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February 2, 2016

Ivan Ilyich, Frederic Henry, And The Pleasant Life

Tolstoy and Hemingway couldn’t be further apart, but their characters are obsessed with the same things. In A Farewell To Arms, Frederic Henry refers to that which is “pleasant,” “unpleasant,” or “fine” a total of 85 times. In The Death of Ivan Ilyich, a much shorter work, “pleasant” or “unpleasant” appear 34 times. For Frederic […]

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