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The Death of Ivan Ilyich Author: 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 wi... more »
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This was short and a quick read but a meaningful one as well. Ivan Ilyich is a dying man who looks back on his life and realizes that, while he did everything right in the eyes of society, he never lived a life that was truly his own. I found the story moving and instructive, a reminder that only we can decide the best way to live our lives and that life is only temporary and should be lived well. The message and the story are still as applicable today and they were over a hundred years ago.
A short work of Tolstoy - if you've ever wanted to read his work, this is a great one to start with.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> Classics >> Russian
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( T ) >> Tolstoy, Leo
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> Russian
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Classics