The Seven Who Were Hanged
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An English-language edition of The Seven That Were Hanged | |
| Author | Leonid Andreyev |
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Psychological horror |
Publication date | 1908 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
The Seven That Were Hanged (Russian: Рассказ о семи повешенных) is a 1908 short story by Russian author Leonid Andreyev. The novel was adapted for film in 1920. Herman Bernstein translated the novel from Russian to English.
Plot
The Seven Who Were Hanged depicts the fates of five leftist revolutionaries 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.
- Tzigane. Tzigane is a Russian bandit and thief from Orel. 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
- Mousia
- Sergei Golovin
- Vassily Kashirin
External links
- The Seven Who Were Hanged at LibriVox (audiobook)
- Full text of the novel (Russian)