The Eternal Husband
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780976140733 (097614073X)
Publish date: April 1st 2005
Publisher: Melville House
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Short Stories
Another great classic from Dostoyevsky!!
opening: The summer came and, contrary to expectations, Velchaninov stayed in Petersburg.My translation is by Andrew R MacAndrew5* Crime & Punishment5* The Brothers Karamzov5* Notes from the Underground3* The Idiot4* The Gambler3* Demons4* The Double4* The Eternal Husband
This is the weakest thing of his I've read. The tone seems to shift constantly and the characters seem to change too. It almost reminds me of Tolstoy without the grand scale and with a lot more psychology. Also, I kept thinking it would end, and then it wouldn't. Though the ending may have been t...