Maxim Gorky
A Russian author.
The Lower Depths
Opens on a cellar containing a number of lower class people, including Vaska the Thief, Nastya the Streetwalker, and the Baron. Nastya is reading Fatal Love, but the Baron takes it away and insults her. Satine recovers from a beating. The Actor cannot sweep the floor due to alcohol poisoning. Kleshtch eats his dying wife Anna’s dumplings. She has TB. Two sisters, one one of which is the landlord Kastilyoff’s wife, are mad at Vaska. Everyone sings as the actor kills himself
Mother
Pelageya Nilovna becomes involved in Russian Revolution with son Pavel Vlasov