The Brothers Karamazov

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

AVAILABLE TRANSLATIONS

• • Constance Garnett - 1912

    • Revised by Ralph Matlaw in 1976

    • Revised by Susan McReynolds in 2011

  • David Magarshack - 1958

  • Manuel Komroff - 1958

  • Andrew R. MacAndrew - 1970

  • Julius Katzer - 1981

  • Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky - 1990

  • David McDuff - 1993

  • Ignat Avsey - 1994

EXCERPTED COMPARISONS

Original selection considered uncorrected Garnett, Magarshack, MacAndrew, P&V, and McDuff

CRITICAL OPINIONS

Wikipedia - The Brothers Karamazov translations into English

Ask Metafilter - Forum thread discussion best translations for works by Dostoyevsky

New Yorker - Article commenting on rival translations of Russian authors in general

New York Times - Review of P&V vs. McDuff translations of Crime and Punishment, outlining differences in the translators' styles

Baltimore Sun - Favorable review of P&V translation with phrase comparisons to other translations

The Open Mic - Compares Garnett and P&V passages

Paris Review - Interview with Pevear & Volokhonsky, discussing their take and the backstory to translating The Brothers Karamazov