Ligma Company books

Reminder that if you did not read everything listed here, in the original language, you did NOT beat the game
All translations were chosen with laymen in mind. The assumption is that you won’t be writing a thesis on the book, but rather are going to read it for >fun

FAQ:

What made you choose these particular translations?

/lit/ archives. They're even worse at establishing a consensus than /v/

Where do I get these translations?

Buy a physical copy, visit your local library or download an e-book from bookzz

What is bookzz?

Check the /lit/ sticky

I want extra annotations to better understand the book

Norton Critical Editions have a lot of annotations and essays included

Where is Alice?

Take your sedatives

Translations

Divine Comedy

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1004 (Longfellow, /lit/fags seem to like him)
Recommended translation: John Ciardi
Notes: A lot of different translations that focus on different things https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0189/10/1629821364594.jpg
Bonus: http://www.worldofdante.org/
ISBN: 9781101078037

The Wings

The most obscure book here, not even available through bookzz. Cheers to Anon who made this one
Link: https://mega.nz/folder/UtNTBA7L#sYSVFM8OlmRyKezlDD2nTg
ISBN: /vst/1084510

Faust

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14591 (Bayard)
Recommended translation: Kaufmann for part 1, David Luke for part 2
Notes: Kaufmann abridged part 2; You can get Walter Arndt for accuracy
ISBN: 9780385031141 (Kaufmann part 1)
ISBN: 9780385031141 (David Luke part 2)

Don Quixote

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/996 (John Ormsby)
Recommended translation: Tom Lathrop, alternatively Edith Grossman
Notes: Grossman’s version is more readable, but Lathrop’s is not only highly accurate with thousands of footnotes, its prose is also pretty smooth-flowing
ISBN: 9780060934347 (Grossman)
ISBN: 9780451531810 (Lathrop)

Hell Screen

Not available through Gutenberg, but pretty easy to find
Recommended translation: The one by Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141968506

The Stranger

Not available through Gutenberg, but pretty easy to find
Recommended translation: Matthew Ward
ISBN: 9780679720201

Demian

Gutenberg: Unfortunately, only in German https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41907
Recommended translation: Michael Roloff
ISBN: 9780060931919

The Odyssey

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3160 (Alexander Pope)
Recommended translation: Fagles for readability, Fitzgerald for poetry
Notes: Lattimore is decent for Iliad
Bonus: Read The Trojan War: A New History for extra background on the Iliad
ISBN: 9780786509133 (Fagles)
ISBN: 9780374525743 (Fitzgerald)

Wuthering Heights

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/768
ISBN: 9780393284997 (Norton Critical Edition)

Crime and Punishment

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2554 (Constance Garnett)
Recommended translation: David McDuff
Notes: Oliver Ready and Michael Katz are okay too. P&V are incredibly controversial
ISBN: 9780241347683

Moby Dick

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701
Notes: Get this one instead, it's annotated by the foremost experts on the topic https://b-ok.xyz/book/16823261/3ced60?id=16823261&secret=3ced60
Bonus: http://powermobydick.com/
ISBN: 9780393285000 (Norton Critical Edition)

Dream of the Red Chamber

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9603 (Bencraft Joly)
Recommended translation: David Hawkes
Notes: The David Hawkes version is known as “The Story Of The Stone” in 5 volumes, by Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9798630391506 (volume 1)

Metamorphosis

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 (David Wyllie)
Recommended translation: Willa + Edwin Muir
ISBN: 9781973721239