The Eternal Husband and Other Stories  (English, Paperback, Dostoevsky Fyodor)

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories is a collection of stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Summary of the Book

Dostoyevsky’s short stories reveal his darker side. In this collection, readers are introduced to five of his stories, translated into English by some of the finest experts on Dostoyevsky. In the masterpiece and eponymous story, a cuckolded widower must come to terms with his dead wife’s lover. Dostoyevsky tells the story in grand fashion, imbuing the story with his brilliance for satire and his vision of humanity’s darkest qualities. This collection also includes a story about a government official who attends a subordinate’s funeral without an invitation to show respect for a lost soul, the tale of a narrator who is in denial about his wife’s suicide and that of a hack writer who speaks to the dead at a funeral. These tales show Dostoyevsky’s insight into the human psyche, and his panache for emotional power and honest portrayal of mankind’s greater problems.

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer who is remembered for his masterpieces: The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot and Crime and Punishment.