The Death of Ivan Ilyich Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy&rsquo,s novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, is arguably the most famous of his shorter works.&nbsp, Published in 1886, it was universally hailed as a masterpiece, a clear-eyed account of Society, societal deceit, family politics and of the almost universal compact among the wealthier classes to ignore the inevitability of death.

Ivan Ilyich is a successful judge, whose shallow existence revolves around comfort, status and propriety, his personal relationships are shallow, selfish and entirely materialistic.&nbsp, This smug, self-satisfied life is shattered when Ivan Ilyich falls ill and becomes progressively worse as time passes.&nbsp, His friends are embarrassed by his infirmity, spouting platitudes and false bonhomie, while his wife and daughter regard him as a nuisance, spoiling their pleasant social round.&nbsp, Only the stolid peasant boy Gerasim seems able to accept the progression of his disease as something natural, as part of life.&nbsp, As his painful condition worsens, the concept so long denied&nbsp, – Death – comes to take centre stage, and with it questions on how one&rsquo,s life should be lived so that the dissolution of the body ceases to be a thing of horror.

Ficha Técnica

• ISBN: 9781911405368
• Autor: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy
• Editorial: Aziloth Books
• Páginas: No especificado
• Encuadernación: Tapa Blanda
• Dimensiones: 129.00 x 198.00 mm