Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories

Russian literature; which for half a century has abounded in happy surprises; has again made manifest its wonderful power of innovation. A tramp; Maxime Gorky; lacking in all systematic training; has suddenly forced his way into its sacred domain; and brought thither the fresh spontaneity of his thoughts and character.

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Born into harsh poverty and orphaned at a young age, Russian writer Maxim Gorky learned to fend for himself early on, often surviving on the meager wages provided by menial jobs such as that of a baker's apprentice, an experience brought to life in the title story of this fine

This collection includes essays on the following topics and novelists: Russian National Character, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevski, Tolstoi, Gorki, Chekhov, Artsybashev, Andreev, Kuprin's Picture of Garrison Life, and a list of publications of the various novelists. William Lyon Phelps was the Lampson Professor of English Literature at Yale University

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