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Is The Idiot worth a read? I've already read tbk, crime and punishment and notes. Thoughts on the McDuff translation for the idiot?

>> No.15921504

Read whatever you like

>> No.15921522

>>15921446
Low-moral high society gets disrupted by autistically good young prince freshly returned from exile.

It's a great novel. No idea about the the translation.

>> No.15921529

>>15921446
Read it

>> No.15921538

Better than Brothers K imo

>> No.15921879

>>15921538
Never speak to me or my wife's son again!

>> No.15921889

>>15921446
It's Constance Garnett or nothing. Accept no substitutes.

>> No.15922070

its the only dosto work i read and it honestly put me off him completely
are women in all his works as autistic as they are in this one

>> No.15922746

>>15921446
why does that look like the cover for Catcher in the Rye?

>> No.15922856

>>15921889
unironically the garnett translation is fine for this. it's really fucking good.

>>15922070
ya they're kinda pitched to emotional extremes, I like it.

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>>15922746
Looks more like Confederacy of Dunces