It takes the average reader 1 hour and 7 minutes to read The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Tolstoy’s most famous novella is an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption, here in a powerful translation by the award-winning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Ivan Ilyich is a middle-aged man who has spent his life focused on his career as a bureaucrat and emotionally detached from his wife and children. After an accident he finds himself on the brink of an untimely death, which he sees as a terrible injustice. Face to face with his mortality, Ivan begins to question everything he has believed about the meaning of life. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a masterpiece of psychological realism and philosophical profundity that has inspired generations of readers.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is 66 pages long, and a total of 16,896 words.
This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 32 minutes to read The Death of Ivan Ilyich aloud.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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