The Death of Ivan Ilyich - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death of Ivan Ilyich write by Leo Tolstoy. This book was released on 2020-04-14. The Death of Ivan Ilyich available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A successful man must face the terror of his own mortality in this masterful nineteenth-century Russian novella by the author of War and Peace. In his later years, Leo Tolstoy began to contemplate the inescapable realities of mortality—its terrifying mystery, its many indignities, and the way it forces one to look back on the legacy and regrets of one’s life. The Death of Ivan Ilyich, widely considered the masterpiece of Tolstoy’s late career, is both a deeply insightful meditation on the final months of a man’s life, and an unsparing critique of conventional middle-class life in nineteenth-century Russia. Ivan Ilyich, a prosperous high-court judge, spends his days pursuing social advancement among his peers and avoiding his loveless marriage. But when a seemingly innocuous injury signals the beginning of a terminal illness, Ilyich begins to see the true worth of his life with tragic clarity.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Devil
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Devil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Devil write by graf Leo Tolstoy. This book was released on 2005. The Death of Ivan Ilyich and The Devil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of Tolstoy's most exquisitely constructed novellas is presented here with The Devil,a further work exploring the powerful and destructive nature of obsession. On learning of Ivan Ilyich's sudden demise, his former colleagues begin vying for promotion; it seems in neither life nor death has Ivan Ilyich made any lasting impression. And, as the author takes us back to Ilyich's early days, we are shown a life of futility, emptiness, and spiritual barrenness. Yet, in the end, Tolstoy reveals Ivan Ilyich's final resolute gesture to come to terms with his mortality and to embrace his impending death. Leo Tolstoy wrote two of Russia's greatest novels, Anna Kareninaand War and Peace,as well as many short stories and essays.
Death of Ivan Ilych
Death of Ivan Ilych - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death of Ivan Ilych write by Leo Tolstoy. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Death of Ivan Ilych available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan Ilyich then starts to question the futility and barrenness of his previous existence, realizing to his horror, as he grapples with the meaning of life and death, that he is totally alone.Included in this volume is another celebrated novella by Tolstoy, The Devil, which addresses the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience, providing at the same time a further exploration of human fear and obsession.
The World Is Made of Stories
The World Is Made of Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World Is Made of Stories write by David R. Loy. This book was released on 2010-05-10. The World Is Made of Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this dynamic and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell--about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it--become the very building blocks of our experience and of reality itself. Loy uses an intriguing mixture of quotations from familiar and less-familiar sources and brief stand-alone micro-essays, engaging the reader in challenging and illuminating dialogue. As we come to see that the world is made--in a word--of stories, we come to a richer understanding of that most elusive of Buddhist ideas: shunyata, the "generative emptiness" that is the all-pervading quality inherent to all mental and physical forms in our ever-changing world. Reminiscent of Zen koans and works of sophisticated poetry, this book will reward both a casual read and deep reflection.
A Christian Guide to the Classics
A Christian Guide to the Classics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Christian Guide to the Classics write by Leland Ryken. This book was released on 2015-08-17. A Christian Guide to the Classics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Most people are familiar with the classics of Western literature, but few have actually read them. Written to equip readers for a lifetime of learning, this beginner’s guide to reading the classics by renowned literary scholar Leland Ryken answers basic questions readers often have, including “Why read the classics?” and “How do I read a classic?” Offering a list of some of the best works from the last 2,000 years and time-tested tips for effectively engaging with them, this companion to Ryken’s Christian Guides to the Classics series will give readers the tools they need to read, interact with, and enjoy some of history’s greatest literature.
