The Eternal Husband

The novella «The Eternal Husband» — a psychological drama by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a love triangle. After the death of his wife, government official Pavel Trusotsky pursues her former lover, a family friend — Alexei Velchaninov. In this, he seeks not so much revenge as he experiences a painful attachment to him… Literary critics note noticeable parallels with Molière's comedies «The School for Wives» and «The School for Husbands», Gustave Flaubert's novel «Madame Bovary» and Ivan Turgenev's play «A Month in the Country».