Jan 4, 2010

Three Deaths | Three Deaths

At a glance:

Author: Leo Tolstoy
First Published: 1859
Type of Plot: Symbolist
Time of Work: The nineteenth century
Setting: Russia
Principal Characters: Marya Dmitriyevna, Vasily Dmitrich, Edward Ivanovich, Matryosha, Uncle Fyodor, Seryoga, Nastasya
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: God, Upper classes, Death or dying, Lower classes
Locales: Russia

The Story

In the story's four numbered sections are described the actions of two sets of characters, one from the upper class and one from the lower. Each set revolves around a character dying from consumption: Marya Dmitriyevna, attempting to flee the harsh Russian winter to reach the warm Italian climate in the hope of curing her illness, and Uncle Fyodor, lying in the last stages of his illness in the carriage drivers’ quarters at a post station. The two sets of characters intersect in sections 1 and 2 of the story, when the two carriages of the small upper-class entourage...

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Three Deaths | Three Deaths

At a glance:

The Story

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