# Efím Tarásitch Shevélef — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Efím Tarásitch Shevélef in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Efím

**First appearance:** 0042-two-old-men

## Who they are

A practical, skeptical old pilgrim who measures his companion's pious fervor against hard-won common sense as the two trudge toward Jerusalem.

## In the story

### [Two Old Men](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/two-old-men)

The rigid pilgrim, focused on the destination and burdened by worldly cares. He completes the journey but returns home spiritually unfulfilled and angry.

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