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The Idiot

De: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
Narrado por: Peter Batchelor
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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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Magnificent Novel • Psychological Depth • Excellent Character Voices • Insightful Endnotes • Thought-provoking Content
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This translation of The Idiot is much better than the Garnett version I have read. Unfortunately, the narrator of this audiobook attempts to change his voice for each character, but does so inconsistently, making it difficult to follow who is actually speaking during any of the lengthy dialogue between multiple characters. Additionally, I don’t agree with some of his choices of inflections for the characters’ utterances based on the descriptions by the author.

Wonderful translation, narration is lacking

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Everything is fine here, except the narrator was apparently never told how to correctly pronounce Nastasia Philipovna. As a result, I find that I cannot listen to this performance.

Right translation - fatal flaw

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While this psychological deep-dive is one of my all-time favorite novels, the performance of Peter Batchelor completely destroyed the enjoyment factor of this magnificent translation of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."

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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I will not comment on the story all that much, as it fits other Dostoyevsky novels, from which I very much enjoyed. What I loved most about this recording was the narrator. He, more than any other, captures the spirit of the characters in these novels, and I look forward to purchasing the other recordings done by Vintage Classics (I really hope they do do audio versions of the other Vintage books by Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy). The voice of Rogozhin was superbly played, but all of the character voices were excellent in that regard.

Great Narration

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I loved this dynamic reading of what is, in my opinion, the best existing translation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot. I am not a Russian speaker so I can't address the mispronunciations that another reviewer mentioned, but the Russian names and words all sounded great to me and I thought Peter Batchelor did a fantastic reading. He has one of those classic audiobook narrator voices that fits so well with a book like this.
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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What if you met someone who was truly without guile?

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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Great reading great voice great story blah blah blah. But I find it incredibly distracting and lazy that the narrator recorded himself saying each name one time and they just play a recording of the name each time. This is Dostoevsky we’re talking about here. Do the work. Say the full name each time. If you can’t pronounce Russian names easily, you should not be narrating Fyodor Dostoevsky. Very disappointing.

He can’t say the names each time?

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Narrator almost ruins the story by using ludicrous fake “women’s” voices throughout. Especially horrible when something serious is being said by an important woman character but he renders it in the tones of the Wicked Witch of the West or some other cartoon crone…

Fake voices

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This was my first reading of Dostoevsky.

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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this was one of the most magnificent books I've ever read (heard) the narrator was very very good. the life he gave the characters he did admirably.

the idiot - a very short review.

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