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The Eternal Husband (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Warbler Classics
  • Publish Date: Feb 17th, 2022
  • Pages: 156
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.36in - 0.45lb
  • EAN: 9781957240282
  • Categories: ClassicsLiterary

About the Author

Dostoevsky, Fyodor: - Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian short story writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature. His works are broadly thought to have anticipated Russian symbolism, existentialism, expressionism, and psychoanalysis. He also influenced later writers and philosophers including Anton Chekov, Hermann Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Jean-Paul Sartre. His books have been translated into more than one hundred and seventy languages.
Maxwell, Patrick: - 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 TheArticle magazine and Classical Music Daily. He lives near Oxford.

Praise for this book

"One of [Dostoevsky's] more perfect works for its razor-sharp story and in medias res structure."

-Sean Fitzpatrick


"One of the most complete works by Dostoevsky in regards to its composition and development."

-Alfred Bem