If seen historically, it can be clearly noted that in this work, the tumultuous transition of Russia from serfdom and liberation of serfs is seen. This novella has historical and autobiographical traces in it. He turned from the Old Testament to Gospels and found them more reliable and attractive. He was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, and he started preaching his own beliefs.
He gave up all his violent beliefs and started preaching pacifism, celibacy, and rejection of all material wealth. After spending twenty-five years of married life, he had a spiritual awakening and turned from an Orthodox Christian to a Christian anarchist. He couldn’t complete his university education, later he fought in the Crimean war and then got married. Tolstoy was born to a rich aristocrat family in 1828. Why should you read Tolstoy's _War and Peace_ - Brendan Pelsue This novella was written in 1882 but came to press later. It represents his existential crisis, and here we can clearly see the dilemma that he faced. This novella was not written much later after Tolstoy’s conversion and mirrors his beliefs. In this novella, Tolstoy questions the then widespread orthodox religious beliefs and preaches a more moderate view. The Death of Ivan Ilych is the famous Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s work, which was published in 1886.
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