Download or read book The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes: The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Happy Ever After, and The Cossacks. Mortality was one of Tolstoy's most persistent themes, and all of the stories in this volume are connected by this preoccupation, along with the author's simultaneous attempt to help us improve our lives.