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Originally Posted by bfisher
in addition to the aforementioned:
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20000 Leagues Under The Sea
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Ah, the best of books (if in French) and the worst of books (if poorly translated into English).
If you want to read an English translation rather than the original French be sure to avoid any translation by Reverend Lewis Page Mercier (aka "Mercier Lewis") and any volume derived from his poorly done and bowlderized translation. Life's too short to waste on such trash.
I believe the only PD English translation worth reading is Frederick Paul Walter's 1991 translation that he released into PD. I've read an annotated derivative of this and found it excellent.