Here's an interesting blog post about P&Vs translation of War and Peace: https://www.tolstoytherapy.com/on-war-peace-my-problems-with-pevear_17/ https://www.tol

Here's an interesting blog post about P&Vs translation of War and Peace: https://www.tolstoytherapy.com/on-war-peace-my-problems-with-pevear_17/ https://www.tolstoytherapy.com/on-war-peace-my-problems-with... I contains a couple of passages comparing P&V to the more 'readable' translation by Anthony Briggs. If nothing else it will give you a good example of their style and let you decide for yourself if they're something for you.