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Originally Posted by konrads
@SmartyPants: I was surprised nobody mentioned it either. Sure, the English language has its own 'orphan' story in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, but Sans Famille has always come across as far superior to that story. Characters like Vitalis, well, you don't see them that often.
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agree. Although i could never quite manage Oliver Twist.
However Without Family is a very polular children book in Russia (where i am originally from), Oliver Twist - not so much.
have never heard about "nobody's girl", will def check it out, thanks!
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Originally Posted by konrads
You know, there's one good thing to be said about e-books: it makes Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment more readable. (Or maybe that's just poor judgement on the publisher of my hardcover.)
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Shame on me, but i just cannot stomach most russian classics...
Perhaps its because they were beaten into us at school, when we were nowhere nearly ready for them..