Modern Library edition abridged?

[Individualfrog]

I found a copy of this book at a library book sale, the 1960 Modern Library edition, edited by Bertram D. Wolfe. (The gray cover with a photo of men raising rifles with bayonets in the air, and orange lettering for the title.) I was looking forward to reading it, but when I opened it, I found that very frequently throughout the book there are ellipses, as though it's been heavily abridged. It's surprising, though, because I thought Modern Library editions were always unabridged. I hate abridged books, and it's especially unfortunate in this case because it's a positive account of Communist revolution--having it be abridged feels like political censorship, even though it probably isn't.

Anyway, maybe I'm wrong about this, do other editions make heavy use of ellipses? Maybe Reed himself shortening what were originally newspaper articles? Please let me know if you have any info about this.

[Individualfrog]

Well, having looked at the text of both the Gutenberg Project and marxists.org, I don't see any differences, so I guess it's part of the original. (At marxists.org they don't show the ellipses but the text is the same.) So no problem I guess.