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issybird 08-31-2015 09:31 PM

This version should be hitting my OverDrive account in the next week. I shall have to open it on a tablet to get the full effect of the cover art! The only OverDrive audiobook available to me is the Smollett translation and I thought I'd go with something a little more modern. :D

bfisher 08-31-2015 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird (Post 3161762)
This version should be hitting my OverDrive account in the next week. I shall have to open it on a tablet to get the full effect of the cover art! The only OverDrive audiobook available to me is the Smollett translation and I thought I'd go with something a little more modern. :D

Many thanks, issybird. Getting the right translation can make a big difference sometimes.

issybird 08-31-2015 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bfisher (Post 3161767)
Many thanks, issybird. Getting the right translation can make a big difference sometimes.

Absolutely, which is why I think it's usually worth buying a modern translation rather than reading a public domain version. OverDrive is better still, of course. ;)

sun surfer 09-01-2015 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT (Post 3161700)
Are you reading/listening to it in the French original, or an English translation? If the latter, it's worth considering which is the best translation. That's far more important than who reads it.

Before listening to many audiobooks I probably would've agreed with you. However now that I'm listening to them regularly and have listened to a few badly narrated ones, I'd say the narration is just as if not more important.

issybird 09-02-2015 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sun surfer (Post 3162391)
Before listening to many audiobooks I probably would've agreed with you. However now that I'm listening to them regularly and have listened to a few badly narrated ones, I'd say the narration is just as if not more important.

I agree. Good narration can't save a bad book, but bad narration will ruin a good book.


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