In Polish edition under the title The eternal husband and and other stories there are four novellas - Honest thief, The Christmas tree and the wedding, The eternal husband and Stiepanchzikovo town and its citizens. Dostoevsky in smaller forms than Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazov.

Dostoevsky is known for his long fiction, and for good reason; it seems that his short stories are hit-and-miss. I gave the book four stars because the stories that I did like I did so much as to counterbalance those that I did not.
A Nasty Anecdote seemed to be a super-abridged version of a Dostoevsky novel, to the point that the drama and bite inherent in his loner works is watered-down, if not absent. It was a good story, with witty, even embarrassingly hilarious moments, but altogether it felt undeveloped, as if Dostoevsky had a brilliant idea for another novel and wrote this story so as to crystallize it for future use, but never went back to it.
The Eternal Husband was great, right up until the end. Maybe I'm dull, but I just didn't get it. Throughout the narrative, as things escalated, I expected some great, extravagant ending and some sort of redemption for Velchaninov, even something as subtle as the redemption of the Karamazov family in The Brothers Karamazov, but if there was such a thing, it was too subtle for me to notice. I felt that Velchaninov and his foil both remained stubbornly static. I don't know, I just wasn't that huge a fan of this one.
Bobok was good for what it was. I get the feeling that it was very experimental, especially in Dostoevsky's time, and it was humorous, particularly in its portrayal of the dead. I think it goes without saying, however, that it was impossible to identify with the protagonist, which bothered me.
The Meek One is very aptly subtitled A Fantastic Story, as it is my favorite of this collection (of course, I am using 'fantastic' in its modern, daily usage, rather than how Dostoevsky intended it to mean 'a fantasy'). Its a very emotionally engaging story and portrays a man's dealing with his wife's suicide very well, I believe. It was exciting to see how the protagonist changed in his opinion of himself and of his wife as he reminisces, and to see his redemption, despite the fact that it was too late. It was delightfully heartbreaking, and, along with The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, is the reason I gave the collection four stars.
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man was great. As my reader should by now have guessed, I love seeing the redemption of the protagonist, and this story is perhaps the least subtle example of redemption in Dostoevsky's work. The Christian symbolism in this story is also perhaps the strongest in any of his other works, besides The Brothers Karamazov, going to the point of even having the protagonist offering to have himself crucified for the people he himself corrupted, acting as both the Christ- and devil-figure.
Overall, I recommend the last two stories the most.

Ovo mi je jedna od boljih novela Dostojevskog. Inače mi nisu posebno privlačne njegove novele. Po današnjim standardima ovo bi bio kratki roman, sadržajniji od mnogih današnjih, sa složenim likovima i neočekivanim obratima. No, u njegovo vrijeme to je bila samo pripovjetka.

Really liked the first, kinda liked the second long one, didn't get or like the last three.

The last story was best, sir.

I really need to do a comparative on the meek one and my last duchess--

Short and straight to the point. If you want to understand who an eternal husband is and what roles or responsibilities they should have in dostoevsky's words, look no further than this.

A series of great typical Dostoyevski writings. I had read most of them in other editions. What stands out is the excellent translations in this book. Strongly recommended

man i think i do just love dostoyevsky

I really enjoyed this collection of stories especially the first two. I found "A Nasty Anecdote" to be hilarious and "The Eternal Husband" was thoroughly fascinating and engaging. I was so completely involved in the story that when I finished I felt that I had to take a break. As I told a friend, Dostoyevsky is like red meat - very rich, very good, but very heavy and sometimes you have to take a break. The last few stories I didn't enjoy as much, but thought they were still worth reading.

"No artistic salon singer could ever have achieved such an effect. In this romance, the intensity of the passion rises and grows with every line, every word; precisely because of this extraordinary intensity, the slightest falseness, the slightest exaggeration or untruth -- which one gets away with so easily in opera -- would here ruin and distort the whole meaning."

"The most monstrous monster is the monster with noble feelings."

This is a fine collection of Dosty's stories united perhaps by the common theme of 'good intentions gone awry', or better 'holy idiocy'. Of the stories collected here the best are "A Nasty Anecdote" (drunk boss shows up at employee's wedding to illustrate his 'humanity') and "The Eternal Husband" (years after the affair, guy meets the husband of the now-dead wife he slept with). These are pure Dosty and some of his best short works, alternately funny, bewildering, and dark. The other three stories "Bobok", "The Meek One", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" are good, too, but only "Meek" would I recommend to the non-completist since it has shades of the "saved prostitute" from Notes from Underground and serves as a conduit through D-bag's literary gravitation.