The Little Angel

Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright, poet novelist, and short-story writer. Born in the city of Oryol, Andreyev studied law in Moscow and St Petersburg. He went on to become a police court-reporter but continued to write poetry in his spare time. 
His first short story was published in 1898, and Andreyev's literary fame quickly grew after the 1901 publication of his first short sto...