Leo Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other StoriesCondition: NewEAN: 9780199669882ISBN: 9780199669882Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/08/2015Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 12mmAuthor: Leo TolstoyTranslator: Nicolas Pasternak SlaterContributor: Nicolas Pasternak Slater (Translated by), Andrew Kahn (Edited by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0199669880Description: 'no one pitied him as he would have liked to be pitied'As Ivan Ilyich lies dying he begins to re-evaluate his life, searching for meaning that will make sense of his sufferings. In 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and the other works in this volume, Tolstoy conjures characters who, tested to the limit, reveal glorious and unexpected reserves of courage or baseness of a near inhuman kind. Two vivid parables and 'The Forged Coupon', a tale of criminality, explore class relations after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and the connection between an ethical life and worldly issues. In 'Master and Workman' Tolstoy creates one of his most gripping dramas about human relationships put to the test in an extreme situation. 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is an existential masterpiece, a biting satire that recounts with extraordinary power the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer.In his Introduction Andrew Kahn explores Tolstoy's moral concerns and the stylistic features of these late stories, sensitively translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Classic FictionItem Weight: 196gRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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