М. Горький. Собрание сочинений в 18 томах. Том 13 Жизнь Клима Самгина

Volume 13 of the collected works of the founder of Soviet literature, Maxim Gorky, includes the second part of the 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”, “to depict as fully as possible the forty years of Russian life, from the 1880s to 1918.” The author deeply and comprehensively depicted the historical conditions that gave birth 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 the terrible emptiness that awaits anyone who opposes his “I” to the masses, and who wants to hide in this “I” from the irresistible course of history. About all this and more in the book by M. Gorky. Collected works in 18 volumes. Volume 13 (Maxim Gorky)