Title: Крейцерова соната
First published: August 3, 2006
Description: On comparing with the original Russian some English translations of Count Tolstoi's works, published both in this country and in England, I concluded that they were far from being accurate.  The majority of them were retranslations from the French, and I found that the respective transitions through which they had passed tended to obliterate many of the beauties of the Russian language and of the peculiar characteristics of Russian life.
Subjects: Translations into English, Man-woman relationships, Jealousy, Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Marriage, Arts and society, Children's fiction, Crime, Fiction, general
People: Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910)