num_pages: 89
description: A dying man confronts his fearsIn Ivan Ilyich, Tolstoy created a powerful figure through which he illustrated the meaning and importance of life and death and human actions.As an insidious Illness overtakes him, Ivan Ilyich passes through the states of self-pity and hypocrisy to an awakening of the soul and, in meeting death, finally achieves peace.
language: English
title: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
titlecomplete: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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: 150070
publisher: Penguin Books