The abyss : and other stories
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Type of record: Book
Title: The abyss : and other stories
Other titles: Short stories
Classmark: Manuscripts MS 606/H212 (Leeds Russian Archive)
Creator(s): Andreyev, Leonid (1871-1919)
Additional creator(s): Aplin, Hugh A (Translator)
Related people: Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919; Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919
Publisher: Alma Classics, an imprint of Alma Books Ltd
Publication city: Richmond, Surrey
Date(s): 2018
Language: English
Size and medium: 315 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/653567
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003018489705181
Collection group(s): Leeds Russian Archive
Description
Includes bibliographical references.
As the young Zinaida and her sweetheart, the student Nemovetsky, stroll through the idyllic Russian countryside, their memories, dreams and thoughts about life and the future mingle in the evening breeze. But when night falls, they hasten to retrace their steps back to town through a small wood, where they are accosted by three threatening drunkards, who knock Nemovetsky unconscious and start to chase the girl through the underwood. When the young student comes round, he is confronted with the horror of what has just happened. Haunting, disquieting, shocking, 'The Abyss' -- one of the most powerful short stories ever written -- is accompanied in this volume by fifteen other stories, including 'Silence', 'The Thief' and 'Lazarus, some of them never translated before into English. Together, they provide a clear account of the lasting legacy of Russia's foremost man of letters of the early twentieth century.
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