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| | Lunacharsky essay on Gorky |
 | | Nor is his merciless indignation at the ruling evil of the middle class; nor is his firm belief in man, in his mighty culture, in his coming victory; nor is his bold call for courage and his stormy petrel, heralding the coming revolution, of the middle class. |
 | | Gorky did not want to lie to the poor, whom he considered to be his brothers, as "Chizh who lied". |
 | | However, Gorky, who spoke to the Russian reader in his deep, muffled voice of the terrible life of the poor, and whose stories were at times unbearable in their intensity, did not strike the reader as being bitter. |
| www.marxists.org /archive/lunachar/works/gorky.htm (4950 words) |
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