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What are some of the best translated fiction books you've read? (literature.cafe)
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Could be translated from english to another language you speak or translate to english from another language

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[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 2 points 11 months ago

The P&V translations (Russian to English) of both Crime and Punishment and Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Both these books have made me fall in love with Dostoevsky's writing. I also liked the Hapgood translation (French to English) of Le Miserables by Victor Hugo.