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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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How do we know a book is out of print?

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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?

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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?

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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?

Which Translation / Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian

“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?

Which Translation / Alexandre Dumas, French

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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