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Which translation of this book would you say was the best? I bought the Leonard Tancock translation from a charity shop, and just wondered which you guys thought would be the best to read?

David Johnson Publication history from Wikipedia [English translations only]:
1867, France, Lacroix, December 1867, hardback
1887, Translation by Ernest Alfred Vizete…morePublication history from Wikipedia [English translations only]:
1867, France, Lacroix, December 1867, hardback
1887, Translation by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
1962, Penguin Classics translation by L. W. Tancock
1992, Oxford World's Classics translation by Andrew Rothwell
1995, Penguin Classics translation by Robin Buss
2013, Vintage (Random House) translation by Adam Thorpe
Obtain the last four listed translations from your library and compare a random chapter or two. See which you perfer avoid any with anchrononistic language [idioms]. See if you can determine why Penguin replaced the Tancock with Buss.(less)

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is this book worldly teen appropriate? thanks!

Mel I studied this book back in high school for my literature class and we've read books that were way more graphic than this one, so I'm pretty sure it i…moreI studied this book back in high school for my literature class and we've read books that were way more graphic than this one, so I'm pretty sure it is teen appropriate :)(less)

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