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Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian |
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7 | 53.85% |
A Catskill Eagle by Robert B. Parker |
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3 | 23.08% |
My Brilliant Friend by Elana Ferrante |
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5 | 38.46% |
Absolute Friends by John Le Carré |
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6 | 46.15% |
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas |
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8 | 61.54% |
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman |
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4 | 30.77% |
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery |
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5 | 38.46% |
The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie |
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6 | 46.15% |
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff |
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2 | 15.38% |
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett |
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3 | 23.08% |
Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson |
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3 | 23.08% |
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Anyone reading it in French?
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I can read the language well, but my accent is terrible. I've always been laughed at when trying to speak French
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I have the version from the BN Classics series; the copyright page says the translator is anonymous.
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I have this same version. I picked it up when BN did a freebie promotion of dozens of classics a few years ago. I forgot about it until I searched my calibre library. It matches word for word the John Lee audiobook that I also have. I think issybird posted earlier that the John Lee version matches the Hobson translation.
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At this point, I'm starting to consider just going with the Classics Illustrated comic book! |
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Apologies. Issybird said the Lee audiobook appears to be the Robson translation so I believe that is what matches the BN Classic that I have.
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I had downloaded the version from the MobileRead library, but again, it doesn’t appear to mention the translator.
Luffy, I would love to read it in French, but I doubt I could do it in a month, as my French is so rusty. It looks as if you will be on your own. |
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Do you know there's a sequel to the Three Musketeers? I only recently became aware of this. I will soldier on, pun not intended.
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Yes, there are a number of books which Dumas called the dArtagnan Romances. I must admit I haven’t read them though, but one day ...
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The last of them is The Count of Monte Cristo. The ones in the middle are less well known.
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I will admit, I'm going to have to power through this somehow. I wasn't super keen on Monte Cristo, which I just finished a few weeks ago. I never would have tackled it if I had known I was just going to have to turn around and read him again.
I was hoping Librivox would have a good audio version, but no dice there. No joy with Lit2Go either. I'm still hoping I can find a good, free audio version. If anyone out there stumbles on one, I'd appreciate a link! |
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