"The First Fee", "Petka at the Dacha", "Into the Dark Distance"

Leonid Andreev’s stories “Petyka at the Dacha,” “The First Honorarium,” and “Into the Dark Distance” are delicate, elegant, and elevated stories about simple things—the joy of unity with nature, the growth of a person’s character, and the clash of an innocent and enthusiastic spirit with the cruelty and deceptions of the real world.