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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