The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories / Leo Tolstoy ; edited and translated by Kirsten Lodge.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910, author.

Contributor:

Lodge, Kirsten, editor, translator.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha--English.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha (Tolstoy, Leo, graf).

Physical Description:

177 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories" is a collection of three short stories originally published in 1886. The title story, "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" captures a dying man's thoughts and feelings and is considered a masterpiece from the author's later period. "Strider" explores life and death through the eyes of a horse. "Three Deaths" provides the contrasting end of life stories of a noblewoman, a peasant, and a tree. Taken together, this collection of stories provides surprising and thought-provoking perspectives on a universal condition: death. Editor and translator Kirsten Lodge has translated Tolstoy's stories and added rich contextual materials to enhance the reader's experience whether they are familiar with the author or coming to it for the first time."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

In Context

Killing Animals, Eating Animals 129

1 The First Step (1891) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 129

2 Preface to The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-Eating (1883) / Howard Williams Williams, Howard 137

From Tolstoy's Letters Concerning Death 139

1 Letter of Oct. 17, 1860 to Afanasy Fet (on the death of Tolstoy's brother Nikolai from tuberculosis) 139

2 Letter of May 1, 1868 to Aleksandra Tolstaya, Tolstoy's grandmother (on "Three Deaths") 140

Other Writings by Tolstoy 142

1 Childhood, Chapter 27: Grief (1852) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 142

2 Anna Karenina (1878) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 146

3 Confession (1879) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 148

4 "Notes of a Madman" (unfinished; begun in 1884 and published posthumously) / Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, Leo 151

Critical Reception 152

1 "On the Kitchen Muzhik and Other Matters: Notes on Certain Reviews of Count Leo Tolsroy's Work" (1886) / Nikolai Leskov Leskov, Nikolai 152

2 "'Three Deaths': A Story by Count Leo Tolstoy" (1859) / Dmitry Pisarev Pisarev, Dmitry 160

Nineteenth-Century Images 169.

Related Work:

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha. English

ISBN:

9781554813223

1554813220

OCLC:

963393979