The Eternal Husband, one of Dostoevsky’s lesser-known novels, is thought by many critics to be among his most powerful and perfect works. Pavel Pavlovitch is the ‘eternal husband, ‘ which Velchaninov, his wife’s former lover, defines as a buffoon doomed to be nothing more than an appendage to his wife. The psychological duel at the heart of the story drives this tale of obsession, revenge, and the search for redemption. A brutal slow-boiler of escalating confrontation, The Eternal Husband pulses with Dostoevsky’s dark brilliance and insight into the human heart.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an afterword by Patrick Maxwell and a detailed biographical timeline.
Table of Content
Contents
1. Velchaninov1
2. The Gentleman with Crape on His Hat8
3. Pavel Pavlovitch Trusotsky17
4. The Wife, the Husband and the Lover25
5. Liza31
6. A New Fancy of an Idle Man40
7. The Husband and the Lover Kiss Each Other46
8. Liza Ill56
9. An Apparition61
10. In the Cemetery68
11. Pavel Pavlovitch Means to Marry75
12. At the Zahlebinins’83
13. On Whose Side Most?99
14. Sashenka and Nadenka106
15. The Account Is Settled113
16. Analysis121
17. The Eternal Husband129
Dostoevsky’s Eternal Question by Patrick Maxwell137
Biographical Timeline142
Suggested Reading148
About the author
Patrick Maxwell is an English writer and journalist. He writes on literature for The Big Issue and The London Magazine, and is a regular commentator for The Article magazine and Classical Music Daily. He lives near Oxford.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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