Please link your reviews for your Classic in Translation here. This is only for the Classic in Translation category. These should all be classics that were originally written in a language other than your primary language; that is, if you are a native English speaker, it should be a classic written in another language other than English. If you are not a native English speaker, it could be in English (or any other language, other than your primary language). If you want to read the book in its original language, that's fine too!
If you do not have a blog, or somewhere public on the internet where you post book reviews, please write your mini-review/thoughts in the comments section. If you like, you can include the name of your blog and/or the title of the book in your link, like this: "Karen K. @ Books and Chocolate (Madame Bovary)."
I was in the mood for something bizarre so I chose Franz Kafka's 'The Trial.' I'm pleased to have finally finished it, as it has been on my shelves forever!
ReplyDeleteThe Journals of Kierkegaard was quite the interesting book- I look forward to re-reading it!
ReplyDeleteI chose Anna Karenina, and enjoyed it a lot. I wish I'd got stuck into the Russian classics years ago :)
ReplyDeleteThe read The Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Madame de Villeneuve, originally published in 1740 in French.
ReplyDeleteI read The Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Madame de Villeneuve, originally published in 1740 in French.
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DeletePerhaps because I had to listen to this book rather than read it I found it much harder than Volume One which was my book in translation for the 2017 challenge. Sigrid Unset was a wonderful writer.
ReplyDeleteI chose The Lays of Marie de France, 12th century French romance. I was surprised how much I enjoyed them!
ReplyDeleteLinked to my thoughts on Kristin Lavransdatter. Thanks, Karen.
ReplyDeleteI read The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. I was happy to find out he originally wrote in his native French so I could use his books.
ReplyDeleteI read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and even though it is over 1,200 pages long, I was sad to see it end. Truly a great classic, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteRomain Rolland's Jean-Christophe (from the French.) Also a TBR challenge book. I should have read it years ago!
ReplyDeleteI chose to read La Casa de Bernarda Alba in its original Spanish.
ReplyDeleteThe Metamorphosis was a quick, easy read but not one that reflected positively on humanity.
ReplyDeleteJust finished The Idiot - first work by Dostoyevsky I didn't love.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Kristin Lavransdatter, especially in the newer translation.
ReplyDeleteLe Petit Prince back in March I had planned on reading something else, but the year is running out and this does fulfill the requirements.
ReplyDeleteSo far I haven't had much luck with the classics I read this year, but I'm glad I can at least use them for this challenge.
ReplyDeleteI read The Art of War. It was relatively short, but it is a work in translation and a chapter book...so I assumed it would count.
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