Scott Moncrieff's [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces ... his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, which can never be displaced

For the reader wishing to tackle Proust your guide must be C K Scott Moncrieff ... There are some who believe his headily perfumed translation of À la recherche du temps perdu conjures Belle Époque France more vividly even than the original

I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust's creation

A writer at the peak of his powers; it reminds you what good reading is all about

Reading Turgenev is one of the most beautiful and memorable things he has written. It stays in your memory -like Turgenev

He writes like an angel, but is determined to wring your heart. Trevor at his most evocative and haunting

The essential novel for any Star Wars fan

The greatest of all novels. Read it again, to test and savour the infallible truth of Tolstoy’s understanding of every stage and aspect of human life

To read him . . . is to find one's way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane

In War And Peace, richly observed human life - its catastrophes and passions, its thrills and tedium - mark out Tolstoy as a fox, who knows all about the dizzying diversity of existence

Highly and deservedly praised...is a remarkable achievement.

Wonderfully readable

Translators give their wits and craft selflessly in service of others' work; this is a triumph of fidelity and unpretentiousness.