The Permanent Husband Chapter 7
In which an impatient gentleman, burdened by restless thoughts and elusive confidences, engages in a fraught and revealing dialogue with a dissolute acquaintance whose sardonic revelations unsettle th...
16 Aug 23min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 8
In which Velchaninoff's troubled thoughts are overshadowed by the pitiable plight of young Liza and the erratic behaviour of her reckless father, Pavel Pavlovitch, whose disorderly existence casts a l...
16 Aug 13min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 6
In which we observe a tumultuous encounter between Velchaninoff and the troubled child Liza, whose anguished silence and haunting revelations paint a poignant picture of pain and neglect, set against ...
15 Aug 16min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 5
In which the visitor encounters Pavel Pavlovitch in a disordered lodging, witnessing a strained and sorrowful interaction with a young girl named Liza, his purported daughter, whose delicate nature an...
15 Aug 23min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 4
In which the protagonist, roused from slumber by restless thoughts, contemplates the intricate and tormenting memories of a past passion for Natalia Vasilievna, a woman whose death has stirred long-bu...
14 Aug 14min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 3
In which two old acquaintances meet suddenly at an ungodly hour, one bearing sombre news masked by peculiar behaviour and a crape band, stirring unease and curiosity in the other. The visitor’s melanc...
14 Aug 21min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 1
In which we observe the gentleman Velchaninoff, detained by a vexing legal affair in the dusty heat of St. Petersburg, wrestling with his restless nights and the gnawing spectres of his past, which br...
13 Aug 14min
The Permanent Husband Chapter 2
In which our somewhat irritable and restless Velchaninoff becomes obsessively haunted by the persistent and enigmatic presence of a man wearing a crape band on his hat, a figure who seems to both puzz...
13 Aug 28min
