Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer. He is one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period in Russian history. Andreyev's style combines elements of realist, naturalist and symbolist schools in literature. This volume includes some of his best-known short stories including: The Seven Who Were Hanged, The Wall, In the Fog, Abyss, The Red Laugh, Governor, The Shield, and Thought.