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Originally Posted by Quoth
I didn't realise till I was an adult that the "Readers Digest" multi-book hardbacks are all massively abridged (There was or is a UK version). Since then I've avoided them even at 50c in S/H bookshops and charity shops etc.
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Those books were always showing up at yard sales, thrift shops, etc. I wonder how many people found ways to turn those books into crafting projects...
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Originally Posted by Quoth
Mind you, I think the publisher should have got some authors to edit shorter before publication (Robert Jordan, Alexander Dumas).
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My American abridged copy of "East Lynne" is so teeny tiny. I think they cut both fat
and bone and muscle.
