Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Who_Were_Hanged Translation of: Rasskaz o semi poveshennykh Release date is 2004-10-01

Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger Produced by Eric Eldred, and David Widger

"The Seven Who Were Hanged" by Leonid Andreyev is a horror novella written in 1908. After a failed assassination attempt on a minister, seven condemned prisoners await execution by hanging: five revolutionaries, an Estonian farmhand who murdered his employer, and a violent thief. In their final days, each prisoner confronts their approaching death in starkly different ways. The novella explores how these diverse individuals—from a motherly revolutionary leader to a confused farmhand to a jovial bandit—grapple with mortality's shadow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Executions and executioners -- Russia -- Fiction

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