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I am enjoying the MobileRead version of "Les Mis" right now. (Thank you, Harry!). Isabel Hapgood's translation is beautiful. She was from Boston, I believe, so it is an American version that was contemporaneous with the original work. Perhaps others have said this, but if you purchase a copy, be careful about whether it is an abridged or unabridged version. Sometimes that is not clear.
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Les Miserables (Les Misérables) [Kindle Edition] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C5QZCK0 Book Description Publication Date: October 1, 2013 This Signet Classics edition is the ONLY completely unabridged paperback edition available today. Translated by Lee Fahnestock and Norman Macafee, based on the classic nineteenth-century Charles E. Wilbour translation |
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Thank you, steven168. That's the edition I was originally hoping to purchase as an ebook when I was looking several years ago. Karma to you!
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By the way, the above translation [Lee Fahnestock] is also available as an ebook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/les-...=9781101637777 |
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new translaction
The Wretched (Les Misérables Book 1) [Kindle Edition] http://www.amazon.com/The-Wretched-L.../dp/B00AM7E2DW wonder why change the title.. A brilliant new translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs. The Wretched (Les Misérables) is the basis for both the longest running musical on the West End and the highly-acclaimed recent film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/boo...9780141442280/ Last edited by steven168; 04-21-2015 at 09:49 PM. |
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this already is ebook version. |
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A more pertinent question would be why some of the other translations don't translate the title! |
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That's not even a translated title, of course - it's a completely different title from the original. "The Wretched", on the other hand, is a direct translation of "Les Misérables".
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True. And it's a misleading title as well given the scope of the book.
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Just a side-note to "The Wretched":
The publisher decided to change it to the [less correct but more popular title] of "Les Miserables" after having first released the ebook as "The Wretched." I bought "The Wretched" from Amazon - something like 99 cents; this was a great bargain - and then found out about the controversy surrounding the title, perhaps due to the popularity of the film and the idea that this correct translation of the title would get lost in the shufffle. I ended up copying the new cover and making another ebook copy for my use. (Remember, I had purchased "The Wretched.") I now have both ebook copies with the two different covers. |
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I'm now unable to find that other cover The Wretched/Les Miserables.
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since you bought the The Wretched, how is the book compare to the Les Miserables Signet translation? |
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