Death of Ivan Ilyich, Paperback by Tolstoy, Leo, ISBN 1512381322, ISBN-13 9781512381320, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The indignant and frightened thoughts of a good man who is, suddenly and inexplicably, dying: this is the crux of The Death of Ivan Ilyich, composed by Leo Tolstoy in the period just following his vehement conversion to a more virulent form of Christianity. A sharp criticism of the mediocre – and in Tolstoy’s view, meaningless – life being played out by an emerging middle class in Russia, Ivan Ilyich was written as a kind of warning against complacency masked as contentedness and a call for his readers to contemplate the possible meaninglessness of their own lives.
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ISBN-101512381322
ISBN-139781512381320
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Book TitleDeath of Ivan Ilyich
Number of Pages92 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicClassics
GenreFiction
AuthorLeo Tolstoi
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight6.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Dewey Edition22
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SynopsisThe indignant and frightened thoughts of a good man who is, suddenly and inexplicably, dying: this is the crux of The Death of Ivan Ilyich, composed by Leo Tolstoy in the period just following his vehement conversion to a more virulent form of Christianity. A sharp criticism of the mediocre - and in Tolstoy's view, meaningless - life being played out by an emerging middle class in Russia, Ivan Ilyich was written as a kind of warning against complacency masked as contentedness and a call for his readers to contemplate the possible meaninglessness of their own lives.