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I did a survey for Google once, a diary project about Youtube usage. Very professionally done and the incentive of the equivalent of $100US came in very handy at the time. Gutted that they haven't asked me to do another one since
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Did you read the unabridged version? I have been warned about endless, padded chapters about the sewers. Also, which translation did you read? Les Misérables has been on my 'to read' list for years.
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Yes, that seems like a good one, too. I'd avoid the older translations (which obviously includes all the public domain versions); they're almost all abridged and/or expurgated.
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@ZodWallop - Have you checked out The Gutenberg Project, they have a few English translations for free?
https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/h This one has Kindle and EPUB versions for download. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/135 |
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^^I think it's always worth paying for a good modern translation of any classic dating back to the nineteenth century and earlier, and the more so the longer or more difficult the book. Dated translations are foolish economies, IMO.
I plan to read this soonish myself. I own the Donougher translation in ebook and the Rose in audio and after having sampled both, I vastly prefer Donougher. |
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