Deferential_dreams t1_jadrjvd wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:33 PM

Reply to comment by FlyingPasta in [No spoilers] The dialogue in The Brothers Karamazov is giving me whiplash by FlyingPasta

I have that same dilemma.

My Spanish is conversational, but there are enough gaps in vocabulary that I have to have a dictionary open to read anything too challenging in Spanish.

My French is excellent, but I still read about half the speed in French compared to my native English. I’ve been putting off reading the Count of Monte Cristo for years because I don’t want to read it in English but I don’t want to commit to a slow reading of nearly 900 pages. It would probably take me 3-6 months.

I don’t know which you have, but the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation of BK is wonderful.

FlyingPasta OP t1_jaes9r7 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:28 PM

I’ve got the penguin classics edition, already had it so it was too late to pick the best. I did get P&V’s Crime and Punishment though :)