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Leonid Andreyev

Born

in Oryol province, Russian Federation

August 21, 1871

Died

September 12, 1919

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (Russian: Леонид Николаевич Андреев; 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 which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. His first story published was About a Poor Student, a narrative based upon his own experiences. It was not, however, until Gorky discovered him by stories appearing in the Moscow Courier and elsewhere that Andreyevs literary career really began. His first collection of stories appeared in 1901, and sold a quarter-million copies in short time. He was hailed as a new star in Russia, where his name soon became a byword. He published his s ...more

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	Seven Who Were Hanged 4.06 avg rating — 2,487 ratings — published 1908 — 246 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Laugh 4.20 avg rating — 2,240 ratings — published 1904 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	يادداشتهاى شيطان by Leonid Andreyev, حميدرضا آتش‌برآب (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 2,507 ratings — published 1920	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Иуда Искариот by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев 4.15 avg rating — 1,686 ratings — published 1910 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lazarus 4.03 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1906 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	زندگی واسیلی by Leonid Andreyev, حمیدرضا آتش‌برآب 4.05 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1903 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Бездна by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев 4.17 avg rating — 197 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Молчание by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев 4.20 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1900 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Жизнь человека by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев 3.92 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1907 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	كتاب الجنون by Leonid Andreyev, ليونيد آندرييف, نوفل نيوف (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I want to be the apostle of self destruction. I want my book to affect man’s reason, his emotions, his nerves, his whole animal nature. I should like my book to make people turn pale with horror as they read it, to affect them like a drug, like a terrifying dream, to drive them mad, to make them curse and hate me but still to read me and…to kill themselves.”
― Leonid Andreyev

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“Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out.”
― Leonid Andreyev

tags: cynicism, death, despair, life

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“Look at us, Lazarus, and share our joy. Is there anything stronger than love?"

And Lazarus looked. And for the rest of their life they kept on loving each other, but their passion grew gloomy and joyless, like those funeral cypresses whose roots feed on the decay of the graves and whose black summits in a still evening hour seek in vain to reach the sky. Thrown by the unknown forces of life into each other's embraces, they mingled tears with kisses, voluptuous pleasures with pain, and they felt themselves doubly slaves, obedient slaves to life, and patient servants of the silent Nothingness. Ever united, ever severed, they blazed like sparks and like sparks lost themselves in the boundless Dark.”
― Leonid Andreyev, Lazarus

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A Lost Opportunity by Leo Tolstoy

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton

32 votes, 16.4%

Viy by Nikolai Gogol

27 votes, 13.8%

Anthem by Ayn Rand

20 votes, 10.3%

The Seven Who Were Hanged by Leonid Andreyev

19 votes, 9.7%

Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

18 votes, 9.2%

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét

14 votes, 7.2%

The Wonderful O by James Thurber

13 votes, 6.7%

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Watchers of the Sky by Alfred Noyes

7 votes, 3.6%

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