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GENERAL TOPICS > The Brothers Karamakov translations: Can't decide which of the two will be better

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message 1: by Adnan (new)

Adnan Shahriar Ignat Avsey vs David McDuff.

I am hearing equal praises for both.

I am looking for the one which has an upper hand in readability and faithfulness to original Dostoyevsky-ian text.


nick riso (nickriso) | 7 comments Go out and get the P&V. Mcduff is great, but P&V is standard.


Jesse | 4 comments What's the difference between McDuff and P&V? I found the P&V very funny but I'd like to take a second pass with a different translation, probably McDuff or Garnett based on this thread (2012):

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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