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Ivan becomes a government minister, buys a house, and moves to St. Petersburg.
Chapter 3Ivan's inner voice can't explain his suffering but questions the life Ivan has lived.
Chapter 9Ivan realizes the falseness of the life he's led; his love redeems him as he dies.
Chapter 12Chapter | Summary |
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Chapter 1 | In 1882 at one of the law courts in Russia, a group of prosecutors, lawyers, and magistrates are in a room at the courth... Read More |
Chapter 2 | This chapter describes Ivan Ilych's early life and covers approximately the first 17 or 18 years of his marriage. His li... Read More |
Chapter 3 | After 17 years of marriage and many years as a respected public prosecutor, Ivan Ilych is overlooked for a sought-after ... Read More |
Chapter 4 | As the months pass, Ivan Ilych believes he's in good health, even if sometimes he "had a queer taste in his mouth and fe... Read More |
Chapter 5 | It's just before New Year's, and Ivan Ilych's brother-in-law has come to visit. Ivan greets him when he gets home from w... Read More |
Chapter 6 | In his heart, Ivan Ilych knows he's dying but can't truly grasp the reality of death. He had learned the logic that all ... Read More |
Chapter 7 | Ivan is three months into his illness. He and everyone else realize that the main consideration is "whether he would vac... Read More |
Chapter 8 | Ivan Ilych is in unremitting pain, and he knows his life is "inexorably waning." As he's offered his morning tea, Ivan I... Read More |
Chapter 9 | When Praskovya returns from the theater, she wants to send Gerasim away and sit with Ivan Ilych by herself. But Ivan say... Read More |
Chapter 10 | Two weeks later and Ivan Ilych is so ill and weak he can no longer leave the sofa. His pain increases, and he thinks abo... Read More |
Chapter 11 | This short chapter emphasizes both the short time span it covers and Ivan Ilych's headlong rush toward death. Two weeks ... Read More |
Chapter 12 | From the time at the end of the last chapter when Ivan Ilych sent his wife away, he begins incessant screaming that cont... Read More |