Through Russia Author:Maxim Gorky A collection of short stories by the popular and influential Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and arguably the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century. He wrote stories, plays, memoirs and novels which touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian author to write sympathet... more »ically of such characters as tramps and thieves, emphasizing their daily struggles against overwhelming odds.« less