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Anonymous Wed Apr 8 22:51:26 2020 No.15053728 [Reply] [Original]

Can I read Don Quixote in English?
Which translation should I read?

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 8 23:01:42 2020 No.15053770 no you can't. delete this thread and go away

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 8 23:18:32 2020 No.15053845 i’m reading the grossman translation. it’s great. i believe this is the most up to date one.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 8 23:20:57 2020 No.15053855 >>15053728 Ormsby is traditionally held up as the best translation

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 8 23:23:13 2020 No.15053865 No, the police will come knocking on your door if you buy a forbidden translation of Quixote.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 8 23:24:07 2020 No.15053869 no one told me that book 2 was sad

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 01:41:48 2020 No.15054428 ORMSBY every single time its ORMSBY NOW FUCK THE HELL OFF!!

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 01:45:31 2020 No.15054444 >>15053770 Esto, aprende español puto anglo

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 01:54:13 2020 No.15054495 >>15053728 You can, but you can also read Ulysses in Spanish. Is it right tho? Are you reading it for the prose? For the story?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 01:54:47 2020 No.15054498 >>15054495 Stop posting please

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 09:51:15 2020 No.15056259 >>15053728 Quixote was originally written in english by Sir Francis Bacon, then translated to Spanish by Cervantes

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 9 09:52:19 2020 No.15056265 Don Quicks Oat