vinay87 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I've been searching for a collection of these tales by Alexandre Dumas Pere for quite some time. I have TOR's version of the first part, The Three Musketeers on my shelf but I'm in search of a collection of all the books. Here's a list from Gutenburg: 1. The Three Musketeers [book 1] 2. Twenty Years After [book 2] 3. The Vicomte de Bragelonne [book 3 : Chapters 1 to 75] 4. Ten Years Later [book 3 : Chapters 76 to 140] 5. Louise de la Valliere [book 3 : Chapters 141 to 208] 6. The Man In The Iron Mask [book 3 : Chapters 209 to 269] Can anyone point me to a consistent edition (in English) that has all these, with annotations, if possible? I'm considering taking the Gutenburg e-text, formatting it neatly and getting it printed and leatherbound with nice embossing (yes I am that patient). But all that only if I can't find an edition that has them all. I wish I can find a hardbound edition that has them all, that would be just beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I know you can get all of them from Oxford's World Classics (I have them!) in paperback. I don't know about hardcover versions, though. Sorry. They are available through amazon.com, which is where I purchased them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 Oh wow... Well I'll take paperbacks if I get them easily. I can't shop online so I'll have to place an order to get them at the bookshops hereabouts. How are they? I've never read any Oxford world classics before so I'm curious about the annotations, the introduction and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I've only encountered Shakespeare in Oxford World Classics form, the feeling I have gathered from this experience is that their introductions and notes are concisely informative, brilliant for those who've never approached a text before but maybe not enough for someone with your requirements; I don't know how many notes there actually are in their editions of prose, either, but my bet is not that many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 (edited) I haven't read them yet, but I just did a quick browse through them and there are no annotations within the text itself (which is a huge plus for me, I find this distracting), but there is an introduction, bibliography, chronology, and also quite a few pages of explanatory notes in the back. The editing, introduction, and notes are by David Coward. They are trade paperbacks and don't seem like they would easily fall apart. I hope all of this information helped. Edited July 4, 2010 by Pixie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 Well since I find the number of annotations in a Wordsworth Classic more than sufficient, I should supposed that the Oxford World Classics editions should be enough. I hope to find these hereabouts. I really haven't seen any OWC books in India though. I'll keep my hopes up and search for a month or two and after that, I'll *drools* leatherbind the printed Gutenburg copies and *doubledrool* emboss the title in golden letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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