Publisher's Synopsis
The Dark is a novella by Russian author Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, an acclaimed Russian playwright and writer of short fiction, who was noted for the darkness in his work.The Dark is a story about a desperate young man, a "terrorist and nihilist", trying to avoid arrest by taking refuge in a brothel. The story focuses on his unfolding relationship with a prostitute in the brothel and the internal conflict which torments him.The Dark was translated by Leonard A. Magnus. This book was originally published 1922.
