Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, _A Confession_ is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religion not promising future bliss but giving bliss on earth'. Although the _Confession_ led to his excomm
The death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession
โ Scribed by Penguin Press
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd;Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0871407345
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โฆ Synopsis
In "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," a middle-aged judge falls gravely ill and is shunned by his materialistic family; and in "Confession," Tolstoy charts his own religious evolution from his rejection of the Orthodox Church to his embrace of spirituality.;Tolstoy and his translator / by Mary Beard -- The death of Ivan Ilyich -- Confession -- A note on the translations / by Rosamund Bartlett -- Acknowledgments.
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