Which English translation?
French
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Review of The Plague by Camus (translated by Robin Buss)
I thought I wouldn't like this book. I didn't like the first part, which described the spread of the plague. But the plague is not actually the point. What matters is how people react to it.
Russian
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Review of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett)
I was happy with the Garnett translation; not so happy with the Nietzschean philosophy.
Spanish
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Review of Don Quixote by Cervantes (translated by P.A. Motteux)
I really thought this was going to be a dull book. I was wrong!
Global Collections
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Chinese
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Review of The Art of War by Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles)
I'd bet far more people have heard of this influential Chinese classic than have read it.
Language and Culture
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