The Eternal Husband

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Original title: Вечный муж

first published 1896 Reclam, Ditzingen, 1998 paperback 245 pages

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The Eternal Husband (Russian: Вечный муж, Vechny muzh) is a novella by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky that was first published in 1870 in Zarya magazine. The novella's plot revolves around the complicated relationship between Velchaninov and Trusotsky, the husband of his deceased former lover.

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This book in English

Hugh Aplin 1 printing we hold · 2007 · Hesperus Press
Constance Garnett 1 printing we hold · 2008 · Dover Publications, Inc.

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Editions we hold

Eternal Husband paperback · 2018 · Alma Classics · 224 pages · 9781847496560
The eternal husband edition · 2008 · Dover Publications, Inc. · 9780486465722
The Eternal Husband (Hesperus Classics) paperback · 2007 · Hesperus Press · 200 pages · 9781843911630
El Eterno Marido/ The Eternal Husband paperback · 2006 · Alianza · 188 pages · 9788420639239
The eternal husband edition · 2005 · Melville House Pub.
Eterno Marido, O paperback · 2003 · Editora 34 · 9788573262834
El Eterno Marido paperback · 2003 · Grupo Oceano · 9788475058344
L'Eternel Mari paperback · 2001 · Flammarion · 243 pages · 9782080706102
El Eterno Marido paperback · 2001 · Oceano De Mexico · 9789706514400
El eterno marido paperback · 2000 · Grupo Oceano · 232 pages · 9788449416491
El Eterno Marido paperback · 1998 · Alianza · 9788420607511
Der ewige Ehemann. paperback · 1998 · Reclam, Ditzingen · 245 pages · 9783150024850

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