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Waiting for the Ferry | |
| Author | Maxim Gorky |
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1905
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| Language | English |
| Original Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | Russian Literature, Socialist Realism |
1905 Short Story
Waiting for the Ferry
Waiting for the Ferry is an English Russian Literature, Socialist Realism short story by Russian writer Maxim Gorky. It was first published in 1905. Waiting for the Ferry is a short story published in Gorky's collection, The Outcasts and other Stories (1905). It was translated by Dora B. Montefiore and Emily Jakowleff. "This is the Russian peasant's food! He eats this stuff while the peasants of other countries eat cheese, good wheaten bread, and drink wine. There is sawdust, trash, and refuse of all sorts in this bread; and this is our peasant's food on the eve of the twentieth century! I should like to know why that is so?"
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Waiting for the Ferry | |
| Author | Maxim Gorky |
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| Language | English |
| Original Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | Russian Literature, Socialist Realism |
