The Three
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears, with some minor age toning and light marks. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings observed. Binding condition: Binding intact, hardcover with red spine showing wear at edges. Stickers/labels: None observed.
The Three is a powerful work of Russian realist fiction by Maxim Gorky, one of the foremost voices of early twentieth-century Soviet and pre-revolutionary Russian literature. The novel chronicles the lives of three childhood friends — Ilya, Yakov, and Mikhail — as they grow up in the grim poverty of a provincial Russian town and navigate diverging paths into adulthood. With unflinching honesty, Gorky illustrates the crushing weight of social inequality, moral corruption, and spiritual disillusionment that defined life for Russia's urban underclass at the turn of the century. The narrative presents each character's struggle with conscience, ambition, and belonging against the backdrop of a society in the throes of rapid and turbulent change. Written with the gritty intensity and humanist compassion that defined Gorky's literary voice, this is an essential and enduring work of Russian realism.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears, with some minor age toning and light marks. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings observed. Binding condition: Binding intact, hardcover with red spine showing wear at edges. Stickers/labels: None observed.
The Three is a powerful work of Russian realist fiction by Maxim Gorky, one of the foremost voices of early twentieth-century Soviet and pre-revolutionary Russian literature. The novel chronicles the lives of three childhood friends — Ilya, Yakov, and Mikhail — as they grow up in the grim poverty of a provincial Russian town and navigate diverging paths into adulthood. With unflinching honesty, Gorky illustrates the crushing weight of social inequality, moral corruption, and spiritual disillusionment that defined life for Russia's urban underclass at the turn of the century. The narrative presents each character's struggle with conscience, ambition, and belonging against the backdrop of a society in the throes of rapid and turbulent change. Written with the gritty intensity and humanist compassion that defined Gorky's literary voice, this is an essential and enduring work of Russian realism.
