Question

what opinion About Russian society does Leo Tolstoy express in this excerpt from the death of Ivan llyich

Answer 1

 Peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.

Ivan' servant keeps saying that its no trouble staying up with him all night, because he hopes someone else will do the same for him when he is unwell and dying. On the other hand, the middle class society his illness and impending death as a mere inconvenience.