description: With an Introduction and Notes by Dr T.C.B.CookCount Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time. In the early story 'Family Happiness', Tolstoy explores courtship and marriage from the point of view of a young wife. In 'The Kreutzer Sonata' he gives us a terrifying study of marital breakdown, in 'The Devil' a powerful depiction of the power of sexual temptation, and, in perhaps the finest of all, 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich', he portrays the long agony of a man gradually coming to terms with his own mortality.Librarian's See alternate cover edition of ISBN 1840224533 .
language: English
title: The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories : Family Happiness/the Kreutzer Sonata/Master and Man
titlecomplete: The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories : Family Happiness/the Kreutzer Sonata/Master and Man
genres: Fiction, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Classics, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Russia, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 14478
publisher: Bt Bound