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But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.

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Maxim Gorky
Age: 68 †
Born: 1868
Born: March 14
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov
Maksim Gor'ky
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