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Title: Tartuffe and the Bourgeois Gentleman/Le Tartuffe Et Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Dual-Language Book by Moliere, Stanley Appelbaum, Moliere Bourgeois Gentilhomme ISBN: 0-486-40438-2 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Great play, awful translation
Comment: Well, I can't fault the quality of "Tartuffe" itself. It's a charming, well-written play that still holds up after the passings of time. Also, the inclusion of the French and English absolutely corresponding to each other does make this a decent French teaching aid.
However, the translation is sorely lacking. There is no attempt to make any sort of verse translation, resulting in a flat, uninspired prose work. Beyond that, however, much of the phrasing is awkward and stilted. It seems to be faithful to the French original, but a great deal is lost when the only aim is to provide a literal rendering.
In short, this book is more useful for stimulating the appetite for the much better Richard Wilbur translation. This edition may serve its purpose as a teaching tool, but it is a less than impressive read on its own.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource for people learning French
Comment: Translator Stanley Appelbaum has done an excellent job of preparing a readable, but reasonably literal translation of two very different but often-performed plays by Moliere. And his brief introduction gives sufficient background to help the reader jump into the reading of the plays. I chose this edition as a way to brush up on my college French prior to my trip to Paris, so I especially appreciated having the French and English on facing pages with each line perfectly lined up. The generous white space around the text was great for taking notes. Sometimes the simplest book designs are the best! Kudos to Dover Press.
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Title: The Idiot (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alan Myers ISBN: 0192834118 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Candide (Penguin Classics) by Francois M. Voltaire ISBN: 0140440046 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Survival In Auschwitz by Primo Levi ISBN: 0684826801 Publisher: Touchstone Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris ISBN: 0316776963 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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