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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Maksim Gorky

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative biographical essay focusing on Gorky's political and social activities. Features several quotations from major works, and links to pages on Tolstoy and Chekhov.
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Primary
Other

Creighton University: Anton Chekhov on Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty or so quotations from Chekhov's personal advice to aspiring writers. Some are directed to Maxim Gorky. Has links to other useful pages.
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Swan Song by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch introduces this translation of The Swan Song. Multiple formats of the text can be accessed from this page.
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Handout
A&E Television

Biography: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a short biography of Russian novelist Maxim Gorky.
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Article
Drama Circle

Drama Circle: A Brief History of Russian Drama (Before 1900)

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of Russian plays and playwrights begins with the 18th century comic playwright, Denis Ivanov Fonvizin and continues through Anton Chekov, with two or three sentence summaries about ten writers and their works.
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Handout
Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and you will find a short biography on Russian playwright, Maxim Gorky. Primarily discusses his association with Russian leader, Lenin.