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I want to read crime and punishment. What translation? How about notes from the underground?
Pic unrelated.

>> No.6563398

Haven't read either of those but I read brothers Karamazov and the McDuff translation was amazing. He translated those as well

>> No.6563408

>>6563398
Never mind he didn't translate notes from underground but he did do c & p

>> No.6563413

>>6563171
>translation

>> No.6563432

What do you guys think of pevear & larissa translation?

one of my favorite lines in c&p so far was "there is no justice, I think, if you would not do it yourself" or along those lines. When I looked in the P&L translation, however, it was much different in a worse way. I've been weary since

>> No.6563444

>>6563171
FLCL a best

>> No.6563491

david magarshack
check the archive next time, we've had dozens of these threads

>>6563432
they're pretty hit and miss
/lit/ used to have a huge boner for them but now the backlash has begun

>> No.6563497

shit i am reading it now i just bought the cheapest one on amazon. I am a pleb :(

>> No.6563508

>>6563398
Not OP, but is the Constance Garnett translation of Brothers K too dated? I've been reading that one

>> No.6563586

>>6563508
The CG translation is one of the worst

>> No.6563590

>>6563171
always go with mcduff

>> No.6563603

>>6563171
I read P&V Notes from Underground. It was good

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6563609

Who is this semen demon? I've seen her once before and now in your post so now I'm curious.

>> No.6563791

>>6563609

Dude just image search it