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The collection consists of three stories related to the Gospel narrative. All three stories feature the writer's characteristic view of the bleakness of human endeavor in an uncaring world.

The collection includes the best works of famous Russian writers:. Fyodor Dostoevsky. NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND. THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN. THE BEGGAR BOY AT CHRIST'S CHRISTMAS TREE. Leo Tolstoy. THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH. A LETTER TO A HINDU. A CONFESSION. GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS. A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY. Anton Chekhov. THE LADY WITH THE DOG. A SLANDER. THE HORSE-STEALERS. THE PETCHENYEG. A DEAD BODY. A HAPPY ENDING. THE LOOKING-GLASS. OLD AGE. DARKNESS. THE BEGGAR. IN TROUBLE. FROST. MINDS IN FERMENT. GONE ASTRAY. AN AVENGER. THE JEUNE PREMIER. A DEFENCELESS CREATURE.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of Continental Europe and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the Russian male author whose time has now come again.

Leonid Andreyev’in “Kızıl Kahkaha” adlı eseri, savaşın yıkıcı etkilerini ve insanın alışılmış düzenin yerini nasıl kaosa bıraktığını keskin bir dille ele alır. Eserde, çatışmanın sadece bedenleri değil, aklı, inancı ve değer yargılarını da altüst eden yönü anlatılır. Savaşın getirdiği sert gerçeklik, disiplinle örülü yüzeyin altında, bireylerin savunmasızlığı ve umutsuzluğu ile iç içe geçmiş; okuyucuyu, varoluşun kırılganlığını sorgulamaya davet ediyor.

Dark is a psychological novella about a desperate revolutionary hiding in a brothel to avoid arrest. As he forms a complex relationship with a prostitute, his internal turmoil grows, leading to deep existential conflict. A haunting and intense story by acclaimed Russian writer Leonid Andreyev.

This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

“When Lazarus rose from the grave, after three days and nights in the mysterious thraldom of death, and returned alive to his home, it was a long time before anyone noticed the evil peculiarities in him that were later to make his very name terrible.” One of Andreyev’s best-known short stories, Lazarus follows the Eastern Orthodox tradition that Lazarus never smiled again, and it explores what happened to the biblical figure after his resurrection from the dead. The unsettling coldness that exudes from the man who cheated death cannot be denied by anyone who meets him.

In this novella, an elderly man, who has endured a lengthy period of imprisonment for murder, relates how he has become reconciled with his incarceration. Prison has not made him bitter or robbed him of his intellectual acuity, but it may have put at risk his ability to function effectively as a free man after his release.

Leonid Andreyev spent most of the last decade of his life in the Finnish village Vammelsu, near the Black Rivulet, where he built for himself a villa. The village was close to the sea, and Andreyev spent many hours exploring the local seas in his yacht.

Many great writers have written about war, but few have explored the personal trauma endured by combatants as did Leonid Andreyev in this tale of the traumatic experiences of a soldier in the Russo - Japanese war in 1905.

Leonid Andreyev was one of the major literary artists at the turn of the 20th century and is widely regarded as perhaps the most talented and prolific representative of the "Silver Age" period of Russian literature. The Seven Who Were Hanged is considered by many to be his masterpiece.

In this typically gloomy novella, Andreyev explores the stunning finality of death and the futility of regret.

In this novella, set in the French Revolution, Leonid Andreyev explores the behavior of a people as it prepares to exchange one form of public servitude for another. As with most of the works of Andreyev, the mood is somber and reflects the author's extreme disillusion with the fallout from the Russian revolution, which he had initially greeted with enthusiasm.

Having assumed the form of an American multimillionaire, Satan sets out on a tour through Europe in quest of amusement and adventure. He observes a panopoly of subversive and hypocritical behaviors, the abhorrent cruelty of men and the deceptive innocence of women. Within a short time, Prince of Hell finds himself outwitted, deceived, relieved of his millions, mocked and humiliated, and beaten by man by the use of his own devilish devices.

A terrorist on the run hides in a brothel. Desperate for respite after evading authorities for days, he hires a prostitute even though he has lived his life as a chaste man. The well-off idealistic young man and the poor woman doing what she can to survive clash but also inspire each other in this dark tale of failed dreams.

Leonid Andreyev was born in Orel, Russia, on August 21, 1871. He died on September 12, 1919, in Finland, an exile from his beloved chaos-ridden fatherland. The main characters of Andreyev's stories are "people who stand apart," solitary, lonely characters, moving among their fellow men with a baneful cloud hanging over them. The hapless Father Vassily is a well-meaning but ineffectual man, whose best intentions are remoselessly crushed by fate.

Leonid Nikolaevich Andreev (9 [21] avgusta 1871, Orjol, Rossijskaja Imperija - 12 sentjabrja 1919, Nejvola, Finljandija) - russkij pisatel'. Predstavitel' Serebrjanogo veka russkoj literatury. Schitaetsja rodonachal'nikom russkogo jekspressionizma.

A fictional story that is positioned in time with the crucifixion of Jesus. While events that would shape culture and thinking were taking place, Ben-Tovit was consumed with a toothache. Would his own health issue prevent him from recognizing history? Narrated by Glenn Hascall.