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Title: The Princess De Cleves by Madame De Lafayette, Madame De Lafayette, Walter J. Cobb, Nancy K. Miller ISBN: 0-452-00986-3 Publisher: Meridian Books Pub. Date: September, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lovely, moving book
Comment: This is one of my all-time favorite books. The book is quiet, surprising, and lingering. The relationships detailed in intimacy are revealing, and not just the relationship between the lovers.
The relationship between the main character and her mother really spoke to me. I copied the story and sent it to my mother b/c I couldn't wait for the book to arrive. I wanted to be able to discuss it with her right away.
If you have not read this, do so immediately.
Rating: 2
Summary: Poor translation
Comment: I was reading away happily at the original French version (struggling occasionally over some of the older vocabulary) until I realised I really didn't have enough time (essay due in tomorrow evening), so I quickly nipped round to a friend and borrowed this translation.
And it's not good, people, not good.
While parts of it have travelled quite nicely from French over to English, a lot of it is very badly done - some word for word tranlations and FAR too many repetitions of words. For example, I'm sure I came across 'agitation' three times on one page, and I can tell you I ended up more agitated than Mlle de Chartres ever would be after trying to scrape my way through it.
Needless to say, I'll be allowing more time to read these books beforehand so that I don't have to delve into another poorly translated version again.
Get it in French.
Rating: 5
Summary: Princess of Cleves
Comment: This is one of my all-time favorite books. The book is quiet, surprising, and lingering. The relationships detailed in intimacy are revealing, and not just the relationship between the lovers. If you have not read this, do so immediately. Lovely, lovely, deeply moving book. The main character is trapped within social conventions, the expectations of her mother, and her own desires. She is expected--and indeed usually does--to do the right thing. And yet, her passion burns so deeply. A tremendous love story.
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Title: Manon Lescaut (Penguin Classics) by Abbe Prevost, Leonard Tancock, Antoine Francois Prevost, Jean Sgard ISBN: 0140445595 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Oxford World's Classics) by Choderlos De Laclos, Douglas Parmee, Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderl Laclos ISBN: 0192838679 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Memoirs of a Nun by Denis Diderot ISBN: 0679413243 Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 30 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Nun by Denis Diderot, Leonard W. Tancock ISBN: 0140443002 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1977 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Letters of Mistress Henley Published by Her Friend (Text and Translations. Translations, No 1) by Isabelle De Charriere, Philip Stewart, Jean Vache, Isabelle De Charriere ISBN: 0873527763 Publisher: Modern Language Association of America Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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