Kow wrote:I read two (or more, maybe) different translations of Crime & Punishment. One was very weighty and sombre, the other was relatively light and quite funny. Both were good but I enjoyed the latter much more. I'd wonder if it wasn't closer to what Dostoevsky actually wrote.
Kow wrote:I read two (or more, maybe) different translations of Crime & Punishment. One was very weighty and sombre, the other was relatively light and quite funny. Both were good but I enjoyed the latter much more. I'd wonder if it wasn't closer to what Dostoevsky actually wrote.
Raiziel wrote:It was a joke, Wooks. If folk want to sit on the toilet and read, then, while I find it baffling, fair play to them.
Ah I see. OkRaiziel wrote:It was a joke, Wooks. If folk want to sit on the toilet and read, then, while I find it baffling, fair play to them.
MattyJ wrote:Raiziel wrote:It was a joke, Wooks. If folk want to sit on the toilet and read, then, while I find it baffling, fair play to them.
I'd like to know:
Do people take 30 mins to poop and are reading the whole time? Or do they poop, clean up, then sit back down to read?
I do it quietly.Wookienopants wrote:The library must love youJonB wrote:I poo quite a bit whilst reading.
yourfavouriteuncle wrote:Raiziel wrote:I had a go at reading Moby Dick in my teens. While I recognised that I was reading something special, the style at the time defeated me. I’m ready now. When the Folio Society print it again, I’m in.regmcfly wrote:I read Moby Dick in Venezuela a few years back. It was quite readable in chunks.
I read a folio version of this last year. Totally managed it which, for dumb dumb garden man, should have been an achievement. Actually didn't feel like it though, genuinely enjoyed it and not even for smug big brain points.
The Daddy wrote:Raiz gatekeeping who can do a reading thread and where people can read up in here.
Kow wrote:I could easily go 20 minutes if I'm enjoying the passage.
Moot_Geeza wrote:I'd be surprised if he actually read it.
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