
Ep. 12 - A Discussion of 'Ivan Ilyich:' Donna Orwin and Stephen Blackwood
The Ralston College Podcast
Piotr Ivanovich and Prascojia Fittarovna in a Sitting Room
Piotr Ivanovich goes to speak with the, Ivan Eulich's widow, Prascojia Fittarovna. The scene is they're in this, this, this sitting room where everything is very come ill foe. This is this French phrase you mentioned. Which Tolstoy loves. Right. So he's wanting always to be perceived like he is, should be perceived this externality of others opinions. And then that, that scene continues with this sort of hilarious encounter with the little sofa or, or in the translation I read, it's translated as a little chair,. But it's got springs under it. He gets up and it's creaking and
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