During my morning working shift yesterday I translated The Cyclist (1899) by John Joy Bell into Russian.
> The Cyclist (1899) by John Joy Bell Нет зверя благороднее, Чем велосипедист! Он не съедает жертву, И тем морально чист. Валяясь на асфальте С разбитой головой Приятно думать, что в гробу Ты будешь как живой. Хрясь, бум, и он уж далеко, Спокоен как буддист, Нет зверя благороднее, Чем велосипедист!
For example, terms like "the patient," "our Father below," and Screwtape's affectionate language towards Wormwood. It actually strikes me as oddly similar to the "doublethink" used in George Orwell's 1984. In the latter case, however, the purpose is obvious — manipulation, control, and deception...
In book 1 of The Odyssey, Athena says to Zeus (in Robert Fagles' translation):
While I myself go down to Ithaca, rouse his son
to a braver pitch, inspire his heart with courage
to summon the flowing-haired Achaeans to full assembly,
speak his mind to all those suitors, slaughtering on and on
his...
@Bookworm I see that there isn't a the-screwtape-letters tag yet. Would it be worthwhile to add one to this question, perhaps replacing epistolary-novel?
@Randal'Thor That's becoming dormant during the summer, I believe. Are summers always dry? Not in India ... we have the dry part of summer and the wet part
In Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy writes of a village named Carriford, being close to Kingston Maurward I assumed it to be Stinsford but Hardy refers to this place as Mellstock. Did Hardy make up this location?
In Desperate Remedies, Thomas Hardy writes of a village named Carriford, being close to Kingston Maurward I assumed it to be Stinsford but Hardy refers to this place as Mellstock. Did Hardy make up this location?
