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Monkey King

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by Wu Cheng'en

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Is this translation by Julia Lovell unabridged?
Squib To add to Raj's comment, it is shortened to around 1/4 of the length of the original due to the translator removing the parts where the original novel…moreTo add to Raj's comment, it is shortened to around 1/4 of the length of the original due to the translator removing the parts where the original novel would recount details to help jog peoples' memories and removing the chapters that were deemed to be not contributing to the main story(less)
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