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The death of Ivan Ilyich ; and, the devil / Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Hugh Aplin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Publication details: Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, (c)2013.Edition: New editionDescription: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847492388
Other title:
  • Devil
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PG3365 .D438 2012
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Contents:
The devil.
Subject: The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realising to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone. Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession.
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich originally published in Russian in 1886. The Devil first published in Russian in 1911.

This translation originally published in 2005. Revised translation first published in 2011.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The death of Ivan Ilyich -- The devil.

The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realising to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone. Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession.

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