The Death of Ivan Ilyich

The Death of Ivan Ilyich
First Russian edition
AuthorLeo Tolstoy
Original titleСмерть Ивана Ильича
TranslatorAylmer and Louise Maude
Constance Garnett
Rosemary Edmonds
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Kirsten Lodge
LanguageRussian
GenrePhilosophical fiction
Publication date
1886
Publication placeRussia
Published in English
1902
891.733
LC ClassPG3366.S6
Original text
Смерть Ивана Ильича at Russian Wikisource
TranslationThe Death of Ivan Ilyich at Wikisource

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (also Romanized Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch; Russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, romanizedSmert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.

Considered to be one of the finest examples of a novella,[1] The Death of Ivan Ilyich tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness.

  1. ^ "Tolstoy, Leo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2014.