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Nick asked this question about The Count of Monte Cristo:
I would like to read the abridged version but I feel like I might be missing out on a big chunk of the story. Is this true?
Jeffrey The ONLY translation to read is Robin Buss's version from Penguin Classics. It has all of the original text, translated, including the parts that Vict…moreThe ONLY translation to read is Robin Buss's version from Penguin Classics. It has all of the original text, translated, including the parts that Victorian translators censored as being to risque'.

I put Buss' translation of Cristo in my top ten books to read for sheer pleasure.(less)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
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