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You think you have trouble deciphering old family correspondence
My gf's Russian mother just sent me this with the message: "Imagine trying to transcribe this for eventual publication…."
Dostoyevsky's original manuscript of The Brothers Karamzazov
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05-16-2022, 12:06 AM
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I've asked Lu if she can read any of it, with a link to a larger image. No answer yet! (But she is 93...)
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WOW! My cat's foot prints make more sense than that.
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Originally Posted by oldbrownhat
My gf's Russian mother just sent me this with the message: "Imagine trying to transcribe this for eventual publication…."
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His editor must have been a former high school English (I mean Russian) teacher. No one else could make sense of this.
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05-16-2022, 12:38 PM
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WOW! My cat's foot prints make more sense than that.
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The first thing I thought of when I saw the mss was some of JRR Tolkien's drawings of Middle Earth- but after a heavy night of drinking at the local pub.
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05-17-2022, 01:16 PM
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The first thing I thought of when I saw the mss was some of JRR Tolkien's drawings of Middle Earth- but after a heavy night of drinking at the local pub.
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I also thought of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth drawings!! 
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