The Death of Ivan Ilyitch
Gelesen von Laurie Anne Walden
Leo Tolstoy
(4,649 Sterne; 479 Bewertungen)
The Death of Ivan Ilyitch is the story of a socially ambitious middle-aged judge who contracts an unexplained and untreatable illness. As Ivan Ilyitch is forced to face the death he fears, he asks himself whether the life he thought was so correct was, in fact, a moral life after all. Written after Tolstoy's religious conversion, the novella is widely considered to be one of his masterpieces. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) (2 hr 32 min)
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One of my favorites
P.B.
(5 Sterne)
One can't go wrong with Ivan Ilyitch. I've read this books 5 times already, but to experience it as an audiobook is an entire different experience. It feels like we can share the catharsis with the reader, who does an excellent job, by the way, with her very sober delivery, nailing down every moment of intensity, reflection and despair in her recording. Her paused reading does wonders to the last chapters and you can almost hear the void in between her sentences: a perfect scenario for Ivan Ilyitch's final monologues.
excellent reader
Alan
(5 Sterne)
This reader is wonderful. Even, steady cadence, fluent pronunciation, and appropriate use of tone. The book itself is a worthy read. It is shorter and less developed than many other great Russian works, making it easier to follow and finish. It gives you a neatly packaged glimpse of Tolstoy's views on family, society, suffering, death, and God.
A Classic!
Zachary Vaughn
(3 Sterne)
The Death of Ivan Ilyitch was an interesting perspective on the panic that comes with a terminal diagnosis. The way Ivan reacts towards the end of his life should make us pause to think how we may react if 0ut in a similar situation.
Excellent Reader, Excellent book
Noah
(5 Sterne)
The reader is incredibly engaging. The book is fantastic, terrifying and for me induces a corrective epiphany in everything I do.
superb narration!
astralanomaly42
(5 Sterne)
This narrator reminds me a bit of Donna Tartt. I loved her voice and rhythm. I highly recommend this recording!
Todd
(5 Sterne)
I loved this reading. I found Ms. Walden's southern American accent to be pleasant and she reads at a nice pace.
dash
(5 Sterne)
Excellent book. Narrates the ordinary life of a dying man The reader is excellent.
Deeper than you think
P W
(5 Sterne)
If you read/listen to more of Lev Tolstoy, especially his writings after his conversion,this is him writing about his own “death”...listen to My confession,this is very similar with the train of thought and the conclusions he comes to, written to show from a more open perspective what it was like for him to “die” and realize that the life he was living was not as it ought to be,and probably also an accurate depiction of what his family and the society he worked in reacted like when he began to die, the way that he probably tried to ignore “It” but “it” always showed up, “It” being the question of Life and Death...which if you listen to works such as My confession eventually led him to see that there was in fact a God and he had not been living as he should...those are my thoughts...I wonder why no one else seems to see it though...