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i bought some books from banes & noble store and i read it and found that it was slightly different from the original version. Does B&N stores change some of the books with their own thoughts?
Sphere: Related Contenti bought some books from banes & noble store and i read it and found that it was slightly different from the original version. Does B&N stores change some of the books with their own thoughts?
Tags: Barnes Noble, Books Store, Classics Books, Original Version
November 21st, 2008 at 2:54 pm
No they should be accurate
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Which classics did you buy? One possibility is that you’ve purchased a foreign novel - perhaps something French or Russian - translated into English.
Another possibility is that you’ve bought the abridged versions.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
A lot of companies have abridged versions. Look for the covers that say “COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED.” The little Collector’s Library books do this.
November 25th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Foriegn novels tend to have multiple translations; cheaper editions often have older or more word-for-word translations. These often miss many points from the original work; find a literature expert like an english professor who teaches that particular book or wrote a dissertation in it to inform you of the better translations (and the cheaper editions of the better translations).
November 28th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I avoid B&N classics. They are cheap copies of excellent books, but I detect an agenda behind the editing of them. I’d stick to older or more reputable versions of classic texts.
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