>>>>>I'm not sure which books I have read most often. "The World According To Garp", "The Catcher in the Rye", and "Crime and Punishment" all have to be up there.
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>>>>Is 'Crime and Punishment' a full edition?
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>>>Full in what sense? It seems full enough to me. The most recent, and best, edition I have is the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation.
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>>I meant that many famous books are printed in USA in brief version, i.e. text reduced by few times. If you have a full edition, it should be a big folio, then I have another question. Did you read it in entirety?
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>That drives me crazy. It took me years to find an unabridged version of "The Count of Monte Cristo".
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>Bruce
Yeah, I read both full and abridged, frankly the last one looked pitiful, though The Count is not the best Dumas.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant