"Three Short Novels of Dostoevsky: The Double, Notes From the Underground, The Eternal Husband", translation of Constance Garnett revised and edited by Avrahm Yarmolinksy, published by International Collectors Library, New York, 1960.

"The Double" by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published on January 30, 1846 in the Fatherland Notes. It was subsequently revised and republished by Dostoevsky in 1866.
"The Double" is the most Gogolesque of Dostoevsky's works; its subtitle "A Petersburg Poem" echoes that of Gogol's "Dead Souls." Vladimir Nabokov called it a parody of Gogol's "The Overcoat". Many others have emphasized the relationship between "The Double" and other of Gogol's "Petersburg Tales." One contemporary critic, Konstantin Aksakov, remarked that "Dostoevsky alters and wholly repeats Gogol's phras's." Most scholars, however, recognize "The Double" as Dostoevsky's response to or innovation on Gogol's work. For example, A.L. Bem called The Double "a unique literary rebuttal" to Gogol's story "The Nose" This immediate relationship is the obvious manifestation of Dostoevsky's entry into the deeper tradition of German Romanticism, particularly the writings of E. T. A. Hoffmann.

"Notes from the Underground" (or The Letters from the Underworld), an 1864 novel, is considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form through the Underground Man's diary, and attacks contemporary Russian philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's "What Is to Be Done?" The second part of the book is called "Apropos of the Wet Snow" and describes certain events that appear to be destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, unreliable narrator and anti-hero.

The novella "Eternal Husband" 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. The story starts in medias res. Details about Velchaninov's adulterous past are revealed gradually. The novel is comparable to a tragicomedy. The main tragic event is Liza's death. The comical element is the character of Trusotsky, who seems to be predestined to be the cuckold every time again.

"The Eternal Husband" is one of Dostoyevsky's lesser-known novels. The subject of a deceived husband is lighter than in his other novels, but some critics say this novel ranks among his best works because of its style and structure. Alfred Bem calls it "one of the most complete works by Dostoyevsky in regards to its composition and development."

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Hard boards, faux leather Victoria binding with gold decorated front board and spine [a little spine fade, wear between spine and front board]; 5.1/2” x 8.1/2”; maroon color endpapers, ribbon marker, 346 pages printed on cream color paper, gold upper page edge, very good/ fine condition.