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  • The Death of Ivan Ilyich

  • By: Leo Tolstoy
  • Narrated by: Sharon Plummer
  • Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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By: Leo Tolstoy
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich - first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. Usually classed among the best examples of the novella, The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness.

Ivan Ilyich (Ilyich is a patronymic, his surname is Golovin) is a highly regarded official of the Court of Justice, described by Tolstoy as, "neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them - an intelligent, polished, lively, and agreeable man." As the story progresses, he becomes more and more introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his agonizing illness and death.
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No extra features, flat performance, excellent story

Performance flat.
No extra features, which there should be for a 2 hour audiobook.
Excellent story by Tolstoy.

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