biography
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Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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| female
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| lived:
| (1850–1928)
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| biography:
| Translator, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She spent 10 years learning every Germanic and Romance language before starting her career (1886) as a translator, essayist, and reviewer. From her voluminous output she is best remembered for her many translations of Russian masterpieces, particularly Turgenev's novels and stories (16 vols, 1905). |
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