When it comes to reading Russian literary giants for me there is only one version- constance Garnett editions.
When it comes to reading Russian literary giants for me there is only one version- constance Garnett editions.
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Constance Garnett? Is that an author or a publisher?
She’s a translator; possibly the best there ever was. Greek, too.
I must have looked at half a dozen different translations of Aristotle’s “Ethics” before I found Garnet’s; the only one that was good enough to bother with.
Oh, wow. I love “Ethics” by Aristotle. Thank you, @Chris & @Meredith!
Also a huge Russian literature fan, so… this is helpful.
The translations by Pevear & Volokhonsky are also very highly regarded.
These are wonderful and, IMO, make the Garnett translations seem rather clunky.
agreed Garnett here too
did some of my own translating in the old days but it took unbearably long time