![]() ![]() His little quest is successful, due to some luck: personnel changes in the department of Justice have brought some of Iván Ilych's friends to prominence, and they help him get a good position with the desired salary. Long-term career plans and choosiness about the position are put aside, so long as the salary is high enough. He decides to go to Petersburg and raise hell with the bureaucrats until he obtains a post with a five thousand ruble annual salary. Without work, Iván Ilych becomes depressed. ![]() Living beyond his means makes his salary insufficient, and to save money that summer he goes with his family to stay with his brother's wife in the country. As a result, feelings sour and Iván Ilych is passed over again and again in the future when other positions open up. The man favored is named Happe, and Iván Ilych quarrels with him and his superiors. The propriety and upwardly mobile course of Iván Ilych's life are disturbed in 1880, when Iván Ilych is passed over for promotion. ![]()
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