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Constance Garnett

Constance Clara Garnett (née Black) (19 December 1861, Brighton, England – 17 December 1946, The Cearne, Crockham Hill, Kent) was an English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature. Garnett was one of the first English translators of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Anton Chekhov and introduced them on a wide basis to the English-speaking public.

Quotes

b3749836858has quoted20 days ago
Why am I going there now? Am I capable of that? Is that serious? It is not serious at all. It’s simply a fantasy to amuse myself; a plaything! Yes, maybe it is a plaything.”
guillerma guillermahas quoted6 months ago
He felt utterly broken: darkness and confusion were in his soul.
Liahas quoted6 months ago
I am talking too much. It’s because I chatter that I do nothing. Or perhaps it is that I chatter because I do nothing
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