# The Artist — Short Fiction character guide

> The Artist in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A creative figure whose perspective drives a narrative.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iv)

The narrator, likely an artist or performer, experiences a sudden emotional breakdown after a successful performance.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

The narrator, who experiences a hallucinatory crisis by the water and flees with a maniac.

### [Fragment IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/part-i-fragment-ix)

The narrator, a legless war veteran, experiences dissociative horror as his hand dances uncontrollably while trying to write, revealing deep psychological trauma.

### [Fragment X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/part-ii-fragment-x)

The narrator's brother, a legless and palsied veteran who died after two months of obsessive, senseless writing.

### [Fragment XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/part-ii-fragment-xv)

The narrator experiencing the dream; his bared brain suffers with all mankind.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vii)

The narrator's own portrait, referred to as 'my unknown friend and roommate,' is imagined to speak reproachfully to Jesus.

## Links

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