My Childhood, by Maksim Gorky

“ Aleksyei Maksimovitch Pyeshkof (pseudonym Maxim Gorky). Born at Nijni–Novgorod, March 14, 1868. He led a vagabond life for many years, working and tramping with the poorest classes in Russia, and his writings record the tragedy of poverty and crime as he found it. Among the best known of his works are ‘Makar Chudra’ (1890), ‘ Emilian Pibgai,’ ‘ Chelkash,’ ‘Oshybka’ (1895), ‘ Tyenovya Kartinki ‘ (1895), ‘Toska,’ ‘Konovalov’ (1896), ‘Malva’ (1896), ‘ Foma Gordyeev’ (1901), ‘Mukiki’ (1901). Three volumes of short stories (189899), ‘ Miestchanye ‘ (1902), ‘Comrades’ (1907), ‘The Spy’ (1908), ‘In the Depths,’ a play, and ‘ Tales of Two Countries ‘ (1914).” Century Cyclopedia of Names.