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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?
Avinash Kanade Go ahead and read the abridged version. If you like it, got for the full version. I read it as a translated short children's book in India when I was …moreGo ahead and read the abridged version. If you like it, got for the full version. I read it as a translated short children's book in India when I was ten, then I read a more extensive comic version in English and was absolutely amazed by the story and then I read the full version when I was in college. I have read it end to end three times in last twenty years; it is a rollicking good story, carefully crafted and as a revenge tale, I have not yet found another to beat it.(less)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
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