Maybe you would've liked these more.
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Basic biology book for that time- on human digestive system, nervous system etc.
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Yes, I thought the same initially but got the correct answer.

Nice 👍🏻
You'll probably like this too. I have, too, planned to read the Russian masters in 2025, want to read this afterwards. Reading a lot of Chekhov right now.

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The latest translation is probably this⬇️ Richard Freeborn's translation in oxford world's classics is quite well regarded too. I am thinking about reading it too.

Yes, it's a short story. Included in The Penguin Book of Italian short stories(ed. Jhumpa Lahiri).
Also came across this collection of Svevo's stories⬇️

Yes, that is what caught me off guard because P&V almost always use much more detailed phrases even at the risk of making the sentence clunky.

Yes, their Gogol is also very acclaimed. It seems P&V's Chekhov and Gogol are better than their Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Which translation of Dead souls have you read? I was thinking about reading the Robert Maguire one.

Here, the difference begins right from the title: Dunnigan uses Mansard, P&V Mezzanine.
Here, Dunnigan sounds more 'detailed': 'long sleeveless peasant coat' vs simply 'Vest'. Been reading Chekhov in these two transl., P&V are not as bad as I had read, maybe Chekhov cuts through the translations.

Playing with Vikku Vinayakram and talking about music in this documentary. I don't know if full documentary is available anywhere.
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