The Man Who Was Afraid by Maksim Gorky
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"--seeks the storm As though the storm contained repose." And in a leonine voice he cries defiantly: "Let the storm rage with greater force and fury!" HERMAN BERNSTEIN. September 20, 1901. FOMA GORDYEEF Dedicated to ANTON P. CHEKHOV By Maxim Gorky CHAPTER I ABOUT sixty years ago, when fortunes of millions had been made on the Volga with fairy-tale rapidity, Ignat Gordyeeff, a young fellow, was working as water-pumper on one of the barges of the wealthy merchant Zayev. |
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