The Death of Ivan Ilyich (translation Classic)
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Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years has been newly translated by Professor Zhao Guilian of Peking University; the famous writer Huan Yan has written a preface and recommended it to interpret and understand the classic "Living to Death"; it is the pinnacle of human beings facing death and the ultimate questioning of the meaning of life and death. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is Tolstoy's most important short story in his later years. Through a detailed description of the entire process of Ivan Ilyich's death, it raises the ultimate question on the meaning of life and death. Ivan Ilyich's life was "extremely simple, ordinary, and extremely terrifying." He lived an extremely self-consistent life until he contracted a serious illness due to a minor accident, which eventually developed into an incurable disease. As his life came to an end, he realized as if struck by lightning that something was "wrong" with his past life. He thought hard about the meaning of life and what death was, and finally had an epiphany at the moment before his death. Although this novel is not large in length, it contains huge spiritual energy and can be regarded as the pinnacle of facing death in human literature. People's clear understanding of their mortality is not only a source of anxiety, but also an opportunity to reconstruct the meaning of life. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" may be a key to understanding "living toward death" and breaking away from the sinking state of daily life.
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