Short Fiction

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy

A Russian judge confronts his own mortality when a seemingly minor injury spirals into terminal illness, forcing him to examine a life spent climbing social ladders and avoiding authentic existence. Tolstoy's devastating novella strips away pretense to reveal the stark terror and potential grace of facing death honestly.

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