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The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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Leo Tolstoy's novella about a man's death, discussed as having a hopeful ending contrary to its reputation for sadness.

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"Over the past few months /r/RSBookClub has read Hrabel's *Too Loud a Solitude*, Didion's *Slouching Towards Bethlehem*, Houellebecq's *Elementary Particles*, Bulgakov's *The Master & Margarita*, and Tolstoy's *The Death of Ivan Ilyich*. Many of these books share a theme of a stultifying elite class "
/r/RSBookClub Update · u/rarely_beagle · ↑86 · 2021-09-27
"I started and finished The Metamorphosis today and it fucked me up worse than The Death of Ivan Ilyich (which I had heard about how sad it was, but I actually found the ending hopeful and even happy in a strange way)."
"God damn, that was so good. Everything about it rocked. It's my all time favourite book I have ever read. I may just start rereading again tomorrow, I truly loved it."
Just finished "the death of Ivan Ilych" · u/Informal-Pear-5272 · ↑42 · 2022-07-03
"Tolstoy's *The Death of Ivan Ilyich*"
/r/RSBookClub Update · u/rarely_beagle · ↑86 · 2021-09-27
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich (which I had heard about how sad it was, but I actually found the ending hopeful and even happy in a strange way)"
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy"
Red Scare Book Club: write in choice time. · u/charles_lyle_Larue · ↑48 · 2021-02-14
"Wanted to let everyone know we will be reading a book Anna often references, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, in r/RSbookclub on Friday, September 24."
Book Club reading Ivan Ilyich · u/RSbookclub · ↑24 · 2021-09-06
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