Luanne Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Which version is best for a high school age student? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luanne Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I was thinking about getting this for my daughter's birthday which is the 27th of this month. I was going to see if The Well-Educated Mind recommended a certain version, but someone beat me to the library and checked out the last copy today so I won't be able to get ahold of it until the 22nd. I really wanted to buy it before then. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I don't know what WTM recommends, but I thought I'd share that my daughter has enjoyed several of the *Barnes and Noble* classics by different authors and they *do* have War and Peace. Hope that helps a little. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I would say the Oxford World Classic edition, it was approved by Tolstoy. If you can't find that, I really like the Norton Critical editions of a lot of books. The editor explains exactly what you'll find in various versions and why they those what they did. I find it pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The new version that was translated recently is supposed to be very good. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1400079985/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The new version that was translated recently is supposed to be very good. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1400079985/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books This is the translation that I have, but whether it is the "best" for high school students as originally asked is beyond me. WEM's Tolstoy selection is Anna Karenina, recommending a Gardner translation updated by Kent and Berberova in 2000. I'm not sure this version is in print anymore. Back to Elizabeth's recommendation: Pevear and Volokhonsky have won literary prizes for their translations which are done in a two step process. Volokhonsky is Russian--she prepares a literal translation which her poet husband then "cleans" up. Here is an interesting article from the NY Review of Books on translations of Russian classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I have never seen a Norton Critical edition of anything...I'm going to have to make a point to *look* for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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