М. Горький. Собрание сочинений в 18 томах. Том 15 Жизнь Клима Самгина

The 15th volume of the collected works of the founder of Soviet literature, Maxim Gorky, includes the fourth part of the epic novel "The Life of Klim Samgin". The novel "The Life of Klim Samgin" belongs to those works of M. Gorky, the idea of ​​which was nurtured by the writer for decades. In this work, Gorky sought to give a broad epic picture of "forty years of Russian life", "depict as fully as possible forty years of Russian life, from the 1880s to 1918." The author deeply and comprehensively portrayed the historical conditions that gave rise to the Samgins. In the image of Samghin, a type is given that is equal in significance to the greatest types of world literature. The novel shows a terrible void that awaits anyone who opposes the masses with his "I", and who wants to hide in this "I" from the irresistible course of history. About all this and not only in the book of M. Gorky. Collected works in 18 volumes. Volume 15 (Maxim Gorky)