Read4MaxClassics Browse library
Cover of Satan’s Diary

Fiction

Satan’s Diary

Translated by Herman Bernstein

Satan’s visit to Earth in the form of an American billionaire forces him to reevaluate mankind.

First published
1920
Length
60,246 words
Reading time
About 4 hr 12 min
Language
English (US)

About the book

Satan has returned to Earth for a sightseeing visit in the form of the American billionaire Henry Wondergood. Accompanied by his faithful demon butler Toppi they head for Rome, but are sidetracked by an unforeseen accident and end up at the home of the inscrutable Thomas Magnus and his divine daughter Maria. As Satan begins to discover the meaning of being a man, the satanic aspects of mankind become ever more apparent to him.

Leonid Andreyev was a Russian author active in the beginning of the twentieth century, famous mostly for his plays and short fiction , and often portrayed as Russia’s equivalent to Edgar Allan Poe . Satan’s Diary was his last work, completed just a few days before his death in 1919. This edition was translated by his previous collaborator Herman Bernstein and published in 1920.

First published 1920; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 60,246 words arranged in 6 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Translator: Herman Bernstein.

About the author

Leonid Andreyev

Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919) is described by Wikidata as Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919), with citizenship or national association recorded as Russian Empire.

Recorded occupations include playwright, writer, journalist, storyteller, poet, and prose writer. Languages recorded for Leonid Andreyev include Russian. Wikidata lists The Seven Who Were Hanged among Leonid Andreyev's notable works. Open Library identifies Best Russian short stories as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 453 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes He Who Gets Slapped and Satan’s Diary under Leonid Andreyev's authorship.

Contributors

Translator

Herman Bernstein

Reading options

  • A complete text with direct section navigation in the browser reader.
  • A downloadable EPUB for phones, tablets, desktop reading apps, and compatible ereaders.
  • Book and contributor metadata are checked against the source edition before indexing.

Themes and ideas

  • Diary fiction
  • Devil
  • Russian fiction
  • Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919
  • Good and evil

Table of contents

Open reader
  1. Preface
  2. Satan’s Diary
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV