The Artamonov Business

The Artamonov Business (Russian: Дело Артамоновых, romanized: Delo Artamonovykh; also translated as The Artamonovs or Decadence) is a novel by Maxim Gorky written during his 10-year emigration from Soviet Russia. It was published in Berlin in 1925 by Verlag "Kniga". Critics often call it Gorky's best novel, or best after The Life of Klim Samgin. The plot concerns the three generations of a pre-revolutionary industrialist family, from the beginning of 1860s to the Revolution of 1917.