‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ by Leo Tolstoy: What is it all for?

By  Jane Shussa

What you need to know:


  • We often think of death as something distant. But in The Death of Ivan Ilyich, we are drawn into the thoughts of a dying man, an uncomfortable experience that forces us to confront what most of us avoid.

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