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By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 3 posts · 1371 views
last updated Jan 18, 2013 07:12PM
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This particular edition is an unabridged one (translated by William Butcher). I gather many of the editions floating out there are in fact abridged versions. The obvious reason for the abridgments is that the novel is chock full of lengthy lists and scientific information dumps. For the modern reader these information interludes could be seen as swamping the actual story (which is quite good). After finishing the novel, I found myself OK with these moments, which are all basically rooted in the
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Classic undersea adventure that still holds strong today.
Feb 08, 2010
Kimberly
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