Subj : translations, + classics
To   : August Abolins
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Sun Feb 16 2020 20:39:48

August Abolins:

> I  have  to  admit,  that  I  don't  think I ever finished
> reading the *first* story of RC.

I found that one in  my  newly-bought  PocketBook  Education
(now  sadly  discontinued)  and  enjoyed it tremendously, as
well as the second Soiviet screen adaptaion:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTTSFar2WDU

which has been a soul-elevating experiece to me.  Our  first
adaptation  of  Crusoe  is  an  early  3D movie shot for the
world's first  no-goggles  stereoscopic  movie  theater,  in
Moscow:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4g2Zh162k

> Wuthering  Heights  (Bronte)  has  great characters, witty
> conversations, and fun turns of phrase.

Emily Bronte.  On my to-read list.

> I have enjoyed the english translations of some  books  by
> Dostoevsky  and Tolstoy.  They are great epics of life and
> consequences.

Do try the shorter and later works by Tolstoy: Resurrection,
Kholstomer,  and  short  stories.  About "War and Pience" he
wrote: "I am not going to write such verbose  dreck  again."
We also have a very good screen adaptation of Resurrection:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Ws9aK_S3U
  (fragments)

-- shot  when  operators  zoomed with their feet rather than
with variofocus lenses.

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