Maxim Gorky: 62 books

(Excerpt): "There are many solitary graves amid the woods of Kerschentz; within them moulder the bones of old men, men of an ancient piety, and of one of these old men, Antipa, this tale is told in the villages of Kerschentz."

(Excerpt): "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

A volume of short stories representing the later work of the Russian novelist, the fruit of his sojourn in Capri. It is interesting to note how this change of environment altered not merely his point of view, but even his literary style. (Goodreads)

This is a story of a young man, Yevsey Kimkov, who became a government spy, when the Russian Empire was on the brink of its first revolution (1905). The novel shows the Yevsey's inner fears and his struggle as he has to betray people he wants to consider

Excerpt from Three Men: A Novel There are many solitary graves amid the woods of Kerschentz; within them moulder the bones of old men, men of an ancient piety, and of one of these old men, Antipa, this tale is told in the villages of Kerschentz. Antipa Lunev, a rich peasant of austere disposition,...

In "Das Werk der Artamonows" schildert Gorki den Aufstieg und Niedergang einer russischen Bourgeois-Familie in der Zeit nach der Aufhebung der Leibeigenschaft bis zur Oktoberrevolution. Drei Familien-Generationen sind in die Handlung des Romans verstrickt.