Foma Gordyeeff Author:Maxim Gorky Gorky wrote a series of plays and novels, all less excellent than his best earlier stories. Foma Gordeyev (originally published in 1899), his first novel, 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 F... more »oma, a "seeker after the meaning of life," as are many of Gorky's other characters. From this point, the rise of Russian capitalism became one of Gorky's main fictional interests.« less