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  • A Dilemma

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Translated by John Cournos ...
    'A Dilemma' is a psychological thriller from the "Russian Edgar Allan Poe" following the mentally perplexed Anton. He does not love Tatiana, but the fact that she loves the lame Alexis simply enrages him. So yes, he will kill Alexis and free himself of this mental burden.As part of his plan Anton begins to feign insanity, lashing out in public, reverting to a childlike state, all is going to plan. ... Read more

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  • He Who Gets Slapped

    by Andreyev ...
    Translated by Zilboorg ...
    A mysterious gentleman arrives at Papa Briquet's circus, and applies to be a clown; unable to do a backflip, and with the circus unwilling to accept the idea of political discourse among the clowns, they settle together on the role of He Who Gets Slapped. Unfortunately for the troupe, He has motives for joining that aren't immediately apparent; motives that start to threaten the integrity of the ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Leonid Andreyev

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    The Complete Works of Leonid AndreyevLeonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a 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.This collection includes the following:He Who Gets SlappedSatan's DiaryThe DarkWhen the King Loses His Head and Other ... Read more

    $2.75 CAD

  • Short Fiction

    by Andreyev ...
    Translated by Bernstein, Alexandra Linden ...
    Leonid Andreyev was a Russian playwright and author of short stories and novellas, writing primarily in the first two decades of the 20th century. Matching the depression he suffered from an early age, his writing is always dark of tone with subjects including biblical parables, Russian life, eldritch horror and revolutionary fervour. H. P. Lovecraft was a reader of his work, and The Seven Who ... Read more

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  • The Red Laugh

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    The Red Laugh was written in 1904 during the uncertain period following Russia's ignominious defeat at the hands of the Japanese It is the feverish and fragmentary monologue of a Russian officer, overcome by the horror of man's inhumanity and driven to seek refuge in insanity.Although self-consciously modern and sensational in style The Red Laugh has a disturbing and prophetic power which ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • The Seven Who Were Hanged

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Translated by Herman Bernstein ...
    In "The Seven Who Were Hanged," Leonid Andreyev explores the human condition under the specter of death, depicted through a series of interconnected narratives centered on the lives of seven revolutionaries facing execution. The book is imbued with Andreyev's hallmark existential questioning, blending stark realism with lyrical prose that conveys the emotional and psychological landscapes of its ... Read more

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  • Anathema

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Translated by Herman Bernstein ...
    Series series World Classics
    "Anathema" is a tragedy by Leonid Andreyev in seven scenes, often labelled as his most atheist one. It follows the dispute between the devil (called Anathema) and God about the limitations of reason and the secrets of the universe. At the same time, the Jewish protagonist David Leizer is suffering his ascent from rags to riches. For Andreyev, the human mind cannot comprehend a lot of things, such ... Read more

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  • Short Fiction

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev is a collection of works from one of Russia's leading early 20th-century writers. Andreyev is known for his dark, intense, and psychologically complex short stories that delve deeply into the human soul, exploring themes of existential crisis, madness, guilt, and the inevitability of death. Often associated with the symbolist and modernist movements, Andreyev's ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Seven Who Were Hanged

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Translated by Herman Bernstein ...
    The Seven Who Were Hanged is a novel by Russian author Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, an acclaimed Russian playwright and writer of short fiction, who was noted for the darkness in his work.The Seven Who Were Hanged depicts the fates of five leftist revolutionaries foiled in their attack and two common peasants who have received death sentences. These condemned people are awaiting their executions ... Read more

    $2.07 CAD

  • Silence

    by Leonid Andreyev ...
    Translated by John Cournos ...
    'Silence' is a haunting short story from the 'Russian Edgar Allan Poe' that deals with profoundly emotional and sad themes in an unexpected and shocking way.Vera, the daughter of Father Ignatius, lays languishing in her room, too weak to move, barely able to speak. The cause of her condition cannot be found and she suffers more and more with each passing day. This powerful short deals with the ... Read more

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  • L'indispensable en anglais

    by Judith Andreyev ...
    Des mémentos complets, pratiques et intelligents pour apprendre, réviser et retrouver facilement les fondamentaux d’une discipline.Cet ouvrage est une refonte du désormais classique Say it With Style. Il traite de la question indispensable de l’expression en anglais, tant à l’écrit qu’à l’oral.Réussir une épreuve d’anglais, c’est parvenir à s’exprimer clairement sur un sujet (en général économique ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Satan's Diary (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Russian Philosophical Satire of the Devil on Earth, Decadent Europe, Money, Power, and Spiritual Despair

    by Leonid Andreyev, Winter Fernwick ...
    Translated by Herman Bernstein ...
    Satan's Diary is one of Leonid Andreyev's most arresting late works: a philosophical satire in which the Devil descends to modern Europe in the guise of an American millionaire, Henry Wondergood. Written in a diary-like mode that fuses confession, grotesque comedy, metaphysical parable, and fin-de-siècle cynicism, the book examines money, power, love, and spiritual exhaustion after the collapse of ... Read more

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