One of the title character's close friends meets a colleague named Schwarz, who winks at him and tries to arrange an evening game of bridge.
The only character that is constantly cheerful in this work is a servant boy named Gerasim. One of the title character's close friends meets a colleague named Schwarz, who winks at him and tries to arrange an evening game of bridge. After losing two promotions, the title character gets a new job when a man named Miller is replaced by his friend Zachar, who helps set him up in St. Petersburg. His wife Praskovya and their son Volodya come to live with him in their new house, but while he is attempting to show an upholsterer how to hang some drapes he falls, hitting his side on the knob of the window frame. The bruise he gets eventually grows, and he grows sicker until he expires. FTP, name this short novel by Leo Tolstoy that concludes with the title event.
The only character that is constantly cheerful in this work is a servant boy named Gerasim.
"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" or "Smert Ivana Ilyicha"