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A remarkable collection of short expressionist stories by Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer, Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev, who was considered to be the father of Expressionism in Russian literature. Traces of compassion, beauty, and sympathetic insight are encountered on every page side by side with barbarity and crudeness, the reason being that Andreyev portrays life without hiding, without neglecting any part of it. The Little Angel, and other stories (1916) was of one of his collections that were extensively translated into book form. The plots in these stories are straightforward, the characters are isolated, and the endings are harsh and profound in their sadness. Bec...
Study of Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev, Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period.
The drama King-Hunger deals with the most powerful king on earth - ?King-Hunger? - because the earth is replete with suffering: cities, shops, mines, factories and fields resound with the moans and groans of the people. Their agony is unbearable. Originally published in 1907, this is often considered to be Andreyev?s strongest dramatic work.Between the two Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 Leonid Andreyev was without a doubt the foremost writer in Russia. His name was always spoken with veneration, in mysterious whispers, as a grim portentous magician who descended into the ultimate depths of the nether side of life and fathomed the beauty and tragedy of the struggle. Leonid Nickolayevitch was bo...
Critical study of Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev, Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period.
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871 -1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history. Andreyev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist and symbolist schools in literature. In this book: When the King Loses His Head and Other Stories Translator: Archibald J. Wolfe The Little Angel and Other Stories Translator: W. H. Lowe The Crushed Flower and Other Stories Translator: Herman Bernstein The Dark Translator: L. A. Magnus Plays Anathema, A Tragedy in Seven Scenes Translator: Herman Bernstein The Sorrows of Belgium, A Play in Six Scenes Translator: Herman Bernstein Savva and The Life of Man Translator: Thomas Seltzer
Reproduction of the original: Satan ́s Diary by Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution.
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1910.