Olivia Tan’s Reviews > The Death of Ivan Ilych > Status Update

“And Caius was certainly mortal, and it was right for him to die; but for me, little Vanya,Ivan Ilyich, with all my thoughts and emotions - it’s a different matter altogether.”

Wow Tolstoy has a great sense of humour and a knack for dissecting the human condition. What a way to summarise coming to terms with your own mortality.