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Chapter 1

• Peter Ivanovich, a lifelong acquaintance of Ivan Ilych, announces the death of Ivan Ilych to colleagues in the judge's chamber.

• Everyone in the room begins to wonder who will be promoted to fill the job vacancy.

• Peter goes to Ivan's funeral on Friday at one o'clock at Ivan's fashionable house with one of his colleagues, Schwartz.

• Peter and Schwartz try to make a quick visit, but Ivan's wife pulls Peter aside to talk.

• Schwartz gets to leave and to enjoy his weekly bridge game without Peter.

• Peter tells Ivan's wife that she will not get any more money from the government for Ivan's death.

• Peter ignores the warnings that Ivan's death has for him at every turn while at the funeral.

• Gerasim, Ivan's servant, accepts death as a part of life.

Chapter 2

• Ivan's life is ordinary, but he is satisfied with it.

• He is committed to doing...

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