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The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Signet Classics)
by Tolstoy, Leo
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- Paperback
- Condition
- CollectibleAcceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0451532171
- ISBN 13
- 9780451532176
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About This Item
CollectibleAcceptable. 1960. tenth printing. Signet Books. CQ507. Cover has moderate wear and tear but repaired with tape. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
Synopsis
Count Leo Tolstoy was born on September 9, 1828, in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by an elderly aunt and educated by French tutors until he matriculated at Kazan University in 1844. In 1847, he gave up his studies and, after several aimless years, volunteered for military duty in the army, serving as a junior officer in the Crimean War before retiring in 1857. In 1862, Tolstoy married Sophie Behrs, a marriage that was to become, for him, bitterly unhappy. His diary, started in 1847, was used for self-study and self-criticism; it served as the source from which he drew much of the material that appeared not only in his great novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), but also in his shorter works. Seeking religious justification for his life, Tolstoy evolved a new Christianity based upon his own interpretation of the Gospels. Yasnaya Polyana became a mecca for his many converts At the age of eighty-two, while away from home, the writer suffered a break down in his health in Astapovo, Riazan, and he died there on November 20, 1910. David Magarshack was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.
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- Title
- The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Signet Classics)
- Author
- Tolstoy, Leo
- Book Condition
- Used - CollectibleAcceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451532171
- ISBN 13
- 9780451532176
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- This edition first published
- 2012-08-07
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