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This collection of stories by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, 1868-1936) includes three of his most brilliant short stories: "Chelkash", "Makar Chudra" and "The Old Woman Izergil". Maxim Gorky is known as one of the greatest writers in world literature. Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was an amazing connoisseur of the human soul.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Human beings are, in the main, social animals, they like to gather, to herd together, to share experiences. But some do not. Either through choice or exclusion their way forward is difficult. In this volume our authors and their characters share their stories.