FlyingPasta OP t1_jadq1rj wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:23 PM

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

Agh yeah u fortunately the goofyness seems to get lost in the confusion, although couple parts did make me chuckle.

Gotta grow some chest hair and read it in Russian, just that my reading level has fallen to around grade 4 probably (or fourth class of gymnasium as they’d say)

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

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 :)