Death of Ivan Ilyich, The

[ ee-vahnee-lyeech, ahy-vuhn-il-yich ]

noun

1. a short novel (1884) by Leo Tolstoy.

Example Sentences

A loose adaptation of Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” the film began with only a vague suggestion from Kurosawa, who wrote on a sheet of paper: “A man with only seventy-five days left to live.”

From Washington Post

Two short stories and one long novel, all written with a didactic purpose, are of this period, and added to their author's reputation: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Kreuzer Sonata, and Resurrection.

From Project Gutenberg