Leo Tolstoy Reberth by Death (Death of Ivan Ilyich)

Leo Tolstoy was a great humanist. Evolution of human character was a subject of his close attention.
The main personage of the story 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' is ordinary official who conduct his life according to a strict social code, never deviating from what was rule d by society, by his pleasure, by materialistic motives, but never by conscience. His contact with his wife and children was limited and shallow because he didn't find pleasure in this. His life satisfied him when he was healthy, but when he faced with death his loneliness overwhelmed him. …