The death of Ivan Ilyich

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The death of Ivan Ilyich

  • 4.1 (35 ratings) ·
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  • 3 Currently reading
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Ivan Ilych, a peaceful public official in the Russian provinces, has his life permanently changed by a serious illness which no doctor can accurately diagnose. Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. From world-renowned novelist Leo Tolstoy comes this story of a worldly careerist who must consider death for the first time and examine his own mortality. With a superb translation by Lynn Solotaroff, it features an introduction by Ronald Blythe.

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Publisher
Bantam books
Language
English
Pages
134

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Cover of: The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych
May 31, 2013, Loki's Publishing
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Cover of: La mort d'Ivan Ilitch
La mort d'Ivan Ilitch
2005, E.J.L.
in French
Cover of: The death of Ivan Ilyich
The death of Ivan Ilyich: and, Master and man
2002, Modern Library
in English
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La mort d'Ivan Ilitch
January 22, 2001, Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Death of Ivan Ilyich
1995, Penguin, Penguin Books
in English
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The death of Ivan Ilyich
1981, Bantam books
in English
Cover of: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
June 1981, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Ivan Ilyitch
Ivan Ilyitch: and other stories
1887, Thomas Y. Crowell
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Toronto, New York
Series
A Bantam classic

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.73/3
Library of Congress
PG3366.S6 S6 1981, PG3365

The Physical Object

Pagination
134 p. ;
Number of pages
134

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24958301M
ISBN 10
0553210351
ISBN 13
9780553210354
LCCN
gb82019385
OCLC/WorldCat
7504891

Work Description

This satirical novella tells the story of the life and early death of a high court judge. Ivan Ilych is proud of his achievements and his status in society, despite his poor relations with his wife which renders his home life bleak and joyless. When he becomes hopelessly ill he begins to realize that he has not after all lived the good life he had supposed he was enjoying.

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