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The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Author
Leo Tolstoy
Series
World Classics
Language
Russian
Length
68 pages
ISBN
9781910558836
Published
15 October 2014
Imprint
Sovereign
  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • life
  • death
  • philosophical
  • psychological
  • humanity
  • purpose of life

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Description

Ivan Ilyich, a high court judge, becomes seriously ill and faces a long and gruelling battle with death. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is more than a story about death, however. It leads the reader through a pensive, metaphysical exploration of the reason for death and what it means to truly live. German philosopher Martin Heidegger refers to the novella as an illustration of Being towards death.

Author

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born to a titled family at Yasnaya Polyana, served in the Crimean War, and wrote the two novels that made Russian fiction a world event: War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The first holds a nation at war and at home; the second holds a marriage until it breaks. Later he turned from the worldly novel toward essays and moral tales, arguing with church, property, and his own fame. One hundred and six titles here.

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