The Eternal Husband | Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Velchaninov, a prosperous and idle man undergoing a moral crisis, is confronted in St. Petersburg by Trusotsky, the loyal husband of Velchaninov's former lover. Trusotsky informs Velchaninov that his wife has died and from here this fascinating novella charts the development of the two men's lives. -- Jacket flap.