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
It is certainly a curious fact that so many of the voices of what is called our modern religion have come from countries which are not only simple, but may even be called barbaric. A nation like Norway has a great realistic drama without having ever had either a great classical drama or a great romantic drama. A nation like Russia makes us feel its modern fiction when we have never felt its ancient fiction. It has produced its Gissing without producing its Scott. Everything that is most sad and scientific, everything that is most grim and analytical, everything that can truly be called most modern, everything that can without unreasonableness be called most morbid, comes from these fresh and untried and unexhausted nationalities. Out of these infant peoples come the oldest voices of the earth.
Creatures That Once Were Men
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776598954
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Russian writer Maxim Gorky is known for his gritty depictions of life in his home country. In the gripping novella "Creatures That Once Were Men," he conveys an unforgettable portrait of people crushed by the machinations of a system much larger than themselves. Includes an illuminating introduction from beloved English author G.K. Chesterton.
Creatures That Once Were Men Illustrated
Author: Translator J M ShiraziPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868 - June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian/Soviet author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist.
CREATURES THAT ONCE WERE MEN by MAXIM GORKY
Author: Maksim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781541017207
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In front of you is the main street, with two rows of miserable-looking huts with shuttered windows and old walls pressing on each other and leaning forward. The roofs of these time-worn habitations are full of holes, and have been patched here and there with laths; from underneath them project mildewed beams, which are shaded by the dusty-leaved elder-trees and crooked white willow- pitiable flora of those suburbs inhabited by the poor.The dull green time-stained panes of the windows look upon each other with the cowardly glances of cheats. Through the street and toward the adjacent mountain runs the sinuous path, winding through the deep ditches filled with rain-water. Here and there are piled heaps of dust and other rubbish- either refuse or else put there purposely to keep the rain-water from flooding the houses. On the top of the mountain, among green gardens with dense foliage, beautiful stone houses lie hidden; the belfries of the churches rise proudly toward the sky, and their gilded crosses shine beneath the rays of the sun. During the rainy weather the neighboring town pours its water into this main road, which, at other times, is full of its dust, and all these miserable houses seem, as it were, thrown by some powerful hand into that heap of dust, rubbish, and rainwater.They cling to the ground beneath the high mountain, exposed to the sun, surrounded by decaying refuse, and their sodden appearance impresses one with the same feeling as would the half-rotten trunk of an old tree.At the end of the main street, as if thrown out of the town, stood a two-storied house, which had been rented from Petunikoff, a merchant and resident of the town. It was in comparatively good order, being farther from the mountain, while near it were the open fields, and about half-a-mile away the river ran its winding course.This large old house had the most dismal aspect amid its surroundings. The walls bent outward, and there was hardly a pane of glass in any of the windows, except some of the fragments, which looked like the water of the marshes-dull green. The spaces of wall between the windows were covered with spots, as if time were trying to write there in hieroglyphics the history of the old house, and the tottering roof added still more to its pitiable condition. It seemed as if the whole building bent toward the ground, to await the last stroke of that fate which should transform it into a chaos of rotting remains, and finally into dust.The gates were open, one-half of them displaced and lying on the ground at the entrance, while between its bars had grown the grass, which also covered the large and empty court-yard. In the depths of this yard stood a low, iron-roofed, smoke-begrimed building. The house itself was of course unoccupied, but this shed, formerly a blacksmith's forge, was now turned into a "dosshouse," kept by a retired captain named Aristid Fomich Kuvalda.In the interior of the dosshouse was a long, wide and grimy board, measuring some 28 by 70 feet. The room was lighted on one side by four small square windows, and on the other by a wide door. The unpainted brick walls were black with smoke, and the ceiling, which was built of timber, was almost black. In the middle stood a large stove, the furnace of which served as its foundation, and around this stove and along the walls were also long, wide boards, which served as beds for the lodgers. The walls smelt of smoke, the earthen floor of dampness, and the long, wide board of rotting rags.The place of the proprietor was on the top of the stove, while the boards surrounding it were intended for those who were on good terms with the owner, and who were honored by his friendship. During the day the captain passed most of his time sitting on a kind of bench, made by himself by placing bricks against the wall of the court-yard, or else in the eating-house of Egor Yavilovitch, which was opposite the house, where he took all his meals and where he also drank vodki.
Creatures That Once Were Men Annotated
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
"Creatures that Once Were Men" is a short story by Maxim Gorky about the residents of a lodging house who start a conflict with their landlord, resulting in a rather inhumane outcome. Gorky is arguably one of the most celebrated literary characters of the 20th century.
Creatures That Once Were Men: Large Print
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781980350781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Captain thought that if the teacher got up now, he would be as tall asPaltara Taras. Then he sat by the side of the dead man and sighed, as heremembered that they had lived together for the last three years. Tyapa enteredholding his head like a goat which is ready to butt.He sat down quietly and seriously on the opposite side of the teacher's body,looked into the dark, silent face, and began to sob."So... he is dead... I too shall die soon...""It is quite time for that!" said the Captain, gloomily."It is," Tyapa agreed. "You ought to die too. Anything is better than this...""But perhaps death might be worse? How do you know?""It could not be worse. When you die you have only God to deal with... but hereyou have to deal with men... and men-- what are they?""Enough!... Be quiet!" interrupted Kuvalda angrily.And in the dawn, which filled the dosshouse, a solemn stillness reigned over all.Long and silently they sat at the feet of their dead companion, seldom looking athim, and both plunged in thought. Then Tyapa asked:"Will you bury him?""I? No, let the police bury him!""You took money from Vaviloff for this petition... and I will give you some if youhave not enough.""Though I have his money... still I shall not bury him.""That is not right. You are robbing the dead. I will tell them all that you want tokeep his money."... Tyapa threatened him."You are a fool, you old devil!" said Kuvalda, contemptuously."I am not a fool... but it is not right nor friendly.""Enough! Be off!""How much money is there?""Twenty-five roubles,"... said Kuvalda, absently."So!... You might gain a five-rouble note...""You old scoundrel!... " And looking into Tyapa's face the Captain swore."Well, what? Give...""Go to the Devil!... I am going to spend this money in erecting a monument tohim.""What does he want that for?""I will buy a stone and an anchor. I shall place the stone on the grass, andattach the anchor to it with a very heavy chain.""Why? You are playing tricks...""Well... It is no business of yours.""Look out! I shall tell... " again threatened Tyapa.Aristid Fomich looked at him sullenly and said nothing. Again they sat there inthat silence which, in the presence of the dead, is so full of mystery."Listen... They are coming!" Tyapa got up and went out of the dosshouse.Then there appeared at the door the Doctor, the Police Inspector of the district,and the examining Magistrate or Coroner. All three came in turn, looked at thedead teacher, and then went out, throwing suspicious glances at Kuvalda. He satthere, without taking any notice of them, until the Police Inspector asked him:"Of what did he die?""Ask him... I think his evil life hastened his end.""What?" asked the Coroner."I say that he died of a disease to which he had not been accustomed..."
Creatures That Once Were Men
Author: Maxim GorkyPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781297972768
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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