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"textContent": "Gorky’s 1904 play ‘Summerfolk’ follows a group of wealthy, self-absorbed friends, obsessed with bickering about about ‘deep’ questions of life. Within this biting critique is an eerily familiar picture: an unstable world on the precipice of revolution.\n\nThe post ‘Summerfolk’: Gorky’s masterful condemnation of Tsarist Russia’s ruling class appeared first on The Communist.",
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