RoDanCapital answers “Has anyone here read the original version...”

Jennifer Juniper asked this question about The Magus:

Has anyone here read the original version and the revised edition? I have heard the original version is superior but I only heard that after buying the later edition and I decided to sally forth with it. I have a little less than 200 pages left. Without spoiling it, can anyone give opinions on which version you feel is better and why? What is the difference between the two?

RoDanCapital In his introductory note to the second edition, Fowles describes the reasons for this revised version, so I assume you already know about some of the …moreIn his introductory note to the second edition, Fowles describes the reasons for this revised version, so I assume you already know about some of the differences. And at least one scholarly analysis has been published on the (stylistic) differences between the two (http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/corpus-s...). Most people read the second edition, which is more recent, and depending how "obsessed" they become with the 'oeuvre' and the author, and their available time, continue reading, moving to the first edition, to exegetic work, to comparative analyses, etc ...(less)

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