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Originally Posted by ricdiogo
This listing, though... not universal enough for me. Where's Hugo, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Kafka, Cervantes,...?  |
English only readers (like me
) can only read their works in translation - I'm never clear how much my enjoyment is due to the quality of the source, or the quality of the translation.
It's hard to provide an objective assessment if you can't read in the original language; but the English translations of 'War and Peace' and 'Three Musketeers' I've read are both worthy of inclusion in a Best Novels list.