You can always put it aside if you find it isn't for you. But if you're willing, go with unabridged. If abridged can get reluctant readers started on a good book, than they have a reason to exist. I completely agree with the unabridged votes, though the comment by Gretchen makes a good point. And still none of them will feel exactly the same about those materials.
I'm an educator, and different people need different paths to access the same materials and get the most out of them. Not everyone can even see the words on the page the same way. Not everyone can picture what is going on to the same extent. Not everyone is able to get the same experience from reading that we do. The addition of these modern aids make books accessable to more people than ever. Why should any reader deny themself the full transformative power of these works?Īlicedewonder wrote: "Although I am pleased with the amount of people that preference unabridged to abridged I am startled with the need for a character guide, audio listening and other suggested aids. They increase your brain, strengthen your heart, and alter your soul. It matters because the greatest novels provide an experience whioh leaves you a changed person. The "Mask" part is yanked out of the work. An even more striking case of unabridged over abridged is what's done with "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Dumas, which in fact is just a small part of the original novel "Vicomte de Braggelone," a masterpiece in its own right that's very complex but also very moving. The one thing I worry about is the question of whether even the unabridged translation has been cleaned-up to an extent, made a bit less adult than the French original. By the end, Dantes himself knows he's been used as a tool of justice, in a sense. Between the lines are questions of the workings of the universe. The story keys into more than just the plot happenings of the characters. It's truly one of the greatest novels ever written, right up there with "War and Peace" and company. The unabridged version of "Count of Monte Cristo" gives you the great depths of meaning and soul contained in the work.
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