The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy, adapted by Donald Freed

One of Leo Tolstoy's most celebrated pieces of late fiction, ILYCH deals with the tyranny of the bourgeois niceties, the weakness in the human heart, living without meaning, and death.

Ivan Ilych has spent his life chasing after wealth and status while ignoring his family.

After a minor accident, it becomes clear that Ivan Ilyich is going to die.

Contemplating his life, Ivan Ilych realizes that he has lived an empty existence as he finds himself totally alone.