The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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literary work novella

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores the existential and spiritual crisis of a dying Russian judge confronting the meaning of his life.

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illness and death of Ivan Ilyich 1
Смерть Ивана Ильича 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
canonicalStatus classic of world literature ⓘ
centralConflict confrontation with the meaninglessness of conventional life ⓘ
centralEvent The Death of Ivan Ilyich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: illness and death of Ivan Ilyich
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
depicts Russian middle-class society ⓘ
exploresTheme Christian ethics ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
authenticity ⓘ
death ⓘ
existential crisis ⓘ
fear of death ⓘ
hypocrisy of bourgeois society ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1886 ⓘ
genre existential fiction ⓘ
novella ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMoralFocus spiritual awakening at the approach of death ⓘ
includedIn Leo Tolstoy’s later religious and philosophical works ⓘ
influenced 20th-century philosophical fiction ⓘ
existentialist literature ⓘ
length short novel ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Ivan Ilyich Golovin ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacter Gerasim ⓘ
Peter Ivanovich ⓘ
Praskovya Fyodorovna ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
originalTitle The Death of Ivan Ilyich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Смерть Ивана Ильича
protagonistOccupation judge ⓘ
publicationYear 1886 ⓘ
settingCountry Russia ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
structure framed narrative ⓘ
studiedIn courses on Russian literature ⓘ
courses on existentialism ⓘ
courses on philosophy of death ⓘ

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The Death of Ivan Ilyich → centralEvent → The Death of Ivan Ilyich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: illness and death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy → notableWork → The Death of Ivan Ilyich ⓘ
The Death of Ivan Ilyich → originalTitle → The Death of Ivan Ilyich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Смерть Ивана Ильича