Eternal Husband: New Translation

Velchaninov is haunted by a man he keeps glimpsing in the street, who turns out to be his old friend Trusotsky, whose late wife was his secret lover. Their destinies become intertwined as they engage in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that will lead to a final dramatic confrontation. The Eternal Husband is a small masterpiece that shows Dostoevsky at his best as a ruthless dissector of the quirks and foibles of the human character.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 25 January 2018
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

During a stifling St Petersburg summer, the rich landowner Velchaninov is haunted by the figure of a man he keeps glimpsing in the street. When he receives a surprise visit from him late at night, he realizes he is an old friend, Trusotsky, whose late wife, Natalya, was his secret lover. As the two men renew their acquaintance, Velchaninov becomes aware that Trusotsky’s child is, in fact, his own daughter. From then on, the destinies of the two old friends become intertwined as they engage – at turns repelled and attracted by each other – in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that will lead to a final dramatic confrontation.Compelling, gripping, darkly humorous, The Eternal Husband – composed by the author at the peak of his writing powers, between The Idiot and Devils, and described by Dostoevsky’s biographer Joseph Frank as “a small masterpiece” – shows Dostoevsky at his best as a ruthless dissector of the quirks and foibles of the human character.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781847496560