The Death of Ivan Ilych
Ranked #13 in Russian, Ranked #37 in Short — see more rankings.
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality.
How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period... more
How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period... more
Rankings by Category
The Death of Ivan Ilych is ranked in the following categories:
- #80 in Death
- #88 in Existential
- #49 in Existentialism
- #92 in Loneliness
- #77 in Meaning Of Life
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