Crime and Punishment: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky ID:
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File Size: 1433 KBPrint Length: 558 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 0143107631Publisher: Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition (July 14, 2015)Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC Language: EnglishID: B00OQSF6MOText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #215,603 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #875 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Classics > Literary #3524 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Crime Fiction #7061 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Classics
The two popular translations of ‘Crime and Punishment’ before the 1993 translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, were by Constance Garnett and David McDuff. The Pevear/Volokhonsky translation became my favourite – until Oliver Ready’s translation came along. Not knowing a word of Russian, I declare my favourite only by the enjoyment I derived from reading the book in English.
Many things may indeed be lost in translation, and many others get misrepresented but we may not know. The result of reading only the English versions is that one’s choice is largely subjective. Compared to the Garnett version, the Pevear/Volokhonsky translation seems very modern – until Ready’s came along. Little things like changing ‘had not’ to ‘hadn’t’ renders Ready’s version not only a little more modern but also more informal. That is not to say that the atmosphere of old Russia is lost. Ready uses ‘fibs’ for ‘lies’ (Pevear/Volokhonsky) in one passage.
Ultimately, the reader has to decide for himself which style he enjoys more. Here is a comparison from one of my favourite passages (there are many) from the book. I set out first the Pevear/Volokhonsky version then the Ready version:
“What do you think?” Razmumikhin shouted, raising his voice even more. “You think it’s because they’re lying? Nonsense! I like it when people lie! Lying is man’s only privilege over all other organisms. If you lie- you get to the truth! Lying is what makes me a man. Not one truth has ever been reached without lying fourteen times or so, maybe a hundred and fourteen, and that’s honourable in its way; well, but we can’t even lie with our minds! Lie to me, but in your own way, and I’ll kiss you for it.
Crime and Punishment Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Crime and Punishment Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Kindle edition by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Zohar Lazar Oliver Ready Download it once and read it on your Kindle Amazon com Customer Reviews Crime and Punishment and review ratings for Crime and Punishment Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Crime and Punishment Penguin Classics Deluxe Kindle Edition Change Crime and Punishment Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Product Details ISBN 9780143107637 ISBN 10 0143107631 Publisher Penguin Books Publication Date July 14th 2015 Pages 608 Language English Categories
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