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    translation of the seagull

    Does anyone know about this English translation of THE SEAGULL? Who has done it and when? Is it a pure translation or has it been altered?

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    I am not sure about the translation on the site

    http://www.online-literature.com/ant...khov/sea-gull/

    but it is probably by Constance Garnett:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Garnett

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    Thanks, but I really need to know for sure who the translator is and what year it was done. I get the feeling that the play has been modernized in this translation, and I would appreciate all the info I can get about this specific translation.

    Is there anyway to find out for sure where it comes from?

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    According to Project Gutenberg there is no translation of The Seagull by Constance Garnett:

    http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/g#a2858

    But I'm not sure whether they have all her works listed or just some?

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    No I don't think Gutenberg has all of her translations listed. Some of them are probably not in the public domain (published *after* 1923), hence not on the internet.

    There was another discussion of her work here:

    http://www.online-literature.com/for...threadid=31955

    oh, and check your email

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