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I know this is not a writers' group, but....
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29/03/2007 13:47:51
 
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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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>Yes, of course I read it in its entirety. The edition I mentioned runs to 551 pages. Karamazov is even longer.
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>I'm not sure which U.S. editions of famous books you are referring to. There are abridged versions but the full versions are readily available as far as I know.

You are the only person I ever seen (no kidding) who was able to read a Dostoyevsky's book in entirety.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant
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