Губернатор

by Leonid Andreyev, Леонид Андреев

Повесть. Впервые опубликована в 1905 году.

Genres: Fiction, Russia, Classics

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 13, 2010

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).

Reviews

[Eugene Pustoshkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Читал после посещения спектакля Андрея Могучего «Губернатор» в петербургском БДТ. Был под большим впечатлением от спектакля. Текст Леонида Андреева впечатлил не менее. Спектакль и рассказ — разные произведения, но теперь они интегрально и неразрывно связаны друг с другом.

[Zéro Janvier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ce court roman, ou cette longue nouvelle, de 64 pages était citée comme source d'inspiration de la bande dessinée Le Gouverneur de Fabien Nury, cela m'avait donné envie et je l'ai lu cette semaine avec un certain plaisir. Cela se lit rapidement et c'est psychologiquement et historiquement intéressant, avec ce regard porté sur le gouverneur de Moscou, menacé de mort suite à la répression sanglante d'une manifestation ouvrière. Le gouverneur sait qu'il va mourir et s'y résigne.