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Originally Posted by stuartjmz
If Lord of the Rings is treated as one volume, as it's often packaged, then having read that 18 times probably counts as a long read. I have War and Peace on my 2019 "try" list, so will see how I go with that. There's not nearly the same consensus on translations with that one though, compared to Monte Cristo.
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For what it is worth, I really love the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation. They are a married translation team. She is a native Russian and I just love the way the language flows in all their translations. And the historical and cultural footnotes are phenomenal.