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Crime and Punishment

martoman · 2009-09-07 02:28:08

I'm planning to read this novel soon. I noticed that there are several editions of this book on the market. I'm just wondering what is the best edition / translation to get? OUP, Penguin, Vintage, Modern Library? Regards,

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07-09-2009 3:28am

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martoman

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I'm planning to read this novel soon. I noticed that there are several editions of this book on the market. I'm just wondering what is the best edition / translation to get? OUP, Penguin, Vintage, Modern Library?

Regards,

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#2 07-09-2009 8:49am
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I've read the vintage version and had no problems with translation or anything like that. Great book.

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#3 09-09-2009 3:10am
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Yeah it would be kinda hard for anyone to say which translation is the best really, few people would have read two different translations I'd imagine. I read the penguin one myself and it was grand, Robert Maguire I think was the guy. If he has any merits it would be that I know he's translated alot of Dostoyevsky as penguin seem to use him for all their stoy translations.

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