The Seven Who Were Hanged
- The Seven Who Were Hanged
Infobox Book |
name = The Seven Who Were Hanged
image_caption = Book cover
translator = Herman Bernstein
author = Leonid Andreyev
country = United States
language = English
genre = Psychological horror
publisher = University Press of the Pacific
release_date = 1909
media_type = Print (Hardback and Paperback)
pages = 94
"The Seven Who Were Hanged" ( _ru. Рассказ о семи повешенных) is a 1909 novel by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. Herman Bernstein translated the novel from Russian to English.
Plot
"The Seven Who Were Hanged" depicts the fates of five terrorists foiled in their attack and two common peasants who have received death sentences. These condemned men are awaiting their executions by hanging. In prison, each of the prisoners deals with his fate in his own way.
The seven prisoners
Yanson
Yanson is an Estonian servant at a Russian estate. He kills his master and tries to rape the master's wife.
Tsiganok
Tsiganok is a Russian bandit and thief from Oryol. He is to be executed for murder.
Werner
One of the terrorists, a social yet internally bitter man who loathes humanity--but learns to love it before the end.
Tanya Kovalchuk
External links
* [http://az.lib.ru/a/andreew_l_n/text_0400.shtml Full text of the novel] ru icon
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