The death of Ivan Ilyich : and, the devil
Tolstoy, Leo graf 1828-1910
The death of Ivan Ilyich : and, the devil / Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2023. - xvi, 165 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 20 cm.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich originally published in Russian in 1886. The Devil first published in Russian in 1911. This translation originally published in 2005. Revised translation first published in 2011.
The death of Ivan Ilyich — The devil.
The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realising to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone. Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession.
9781847493637
Mortality--Fiction
Diseases--Fiction
Russia--Fiction
PG3366 / .A13 W55 2023
The death of Ivan Ilyich : and, the devil / Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2023. - xvi, 165 pages : portraits, illustrations ; 20 cm.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich originally published in Russian in 1886. The Devil first published in Russian in 1911. This translation originally published in 2005. Revised translation first published in 2011.
The death of Ivan Ilyich — The devil.
The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realising to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone. Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession.
9781847493637
Mortality--Fiction
Diseases--Fiction
Russia--Fiction
PG3366 / .A13 W55 2023
