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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 82
- Reading time
- ≈ 1 h 30 min
- Checkpoints
- 3
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read The Death of Ivan Ilyich?
At 82 pages, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a short book. Expect about 1 hour 30 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 3 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 2 reading days. For a book of this length (under 250 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day3 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)2 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 3 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 27
- Checkpoint 2, page 55
- Checkpoint 3, page 82
In Vread, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is split into 3 checkpoints, one every 27 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 3 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy
What does Ivan Ilych stop shaving and allow to grow freely when he settles into his new town as examining magistrate?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
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Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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