How long does it take to read The Death Of Ivan Ilych?
Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, Anthony Horvath, Zinc Read
The Death Of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, Anthony Horvath, Zinc Read takes about 1 hour 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 43 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1887. 94 pages, about 25,850 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 188 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This satirical novella tells the story of the life and early death of a high court judge. Ivan Ilych is proud of his achievements and his status in society, despite his poor relations with his wife which renders his home life bleak and joyless. When he becomes hopelessly ill he begins to realize that he has not after all lived the good life he had supposed he was enjoying.
Subjects: Manners and customs in fiction, Novellas, Fiction, Death in fiction, Russian, Russian fiction
