Maksim Gorky

Best Russian Short Stories

Through Russia

Mother

Twenty-six and One and Other Stories

Creatures That Once Were Men

The Man Who Was Afraid

Maxim Gorky — Makar Chudra: Makar Chudra is one of Maxim Gorky’s most powerful early stories — a philosophical parable about freedom, pride, love, and the unbreakable spirit of the wanderer.