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Almost a hundred years later, \u003cem\u003eReminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev\u003c\/em\u003e is reissued in a superb new translation by Bryan Karetnyk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55897579848053,"sku":"9781804271971","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804271971_db807e5b-d929-4567-9993-218813df42ce.jpg?v=1786026670"},{"product_id":"9780140182859","title":"My Childhood","description":"Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev - the life of the ordinary Russian. After his father, a paperhanger and upholsterer, died of cholera, five-year-old Gorky was taken to live with his grandfather, a polecat-faced tyrant who would regularly beat him unconscious, and with his grandmother, a tender mountain of a woman and a wonderful storyteller, who would kneel beside their bed (with Gorky inside it pretending to be asleep) and give God her views on the day's happenings, down to the last fascinating details. She was, in fact, Gorky's closest friend and the epic heroine of a book swarming with characters and with the sensations of a curious and often frightened little boy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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Only those we make for ourselves.’It's 8 a.m. and a revolt is underway.   The father is dying. The son is spying. The wife is cheating. The uncle is stealing. The mother is scheming. The dynasty is crumbling.   One house. One fortune. One victor.   Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play Vassa Zheleznova was first published in 1910. Mike Bartlett's adaptation, Vassa, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in October 2019.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313069666677,"sku":"9781848429161","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781848429161_0fb3a967-5b92-47d8-a5af-f00219682c2c.jpg?v=1786029520"},{"product_id":"three-mena-novel-edition2024","title":"Three Men A Novel","description":"Three Men: A Novel by Maxim Gorky is a poignant exploration of family dynamics, solitude, and existential struggles in rural life. 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How long can they go on ignoring the storm that's gathering on the horizon?A razor-sharp portrait of class, privilege and denial, Summerfolk was written by Maxim Gorky in 1904. This adaptation by Nina Raine and Moses Raine premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Robert Hastie.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502284480885,"sku":"9781839045493","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781839045493.jpg?v=1786781107"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-maxim-gorky.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}