The Death of Ivan Ilyich – Leo Tolstoy

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Ivan Ilyich has lived a successful, proper and comfortable life as a judge. Then a minor injury turns into a fatal illness, and as he lies dying, surrounded by family and colleagues who would rather not face the truth, he is forced to ask whether his life has been lived well at all.

Leo Tolstoy’s short masterpiece is one of the most powerful works ever written about death, and about how to live.