The Death of Ivan Ilyich
1886 novella by Leo Tolstoy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novella. For the Austrian development critic, see Ivan Illich.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (also Romanized Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch; Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, romanized: Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.
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Author | Leo Tolstoy |
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Original title | Смерть Ивана Ильича |
Translator | Aylmer and Louise Maude Constance Garnett Rosemary Edmonds Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Kirsten Lodge |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Philosophical fiction |
Publication date | 1886 |
Published in English | 1902 |
891.733 | |
LC Class | PG3366.S6 |
Original text | Смерть Ивана Ильича at Russian Wikisource |
Translation | The Death of Ivan Ilyich at Wikisource |
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Considered to be one of the finest examples of a novella,[1] The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness.