14 best-selling literature books like My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks

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My Childhood

By: Maxim Gorky , Ronald Wilks

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a w…

"Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt"

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt"

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face."

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face."

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

If you liked the literature plot in My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol, David George Hogarth

1. Taras Bulba

By: Nikolai Gogol , David George Hogarth

3.72

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Nicolas Gogol (1809-1852) "« Voyons, tourne-toi. Dieu, que tu es drôle ! Qu’est-ce que cette r… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
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  • literature
"I brought you into this world. It is on me to take it away."

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"Our country is the one our soul longs for, the one which is dearest of all to us. My country is—you! That is my native land, and I bear that country in my heart."

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"It does not need much wisdom to utter words of reproof; but much wisdom is needed to find such words as do not embitter a man's misfortune, but encourage him, restore to him his spirit, put spurs to …"

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"Ukrayna'nın benim yurdum olduğunu kim söylüyor? Kim, ne adına orayı bana yurt olarak vermiş? Ruhumu okşayan, beni sevgiyle kucaklayan her yer ya da her şey benim yurdumdur. Benim yurdum, varlığım her…"

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

Cover of Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku by İlhami Algör

2. Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku

By: İlhami Algör

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Boyle olmasini istemezdim ama hep olurdu. Dunyanin butun kizilderilileri yenilir, Spartakus kaybede… read more

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  • literature
Cover of Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Robert A. Maguire

3. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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4. A Prisoner in the Caucasus

By: Leo Tolstoy

4.00

Format: None pages,

"The Prisoner of the Caucasus" ("Russian: Kavkazskii plennik", ["Kavkazskii plennik"]) is an 1872 n… read more

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  • russia
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Cover of Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh

5. Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh

By: Nguyễn Nhật Ánh

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Toi thay hoa vang tren co xanh" truyen dai moi nhat cua nha van vua nhan giai van chuong ASEAN Ngu… read more

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Cover of My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks

6. My Childhood

By: Maxim Gorky , Ronald Wilks

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand - in a w… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • classics
  • biography
  • memoir
  • literature
  • russian literature
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
"Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt"

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"In the monotony of everyday existence grief comes as a holiday, and a fire is an entertainment. A scratch embellishes an empty face."

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"And this was the end of my first friendship with one of that innumerable company of people who are foreigners in their own country, but who are in reality its finest sons...."

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

"In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character wit…"

-Maxim Gorky, My Childhood

Cover of Алые паруса by Alexander Grin, Александр Степанович Грин

7. Алые паруса

By: Alexander Grin , Александр Степанович Грин

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

<>-- eto istoriia liubvi, pochti za vekovoe svoe sushchestvovanie stavshaia takoi zhe klassicheskoi… read more

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  • russia
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Cover of The Foundation Pit by Mirra Ginsburg, Andrei Platonov, Andrey Platonov

8. The Foundation Pit

By: Mirra Ginsburg , Andrei Platonov , Andrey Platonov

4.12

Format: 323 pages, Paperback

The Foundation Pitportrays a group of workmen and local bureaucrats engaged in digging the foundati… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
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9. Dubrovsky

By: Alexander Pushkin

3.88

Format: 136 pages,

One of Pushkin's most thrilling prose works, Dubrovskyfollows the adventures of an aristocrat-turne… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
  • russian literature
Cover of Envy by Marian Schwartz, Ken Kalfus, Yury Olesha, Natan Altman

10. Envy

By: Marian Schwartz , Ken Kalfus , Yury Olesha , Natan Altman

3.71

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Na… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
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  • literature
  • 20th century
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11. Mumu

By: Ivan Turgenev

4.14

Format: 304 pages,

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Cover of Martin Eden by Jack London, Andrew Sinclair

12. Martin Eden

By: Jack London , Andrew Sinclair

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

The semiautobiographical Martin Edenis the most vital and original character Jack London ever creat… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
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13. Childhood

By: Leo Tolstoy

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

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  • classics
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14. Fathers and Sons

By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more

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  • russia
  • classics
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"Death's an old story, but new for each person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

15. And Quiet Flows the Don

By: Mikhail Sholokhov

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (Tikhii Don, lit. "The Quiet Don") is 4-volume epi… read more

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16. How the Steel Was Tempered

By: Nikolai Ostrovsky

3.00

Format: 285 pages,

V nastoiashchuiu knigu voshel roman sovetskogo pisatelia N.Ostrovskogo "Kak zakalialas' stal'", gde… read more

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17. Winter Notes on Summer Impressions

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Gary Saul Morson , David A. Patterson , David Patterson

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions (?????? ??????? ? ?????? ????????????) is an early book-length e… read more

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18. My Left Foot

By: Christy Brown

3.07

Format: None pages,

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19. Tuổi thơ dữ dội - Tập 1

By: Phùng Quán

4.78

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

"Tuổi thơ dữ dội" là một tác phẩm truyện dài bảy phần của nhà văn Phùng Quán. Truyện được khởi thảo… read more

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20. Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội - Tập 2

By: Phùng Quán

4.80

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

“Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội” là một câu chuyện hay, cảm động viết về tuổi thơ. Sách dày 404 trang mà người đọc… read more

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  • literature
Cover of Nasıl Ölünür by Émile Zola

21. Nasıl Ölünür

By: Émile Zola

3.77

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Ölüm gerçek, ölüm döşeği tabu, cenaze ortak, yas bireysel… Peki ölüm herkesi eşitler mi? Romanla… read more

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13 Top classics books like My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks

Transform Your Habits

Taras Bulba

Nikolai Gogol , David George Hogarth

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Transform Your Habits

A Prisoner in the Caucasus

Leo Tolstoy

4.00

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Maxim Gorky , Ronald Wilks

4.08

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Altıncı Koğuş

Anton Chekhov , None , Yulva Muhurcişi

4.26

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The Last Day of a Condemned Man

Victor Hugo , Libby Purves , Geoff Woollen

3.98

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Bir Delinin Anı Defteri, Palto-Burun, Petersburg Öyküleri ve Fayton

Mazlum Beyhan , Nikolai Gogol

4.35

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İnsan Ne İle Yaşar?

Leo Tolstoy , Lev Tolstoy

1.00

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