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Originally Posted by issybird
I've always read Huckleberry Finn in its original language and did the same for James, but kudos to you.
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Thank you, but I might not have been clear on what book I was actually referring to: The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Concerning my reference to Proust, I own in ebook (and paper editions, currently in storage), numerous translations in English. I find it fascinating in comparing the syntactical differences between these editions, along with acquainting myself with what influence and background a translator might have had.
The same is true of Cervantes.
It's especially exciting to look at an author whose work I find very rewarding right now, such as Stefan Zweig, probably due to my infatuation with Modernist fiction.