“It is quiet here and restful and the air is delicious. There are gardens everywhere and police spies lie in the bushes. There are nightingales in every garden, but police spies only in mine, I think. They sit under my windows in the darkness of the night and try to get a glimpse of how I spread sedition in Russia.”
Quote by Maxim Gorky
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Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky, originally Pavlovich Vasiliyevich Korolenko, was a Russian writer known by his pen name. His works deeply revealed the sufferings of the lower classes and were hailed as masterpieces of Russian literature. His representative works include 'Childhood', 'On the Road', and 'My University'. more
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