[Which Crime and Punishment translation/edition?]

Hi, which is the best translation? Someone told me that Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky were the best... but that's over 12 years old? I'm wondering if a newer translation is better?

 

Thanks for the help

[Buying a classic from Amazon - how do you decide which edition]

Does anyone know if there is a difference between the 1994 and 2010 release of The Catcher In The Rye? Thanks

[Buying a classic from Amazon - how do you decide which edition]

Hi I have merged your thread with a pretty similar one whose posts should hopefully should help explain the kind of differences that do indeed exist between editions - I've done my best to break down the basic features of various editions in my reply on Page 1.

 

Basically, with books that are hugely popular and/or over a certain age you are almost always going to have a wealth of different editions. Some will offer just the text, others the text and accessible introductions, others yet the text and more academic introduction/footnotes/extra material, etc. Paper/ink quality will also vary greatly, which is something to keep in mind if you're a collector as well as a reader.

 

In some cases (with Shakespeare, for instance) different editions will reprint different versions of the same text, so as a rule of thumb the more far back you go the more important the choice of edition becomes.

 

Thank you

[Buying a classic from Amazon - how do you decide which edition]

For example, The Great Gatsby has these releases (and maybe more); Penguin Popular Classics, Wordsworth Classics, Penguin Modern Classics and Oxford World's Classics.

 

Why are there so many? Is there any difference?

 

Thanks

[The Shawshank Redemption]

Thanks for the help.

[The Shawshank Redemption]

I can't find this book anywhere. The only thing I've managed to see is Mark Kermode's study of the film.

 

Does anyone know where can I find the actual novel? I'm from the UK btw.

 

Thanks