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As I mentioned in another comment, the translations in public domain are often not as good as modern ones. They might shy away from certain things/censor stuff (or in the case of The Count of Monte Cristo, just completely ignore large parts of the book), and either way they use more archaic language that usually doesn't flow as smoothly. Of course there are exceptions to this, but this is my general impression. Though, to be honest, I didn't like Crime and Punishment that much either haha. I didn't understand why people saw it as one of the greatest books ever written.