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Foma Gordeyev or The Man Who Was Afraid (Gordeev) [Russian: Фома Гордеев] is an 1899 novel by Maxim Gorky. It was first published by Zhizn magazine in February–September 1899 and came out as a separate edition in 1900, as part of the Zhizn Library (vol.3), with a dedication to Anton Chekhov .
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foma gordeyev district foma gordeyev 400 foma gordeyev 1 foma gordeyev convention foma gordeyev 100 foma gordeyev mid The first novel, Foma Gordeyev (1899), illustrates his admiration for strength of body and will in the masterful barge owner and rising capitalist Ignat Gordeyev, who is contrasted with his relatively feeble and intellectual son Foma, a “seeker after the meaning of life,” as are many of Gorky’s…
Feb 28, 2022 · A novel by Maxim Gorky. TRANSLATED from the Russian by Margaret Wettlin. Illustrations by Kukrynisk.From the series – Library of Selected Soviet Literature.
Foma Gordeev: Directed by Mark Donskoy. With Georgi Yepifantsev, Sergei Lukyanov, Pavel Tarasov, Alla Labetskaya. Thomas Gordeiev is the son of a rich grain merchant. As a child and a young man, he lives a protected life, embellished by the privileges of his social class.
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May 18, 2012 · Out of the darkest depths of life, where vice and crime and misery abound, comes theB yron of the twentieth century, the poet of the vagabond and the proletariat, Maxime Gorky.
- Allan Monkhouse
Jul 18, 2023 · A masterpiece of Russian literature, Foma Gordyeev follows the life of a young man from a peasant background who becomes a revolutionary and a leader in the socialist movement. Gorky's vivid prose and intimate understanding of Russian society make this a must-read for anyone interested in Russian literature or political history.
- Herman Bernstein, Maksim Gorky
Foma Gordyeff is the protagonist. He's the twenty-something son of a wealthy Russian merchant and upon his father's death he inherits his lucrative shipping business. This is a good thing, right? Wrong. Not to Foma anyway. Foma is best described as a chronic malcontent. Not a whiner, though.
