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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Speedy and insightful
An easy-to-read introduction to Russian prose, The Captain's Daughter/The Daughter of the Commandant is a short, but furiously paced, insight into the life of a young soldier posted to a fort near Orenburg during the Pugachev rebellion. Pushkin's text, or at least the English translation, is effortlessly fluid and exceedingly rich at the same time.
Published 4 months ago by Paulie Walnuts
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Incomplete work
I read the work through and through for a Russian Literature Class. I have worked a little on translating myself and considered the translation rather good in capturing the way Pushkin wrote, that is, in a very transparent, clear and to the point way. But, and this is a really big BUT, the version has omitted some fragments that are immensely important to the novel. I...
Published 5 days ago by Andres Caballero
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Speedy and insightful,
By Paulie Walnuts (Deep in a Siberian forest) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Daughter of the Commandant (Kindle Edition)
An easy-to-read introduction to Russian prose, The Captain's Daughter/The Daughter of the Commandant is a short, but furiously paced, insight into the life of a young soldier posted to a fort near Orenburg during the Pugachev rebellion. Pushkin's text, or at least the English translation, is effortlessly fluid and exceedingly rich at the same time.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Incomplete work,
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This review is from: The Daughter of the Commandant (Kindle Edition)
I read the work through and through for a Russian Literature Class. I have worked a little on translating myself and considered the translation rather good in capturing the way Pushkin wrote, that is, in a very transparent, clear and to the point way. But, and this is a really big BUT, the version has omitted some fragments that are immensely important to the novel. I don't know if it was done by the translator or the transcriber, if by folly or by intention, but you will not find any of the epigraphs or the short but rather important fable of the eagle and the crow told by Putgacheff to Grinneff in the carriage they are travelling towards the end.
I wouldn't recomend this version. Look for another one or buy one that has been edited with more responsibility. |
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The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexander Pushkin (Paperback - November 8, 2006)
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