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FromRichardPevearandLarissaVolokhonsky,thehighlyacclaimedtranslatorsofWarandPeace,DoctorZhivago,andAnnaKarenina,whichwasanOprahBookClubpickandmillion-copybestseller,TheEternalHusbandandOtherStoriesbringstogetherfiveofDostoevsky’sshortmasterpieces.Filledwithmanyofthethemesandconcernscentraltohisgreatnovels,theseshortworksdisplaythefullrangeofDostoevsky’sgenius.Thecenterpieceofthiscollection,theshortnovelTheEternalHusband,describesthealmostsurrealmeetingofacuckoldedwidowerandhisdeadwife’slover.Dostoevsky’sdarkbrillianceandsatiricvisioninfusetheotherfourtaleswithall-too-humancharacters.TheEternalHusbandandOtherStoriesissterlingDostoevsky—acollectionofemotionalpoweranduncompromisinginsightintothehumancondition.,