His older brother had followed in his father's footsteps, procuring a meaningless job in a ministry in Petersburg, while his younger brother is a fail
His older brother had followed in his father's footsteps, procuring a meaningless job in a ministry in Petersburg, while his younger brother is a failure who is forgotten by his family unless they are compelled to remember him. He married his wife, Praskovya Federova, not for love but because his social circle approved, and the fights that arose from the birth of their first child caused a growing rift between them. His family's ordinary life continued until he went to a doctor for a pain in his left side; after realizing he has only months to live, he develops a bond with his servant, Gerasim. FTP, identify this titular character whose "death" is told in an 1886 novella by Leo Tolstoy.
His older brother had followed in his father's footsteps, procuring a meaningless job in a ministry in Petersburg, while his younger brother is a failure who is forgotten by his family unless they are compelled to remember him.
{Ivan Ilyich}