He Who Gets Slapped first presented in Moscow in 1915 _ Translated by Gregory Zilboorg _ Plus: Biography of Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev and Note.

He Who Gets Slapped  is the story of a mysterious man who arrives at Papa Briquet’s circus, and applies to become a clown. He joins the circus as a clown whose popular act is based on repeated slapping. The clown, better known as “Him,” is slapped every time he tries to speak and with each slap relives his personal and professional humiliation. Behind his mask hides a scientist whose happiness is destroyed by a friend who steals not only his wife but also the results of his life’s research.But changes occur in his life when the clown meets another circus artist, a pretty young bareback horsewoman named Consuelo.

Wuilia Ebooks _ ISBN 978-2-38481-015-4 _ English Version _ ePub _ 25,933 words (1 hour 35 minutes) – 152 pages _ 18/05/2022.