/lit/ - Literature

>>23242859
>Is it ever acceptable to read abridged versions of books?
Abridgements of multivolume works of history can be quite good depending on how talented the editor is. Abridged fiction is very hit and miss.

>>23243145
>Les Miserable is best read as abridged first
Agreed, I've read pretty good abridgments of Les Misérables, Don Quixote and some Dickens. Personally, I wouldn't bother reading abridged versions of The Count of Monte Cristo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and War and Peace.

>>21538415
>Constance Garnett
I like her War & Peace quite a bit.

>>20898060
Re. leaning into the mass-produced aspect, I think the Modern Library Classics series also does this very well, with the way they repeat the image. It gives you a sense of the big sheet of printed paper the jacket was cut out of.

The sleigh ride with the Rostovs and Sonya dressed up as gypsies on Christmas might be the comfiest chapter i've ever read

Is her version of War and Peace as good as her Anna Karenina or should I read someone else's translation?

>>18264498
It is a nice cover.