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bibliophile's collection of wide ranging and masterful short stories, embracing both the subtle and the macabre, the whimsical and the downright frightful. Fifty captivating short stories which will keep listeners glued to their headsets.

An enthralling collection of strange stories where characters are challenged to do something completely out of the ordinary. The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress by J. S. Fletcher, The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain, The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge, The Box Tunnel by Charles Reade, A Lucky Number by S. B. Hale, The Brown Wallet by Stacy Aumonier, The Bet by Anton Jacobs

Maxim Gorky, whose real name was Alexey Maximovich Pyeshkov, is probably the best-known late-19th-century Russian fiction writer among the English-speaking world. His pen name translates as Maxim the Bitter, which attitude is reflected in many of his works. Much of his writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. "Her Lover" describes the plight of a lonely, alienated woman who creates an imaginary lover for herself.

Egor Bulychov, bogatyj russkij promyshlennik, tjazhelo zabolel. Predchuvstvuja svoju smert' i grjadushhie bol'shie peremeny v obshhestve, Bulychov ogljadyvaetsja na svoju zhizn' i sozhaleet, chto prozhil ejo nepravil'no, "ne na toj ulice". Iz poslednih sil Bulychov sporit s chuzhdymi po duhu ljud'mi, kotorye ego okruzhajut - provorovavshimsja upravljajushhim Bashkinym, duhovnym nastavnikom popom Pavlinym.

Spektakl' "Jakov Bogomolov" po motivam odnoimennoj p'esy russkogo pisatelja Maksima Gor'kogo. Delo proishodit na hutore, gde bezzabotnye obitateli tomjatsja ot skuki, bezdel'ja i rassuzhdajut o vysokih materijah i prednaznachenii cheloveka. Glavnyj geroj Jakov Bogomolov, mechtatel' ne ot mira sego, iskrenne ozabochennyj vselenskimi problemami. Pri jetom vse muzhchiny, kto javno, a kto tajno, vljubleny v zhenu Bogomolova Ol'gu Borisovnu.

Literaturnaja skazka Maksima Gor'kogo o prikljuchenijah malen'kogo mal'chika Evsejki v podvodnom carstve. Evsejka udil na beregu morja. So skuki usnul i svalilsja v vodu. On ne ispugalsja. Nyrnul i dostal dna. Smotrit vokrug... Zahvatyvajushhaja istorija, peredajushhaja vpechatlenija, mysli i chuvstva rebjonka. Soderzhit jarkie, krasochnye i podrobnye opisanija rechnogo dna i ego zhitelej. Kazhdyj iz obitatelej reki imeet svoj harakter i nepovtorimye cherty.

Red Door audiobooks presents 46 classic tales of the strange from some of the greatest writers of all time. 1. A Joy Ride by A. J. Alan 2.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 3. Query by Austin Small 4 . The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 5. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 6. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 7. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs 8. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 9 . The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain10. The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge 11. The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman

A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.

"Comrades" reveals an ironic humour in its conception and is one of Gorky's lighter tales. A peasant policeman is dispatched to escort a vagrant without papers to the nearest magistrate, a considerable distance away. As the two talk on the journey, it becomes clear to the listener...and finally to the policeman...the real identity of the vagrant.

"Twenty-Six Men and a Girl" is a short story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky in 1899, and is one of his most famous. It is a pioneering tale of social realism (the story predates Soviet socialist realism), and is a lament of lost ideals. Twenty-six men slave away in a cellar, making kringles, looked down on by all around them, including the bread bakers. Their only joy in their lives is the 16-year-old Tanya, who visits them every morning to collect kringles.

Maksim Gor'kij - literaturnyj psevdonim Alekseja Maksimovicha Peshkova (1868 - 1936) - russkij pisatel', prozaik, dramaturg. Odin iz samyh znachitel'nyh i izvestnyh v mire russkih pisatelej i myslitelej. P'esa "Vragi" byla predstavlena chitateljam v 1906 godu v sbornike tovarishhestva "Znanie" i byla priznana pervym proizvedeniem, napisannym v zhanre socialisticheskogo realizma...

Spektakl' "Dachniki" po odnoimjonnoj p'ese Maksima Gor'kogo, literaturnyj psevdonim Alekseja Maksimovicha Peshkova (1868 - 1936), napisannoj im v 1904 godu. Spektakl' o russkoj intelligencii, besedujushhej na filosofskie temy za chashkoj chaja na dache nakanune revoljucii 1905 goda. Vneshnjaja legkost' poludennyh progulok i besed skryvaet vpolne sebe tragediju russkogo obshhestva.

Povest' «Detstvo» - jeto avtobiograficheskoe proizvedenie Maksima Gor'kogo, glavnyj geroj kotoroj - Alesha Peshkov. Posle togo kak u mal'chika umer otec, on stal zhit' s dedom i babushkoj. V dome deda carila mrachnaja atmosfera, v kotoroj i formirovalsja harakter Aleshi.

P'esa rasskazyvaet o zhizni Vassy Zheleznovoj, bogatoj sudovladelicy. Razmerennoe techenie zhizni Vassy narushaet neozhidannyj priezd iz-za granicy nevestki Rashel'. Syn Vassy, Fjodor, tjazhelo bolen i umiraet za granicej. Rashel' priehala zabrat' syna Nikolaja, kotoryj zhivjot s Vassoj. Vnuk Kolja - nadezhda Vassy, ejo osnovnoj naslednik, imenno emu ona sobiraetsja peredat' kompaniju.

Vechnye problemy otcov i detej, vernosti i predatel'stva. Na scene ujutnyj, chisten'kij mir meshhanki Anny Markovny Celovan'evoj. K nej pribyli znatnye i bogatye gosti - lesopromyshlennik Antipa Zykov s synom Mihailom i sestroj Sof'ej, - chtoby sladit' pomolvku docheri Celovan'evoj Pavly s Mihailom. Celovan'eva rada - Mihail hot' i p'et, no tih, dobr i pokladist. Sochinjaet stihi, igraet na gitare. Bogat, i k tomu zhe edinstvennyj naslednik. Odnako Antipa sam polozhil glaz na Pavlu: «Idi za menjm...Jeto ja budu tebja molodo ljubit'». I...Pavla soglasna...

«Fal'shivaja moneta» - p'esa, kotoraja v gor'kovskom nasledii stoit kak by osobnjakom i vydeljaetsja svoej suguboj nervnost'ju, vzvinchennost'ju. Vneshne sravnitel'no neslozhnyj sjuzhet «Fal'shivoj monety» skryvaet glubokuju i dlja Gor'kogo v vysshej stepeni pritjagatel'nuju mysl' o tom, kak iskazhaet, unizhaet i oposhljaet cheloveka denezhnyj interes, o tom, kak vlast' deneg pronikaet v samuju, kazalos' by, potaennuju sferu vnutrisemejnyh otnoshenij.

P'esa Deti solnca pisalas' v janvare - fevrale 1905 g. v Petropavlovskoj kreposti, v kamere nomer 39 Trubeckogo bastiona, kuda M. Gor'kij byl zakljuchjon 12 janvarja 1905 g. posle aresta po delu o 9 janvarja. Na pervoj stranice rukopisi p'esy, hranjashhejsja v Arhive A. M. Gor'kogo, est' nadpis': Pisalos' v Petropavlovskoj kreposti 16 janvarja - 20 fevralja 1905 goda. Pervaja tetrad'. A. Peshkov. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Odnoobraznuju zhizn' provincial'nogo gorodka Verhopol'e narushaet priezd stroitelej zheleznoj dorogi - inzhenerov Cherkuna i Cyganova. Na smenu patriarhal'nomu varvarstvu gorodskogo golovy Redozubova jeti "poborniki civilizacii" nesut novoe varvarstvo: moral'nuju degradaciju i zhestokoe ravnodushie k cheloveku. Potrebovalos' nemnogo vremeni, chtoby obnaruzhilis' plody ih razrushitel'noj dejatel'nosti.

This play takes place in the 1900s in Russia, at a time when it was experiencing a severe economic crisis. A crowd of ruined peasants and workers roam the country and, in the end, sink to the "bottom". The desperate situation of these discarded from people's lives is taken advantage of by the owners of fetid cellars. In one such flophouse Mikhail Kostylev is ready to squeeze the very last penny from his unfortunate and disadvantaged guests. And there are further developments....

This collection by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936) includes four of his most brilliant short stories. Maxim Gorky was one of the greatest writers in world literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An amazing connoisseur of the human soul, he wrote stories that resonate as strongly today as they did a hundred years ago.