Get public domain audiobooks
Did you know that you can download volunteer-made audiobooks free? It’s true!
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What’s the best audiobook of Crime and Punishment?
Unabridged Audiobooks are available for three different English translations of Crime and Punishment.
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Consider buying a Kindle
Have you considered switching to ebooks? Or getting a dedicated device for the ebooks you have?
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Listen to classics with an Audible subscription
Do you like audiobooks? Yes? Do you know about Audible? No? This post is for you.
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Read classics with Kindle Unlimited
Do you like ebooks? Yes? Do you know about Kindle Unlimited? No? This post is for you.
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Does the edition of a book matter?
There are several reasons the edition of a book might matter to a reader or book collector. (Don’t forget legibility!)
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What’s the best translation of Madame Bovary? (Part 2)
I found so much information on translations of Madame Bovary that I had to split this post into two! Part 2 focuses on 7 translations published from 1992 to 2011, including the popular Davis translation, and gives information about a few related books.
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What’s the best translation of Madame Bovary? (Part 1)
I found so much information on translations of Madame Bovary that I had to split this post into two! Part 1 of this post talks about the history of the novel and the challenge of translating it. The post gives information about 11 translations published from 1886 to 1965, including the original Marx-Aveling translation.
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What’s the best translation of Don Quixote? (Part 2)
I found so much information on translations of Don Quixote that I had to split this post into two! Part 2 focuses on 7 translations published from 2000 to 2020, including the popular Grossman translation, and gives information about a few related books.
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What’s the best translation of Don Quixote? (Part 1)
I found so much information on translations of Don Quixote that I had to split this post into two! Part 1 of this post talks about the history of the novel, the challenge of translating it, and the pronunciation and spelling of the title. The post gives information about 14 translations published from 1620 to 1995, including the popular Ormsby translation.
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