Рассказ змеи о том, как у нее появились ядовитые зубы

by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев

Рассказ Леонида Николаевича Андреева (1871—1919), впервые опубликованный в 1907 году. «Я всегда была очаровательным существом, нежным, чувствительным и благодарным. И мудрым. И благородным. И таким гибким в извивах стройного тела, что тебе будет радостью взглянуть на тихую пляску мою; вот в кольца свернусь я, тускло блесну чешуёю, сама обовью себя с нежностью и в нежно-холодных объятиях умножу стальное тело. Одна во множестве! Одна во множестве!»

8 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2014

About the author

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 short story, In the Fog in 1902. Although he started out in the Russian vein he soon startled his readers by his eccentricities, which grew even faster than his fame. His two best known stories may be The Red Laugh (1904) and The Seven Who Were Hanged (1908). His dramas include the Symbolist plays The Life of Man (1906), Tsar Hunger (1907), Black Masks (1908), Anathema (1909) and He Who Gets Slapped (1915).