Orlóff and His Wife: Tales of the Barefoot Brigade

Maksim Gorky, born Aleksei Maximovich Peshkov on March 28, 1868, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, emerged as a significant literary figure and proponent of the Socialist realism literary method. His pseudonym, 'Gorky,' translates to 'bitter,' reflective of his perception of life at the lower strata of Russian society. Orphaned at an early age, Gorky's early experiences of hardship informed his writings...