Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Preface by Richard Pevear
"The Eternal Husband and Other Stories" brings together five of
Dostoevsky's short masterpieces rendered into English by two of the
most celebrated Dostoevsky translators of our time. Filled with
many of the themes and concerns central to his great novels, these
short works display the full range of Dostoevsky's genius. The
centerpiece of this collection, the short novel "The Eternal
Husband, " describes the almost surreal meeting of a cuckolded
widower and his dead wife's lover. Dostoevsky's dark brilliance and
satiric vision infuse the other four tales with all-too-human
characters. "The Eternal Husband and Other Stories" is sterling
Dostoevsky--a collection of emotional power and uncompromising
insight into the human condition.