The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

by Leo Tolstoy, Ronald Wilks (Translator), Anthony Briggs (Translator), David McDuff (Translator), Anthony Briggs (Introduction)

Overview

This edition includes: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Happy Ever After, and The Cossacks. Mortality was one of Tolstoy's most persistent themes, and all of the stories in this volume are connected by this preoccupation, along with the author's simultaneous attempt to help us improve our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141912455
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	02/28/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	543,242
File size:	453 KB

About the Author

Count Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Among his best-known works are the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy died on November 20, 1910.

Date of Birth:

September 9, 1828

Date of Death:

November 20, 1910

Place of Birth:

Tula Province, Russia

Place of Death:

Astapovo, Russia

Education:

Privately educated by French and German tutors; attended the University of Kazan, 1844-47

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Table of Contents

IntroductionNote on the Text and TranslationSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Leo TolstoyThe Two Old MenHow Much Land Does a Man Need?The Forged CouponMaster and WorkmanAlyosha PotThe Death of Ivan IlyichExplanatory Notes

Editorial Reviews

Excellent. . . . The duo has managed to convey the rather simple elegance of Tolstoy’s prose.” —The New Criterion

“[Tolstoy’s] late style is leaner, his forms more spare, but this is also the economy of achieved mastery. He does more with less, and the Tolstoyan sounds, instantly recognizable, are still there. . . . [Pevear and Volokhonsky’s] new version is more flexible, individuated, immediate.” —The Nation
 
“The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories is a great collection well translated. As a lover of Tolstoy’s work, one couldn’t ask for more, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.” —André Alexis, The Globe and Mail

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