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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Description: The first major fictional work published by Tolstoy after a mid-life psychological crisis,The first major fictional work published by Tolstoy after a mid-life psychological crisis, this novella reflects the author’s struggle to find meaning in life, a challenge Tolstoy resolved by developing a religious philosophy based on brotherly love, mutual support, and charity. These guiding principles are the dominant moral themes in The Death of Ivan Ilych, an account of the spiritual conversion of a judge—an ordinary, unthinking, vulgar man—in the face of his terrible fear about death. ...

2006-08-28

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Type: fiction

Status: to read

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Tags: spirituality love russia story nineteenth-century imperial

Description: Anna's husband does not love her. She falls in love and starts a relationship with anAnna's husband does not love her. She falls in love and starts a relationship with an officer. I won't give away the details, but the story tells of the hypocrisies of society towards women as opposed to men...

2006-07-29