zubov's

Updated: May 21, 2025

And Foma looked now at one, now at another, and recalled what he knew about them. There was Lup Reznikov; he had begun his career as a brothel-keeper, and had become rich all of a sudden. They said he had strangled one of his guests, a rich Siberian. Zubov's business in his youth had been to purchase thread from the peasants. He had failed twice.

Maksim Gorky - The Man Who Was Afraid