>I had to have one recently for my daughter. It was required reading over last summer and it could not be the abridged version. I had to either order it online, or have the bookstore get it for me. Everything carried instock was the abridged version.

Years ago, I had to order from England to get an unabridged set of the "One Thousand Nights and One Night" in four volumes translated by Powys Mathers. Good luck trying to find an unabridged copy even in your library. Of course, this was before the WWW, so I guess it would be easier to find now.

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>>>>>>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