{"product_id":"a-gentle-creature-a-story-about-how-a-tyrant-husband-drove-his-wife-to-suicide-9781837460632","title":"A Gentle Creature: A story about how a tyrant husband drove his wife to suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fyodor M. Dostoevsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Publishing House No.10\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Publishing House No.10\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russian \u0026amp; Former Soviet Union\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn edition from the \"Golden Tattoo\" series. Printed in 12pt type with wide line spacing for maximum readability. Unabridged. Modern translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plot is structured as the confession of a pawnbroker standing over the coffin of his young wife, who has committed suicide. He attempts to understand the reasons behind the tragedy by recalling the history of their marriage: how he, a forty-year-old man with wounded pride, took a sixteen-year-old dowerless girl as his wife, deciding to 'conquer' her with his silence and austerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis desire to dominate and mold his wife into an ideal, submissive creature leads to a silent psychological confrontation and mutual alienation. By the time the protagonist finally realizes his love and readiness to change, it is too late - A Gentle Creature, unable to endure the spiritual oppression and seeing no way out, throws herself from a window holding an icon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publishing House No.10","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892795326615,"sku":"9781837460632","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781837460632.webp?v=1781189014","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-gentle-creature-a-story-about-how-a-tyrant-husband-drove-his-wife-to-suicide-9781837460632","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}