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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I hadn't thought to look for any Chekhov before you reminded me with your post (read 'The Kiss' years ago and it was one of those light bulb-turned-on-in-a-darkened room moments for me)
There's a collection on Feedbooks including 'The Steppe' but it's not brilliantly put together (Chapter headings instead of Story Headings). And I think 'The Kiss' is available on Gutenberg too. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3810 |
Yes, well. It's my considered opinion that Pevear&Volokhonsky's translations are vastly preferable to (especially) Constance Garnett's translations. (What with her Russians sounding like - especially chaste - Victorians.)
And even if you don't like the Everyman's HCs (I try to get them whenever their translation - I mostly read Gogol/Dostoevsky/Chekhov/Stendhal atm - hasn't been superseded by a better one), the paperbacks of the same translations are usually sold through Vintage for about half the HC price; especially worthwhile being
their translation of
Notes from Underground.