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Daniel
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This is interesting to read after Treasure Island. On a sentence level RLS is much better. (To be expected. Even if Dumas' french were as good, and the translator a genius, the double constraint would make it near impossible. But: Dumas is much more digressive, affecting the pacing. POV is more fragmented. Yet despite the narrative distance in both D'Artagnan is far more engaging than Jim as a protagonist.
— Jun 18, 2026 10:55PM
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Daniel
is 40% done
So, that exchange w Mousqueton? was the first thing to bear any resemblance to the conversations in Brust's Dumas pastiches.
This is going slower than I expected, not because I'm not loving it, but I seem to have less time to read lately. Must find and destroy the time suck.
— 6 hours, 10 min ago
This is going slower than I expected, not because I'm not loving it, but I seem to have less time to read lately. Must find and destroy the time suck.
Daniel
is 33% done
oh king james def coming back from the dead to have a word with his boyfriend about this shit
— Jun 23, 2026 12:50AM
Daniel
is 32% done
Oooh, Milady coming up. Chapter titles are an underappreciated feature in novels.
— Jun 22, 2026 02:40PM
Daniel
is 28% done
should we rate books by how annoyed we are when we have to set them down?
— Jun 21, 2026 01:53AM
Daniel
is 14% done
the key to a happy servant is a good beating, apparently
wtf man. side eye at chapter 7, but otherwise going good.
— Jun 18, 2026 12:39AM
wtf man. side eye at chapter 7, but otherwise going good.
Daniel
is 10% done
I don't think I've read this since I was in grade school but I don't remember it being so funny 😄 looked at 3 other translations but I'll stick with the Hobson. No idea what translation I read when I was a kid.
— Jun 16, 2026 01:23AM
Daniel
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21st century translation of a 19th century french book is kinda pushing the boundaries of what my little pre 1900 born author thing is meant to do, but i haven't made it this far into anything else ive picked up since treasure island, so...
— Jun 15, 2026 01:59AM
