num_pages: 160
description: Tolstoy is most famous for his two major novels, Anna Karenina and War and Peace , but he also produced several minor masterpieces, of which The Death of Ivan Illyichis the most outstanding. In this tale he deals with the subject ofdeath, which for civilised people of our time has become a taboo.Beforeopening this book the reader should be this is strong meat, notto be tasted by the squeamish. Whether the reader finds the hero'sspiritual conversion convincing or not, he/she cannot fail to beimpressed by the sheer power and artistry of Tolstoy's writing.
language: English
title: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
titlecomplete: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Russian Texts)
characters: Praskovya Fëdorovna Golovina, Peter Ivanovich, Lisa Golovina, Ivan Ilyich Golovin, Gerasim
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Short Stories, Russia, Novella, Novels, Russian Literature, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 150033
publisher: Bristol Classical Press