The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A restless, self-aware man unexpectedly meets the quiet, oddly attentive widower of a woman with whom he once had an affair, and their uneasy reunion becomes a probing psychological duel in which petty humiliations, manipulations and buried secrets surface. The widower’s enigmatic behavior forces the visitor to confront his guilt, vanity and the long-term consequences of past passion, while social masks and jealousies are unpicked with dark irony. The compact tale is a grimly comic, psychological study of obsession, dependency and the inescapable shadows of former ties.
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- Published
- 1870
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 80-150
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- The Eternal Husband
- Vechnyy muzh
- Вечный муж
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