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Larissa volokhonsky translator of crime and punishment. Fyodor dostoyevsky, richard pevear, larissa volokhonsky, publisher. Fourteen thousand copies a year, practically indefinitely, is why. Sep 20, 20 crime and punishment is a novel by fyodor dostoyevsky, first published in 1866. And of course, as richard pevear justly points out, tolstoy himself included the foreign passages. Karamazov the penbookofthemonth club prize, pevear and volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of dostoevskys classic novel that presents a clear insight into this astounding psychological thriller. Crime and punishment translators preface a few words about dostoevsky himself may help the english reader to understand his work. I have no idea how richard pevear and larissa volokhonskys translation of the brothers karamazov came to be regarded as definitive. Isbn and range of voices that won their translation of the brothers karamazov the penbookofthemonth club prize, pevear and volokhonsky.
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Fyodor dostoyevsky translated by richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky foreworded by. The best translation currently availablewashington post book world. It is the second of dostoyevskys fulllength novels following his return from ten years of exile in siberia. Looks into the moral issues of a crime committed to stop another wrong being done. He was accused of taking part in conversations against the censorship, of reading a letter from byelinsky to gogol, and of knowing of the intention to set up a printing press. Volokhonsky must have abundantly confronted in their work. Crime and punishment isbn 9780099981909 pdf epub fyodor. From richard pevear and larissa volokhonsky, the bestselling, awardwinning translators of anna karenina and the brothers karamazov, comes a brilliant, engaging, and eminently readable translation of leo tolstoys master epic.
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