{"product_id":"the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-other-stories-leo-tolstoy","title":"The Death of Ivan Ilyich \u0026 Other Stories; Leo Tolstoy","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCOUNT LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e, commonly regarded as amongst the greatest novels ever written. He also, however, wrote many masterly short stories, and this volume contains four of the longest and best in distinguished translations that have stood the test of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early story\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFamily Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolstoy explores courtship and marriage from the point of view of a young wife. In\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Kreutzer Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe gives us a terrifying study of marital breakdown, in\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Devil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea powerful depiction of the power of sexual temptation, and, in perhaps the finest of all,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Death of Ivan Ilyich\u003c\/i\u003e, he portrays the long agony of a man gradually coming to terms with his own mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume also includes an Introduction and Notes written specially for this Wordsworth edition by Dr Tim Cook, formely lecturer in literature at the Universities of Kingston and Ulster. Previous work contributed by Dr Cook for Wordsworth includes an introduction and notes to Charles Dickens'\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNicholas Nickleby\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOther Stories include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFamily Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Kreutzer Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfterword by the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Devil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"checkout-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"price-info-wrap\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32209274634310,"sku":"1800","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/products\/TheDeathofIvanIlyich_OtherStories_LeoTolstoy.jpg?v=1605596945","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-other-stories-leo-tolstoy","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}