tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post4668807206882498458..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Leatherbound Classics: Leo Tolstoy, War and PeaceLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-86494030819312332212011-02-22T16:39:54.649-06:002011-02-22T16:39:54.649-06:00I've read the Garnett and the Richard Pevear L...I've read the Garnett and the Richard Pevear Larissa Volokhonsky editions. Garnett is fine but felt stiff in comparison. The academics love the latter ( I like it better as well ). Pevear and Volokhonsky also have a lengthy forward (you may be able to read it online) in which they discuss translation issues and why they felt the book needed yet another translation. <br /><br />The only edition that I've found that seems to be universally reviled is by Anthony Briggs who inserts cockney, and some rather colorful vulgarity in addition to not retaining any of the French from the original.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-71543630282084638872011-02-22T01:29:25.934-06:002011-02-22T01:29:25.934-06:00Did you read the Contance Garnett translation? If ...Did you read the Contance Garnett translation? If so, do you know how this translation holds up compared to other translations?Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15926772984892241397noreply@blogger.com