What’s the best audiobook of The Brothers Karamazov?
Unabridged audiobooks are available for three different English translations of The Brothers Karamazov.
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What’s the best translation of Demons (Devils, The Possessed)?
So, you want to read Dostoevsky’s darkest and most hilarious novel, a controversial political satire, the title of which has been variously rendered as The Possessed, The Devils, Devils, and Demons? By all accounts, it’s intense! You’ve got five in-print English translations to choose from, seven in total.
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What’s the best translation of The Nine Cloud Dream?
There’s an inherent contradiction in The Nine Cloud Dream. Or is there? Does this dream-journey undermine its supposed moral lesson? Or can an apparently hedonistic tale succeed in promoting transcendental Buddhist values? Read it and decide for yourself.
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What’s the best translation of The Master and Margarita?
What does it mean to say that “Manuscripts don’t burn”? The publication history of Bulgakov’s black comedy reflects the difficulties artists face under authoritarian governments, yet justifies the author’s faith that no authority can stifle the creative flame.
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Poll: What’s the best translation of Crime and Punishment?
Now you can vote on your favorite of the 14 English translations of Crime and Punishment!
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What makes a translation accurate?
How hard can it be for translators to just “get it right”? Quite hard, since there’s no single objectively correct equivalent for a lot of the words and expressions they handle. Consider any idiomatic expression, such as an informal term of endearment, and you’ll quickly see how hard it can be.
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Are newer translations better?
Time marches on. Should we cast aside older translations in favor of newer ones? Sometimes they seem to have all the advantages! But do they really?
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What’s the best translation of The Idiot?
“The Idiot has merits that equal, and, in some cases, surpass those of Dostoyevsky’s other masterpieces…. The Idiot was also Dostoyevsky’s personal favorite.” —Gary Rosenshield
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Get public domain ebooks
If an English translation is ~100 years old, it’s probably available online free!
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Get public domain audiobooks
Did you know that you can download volunteer-made audiobooks free? It’s true!
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