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Old 08-09-2020, 09:12 AM   #6
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I’m quoting my own post linking to several discussions of the 20,000 Leagues translations.

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There was a discussion of the translations of Twenty Thousand Leagues when it was the selection in March, 2013, here and here and here.
I can’t remember which translation I read for the book club discussion seven years ago, but I found the book so incredibly tedious that I don’t think there’s a translation that could save it.
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