The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Classics)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Classics)

by Leo Tolstoy (Author), Anthony Briggs (Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Author), Anthony Briggs (Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Author), Rosemary Edmonds (Introduction)

Synopsis

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a masterly meditation on life and death, recounting the physical decline and spiritual awakening of a worldly, successful man who is faced with his own mortality. Only in his last agonizing moments does Ivan Ilyich finally confront his true nature, and gain the forgiveness of his wife and son for his cruelty towards them.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 23 Feb 1989

ISBN 10: 0140445080
ISBN 13: 9780140445084

Author Bio
Count Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province. He took part in the Crimean war and after the defence of Sevastopol wrote The Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6), which established his literary reputation. He is the author, among many other works, of War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) and A Confession (1879--82).