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by Leo Tolstoy

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During an interval in a trial, several legal professionals converse in a private room. Peter Ivánovich, the title character's closest friend, reads in the obituaries that Iván Ilych has died. Iván Ilych had been terminally ill for some time. He was the colleague of the men present. The men immediately think, each to himself, of how Iván Ilych's death may result in promotion for them all. Each man thinks gratefully that Iván Ilych is dead and not he. They also think of how they will be forced to go through all the tedious business of paying respects and visiting the family.

Later that day Peter Ivánovich goes to Iván Ilych's house.

Iván Ilych's face seems somehow handsomer in death than in life, and is marked by some kind of expression of…

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