Смерть Ивана Ильича
The Death of Ivan Ilych
A judge who has lived a correct, comfortable life falls ill, and while he dies he comes to see how false that life was. The novella opens at his funeral.
The opening
В большом здании судебных учреждений во время перерыва заседания по делу Мельвинских члены и прокурор сошлись в кабинете Ивана Егоровича Шебек, и зашел разговор о знаменитом красовском деле.
During an interval in the Melvinski trial in the large building of the Law Courts the members and public prosecutor met in Ivan Egorovich Shebek's private room, where the conversation turned on the celebrated Krasovski case.
Федор Васильевич разгорячился, доказывая неподсудность, Иван Егорович стоял на своем, Петр же Иванович, не вступив сначала в спор, не принимал в нем участия и просматривал только что поданные «Ведомости».
Fedor Vasilievich warmly maintained that it was not subject to their jurisdiction, Ivan Egorovich maintained the contrary, while Peter Ivanovich, not having entered into the discussion at the start, took no part in it but looked through the Gazette which had just been handed in.
Translation
- Louise and Aylmer Maude, The Death of Iván IlýchThe Maudes' translation, close and plain.Public Domain
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