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The 2023 Translated Classics Challenge has two simple rules:

1. The book needs to have been originally published before 1973 (1983 for Children's Books).
2. Please state the original language the book was written in. You can also add the language it was translated into if you wish.

There are four stages in your reading journey:

1. Relaxed Reader-5 books
2. Expanding Horizons- 10 books
3. Advancing in the Journey-15 books
4. Dedicated Explorer-20 books

Happy book travels and good luck on your challenges everyone!

I'm in.

1. Maigret e o Caso Picpus - Translated in Portuguese from French.
2. Os Amores Difíceis - Translated in Portuguese from Italian.
3. Os Exércitos da Noite - Translated in Portuguese from English.
4. À Espera dos Bárbaros - Translated in Portuguese from South African.
5. La métaphysique d'un veau à deux têtes - Translated in Portuguese from Polish.

I would like to try this challenge this year. I'll aim for Expanding Horizons.

1. Faust- Part One (87) by Goethe, J W von Paperback (2008) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [German]
2. The Life of Monsieur de Molière by Mikhail Bulgakov [Russian]
3. Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar [French]
4. The 10:30 From Marseille by Sébastien Japrisot [ French]
5. Two Women and a Poisoning by Alfred Döblin [German]
6. Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac [French]
7. Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon [French]
8. Italian Journey by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [German]
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I will Try for Expanding Horizons again.
Relaxed Reader :
1. The World of Yesterday by The World of Yesterday German
2. The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg Swedish
3. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque German
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Expanding Horizons:
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Relaxed Reader

1. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German)
2. Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust (French)
3. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (German)
4. Germinal by Émile Zola (French)
5. The Red and the Black by Stendhal (French)

Expanding Horizons

6. The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust (French)
7. J'accuse! by Émile Zola (French)
8. Italian Journey by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German)
9. Demian by Hermann Hesse (German)
10. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (German)

Advancing in the Journey

11. Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian)
12. Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse (German)
13. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda (Spanish)
14. Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche (German)
15. A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir (French)

I'd like to try this challenge in 2023, and aim for Advancing in the Journey.

I'm going to try this. Not going to announce a level, I'll just READ!

1. The Gulag Archipelago 1918��1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (from Russian)
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (from ancient Greek)

I'll be adding books as I finish them.

1. Relaxed Reader-5 books
1. The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German)
2. The Ball At Sceaux - Honoré de Balzac (French)
3. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. - Novalis (German)
4. Little Fadette - George Sand (French)
5. The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun - Sébastien Japrisot (French)

2. Expanding Horizons- 10 books
6. Unto a Good Land - Vilhelm Moberg (Swedish)
7. Aura - Carlos Fuentes (Spanish)
8. Embers - Sándor Márai (Hungarian)
9. The Red and the Black - Stendhal (French)
10. At the Sign of the Cat and Racket - Honoré de Balzac (French)

3. Advancing in the Journey-15 books
11. The Plain in Flames - Juan Rulfo (Spanish)
12. The Blue Room - Georges Simenon (French)
13. The Man on the Balcony - Maj Sjöwall (Swedish)
14. The Red Inn - Honoré de Balzac (French)
15. Gösta Berling's Saga - Selma Lagerlöf (Swedish)

4. Dedicated Explorer-20 books
16. The Axe - Sigrid Undset (Norwegian)
17. Death in Venice - Thomas Mann (German)
18. The Quest for Christa T. - Christa Wolf (German)
19. Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata (Japanese)
20. Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett (French)

Covers

Welcome aboard, everyone!

I'll start with Relaxed Reader - 5 books.

1. Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan French to English
2. The Complete Sagas of Icelanders Volume 1
Old Icelandic to English
3. The Complete Sagas of Icelanders Volume 3 Volume 3
Old Icelandic to English
4. Aramaic Peshitta New Testament Translation - Messianic Version
This is in one dialect of Aramaic aka Syriac - translated from that language to English
5. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses translated from Hebrew to English

I’m totally in! Expanding Horizons "should be" doable.

Relaxed Reader - 5 books:
1. Masters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain (French)
2. House of Mist: A Novel by María Luisa Bombal (Spanish)
3. Monday Starts on Saturday by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (Russian)
4. The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil by Machado de Assis (Spanish)
5. Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau (French)

Expanding Horizons- 10 books
6. Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag (Norwegian)
7. How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino (Japanese)
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I'm in again! This was a fun focus in 2023! I like Cleo's approach & will just read!

I am going to have positive thoughts for next year. I am in!

Relaxed Reader-5 books
1. Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag
2. The Heavenly Christmas Tree by FyodorDostoevsky
3. Transit by Anna Seghers
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I'm in

1. Relaxed Reader-5 books
The Kingdom of This World - Spanish 01/05/23
Roadside Picnic - Russian 01/30/23
The Wreath - Norwegian 08/19/23
Adolphe - French 08/21/23
2. Expanding Horizons- 10 books


3. Advancing in the Journey-15 books


4. Dedicated Explorer-20 books

I’m in.

I'm five away from dedicated explorer this year and might not hit my goal so I'm aiming for Advancing in the Journey next year.


Greek: Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion by Chariton, Longus
French: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1: The Way by Swann's by Marcel Proust
French: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust


1. Relaxed Reader-5 books
2. Expanding Horizons- 10 books
3. Advancing in the Journey-15 books
4. Dedicated Explorer-20 books

I’m read for a bunch of translations each year but I ‘m going for a relaxed reading year so I’ll go with the Relaxed Reader level.

In 2023, the translated works I've read are:
1. Faust
2. The Summer Book
3. The Lais of Marie de France
4. The Prince
5. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
------------Relaxed Reader Completed!-------------------

I'm in!

Let's do it again. I should be able to do the Dedicated Explorer, barring any unforeseen difficulties.
1 - Swann's Way - French;
2 - Doctor Pascal - French;
3 * The Idiot - Russian;
4 - Within a Budding Grove - French;

I'm in. I was able to complete Relaxed Reader last year. Who knows, I might manage Expanding Horizons this time around.

im in and aiming for advancing in the journey

This is cool. I will try and read as much as possible, will be aiming for dedicated explorer but I think I will be happy with whatever I can manage.

Can we also share the books which we are planning to read? Also is it okay if books we read are short stories? Just asking questions to plan which books I can add for this challenge.

Whichever way works best for you, Bibliophile! Each member can choose whether to plan in advance or not.
And sharing books you plan to read or have read is always welcome!


Short stories are fine if they're a certain length, that is not too short.
If you're not sure that the story is long enough, don't hesitate to ask.

I think this year I could achieve the Advancing in the Journey level (17)!

Good goal, Miren!

Making a post to save a spot. If I hit the first level I will be stoked.

Relaxed Reader-5 books
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Wishing everyone who has joined so far happy reading and good luck!

I'll give it a try. If I make it as far as "Relaxed Reader", I'll be thrilled!

I'll give it a try, too. Has to be "Relaxed Reader," because I want to read The Idiot, which will be a challenge. Making a commitment will help in the motivation area!

I really liked The Idiot and I hope you will too, Karen.
Happy reading!

Hi, everyone. I read We by Yevgeny Zamyatin years ago in the Thai translated version and I loved it so much. I want to read it again and wonder which translation to go to in English. Maybe the one by Mirra Ginsburg? or the Penguin classics? There are so many 😂

I should say Penguin for any classic. But that's my personal preference. :) I do have one Mirra Ginsburg translation of a Russian classic, and I thought it was pretty good.

Thank you, Piyangie! I'll give the one by Ginsburg a try first then. I think I saw it on Kindle for 0.99$

1. The Radetzky March-Feb 18 (German)
2. The Captain's Daughter - Feb 23 (Russian)
3. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Mar 04 (Russian)
4. The Queen of Spades - Mar 08 (Russian)
5. Petersburg Tales - Mar 10 (Russian)
6. A Hero of Our Time - Mar 20 (Russian)
7. Sarajevo 1914 - Mar 27 (Serbian)
8. All Quiet on the Western Front - Mar 29 (German)
9. Heart of a Dog - Apr 12 (Russian)
10. With Fire and Sword - May 01 (Polish)
11. The Road Back - May 05 (German)
12. R.U.R. - May 21 (Czech)
13. War with the Newts - May 22 (Czech)
14. The Invincible - May 27 (Polish)
15. Mysteries - Jun 03 (Norwegian)
16. The Inspector General - Jun 07 (Russian)
17. How Much Land Does a Man Need? - Jul 17 (Russian)
18. The Prince - Aug 20 (Italian)
19. Notes from Underground - Sep 10 (Russian)
20. Three Comrades - Nov 12

Relaxed Reader:

1. A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russian)
2. Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky (Russian)
3. Ik weet niet wie God is, dat hebben we nog niet gehad. Vragen en antwoorden van kinderen by Eric Marshall (English)
4. The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Bolesław Prus (Polish)
5. Der Doppelgänger by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian)

Expanding Horizons:

6. The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Middle English)
7. The Plain in Flames by Juan Rulfo (Spanish)
8. The Tales of Rabbi Nachman by Martin Buber (German)
9. 7 best short stories: Iceland by August Nemo Icelandic/Danish
10. Journey to Polandby Alfred Döblin German

Advancing in the Journey:
11. The Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides Greek
12. The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf Swedish
13. Monday Starts on Saturday by Arkady Strugatsky Russian
14. Reminiscences of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy by Maxim Gorky Russian
15. The Mabinogion Welsh

Dedicated Explorer:
16. La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas Spanish
17. Life of Apollonius by Philostratus Greek
18. The Little Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg German
19. The Cowards by Josef Škvorecký Czech
20. Hadji Murád bu Leo Tolstoy Russian

1. Relaxed Reader-5 books
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes by Jacques Ellul French finished/with review Janurary 25
2. Don Quixote (page 14 on add a book) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spain
3.Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Italian
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5. The Phantom of the Opera
Expanding Horizons- 10 books
6.. The Chouans
7. La Vendee
8. Ninety-Three
9. The Classic Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen
10. The Possessed
Advancing in the Journey-15 books
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Dedicated Explorer-20 books
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20

I have a query. Can a short story be considered for this challenge? A translated one of course.

The Bibliophile Doctor wrote: "I have a query. Can a short story be considered for this challenge? A translated one of course."

It can count if it's a certain length-at least 25 pages in length if it's a stand alone.
If it's in a collection of stories that is under 250 pages long, then the whole book needs to be read to count.

Relaxed reader:
1- Gabriela, girofle et cannelle by Jorge Amado. Translated from Portuguese to French.

Rosemarie wrote: "The Bibliophile Doctor wrote: "I have a query. Can a short story be considered for this challenge? A translated one of course."

It can count if it's a certain length-at least 25 pages in length if..."

Thanks a lot. Will try for 10 books i.e. Expanding horizons.

Good morning,

I will try for the third level ��

Book #1:

The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated to English from Russian

Happy Reading!

Good luck on your challenge, Abyssdancer!

Relaxed reader

2/5: Avril brisé (Broken April) by Ismail Kadare. Translated from Albanian to French

I'm currently reading St. Augustine Confessions, Dante's Purgatorio.

On my list for this year (which is not a strict list) are such titles as the following:

1. The Canterbury Tales, (at least the major ones). I will not be reading the Middle-English, so I will consider it a translation.

2. As many of the Greek Tragedies (and comedies) that I still have not read.

3. Dante's Paradiso

You're making good progress, Lorraine.

You have a good variety there, Dylan. I read the Canterbury Tales many years ago in Middle English. It was very time-consuming. Some of the tales are very dry-others not at all.

Dylan wrote: "I'm currently reading St. Augustine Confessions, Dante's Purgatorio.

On my list for this year (which is not a strict list) are such titles as the following:

1. The Canterbury Tales, (at least the..."

That's awesome! I've read The Canterbury Tales, The Divine Comedy, Confessions and Aeschylus but I still have to get to the rest of the Greek playwrights.

Enjoy! All your choices are such enjoyable reads!

Relaxed reader

3/5: Nous (We) by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Translated from Russian to French.

Lorraine wrote: "Relaxed reader

3/5: Nous (We) by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Translated from Russian to French."

Did you enjoy We, Lorraine?

I'll see how far I go. I'll add books as I read them.

1. The Pornographers by Akiyuki Nosaka translated from Japanese to English by Michael Gallagher
2. The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon translated from classical Japanese to English by Meredith McKinney
3. The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki translated from Japanese to English by Edward G. Seidensticker
4. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert translated from French t English by Geoffrey Wall
5. The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn translated from Russian to English by Thomas P. Whitney and Harry Willetts