# The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts

By Maksim Gorky.

"The Lower Depths: A Drama in Four Acts" by Maksim Gorky is a play written in 1902. Set in a squalid homeless shelter near the Volga, it portrays impoverished Russians clinging to illusions amid brutal reality. When a wandering pilgrim arrives offering hope and comforting lies, tensions escalate among the residents—including a young thief, a dying woman, and a jealous landlady. Their desperation erupts into violence, forcing each character to confront the harsh truths they've desperately avoided. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: Oliver M. Sayler
- Translator: Jenny Covan
- Subjects: Russian drama -- Translations into English; Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Drama; Poverty -- Russia -- Drama; Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama

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