sonofaslan
10-30-2007, 09:08 PM
I am trying to read The Count of Monte Cristo, but am having some trouble. The book I have, published by State Street Press, seems to have chapters missing (i.e. Chapter 4 - Conspiracy), as well as abridgments to existing chapters. Also, it is worded completely differently than various e-books I have. Yet no where in the book does it mention being a abridgment, nor does it mention who it has been translated by (My understanding is that the original was written in French).
Click here (http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Alexandre-Dumas/dp/068121855X/ref=sr_11_1/103-9614847-6705416?ie=UTF8&qid=1193790775&sr=11-1) to see the version of TCoMC I have. I am not sure if this type of link is permitted, I am just including it so the version I have can be seen.
Here is an example of some of the changes.
Printed, State Street Press copy, Chapter 11 - The Hundred Days, Paragraph 1...
"Events followed one another very rapidly. Everyone knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which, unexampled as it was in the past, will probably remain unimitated in the future."
E-book from ManyBooks.net, same reference, only it is Chapter 13 instead of Chapter 11, due to the printed version eliminating the chapter named "Conspiracy", a essential chapter in my estimation, and a second chapter named "Father and Son", where Nortier and Villefort discourse...
"M. Noirtier was a true prophet, and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted. Every one knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which was unprecedented in the past, and will probably remain without a counterpart in the future."
Does anyone know why the printed SSP version seems to be so gimpy? Do I need to chuck this publication of the book and find another?
Also, since my printed copy is obviously a diluted, abridged, version, does anyone know where I can get a full copy, with every word of every chapter?!?!
Click here (http://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Alexandre-Dumas/dp/068121855X/ref=sr_11_1/103-9614847-6705416?ie=UTF8&qid=1193790775&sr=11-1) to see the version of TCoMC I have. I am not sure if this type of link is permitted, I am just including it so the version I have can be seen.
Here is an example of some of the changes.
Printed, State Street Press copy, Chapter 11 - The Hundred Days, Paragraph 1...
"Events followed one another very rapidly. Everyone knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which, unexampled as it was in the past, will probably remain unimitated in the future."
E-book from ManyBooks.net, same reference, only it is Chapter 13 instead of Chapter 11, due to the printed version eliminating the chapter named "Conspiracy", a essential chapter in my estimation, and a second chapter named "Father and Son", where Nortier and Villefort discourse...
"M. Noirtier was a true prophet, and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted. Every one knows the history of the famous return from Elba, a return which was unprecedented in the past, and will probably remain without a counterpart in the future."
Does anyone know why the printed SSP version seems to be so gimpy? Do I need to chuck this publication of the book and find another?
Also, since my printed copy is obviously a diluted, abridged, version, does anyone know where I can get a full copy, with every word of every chapter?!?!