Andreev
or An·dre·yev
[ahn-drey-yuh f]
- Leonid Nikolaevich [lee-uh-nid nik-uh lah-yuh-vich; Russian llyee-uh-nyeet nyik-uh-lah-yuh-vich] /ˈli ə nɪd ˌnɪkˈəlɑ yə vɪtʃ; Russian ˌllyi əˈnyit ˌnyɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ/, 1871–1919, Russian writer.
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Andreev is a realist, like his predecessors and contemporaries.
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps
No one can read Chekhov and Andreev without being conscious of the hovering spirit of the first master of Russian fiction.
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps
Neither Chekhov nor Andreev have attempted to lift that black pall of despair that hangs over Russian fiction.
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps
Andreev is the first to show that the most common and awful form of disease among Russian soldiers is the disease of the brain.
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps
Andreev is an unflinching realist, with all the Russian power of the concrete phrase.
Essays on Russian NovelistsWilliam Lyon Phelps