# Elisha Bódrof — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Elisha Bódrof in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Elisha

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

## Who they are

A gentle, charitable old pilgrim whose readiness to stop and help strangers keeps interrupting the journey he set out to make.

## In the story

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

The compassionate pilgrim who abandons his formal journey to help a starving family, spending his travel funds. His true pilgrimage is one of charity.

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