The Death of Ivan Ilych and other stories
1902
This collection contains Leo Tolstoy's short stories, including "The Death of Ivan Ilych," which follows a judge confronting his mortality and the meaninglessness of his conventional life as he faces a terminal illness. The stories explore themes of death, spiritual awakening, and the search for authentic meaning in life through Tolstoy's characteristic psychological realism.
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