1. Unabridged books are more complete (longer) in content compared to the abridged books having simpler (shorter) content. 2. Unabridged books are best for the recreational type of readers while the abridged books are best for students.

abridged Add to list Share. An abridged version of a book is a shortened version: it’s not complete because parts have been cut or omitted. Sometimes you have time to read all of something, but other times you don’t. If you really like an author, forget the abridged version and read the whole thing.

Books are abridged in order to remove questionable content. Shorter books are sometimes more appealing to people because they don’t take up as much memory on their devices and can be listened to in a few short sessions rather than listening to an unabridged book for several days at a time.

An abridged audiobook is a shortened version of the book. You’ll get the main idea of the book just not all the smaller details! An unabridged audiobook contains all the original content of the book – the whole kit and caboodle!

If it looks interesting, reads quickly and doesn’t have boring long descriptions of things, it’s likely abridged. Generally, there should be some reference on the cover, cover page, or copyright page indicating it’s abridged.

Yes! All of the books placed on Kindle by the mainstream publishers will be the full version, (unless the blurb at the top of Amazon’s page identifies it specifically as an abridged version).

Are they abridged, then? A. No, they’re the American classics, with some Indian literature that is written and developed there — they just might not be on the same type of paper. In developing literacy, we work with all the agencies we can find.

The most affordable editions available of the world’s greatest literature — the lowest-priced choice for today’s students, educators, and anyone who loves classic literature! Each book is complete and unabridged and many are priced as low as $2.50.

Wordsworth paperbacks and Penguin paperbacks are around the same quality. Wordsworth are cheaper because they are not gouging the public on public domain works. Get your hands on twenty-year-old copies of a Penguin paperback and a Wordsworth paperback, and it’ll be easier to see the difference between them.

Owning and warehousing their own paper stocks at the printer. Uniform trim sizes for all their books. Attractive incentives and allowances for booksellers. The bookstore being able to make more money on the sale of Dover titles boosts their order size and their willingness to feature the publisher’s titles.

Dover Thrift Editions win the prize for lowest cover price, ranging from just $1.50 to $5. Naturally this means they are going to be low quality with virtually no commentary. Basically, they’re great for a one time read, but not something you want to keep on your shelf.

Penguin Classics are alright as they have pretty decent notes and the paper quality’s quite good but if I had to choose a translated work, I’d normally go with something from Everyman’s Library. I’ve used a few Penguin classics in my English courses a few years ago.

Puffin Classics – The best that I can tell, only some of the Puffin Classics are abridged or adaptations. I think whether a book is adapted or original may depend on the difficulty of the original text. That makes it easy to quickly get past tricky sections of text and get back to the original.

Penguin Clothbound Classics Series

• The Ring of the Nibelung.
• Jude the Obscure.
• Tales from 1,001 Nights.
• The War of the Worlds.
• The Mayor of Casterbridge.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Crime and Punishment.
• Don Quixote.

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Classic Books Everyone Should Read

• Metamorphoses (8 AD) – Ovid (translated by David Raeburn)
• Hamlet (c.
• Pride and Prejudice (1813) – Jane Austen.
• Jane Eyre (1847) – Charlotte Brontë
• Wuthering Heights (1847) – Emily Brontë
• Great Expectations (1860-1) – Charles Dickens.
• Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891) – Thomas Hardy.
• Dubliners (1914) – James Joyce.

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