Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

Unabridged, all the way! And it is definitely not boring-- I picked the book up and seriously, I couldn't put it down.

Is the ebook that's available here in GR the unabridged or abridged version?

hate to say it, but its kind of a terrible question. if you are gonna read the abridged version, you ,might as well just read the cliff notes.

Read the abridged while eating low fat cheese and drinking alcohol free wine followed by a decaf.
Or...
read the real version with a bottle of Anjou and a roast chicken followed by a pint of french roast.

I'm reading the Count right now and found out that I've been reading the abrideged version. I'm a little bummed now because I was doing some research and found I was missing so much! I'm going to have to stop, but i'm really enjoying it. uhg!

Jesse - it's definitely worth stopping and starting again with the unabridged version.

Reading the abridged version will just spoil your appetite when you come to the unabridged version.

Disclosure - I have read the book many, many times and it is only second to the Three Musketeers in my all time favourites.

Carl wrote: "Jesse - it's definitely worth stopping and starting again with the unabridged version.

Reading the abridged version will just spoil your appetite when you come to the unabridged version.

Disclosu..."
Thank you Carl, you are right. Ever since I found out I was reading the abridged, I have lost the appetite to get into the unabridged. But I've heard so much now about the unabridged, I will finish it. Thank you!

Excellent - give us all your opinion when you've finished. Did it live up to our hype or are we all over the top?

I read the abridged version in school, so I feel lazy to read the unabridged version. But having read many of the comments above, I think I will read the original.

Alex wrote: "Ha...you're all "Oh, I'm so awesome at reading books" and then you go arguing that Eugenie isn't a gay character. No, you're doing great, keep reading! You'll get there someday!"

No kidding, you'd really have to be a fool as Dumas really makes no bones about her sexuality.

My wife recommended the Dumas books to me, but then didn't recall major plot points that I mentioned as I read. It seems she read the abridged versions in high school or perhaps junior high. That's the only time I would recommend the abridged versions: to bring the high points to a younger and less patient audience, or to get past censors. For anyone who is reading for pleasure, get the unabridged. It is the only way to get the real story.

i would go with the abridge version because from what i heard that all the extra pages do is make the story longer i would definitely read the unabridged book if i got that version but i got the abridged version so I'm sticking to what i own

Salent, they are all available free at gutenberg.org. If you have a kindle, you can get all of the "D'Artagnan Romances" for free.

Never in my life, since the books started to like before becoming one of my passions, I liked reading abbreviated stories, because I feel that they take away information that in some way may be useful to the story but not all created well and I admit that I'm a person who doesn't like to miss any detail how it relates to information, less so when dealing with large works such as Dumas, Dickens or Victor Hugo, for other examples. So I prefer a large book with every page also read The Count of Monte Cristo in an edition of 1300 pages and nothing bothered me, rather, it was very entertaining, I couldn't put the book down.

I have recorded the entire unabridged version on librivox - its the only version by a solo reader - version 3 and I have received a pile of great reviews - so if you want someone to do the work for you, listening can be fun and its free.

This is my all time favorite book. I first read it when I was 12 and have since re-read it three times. Definitely read the unabridged version!

Abbey wrote: "I am going to read this book because it is my husbands favorite book ever. However, the unabridged version frightens me with its length. Any opinions on which to read?"

I really had no problem reading the unabridged version. It was an enjoyable book. It is one of my favorite novels ever! The length of it did not scare me so much, as long as it was entertaining. And it certainly was!

To get the whole story, unabridged is the way to go.

I would suggest going zen on the length. It's like reading a series. Think of it as a season of a good TV show rather than a movie. Accept that it will take a long time, but is worth the effort.

Speaking for myself, I'll binge-read and will sometimes finish a book before I can fully savor it. I've been known to deliberately put a book down and do something else so it can stretch on longer. With books like Count of Monte Cristo and Lord of the Rings, there is no such danger. So feel free to read this whenever you like, and barrel on through. Plenty more to come.

Karen wrote: "Go with the Robin Buss unabridged."
I'm unable to find it on Audible, it says "Search Results for Narrator:
The Count of Monte Cristo
Robin Buss
No results for the keyword. Please try a different one, or try advanced search."

Bill Homewood is very good but listen to a sample first as there is an echo on the recording that may be a deal breaker for you (I don't mind it).

penguin unabridged is my choice

I always believed a good book should have a good story, a better book should have a better characters along with its storyline, but a book becomes great when its has a secondary layer of psychology and intimate thinking along with the main story.

I found out about it when I read Robinson Crusoe, unabridged edition, which had been toned down in other edition to suit different readers, viz., child, young or mature readers

Abbey wrote: "I am going to read this book because it is my husbands favorite book ever. However, the unabridged version frightens me with its length. Any opinions on which to read?"
If you like to know every minutiae of a bunch of fictional characters that don't really do anything particularly interesting, read the unabridged version.
Personally, I liked the prison chapters, the revenge chapters and the moral dilemmas, but the rest was just a neverending slog of omnipotent protagonist being omniscient, omnipresent and utterly predictable.

Unabridged. A lot of things referred to in abridged are developed in full. The character of Valentine is far more developed; in the abridged she is simply the embodiment of sweetness and virtue, in the full we hear about her unhappiness and struggles. Eugenie is far more clearly gay (she admires the beauty of ladies at the opera while showing no interest in men, the writer repeatedly refers to her "masculine" sternness of expression and directness of speech, etc.) Vampa's story is fleshed out. Franz d'Epinay is far more three-dimensional. There are two hilarious chapters about the count's use of hash and his hashish hallucinations (try saying that 3 times fast!). Appalling description of the fate of women captured by bandits. Social commentary; when Mme. Danglars and Eugenie want to go to opera they can't without being accompanied by a male. Danglars is uninterested so Debray escorts them; the author wryly comments that is would be scandalous for two ladies to go to opera unescorted but being escorted by the mother's lover is just fine! You get a far better feel for the era. The abridged is more for high school students. Young high school students. By 16 or so give them unabridged.

I have recorded a version of the unabridged on Librivox it's free and I have had a lot of good feedback if you want to listen to it rather than read it - takes a while but perhaps less demanding than reading

I have read the unabridged twice and love it. I am however shocked at how stuck up some of these comments are. People don't all read on the same level so if they need to read an abridged version or have reading aids who cares? At least they are enjoying reading. Also, I do feel like things could be left out and the book would still be good, even better in my opinion. For instance, I see no need for the brutal rape story when talking about the origins of Vampa. It was a story within a story and bears no significance on the main storyline. Also there are a couple of times racist terms are used that could be taken out without having any effect on the storyline as well.