What is the best translation of Letters from a Stoic?

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For most readers, the Robin Campbell translation (1969) of Letters from a Stoic is the best place to start: For most readers this is the best way to meet Seneca — even though it's a selection, not the whole. Campbell picks about 40 of the 124 letters and translates them with real wit, catching the tight, quotable style. You get the essential Seneca without the slog, for around $14. If you later want all of it, you'll know where to go. This is where I'd start. For most complete, consider Margaret Graver & A. A. Long (2015). For most beautiful, consider Robin Campbell (1969). For most scholarly, consider Brad Inwood (2007). For the free classic, consider Richard M. Gummere (1917).

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