The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories /
Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910
The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; introduction and notes by Dr T.C.B. Cook. - Hertfordshire : Wordsworth, 2004. - xxix, 256 p. ; 20 cm.
Introduction -- Family Happiness -- The Death of Ivan Ilyich -- The Kreutzer Sonata -- Afterword by the author -- The Devil -- Variation of the conclusion of 'The Devil' -- Notes.
"In the early story Family Happiness, Tolstoy, explores the subject of courtship and marriage from the point of view of a young wife; in The Kreutzer Sonata he gives us a terrifying study of marital breakdown; in The Devil, he depicts the powerful pressures of sexual temptation; and in perhaps the finest of all, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, he portrays the long agony of a man gradually coming to terms with his own mortality." -- Provided by the publisher.
Translated from the Russian.
9781840224535
Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910 --Translations into English.
891.733
The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; introduction and notes by Dr T.C.B. Cook. - Hertfordshire : Wordsworth, 2004. - xxix, 256 p. ; 20 cm.
Introduction -- Family Happiness -- The Death of Ivan Ilyich -- The Kreutzer Sonata -- Afterword by the author -- The Devil -- Variation of the conclusion of 'The Devil' -- Notes.
"In the early story Family Happiness, Tolstoy, explores the subject of courtship and marriage from the point of view of a young wife; in The Kreutzer Sonata he gives us a terrifying study of marital breakdown; in The Devil, he depicts the powerful pressures of sexual temptation; and in perhaps the finest of all, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, he portrays the long agony of a man gradually coming to terms with his own mortality." -- Provided by the publisher.
Translated from the Russian.
9781840224535
Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910 --Translations into English.
891.733