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At long last! Absolutely essential

Revisado: 12-12-24

Finally we have a first-rate audiobook of Mann's late-period masterpiece. Rintoul provides a fine reading and John E. Woods' translation is excellent. For many years, we have not had this essential title available on audio — Ukemi's release is cause for celebration. Don't miss out on this one!

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Please more Adam Sims reading Henry James!

Revisado: 07-23-24

Adam Sims is my favorite narrator for the twisty Henry James, and this recording of The Europeans is no exception. He brings a dryness and clarity to the relentless obscurantism of the great American novelist that is unsurpassed. The Europeans is not one of James' greatest works, but it's neat and delicate with distinct types and an amusing story. I would be very grateful if Naxos kept recording more of the master's novels as read by Sims, in particular The Princess Casamassima, The Reverberator, or The Awkward Age.

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Butchered

Revisado: 05-13-22

This is not Richard Wilbur's translation of "The School for Wives". Rather, it is as if some genius decided to stick the play in a blender. Not only is it abridged, but it is out of order and completely useless as a representation of Moliere's great comedy. Performances are okay, but know if you listen to this you're not really reading the play.

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Best translation on audible – mediocre narrator

Revisado: 04-29-20

As far as I can tell, every other unabridged English translation on audible is the inferior one by Constance Garnett. Now, I don't have the same anti-Garnett bias that others do, and I can admit that her translations of Chekhov and Tolstoy are quite good, but Dostoevsky is too chatty for Garnett's British formality.

That's why this audio book release is worth celebrating! Oliver Ready's translation is appropriately tough and unpretentious, while still maintaining the intellectual vigor of the novel. Thus, I'd say if you're looking for a Crime and Punishment audiobook, go with this one.

Unfortunately, Don Warrington's narration is hit-or-miss, though he gets better as the book goes along. My guess is that Mr. Warrington is a talented actor who is new to audio-book narration, as his voice conveys tone and is suitably emotional, but he doesn't have enough vocal variety to distinguish from the characters and his tone is too flat for such a gritty work as Crime and Punishment. Overall, it's a shame that Penguin didn't go with a better narrator, but this is still worth listening to if you'd like to read such an important novel in a good translation.

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