# The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

- [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/short-fiction.md): This chapter serves as a title page and translator credit listing for a collection of Leo Tolstoy's short fiction.
- [The Raid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-raid.md): The narrator, a volunteer, joins a Russian military expedition into the Caucasus. He observes the preparations and march with Captain Hlopov, discussing the nature of courage. During the raid on a village, he witnesses t
- [The Wood-Felling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-wood-felling.md): A group of Russian soldiers in the Caucasus, on a military expedition, converse around a campfire. They discuss their disillusionment with the romanticized image of the Caucasus, their reasons for serving, their fears be
- [Recollections of a Scorer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/recollections-of-a-scorer.md): The narrator, a billiard-room attendant named Petrushka, recounts the final days and suicide of a young nobleman, Prince Nekhliudof. He describes Nekhliudof's descent into debt, humiliation, and despair, culminating in h
- [Sevastopol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/sevastopol.md): The chapter follows the Kozeltsóf brothers as they travel to the besieged city of Sevastopol. The younger brother, Volódya, is initially filled with romantic, heroic fantasies about war but is confronted by the mundane a

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- [Meeting a Moscow Acquaintance in the Detachment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/meeting-a-moscow-acquaintance-in-the-detachment.md)
- [The Snowstorm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-snowstorm.md)
- [A Russian Proprietor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-russian-proprietor.md)
- [Lucerne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/lucerne.md)
- [Albert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/albert.md)
- [Two Hussars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/two-hussars.md)
- [Three Deaths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/three-deaths.md)
- [Family Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/family-happiness.md)
- [Polikoúshka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/poliko-shka.md)
- [The Porcelain Doll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-porcelain-doll209.md)
- [The Decembrists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-decembrists.md)
- [Adaptations and Imitations of Hindu Fables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/adaptations-and-imitations-of-hindu-fables.md)
- [From the New Speller 214](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/from-the-new-speller214.md)
- [The Great Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-great-bear.md)
- [The Foundling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-foundling.md)
- [The Peasant and the Cucumbers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-peasant-and-the-cucumbers.md)
- [The Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-fire.md)
- [The Old Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-old-horse.md)
- [How I Learned to Ride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/how-i-learned-to-ride.md)
- [The Willow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-willow.md)
- [Búlka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/b-lka.md)
- [Búlka and the Wild Boar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/b-lka-and-the-wild-boar.md)
- [Pheasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/pheasants.md)
- [Milton and Búlka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/milton-and-b-lka.md)
- [The Turtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-turtle.md)
- [Búlka and the Wolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/b-lka-and-the-wolf.md)
- [What Happened to Búlka in Pyatigórsk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/what-happened-to-b-lka-in-pyatig-rsk.md)
- [Búlka’s and Milton’s End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/b-lka-s-and-milton-s-end.md)
- [The Gray Hare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-gray-hare.md)
- [Ermák](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/erm-k.md)
- [Natural Science Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/natural-science-stories.md)
- [A Prisoner in the Caucasus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-prisoner-in-the-caucasus.md)
- [God Sees the Truth, but Waits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/god-sees-the-truth-but-waits.md)
- [The Bear-Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-bear-hunt222.md)
- [What Men Live By](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/what-men-live-by.md)
- [Memoirs of a Lunatic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/memoirs-of-a-lunatic.md)
- [A Spark Neglected Burns the House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-spark-neglected-burns-the-house.md)
- [Two Old Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/two-old-men.md)
- [Where Love Is, God Is](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/where-love-is-god-is.md)
- [The Story of Iván the Fool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-story-of-iv-n-the-fool.md)
- [Evil Allures, but Good Endures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/evil-allures-but-good-endures.md)
- [Little Girls Wiser Than Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/little-girls-wiser-than-men.md)
- [Ilyás](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/ily-s.md)
- [Croesus and Solon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/croesus-and-solon.md)
- [The Three Hermits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-three-hermits.md)
- [The Imp and the Crust](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-imp-and-the-crust.md)
- [How Much Land Does a Man Need?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/how-much-land-does-a-man-need.md)
- [A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-grain-as-big-as-a-hen-s-egg.md)
- [The Godson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-godson.md)
- [The Repentant Sinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-repentant-sinner.md)
- [The Candle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-candle.md)
- [The Death of Ivan Ilyitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-death-of-ivan-ilyitch.md)
- [Kholstomír](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/kholstom-r.md)
- [Walk in the Light While There Is Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/walk-in-the-light-while-there-is-light.md)
- [The Kreutzer Sonata](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-kreutzer-sonata.md)
- [The Devil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-devil.md)
- [Françoise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/fran-oise.md)
- [The Empty Drum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-empty-drum.md)
- [A Dialogue Among Clever People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-dialogue-among-clever-people.md)
- [The Coffeehouse of Surat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-coffeehouse-of-surat.md)
- [The Young Tsar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-young-tsar.md)
- [Master and Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/master-and-man.md)
- [Three Parables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/three-parables.md)
- [Too Dear!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/too-dear.md)
- [Father Sergius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/father-sergius.md)
- [The Overthrow of Hell and Its Restoration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-overthrow-of-hell-and-its-restoration.md)
- [Three Questions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/three-questions.md)
- [After the Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/after-the-dance.md)
- [Esarhaddon, King of Assyria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/esarhaddon-king-of-assyria306.md)
- [Work, Death, and Sickness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/work-death-and-sickness.md)
- [Alyosha the Pot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/alyosha-the-pot.md)
- [The Posthumous Papers of the Hermit, Fedor Kusmich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-posthumous-papers-of-the-hermit-fedor-kusmich.md)
- [A Prayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-prayer.md)
- [Kornéy Vasílyef](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/korn-y-vas-lyef.md)
- [Strawberries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/strawberries.md)
- [Why?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/why.md)
- [God’s Way and Man’s](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/god-s-way-and-man-s.md)
- [There Are No Guilty People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/there-are-no-guilty-people.md)
- [The Wisdom of Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-wisdom-of-children.md)
- [Two Wayfarers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/two-wayfarers.md)
- [Khodinka 332](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/khodinka332.md)
- [The Memoirs of a Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-memoirs-of-a-mother.md)
- [Father Vasily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/father-vasily.md)
- [Three Days in the Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/three-days-in-the-village.md)
- [Singing in the Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/singing-in-the-village.md)
- [Traveller and Peasant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/traveller-and-peasant.md)
- [A Talk with a Wayfarer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-talk-with-a-wayfarer.md)
- [From the Diary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/from-the-diary.md)
- [The Forged Coupon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-forged-coupon.md)
- [My Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/my-dream.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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