tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729554648174518042.post8097999008565412676..comments2023-05-26T10:31:18.500-04:00Comments on Lisa's Library: Where The Dancing Bookworms Live: Tuesday's Opinions: Abridged BooksLisa Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661062020777123490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2729554648174518042.post-64612858512693617592015-05-17T01:16:47.258-04:002015-05-17T01:16:47.258-04:00"I understand the occasional need for abridge..."I understand the occasional need for abridged books. It would make the classics more accessible to kids, and sometimes it's useful for non-fiction reads that have a lot of jargon."<br /><br />There is no "occasional need" for abridged fiction except if you're up against it for an English class or something -- let the kids read the classics as they were intended, otherwise it's not making it. I cannot stand dumbed-down and/or condensed versions for "young adults." It's condescending at best and contributes to stupefaction and under-developed attention-spans.<br /><br />"...super-long classic by a long-winded author like Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens."<br /><br />Boy, you hit the mother-lode of "long-windedness" with those two. They're off-putting with their pages-long paragraphs and paragraph-long sentences..<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com