About this title: Includes the title story, in which a thieving vagrant takes on a young apprentice; "Makar Chudra," the story of an ill-fated romance; and "Twenty-six Men and A Girl," in which wretched bakery workers destroy their only source of joy.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780486406527ISBN:0486406520
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Flexible near back cover, little edge wear, clean pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1916
Description: Octavo, original red cloth. First U.S. edition. The 1916 Knopf edition uses the plates of the UK 1915 Hodder & Stoughton edition. There was an earlier translation into English (by Emily Jakowleff and Dora B. Montefiore) of some of the stories collected here, published by Duckworth in 1902 as TWENTY-SIX MEN AND A GIRL. Ettlinger and Gladstone, Russian Literature, Theatre and Art, p. 50 (provide incorrect and misleading data on the Knopf edition). Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corners, spine ... read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (260 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Edition: First British
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Date Published: 1905
Description: First English edition of stories Gorky wrote in the mid to late 1890's. Good in red cloth, black lettering, large unobtrusive stain to upper front panel. 244pp. Uncommon First. read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00260 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781417903252ISBN:1417903252
Description: New. Includes the title story, in which a thieving vagrant takes on a young apprentice; "Makar Chudra, " the story of an ill-fated romance; and "Twenty-six Men and A Girl, " in which wretched bakery workers destroy their only source of joy. read more
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