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I'd avoid reading any preface, introduction or foreword added by the publisher years after the novel was originally published until after I read the book.
Do read the Prologue as it's really Chapter 0. Some people skip it due to confusion with a preface.
Sometimes there is "what has gone before" which usually can be skipped if you've read the earlier books in a series.
The preface, introduction and foreword almost always can be skipped, especially if not by the author, but it's unwise to delete them as you might want them afterwards or on a second reading.
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