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Quality
Dizzy with the success of his crimes and ready for his new role he arrives
I wanted a translation with the french translated in line not as a footnote and that is what first drew me to the briggs translation
Competitiveness
This fact too probably doomed him a bit in pecuniary terms at least in the usa
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- This product had a total of 108 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 14 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One of my favorite books of all time after the same authors anna karenina
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There is suspense adventure insight into history fabulous characters all you could hope for in a novel
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I suppose if you speak fluent french you might want to have a translation that leaves the 2 percent of the novel written in french to stay that way
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This translation actually got me to finish the novel after three failed attempts with another version
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And yet even this fact becomes meaningless in an age of massproduced paperbacks and bad translations
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Then read this outstanding translation of tolstoys classic and particularly in the epilogue sections imagine the name napoleon replaced with bush or cheney
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He has no sort of plan he is scared of his own shadow but all parties grab at him and solicit his support
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With his maniacal selfadulation outrageous criminality and barefaced duplicity he alone can justify what has to be done