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    The Death of Ivan Ilych
    The Death of Ivan Ilych
    The Death of Ivan Ilych
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    The Death of Ivan Ilych

    Written by Leo Tolstoy

    Narrated by Matt Stewart

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    Leo Tolstoy's late masterpiece on dying and the unravelling of the values of his middle class protagonist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaland Publishing
    Release dateOct 1, 2018
    ISBN9781910598634
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    Leo Tolstoy

    Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is the author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness, and other classics of Russian literature.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent short book. Excellently read. How did Tolstoy know what a person goes through as he lays dying?

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Excellent narration, and a great opportunity to experience a text that might be difficult to manage through traditional reading alone. Masterfully told. That last line! Well, the reason the last line is so powerful is because of everything that lead up to its moment.
    • 5/5
      Brilliant, made me think about what I'm doing with my life
    • 5/5
      I was pleasantly surprised. It looks at the experience of impending death through the eyes of the one that's dying. A must read/listen for anyone looking after a terminally ill family member.
    • 5/5
      Amazing. To think this will happen to all of us... although not in the same way but we share the same blessed or cursed destiny: Death. We all get the same: a lifetime but maybe we should start reconsidering what we’re doing with our life and in what way we can change it so we can live truly happy.

      Simply a brilliant work of art.
    • 5/5
      We can still learn a lesson from the author ..
    • 4/5
      Great narration. Though I suppose it's hard to compare this work to more contemporary ones, I found it pretty uninteresting. Perhaps it would've been a more interesting exploration into death and mourning in 19th century Russia.
    • 5/5
      Great insight into Death. Excellent reading of the audiobook.
    • 4/5
      I'm sure this book was ground breaking for its time. I can see how Tolstoy was known for his realism. As a palliative care nurse, all I can say is that the end stages of dying haven't changed much. We have medications that are much the same to try to "help manage" the discomforts of the end of life but even then it doesn't always work. A very interesting story and a lovely narration.
    • 5/5
      A very ordinary life, sickness and death depicted with a stunning insight. The story has the power to rip the thin veneer off our own ordinary lives and petty whims. Enlightening. Challenging. Beautiful. Absolutely brutal.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful exploration of death and the meaninglessness of so many of the things people build their lives on
    • 5/5
      It’s a powerful short story, to make you reflect on how to make your life count while you’re alive.
    • 5/5
      Simple. Terrifying. Glorious.

      I hope you will read this book and take it to heart, “how then ought we to live?”
    • 5/5
      Extraordinary book. I’m not worthy of giving a review to Tolstoy