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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy
A dying judge discovers that the respectable life he built may have been the wrong one.
- 1886
About Leo Tolstoy
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Spoiler-freeLeo Tolstoy’s 1886 novella follows a successful judge whose terminal illness strips away his confidence in career, status, and the social performances around him.
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Death without evasion
Tolstoy examines physical suffering, social performance, and the possibility that an ordinary successful life has been built on the wrong values.
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