Maxim Gorky and The Serapion Fraternity
Most of the members of the Fraternity had no regular income and often were hungry and poorly clothed. They lived from the financial support of Maxim Gorky, even though the group considered the realistic novel to be outdated and therefore called the works of their benefactor into question .
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