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How can I read Layla and Majnun in English?

Which Translation / Nizami Ganjavi, Persian

And now for something completely different… Penguin Classics is throwing their weight behind a Persian epic poem about star-crossed lovers Layla and Majnun.

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What’s the best translation of War and Peace?

Which Translation / Leo Tolstoy, Russian

So you’re going to read War and Peace in English. A worthy ambition. But do you want the embedded French passages translated into English in the text itself, or in footnotes?

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What’s the best translation of Solaris by Stanislaw Lem?

Which Translation / Polish, Stanislaw Lem

Now you can read Solaris, Stanislaw Lem’s best-known novel, in an English translation made directly from the original Polish!

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What’s the best translation of Les Miserables?

Which Translation / French, Victor Hugo

I like big books and I cannot lie! Wordsworth Classics presents the Wilbour translation in two volumes, but Signet Classics still sells what may be the thickest mass-market paperback in existence. More pages than their War and Peace!

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What’s the best translation of Anna Karenina?

Which Translation / Leo Tolstoy, Russian

I read and enjoyed the Maude translation, but most people will have heard of the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation, as it was chosen for Oprah’s book club in 2004. Supposedly it sounds more like Tolstoy than, say, Garnett…

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What’s the best translation of The Plague by Camus?

Which Translation / Albert Camus, French

The Plague is popular these days because of the pandemic; that’s a good thing, because it’s an essentially hopeful book.

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What’s the best translation of The Tale of Genji?

Which Translation / Japanese, Murasaki Shikibu

If you have never read The Tale of Genji, my advice is, DON’T START WITH TYLER. That’s what I did: I started with Tyler. That was a mistake.

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Why do page counts vary so much?

FAQ

Want to know how many pages a novel is? Well, how long is a piece of string? IT DEPENDS!

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What’s the best English translation of Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere?

Which Translation / José Rizal, Spanish

“The Noli” has been abridged, adapted, bowdlerized, and translated with several different titles, so there’s definitely some potential for confusion.

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What’s the best translation of The Dream of the Red Chamber?

Which Translation / Cao Xueqin, Chinese, Four Classic Novels, Gao E

If you don’t want to read all 120 chapters, there’s a 60-chapter abridgement. And a kids’ version that’s only 64 pages (including the illustrations)!

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