Short Fiction

Short Fiction

By Leonid Andreyev.

Translated by Herman Bernstein, Alexandra Linden, L. A. Magnus, K. Walter, W. H. Lowe, The Russian Review, Archibald J. Wolfe, John Cournos, R. S. Townsend, and Maurice Magnus.

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. Foreword
4. Short Fiction
   1. Bargamot and Garaska
   2. The Little Angel
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
   3. Petka at the Bungalow
   4. The Friend
   5. The Lie
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
   6. Silence
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
   7. “Men May Rise on Stepping-Stones of Their Dead Selves to Higher Things”
   8. The Wall
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
      5. V
      6. VI
   9. Snapper
      1. I
      2. II
      3. III
      4. IV
   10. Laughter
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
   11. In the Basement
       1. I
       2. II
   12. The Tocsin
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
   13. A Present
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
   14. A Dilemma
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
   15. An Original
   16. The City
   17. On the Day of the Crucifixion
   18. At the Roadside Station
   19. Life of Father Vassily
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
       9. IX
       10. X
       11. XI
       12. XII
   20. The Marseillaise
   21. The Red Laugh
       1. Part I
          1. Fragment I
          2. Fragment II
          3. Fragment III
          4. Fragment IV
          5. Fragment V
          6. Fragment VI
          7. Fragment VII
          8. Fragment VIII
          9. Fragment IX
       2. Part II
          1. Fragment X
          2. Fragment XI
          3. Fragment XII
          4. Fragment XIII
          5. Fragment XIV
          6. Fragment XV
          7. Fragment XVI
          8. Fragment XVII
          9. Fragment XVIII
          10. Fragment the Last
   22. The Spy
   23. When the King Loses His Head
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
   24. His Excellency the Governor
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
   25. Lazarus
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
   26. Judas Iscariot
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
       9. IX
   27. The Dark
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. VI
       5. VII
   28. The Seven Who Were Hanged
       1. I: At One O’Clock, Your Excellency!
       2. II: Condemned to Be Hanged
       3. III: Why Should I Be Hanged?
       4. IV: We Come from Oryol
       5. V: Kiss—and Say Nothing
       6. VI: The Hours Are Rushing
       7. VII: There Is No Death
       8. VIII: There Is Death as Well as Life
       9. IX: Dreadful Solitude
       10. X: The Walls Are Falling
       11. XI: On the Way to the Scaffold
       12. XII: They Are Hanged
   29. A Story Which Will Never Be Finished
   30. The Giant
   31. Love, Faith and Hope
   32. “The Man Who Found the Truth”
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
       8. VIII
       9. IX
       10. X
       11. XI
   33. The Story of the Snake
   34. Dies Irae
       1. Chant the First
          1. I
          2. II
          3. III
          4. IV
          5. V
          6. VI
          7. VII
          8. VIII
          9. IX
          10. X
          11. XI
          12. XII
          13. XIII
       2. Chant the Second
          1. I
          2. II
          3. III
          4. IV
          5. V
          6. VI
          7. VII
          8. VIII
          9. IX
          10. X
          11. XI
          12. XII
          13. XIII
          14. XIV
          15. XV
          16. XVI
          17. XVII
          18. XVIII
          19. XIX
          20. XX
          21. XXI
          22. XXII
          23. XXIII
          24. XXIV
          25. XXV
          26. XXVI
          27. XXVII
          28. XXVIII
   35. The Ocean
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
       4. IV
       5. V
       6. VI
       7. VII
   36. The Crushed Flower
       1. I
       2. II
       3. III
   37. The Confessions of a Little Man During Great Days
       1. Part I
       2. Part II
       3. Part III
5. Endnotes
6. Colophon
7. Uncopyright

Imprint

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Foreword

This edition of Leonid Andreyev’s Short Fiction was produced from various translations. “The Red Laugh” was translated by Alexandra Linden and originally published in 1905. “The Seven Who Were Hanged” was translated by Herman Bernstein and originally published in 1909. “A Dilemma” was translated by John Cournos and originally published in 1910. “The Wall” was translated by W. H. Lowe and also originally published in 1910. “The Crushed Flower,” “A Story Which Will Never Be Finished,” “On