Project Gutenberg 2016-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 692 Gorky, Maksim 1868 1936 Peshkov, Alexey Maximiovich Горький, Максим Gorky, Maxim Gorky, Maxime Gorki, Maximo Gorki, Maxime Sayler, Oliver M. 1887 1958 Sayler, Oliver Martin Covan, Jenny Covan, Jennie Na dne. English The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lower_Depths Produced by Paul Haxo with special thanks to the Internet Archive and the University of Connecticut. "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 ease score: 87.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Russian drama -- Translations into English Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Drama Poverty -- Russia -- Drama Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama PG Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Russian Literature 220925 2025-06-21T05:41:46.660065 text/html 203881 2024-10-23T00:48:21 text/html 385388 2025-06-21T05:41:53.066501 application/epub+zip 384454 2025-06-21T05:41:48.018070 application/epub+zip 137007 2025-06-21T05:41:47.253104 application/epub+zip 488700 2025-06-21T05:41:56.520542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450169 2025-06-21T05:41:52.471507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203343 2022-09-23T22:12:19.361634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159802 2023-09-22T14:40:19.606973 text/plain 139973 2024-10-23T00:48:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17547 2025-06-21T05:41:56.691477 application/rdf+xml 25876 2025-06-21T05:41:47.372019 image/jpeg 4436 2025-06-21T05:41:47.311045 image/jpeg 361898 2025-06-21T05:41:46.689075 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia