Why do page counts vary so much?
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?
“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?
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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How do we know a book is out of print?
This is a trickier question than it used to be. But that’s a good thing!
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How do we judge translations, anyway?
If we really knew enough to know a translation was good, we wouldn’t NEED a translation, amirite?
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Is the copyright expired?
Want to find out whether a particular work is in the public domain?
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What’s the best translation of Crime and Punishment?
“Not to have read it is a crime, and reading it is the punishment.”
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What’s the best translation of The Count of Monte Cristo?
So you want to read Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure, and you don’t read French. There are a host of publishers offering a myriad of paperback and hardcover editions and dozens of digital versions. What’s the difference?
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