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The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous ManMaksim Gorky

The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man

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Original author: Maksim Gorky

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"The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man" by Maksim Gorky is a novel written in 1907 and published in 1908. It follows Yevsey Klimkov, a weak and frightened orphan coerced into becoming a spy for the Tsarist police. Forced to inform on revolutionaries he secretly admires, Klimkov descends into the role of agent provocateur, entrapping innocent people while his conscience tears him apart. The novel examines the moral corruption of espionage under imperial rule.

The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man, by Maksim Gorky. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #51094.

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30 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I3,795 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: When Yevsey completed the school course, the blacksmith said to him4,521 words
  3. 3.Chapter III2,416 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV2,276 words
  5. 5.Chapter V819 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI3,390 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII2,803 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII1,624 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX2,503 words
  10. 10.Chapter X1,402 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI2,671 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII1,585 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII2,938 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV6,504 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV3,949 words
  1. 16.Chapter XVI2,413 words
  2. 17.Chapter XVII3,033 words
  3. 18.Chapter XVIII1,994 words
  4. 19.Chapter XIX2,325 words
  5. 20.Chapter XX2,506 words
  6. 21.Chapter XXI2,535 words
  7. 22.Chapter XXII1,392 words
  8. 23.Chapter XXIII: On the way Zarubin said in a business-like way1,496 words
  9. 24.Chapter XXIV2,600 words
  10. 25.Chapter XXV4,599 words
  11. 26.Chapter XXVI3,857 words
  12. 27.Chapter XXVII4,869 words
  13. 28.Chapter XXVIII1,134 words
  14. 29.Chapter XXIX1,411 words
  15. 30.Chapter XXX1,738 words