The Eternal Husband
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The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Eternal Husband canonical | 8 |
| The Eternal Husband (1869–1870) | 1 |
| The Eternal Husband (stage role) | 1 |
| The Eternal Husband by Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1 |
| Вечный муж | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Eternal Husband Context triple: [Fyodor Dostoevsky, notableWork, The Eternal Husband]
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A.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
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B.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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C.
The Honeymoon
The Honeymoon is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Constance Talmadge.
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D.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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E.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Eternal Husband Target entity description: The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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A.
An Ordinary Couple
An Ordinary Couple is a romantic song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music."
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B.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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C.
The Honeymoon
The Honeymoon is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Constance Talmadge.
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D.
The Provoked Wife
The Provoked Wife is a late 17th-century Restoration comedy play by John Vanbrugh, known for its sharp wit and exploration of marriage and female agency.
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E.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
ⓘ
psychological fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| explores |
psychological complexity of relationships
ⓘ
the burden of past sins ⓘ the psychology of a cuckolded husband ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1870 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Zarya ⓘ |
| genre |
novella
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Eternal Husband (film adaptations) ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky is the widower
ⓘ
Velchaninov is the former lover of the widow ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Eternal Husband ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
confrontation between past and present
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ self-destructive jealousy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
adultery
ⓘ
friendship and enmity ⓘ marriage ⓘ social relations in 19th-century Russia ⓘ |
| includedIn | Dostoevsky's psychological works ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky
ⓘ
Velchaninov ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Вечный муж
ⓘ
linked to:
The Eternal Husband
|
| partOf | Fyodor Dostoevsky's later works ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ |
| protagonistRelationship | widower and his late wife's former lover ⓘ |
| setting | Russia ⓘ |
| theme |
guilt
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ memory ⓘ obsession ⓘ psychological torment ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Eternal Husband Description of subject: The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Eternal Husband
linked to: The Eternal Husband
subject linked to:
Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky is the widower
subject linked to:
Velchaninov is the former lover of the widow
subject linked to:
Velchaninov is the former lover of the widow
linked to: The Eternal Husband
linked to: The Eternal Husband