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Uniform Title: Na dne. English
Title: The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lower_Depths
Credits:
Produced by Paul Haxo with special thanks to the Internet
Archive and the University of Connecticut.
Summary: "The Lower Depths" by Maksim Gorky is a four-act drama written in the early 20th century. This play explores the lives of a group of downtrodden individuals residing in a grim cellar known as a night lodging, with themes focusing on despair, social injustice, and the search for meaning. The characters, including the keeper Kostilyoff and the despairing thief Vaska Pepel, navigate their relationships and hardships in a bleak environment, presenting a raw depiction of human existence. The opening of "The Lower Depths" introduces the setting: an oppressive and filthy night lodging where various characters interact. We see Kostilyoff, the keeper, discuss rent and the troubles he faces, while Vaska Pepel, a young thief, engages with the other lodgers, revealing their trivial disputes and hopes. As arguments break out and characters share musings about life, death, and dreams, a sense of bleak camaraderie emerges among them. The conversation touches on themes of love, suffering, and the coping mechanisms characters use to deal with their grim realities, setting the tone for the play's exploration of human nature amidst adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936
Editor: Sayler, Oliver M., 1887-1958
Translator: Covan, Jenny
EBook No.: 52468
Published: Jul 1, 2016
Downloads: 634
Language: English
Subject: Russian drama -- Translations into English
Subject: Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Drama
Subject: Poverty -- Russia -- Drama
Subject: Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Uniform Title: Na dne. English
Title: The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lower_Depths
Credits:
Produced by Paul Haxo with special thanks to the Internet
Archive and the University of Connecticut.
Summary: "The Lower Depths" by Maksim Gorky is a four-act drama written in the early 20th century. This play explores the lives of a group of downtrodden individuals residing in a grim cellar known as a night lodging, with themes focusing on despair, social injustice, and the search for meaning. The characters, including the keeper Kostilyoff and the despairing thief Vaska Pepel, navigate their relationships and hardships in a bleak environment, presenting a raw depiction of human existence. The opening of "The Lower Depths" introduces the setting: an oppressive and filthy night lodging where various characters interact. We see Kostilyoff, the keeper, discuss rent and the troubles he faces, while Vaska Pepel, a young thief, engages with the other lodgers, revealing their trivial disputes and hopes. As arguments break out and characters share musings about life, death, and dreams, a sense of bleak camaraderie emerges among them. The conversation touches on themes of love, suffering, and the coping mechanisms characters use to deal with their grim realities, setting the tone for the play's exploration of human nature amidst adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 87.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936
Editor: Sayler, Oliver M., 1887-1958
Translator: Covan, Jenny
EBook No.: 52468
Published: Jul 1, 2016
Downloads: 634
Language: English
Subject: Russian drama -- Translations into English
Subject: Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Drama
Subject: Poverty -- Russia -- Drama
Subject: Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.