Best edition of Les Miserables?

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Best edition of Les Miserables?

1dtholloway28
Giu 30, 2023, 8:33 pm

I’m curious what is the the best Les Miserables to acquire? Easton Press has the wraxall translation which seems out of favor. Folio published the Denny translation ( modern and slightly abridged). What’s the “version to get”.

2mr.philistine
Modificato: Lug 1, 2023, 12:35 pm

>1 dtholloway28: Here is a review of the LEC and Folio Society LE: https://booksandvines.com/2014/04/14/les-miserables-by-victor-hugo-limited-editi...

and the LEC again: https://www.thewholebookexperience.com/2013/10/21/les-miserables-by-victor-hugo-...

Cheaper 2-volume editions have been published by the Heritage Press and Folio Society.

ETA:
HP reviewed here: https://georgemacyimagery.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/heritage-press-les-miserables...