Foma Gordeyev

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Foma Gordeyev is a novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the moral and spiritual decline of a wealthy merchant’s son amid the social tensions of late 19th-century Russia.

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Foma Gordeyev (character) 1
Фома Гордеев 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Maksim Gorky
Maksim Gorky
surface form: Maxim Gorky
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
creator Maksim Gorky
surface form: Maxim Gorky
depicts Russian merchant class
late 19th-century Russian society
genre novel
psychological fiction
social novel
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasType Russian novel
influencedBy social conditions in late Imperial Russia
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
literaryMovement realism
social realism
mainCharacter Foma Gordeyev self-linksurface differs
surface form: Foma Gordeyev (character)
notableFor critique of Russian merchant class
depiction of social tensions in pre-revolutionary Russia
originalLanguage Russian
partOf Russian literature
portrays Russian bourgeoisie
wealthy merchant’s son
settingPeriod late 19th century
settingPlace Russia
theme alienation
conflict between individual and society
moral decline
social injustice
spiritual crisis
titleInOriginalLanguage Foma Gordeyev self-linksurface differs
surface form: Фома Гордеев

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Foma Gordeyev mainCharacter Foma Gordeyev self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Foma Gordeyev (character)
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov notableWork Foma Gordeyev
Maksim Gorky notableWork Foma Gordeyev
Foma Gordeyev titleInOriginalLanguage Foma Gordeyev self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Фома Гордеев