
The Idiot
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Peter Batchelor
Pevear and Volokhonsky may be the premier Russian-to-English translators of the era. (The New Yorker)
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English.
After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement.
In Petersburg, the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this “positively beautiful man” on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature.
This audio edition of The Idiot is the only recording of Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation of Dostoevsky’s classic work. This audiobook is masterfully narrated by Peter Batchelor. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Wonderful translation, narration is lacking
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Right translation - fatal flaw
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I listened to Peter Batchelor read David Copperfield and abhorred it, but was so excited to revisit the P&V translation, I deluded myself into thinking Batchelor would do better this time around. His mumbling, squealing, and inability to enunciate made this listen very arduous and unbearable at times.
Lastly, the very insightful and useful endnotes that the translators prepared for this version of the book are missing. Adding them as an appendix or integrating them into the text as is the case with P&V's "Anna Karenina" would be much appreciated.
I should've learned my lesson
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Great Narration
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I received this product in exchange for an honest review. After listening to it, I'd like to hear more of Batchelor's work, and I hope there will be more audio editions of Pevear and Volokhonsky's translations!
Excellent Reading of the Best Translation
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This question must have occurred to Dostoevsky, who wrote a whole novel about such a character. Prince Myshkin is an endearing, and at times enigmatic, protagonist, an ideal more than a person (though perhaps one day I shall be blessed to converse with such a one).
As with Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky is masterful in setting up coversations between multiple characters. There are some that I will continue to ponder, long after the book is finished.
Peter Batchelor voices Prince Myshkin and Rogozhin excellently, though I did find Ippolit and Lizaveta a bit shrill for my liking.
I eagerly look forward to Dostoevsky's next novel.
Endearing, Insightful, and Saddening
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He can’t say the names each time?
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Fake voices
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My son who is a high school senior asked if we could read a book together.
I enjoy listening to an audiobook while reading along with the book. At 63 it helps with my retention and I enjoy the different voices of the narrator.
I really enjoyed this book. Except for the ending, which one could guess early on, would not end well.
I look forward to our next Dostoevsky adventure.
A journey with my son
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the idiot - a very short review.
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