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Title: Does This Make Sense?
Review: Why would anyone pay $20 for an aged and poor translation of two works that are in the public domain and can be accessed for free? This isn't publishing, it's trolling for dollars. I wonder what the great Hugo would have thought of such a ploy... Preface de Cromwell and Hernani are both valuable relics of the Romantic movement in France. It is a service to English-speaking American readers to make such historic texts available. But please: faire un effort, as Hugo might have said. Better to have a new and decent translation with an accompanying, enlightened commentary--especially if you're going to ask people to pay for something they can get elsewhere for free.
