The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Leo Tolstoy, Nicolas Pasternak Slater, Andrew Kahn (University of Oxford)

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English

Worlds Classics
15 January 2015

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'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.

By: Leo Tolstoy
Edited by: Andrew Kahn (University of Oxford)
Translated by: Nicolas Pasternak Slater
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 196g
ISBN: 9780199669882
ISBN 10: 0199669880
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Kahn has written widely on Russian literature. His books include The Cambridge Companion to Pushkin (2006) and Pushkin's Lyric Intelligence (OUP, 2008, pbk 2012). For Oxford World's Classics he has edited Pushkin's The Queen of Spades and Other Stories, Montesquieu's Persian Letters. and Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time.