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The Death of Ivan Ilyich — Leo Tolstoy

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Смерть Ивана Ильича

Lev Tolstói en Yásnaia Poliana (1908)
byLeo Tolstoy

Novella about a provincial judge who has lived a correct, comfortable and empty life and who, after a trivial fall, falls incurably ill. Surrounded by the lies of his family and doctors, only the peasant servant Gerasim offers him true compassion. In his agony he discovers that his life "was not the right thing", and at the last moment death turns into light. His first major fiction after the religious crisis; published in 1886.

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English

  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession — Leo Tolstoy

    The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession

    W. W. Norton, 2013

    Translation: Peter Carson

    ISBN 9780871404268

  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories — Leo Tolstoy

    The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

    Vintage Classics, 2010

    Translation: Richard Pevear y Larissa Volokhonsky

    ISBN 9780307388865

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Español

  • La muerte de Iván Ilich

    Alba Editorial (Alba Clásica), 2025

    Translation: Joaquín Fernández-Valdés

    ISBN 9788411781275

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  • La muerte de Iván Ilich

    Penguin Clásicos

    Translation: Augusto Vidal

    ISBN 9788491056218

  • La muerte de Iván Ilich / Jadzhí Murat — Leo Tolstoy

    La muerte de Iván Ilich / Jadzhí Murat

    Alianza Editorial

    Translation: Juan López-Morillas

    ISBN 9788420674339

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Sources

  • Толстой, Л. Н. Полное собрание сочинений в 90 томах (edición del Jubileo). Moscú–Leningrado: Gosudárstvennoe izdátelstvo judózhestvennoi literatury, 1928–1958. Serie I: obras (t. 1–45); serie II: diarios (t. 46–58); serie III: cartas (t. 59–89); t. 90: suplementos. Edición digital del Museo Estatal L. N. Tolstói.

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