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Ipsita asked this question about Madame Bovary:

Can anyone please tell me what's the best Madame Bovary translation in English?

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The original, classic translation from 1886 is the one by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, and the one that's trendy now is the 2010 translation by Lydia Davis.…more.
The original, classic translation from 1886 is the one by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, and the one that's trendy now is the 2010 translation by Lydia Davis. However, there's no real consensus about which is "best". Different people have different stylistic preferences, and taste changes over time, as does English itself. There are ~10 in-print translations to choose from.
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Visit We Love Translations, World Literature in English for a list of translations and editions of Madame Bovary, including cover images, ISBNs, pagecounts, extracts for comparison, and links to relevant reviews and articles.
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