Life of Basil Thebes

Leonid Andreyev - Russian writer. The first book of short stories, published in 1901, was highly appreciated by critics and he almost immediately became a literary celebrity. The first works were imbued Andreeva critical analysis of the contemporary world. However, in the early period of the writer's work showed his main reasons: extreme skepticism, lack of faith in the human mind, there was a fascination with spiritualism and religion. His fame after 1905 Andreev basically obliged to success as a playwright. His first play appeared in 1905, and later he published at least one play a year. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 forced the writer to move to Finland, where he denounced the communist journalist pen dominance at home. Artworks Andreeva distinguishes sharpen contrasts, unexpected turns of events in conjunction with the schematic simplicity of style.