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Which edition happens to include the best critical apparatus such as endnotes? Oxford World's Classics edited by Ian Duncan or Penguin Classics edited by Karl Miller? (I don't believe that the NYRB edition includes endnotes.) Does anyone own both and therefore able to offer a comparison? Thank you in advance...

J.C. Chaix I wouldn't read ANY edition other than the original. There are "secrets" hidden in the form of the original book—which EVERY subsequent, and so-called…moreI wouldn't read ANY edition other than the original. There are "secrets" hidden in the form of the original book—which EVERY subsequent, and so-called "scholarly" edition has obliterated by not maintaing the form of the original. For example, consider the word "seventeen": it's a hapax legomenon, a word used only once in the entire book—precisely on page 17, in the phrase "nearly seventeen" (at the end of line 16). Read the original, otherwise you're missing more than half the book—and all of its significance.(less)

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Anybody ever wonder why the word "seventeen" is only used once in the original book—precisely on page 17, in the phrase "nearly seventeen" (precisely at the end of line 16)? And why this edition (like so many others) doesn't respect the form of the original book?

T.J. Gillespie Are you taking the piss?

Is this a kind of joke hermeneutics? …moreAre you taking the piss?

Is this a kind of joke hermeneutics? (less)

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Any Superman Parallel ??

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Other people have mentioned the importance of reading this in its original formatting, due to "secrets" - like the placement of the word "seventeen" - adding more to the experience. Does anyone have a recommendation of editions that stick to this original form? Or at least of a way of getting hold of the actual original one?

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Sorry for the tardy reply, Mr. Weisman. Have you compared the Penguin Classics edition with the Oxford World's Classics edition? Thanks...

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