Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies

Rainer Maria Rilke with Will Crichton (Translator), Mary Crichton (Translator)

127 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Long dissatisfied with the highly romatical and often obscure translations in English of Rilke's great poem cycle, brother and sister Willam and Mary Crichton determined to work toward a translation that would be as straightforward and transparent...

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Community Reviews Summary of 508 reviews

Moods

reflective 80%
emotional 60%
challenging 54%
inspiring 30%
dark 23%
mysterious 21%
hopeful 17%
sad 17%
relaxing 10%
informative 4%
lighthearted 4%
adventurous 2%
tense 2%

Pace

medium 45%
slow 42%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.28

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