Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), the brilliant Russian novelist whose psychological delvings into the human soul profoundly influenced the twentieth-century novel, wrote a prolific amount of shorter works that are masterpieces in their own right. His novella
The Eternal Husband is considered one of the author’s most powerful and perfect creations.
This surreal tale of duality and interchanging rivalry explores the life of a rich, idle man suddenly forced to confront the husband of his dead mistress. With keen insight into the human condition, the story relates the shared hatred, love, and guilt of the two men. Ripe with the emotional themes central to Dostoyevsky’s greatest novels, including morality, the bonds of sexual love, mental torture, and neurosis,
The Eternal Husband reveals the full range of the author’s captivating genius.
Table of Content
Chapter 1. Velchaninov
Chapter 2. The Gentleman with Crape on His Hat
Chapter 3. Pavel Pavlovitch Trusotsky
Chapter 4. The Wife, the Husband and the Lover
Chapter 5. Liza
Chapter 6. A New Fancy of an Idle Man
Chapter 7. The Husband and the Lover Kiss Each Other
Chapter 8. Liza Ill
Chapter 9. An Apparition
Chapter 10. In the Cemetery
Chapter 11. Pavel Pavlovitch Means to Marry
Chapter 12. At the Zahlebinins’
Chapter 13. On Whose Side Most?
Chapter 14. Sashenka and Nadenka
Chapter 15. The Account Is Settled
Chapter 16. Analysis
Chapter 17. The Eternal Husband
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 128 ● ISBN 9780486114408 ● File size 1.2 MB ● Translator Constance Garnett ● Publisher Dover Publications ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5270473 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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