Paris, a literary DoubleQuote
[ by Charles Cameron — I was tempted to call this post “Hebdoevsky” but resisted ]
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Today I was reminded of Dostoevsky‘s Grand Inquisitor, portrayed here in some apparently rare 1975 footage by Sir John Gielgud:
A tip of the hat, then, to Akil N. Awan, whose post The Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Double Alienation Dilemma suggested this DoubleQuote to me.
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Interestingly, The Grand Inquisitor can now be read online in at least three translations:
HP Blavatsky, which should be of interest to occultists Constance Garnett, the old classic standby translation, nicely formatted, and Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky, horribly formatted, reputedly the best modern version
