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Posted: Aug 09 2008 at 9:40am | IP Logged Quote LLR4
     My daughter has some credit at Amazon books, and she wants to get Huckleberry Finn and Treasure Island.
     I wasn't expecting 20 different books of the same title to come up. I know with different publishers, different covers are used. But my concern is the content. Are some 'revised' or changed in any way?

    We just want the "ORIGINAL CLASSICS". Would that be the 'unabridged classic' ones? That sounds like the most original, but it's hardcover and more $. If she got a paperback, she could get more books for her money. Does it matter which we choose, or are they really all the same??


      

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Posted: Aug 09 2008 at 10:09am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
A good way to check would be to go to a real store or library and browse. Or, sometimes at Amazon you can peek inside, and it should tell you if the version is unabridged. Do not rely on the reviews as they often use the same reviews for several versions.

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Posted: Aug 09 2008 at 10:19am | IP Logged Quote LLR4
MacBeth wrote:
A good way to check would be to go to a real store or library and browse. Or, sometimes at Amazon you can peek inside, and it should tell you if the version is unabridged. Do not rely on the reviews as they often use the same reviews for several versions.


Thanks for that suggestion MacBeth.
'Unabridged' would be what we want, is that right??

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Posted: Aug 09 2008 at 10:53am | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
yes.. unabridged would mean that they haven't cut stuff out.

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