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Chapters I - III. Lot of well-crafted prose, with many little details that seem to flow effortlessly onto the page. Tolstoy paints the recently deceased main character as a workaholic, trying to do well in his magistrate career while not spending much time at home. There is very little dialogue as much of this section is dedicated to how Ivan lived.