Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Maksim Gorky
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.
Other
Creighton University: Anton Chekhov on Writing
Twenty or so quotations from Chekhov's personal advice to aspiring writers. Some are directed to Maxim Gorky. Has links to other useful pages.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Swan Song by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
A biographical sketch introduces this translation of The Swan Song. Multiple formats of the text can be accessed from this page.
A&E Television
Biography: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)
This resource provides a short biography of Russian novelist Maxim Gorky.
Drama Circle
Drama Circle: A Brief History of Russian Drama (Before 1900)
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.
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists.org: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)
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.