{"product_id":"gorky-plays-2-the-last-ones-vassa-zheleznova-the-zykovs-egor-bulychev-9780413769404","title":"Gorky Plays: 2: The Last Ones, Vassa Zheleznova, the Zykovs, Egor Bulychev","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour key new translations of plays (including three previously unpublished works) written at the turn of the 20th century, charting the descent of Russia into revolution \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by Chekhov as the voice of his time, Gorky's four plays offer a panoramic view of Russia in the throes of revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE ZYKOVS is set shortly before the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917. Antipa Zykov is a merchant adventurer. His young wife, Pavla is an unworldly convent-bred girl, too weak to realise these ideals in her stormy marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEGOR BULYCHOV is set on the eve of revolution as the rich businessman of the title is given power, after the Tsar's abdication. But the songs of the demonstrating crowds outside his window show that his days are numbered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSubtitled 'The Mother' and hugely controversial at the time of its first production VASSA ZHELEZNOVA, is a tragic portrait of a woman with an iron will determined to root out the corruption in her family in order to keep control of the family business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten during his most religious phase, THE LAST ONES is about a corrupt police chief and his family who face death at the hands of revolutionaries as he tries to fight back by lynching a young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxim Gorky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e World Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413769404","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706457460873,"sku":"9780413769404","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_510d1262-ffe8-4116-90b6-05b4729ce44e.jpg?v=1719457734","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gorky-plays-2-the-last-ones-vassa-zheleznova-the-zykovs-egor-bulychev-9780413769404","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}