What does de Tocqueville mean by a class?

What does de Tocqueville mean by an aristocracy?

Does manufacturing make products better?

This question was skipped when a member pointed out that "productions" in the text does not mean products, but production processes.

Why did de Tocqueville think the manufacturing aristocracy to be "one of the most confined & least dangerous (p. 3)?"

Can we say when or how Ivan Ilych went wrong?

Who had the "most simple & most ordinary" life (p. 45), Ivan Ilych or Gerasim?

Does Ivan Ilych suffer & die because he did not live as he ought to have? Does the answer to this question contain "the sole solution of all the riddles of life & death (p. 78)?"

Why does Ivan Ilych fail to find relief in the reception of communion?

Should we interpret Ivan Ilych's illness symbolically, or is a literal reading sufficient?

Is the narration of Ivan Ilych's illness & death too long & repetitive?

Is Tolstoy too harsh in his judgment of Ivan Ilych & other characters?