May 27, 2009

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Written by Leo Tolstoy


“Ivan Ilyich's life had been most simple and commonplace—and most horrifying.”

—pg. 43, chapter 2



Fun Facts


  • Leo Tolstoy wrote The Death of Ivan Ilyich shortly after he converted to Christianity.
  • Tolstoy was plagued with questions of the meaning of life and death and many see The Death of Ivan Ilyich as the answers to his own questions.
  • Both of Tolstoy's parents died before he was nine years old.

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