The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

By Leo Tolstoy

Pages

528

Rating

4.12

Year

1886

PhilosophyShort StoriesRussia19Th CenturyNovelsRussian Literature

Description

The title story of this collection is about a man battling a mysterious illness. His family visit his bedside, their faces masks of concern. His colleagues pay their respects but only think of the advantages created by his death. This intensely moving story of Ivan Ilyich's lonely end is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction.

The ten other stories in this collection include 'The Kreutzer Sonata', 'The Devil', and 'Hadji Murat'.

Endorsements

'Hadji Murat' has been described as 'the best story in the world.' — Harold Bloom

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