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| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5261 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes  Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 9 of 33 08 April 2012 at 7:13pm | IP Logged |
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Russian - something by Dostoyevsky, like "The Idiot" or "The Brothers Karamazov".
German - Goethe's "Faust" Not that really interested in French literature, but I just loved Albert Camus "The Stranger". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4834 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 10 of 33 09 April 2012 at 5:00pm | IP Logged |
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English - "Hamlet" by Shakespeare
German - "Faust" by Goethe Swedish - "Gösta Berlings Saga" by Lagerlöf Icelandic - "Brennu-Njáls Saga" (anonymous) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6587 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 11 of 33 10 April 2012 at 12:35am | IP Logged |
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I agree about Dostoevski for Russian. Fits our reputation better lolol...
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| blauw Tetraglot Groupie Belgium Joined 5362 days ago 46 posts - 111 votes Speaks: English, Flemish*, French, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 12 of 33 11 April 2012 at 12:03am | IP Logged |
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Flemish: Het verdriet van België - Hugo Claus
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| Pisces Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4612 days ago 143 posts - 284 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish*, French, SwedishC1, Esperanto Studies: German, Spanish, Russian | Message 13 of 33 11 April 2012 at 1:01am | IP Logged |
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French: Le Misanthrope (Molière), Phèdre (Racine)
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| Pisces Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4612 days ago 143 posts - 284 votes Speaks: English*, Finnish*, French, SwedishC1, Esperanto Studies: German, Spanish, Russian | Message 14 of 33 11 April 2012 at 1:07am | IP Logged |
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For Finnish obviously Kalevala, or Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers) for a novel.
Italian: La Divina Commedia Would it be the Tale of Genji for Japanese? These are maybe too obvious: Hebrew: the Torah, or maybe the Song of Songs - the Hebrew Bible anyway. Greek: Iliad and Odyssey Arabic: the Koran 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4762 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 15 of 33 11 April 2012 at 5:21pm | IP Logged |
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Okay, I concede, Dostoyevsky it is :) I can't really say which novel though, since I haven't actually finished any of them (le gasp!), but it seems to me that "Crime and Punishment" has more recognition.
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| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4629 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 16 of 33 11 April 2012 at 5:23pm | IP Logged |
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For Norwegian, I think it has to be a work by Henrik Ibsen, in particular "Peer Gynt" and "Et Dukkehjem" (A Doll's house).
For French there are many contenders, but outside France I would think Les Miserables and Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo are the best known internationally. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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