Leonid Andreyev is widely considered one of the most talented writers in Russian literature In his prose he reflected the influence of A Chekhovs realism the fascination with psychological paradoxes of F Dostoevsky and a constant obsession with the insignificance of life and the inevitability of death in the manner of L Tolstoy In Judas Iscariot Leonid Andreyev leads us to reflect on the true role of Judas in the Passion of Christ and suggests a ...