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A Morte de Ivan Ilich by Leo Tolstoy7/4/2023 He had been ill for some weeks with an illness said to be incurable. Ivan Ilych had been a colleague of the gentlemen present and was liked by them all. the funeral will take place on Friday at one o’clock in the afternoon.” Surrounded by a black border were the words: “Praskovya Fedorovna Golovina, with profound sorrow, informs relatives and friends of the demise of her beloved husband Ivan Ilych Golovin, Member of the Court of Justice, which occurred on February the 4th of this year 1882. “Here, read it yourself,” replied Peter Ivanovich, handing Fedor Vasilievich the paper still damp from the press. “Gentlemen,” he said, “Ivan Ilych has died!” Fedor Vasilievich warmly maintained that it was not subject to their jurisdiction, Ivan Egorovich maintained the contrary, while Peter Ivanovich, not having entered into the discussion at the start, took no part in it but looked through the *Gazette* which had just been handed in. An English Translation of “The Death of Ivan Ilich”ĭuring an interval in the Melvinski trial in the large building of the Law Courts the members and public prosecutor met in Ivan Egorovich Shebek’s private room, where the conversation turned on the celebrated Krasovski case.
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