my link is also just one click, but with more choices, and it's forever free.

It fascinates me that here on DU, where Wal-Mart is regularly excoriated, Amazon, with its predatory marketing and neo-slavery in its employment practices far worse than Wal-Mart's, is the first choice for so many.

Just because they make it easy.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

4. Your is one click to download

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 01:11 PM

Jan 2014

Not necessarily one click to install depending on device. Not everyone is that savvy and some appreciate the convenience.

I don't tell anyone where to shop whether it's Wal-Mart or Amazon. I figure people can make their own choices and if they don't like the source there are others. If you want to rain on that parade, more power to you, but I'm not sure this is the proper forum for it. Not to mention the book is free and hardly contributes to Amazon's evil apocalyptic world slavery scheme.

Just sayin'

Staph

(6,251 posts)

5. Has anyone actually read the unabridged edition?

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:26 PM

Jan 2014

Hugo has a lot to answer for as an author. Les Miserables is one of the most boring books ever written. At least a quarter of the book is used for Hugo to go off on massive digressions, on politics, history, religion, you name it. It takes fourteen chapters just to get to the beginning of the story of Jean Valjean.

I first read an abridged version of the novel -- back in college, I believe. I loved the story, and was thrilled when the musical was created. But when I later read the unabridged version . . . well, I made it through, but I gave strong consideration to personal eye-gouging.

getting old in mke

(813 posts)

6. My son and I saw the show at the Skylight Opera end of 2013.

Reply to Staph (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 04:55 PM

Jan 2014

He's been reading the unabridged version ever since. He'll come to me with "Can you believe Vicky just wrote 17 chapters about Waterloo?" But, he's making progress, about 60% of the way through in ten days. I have to think he'll make it. Why is probably a better question, but when he gets something in his sights, he's pretty dedicated. (Son = 24 year old, not a kid.)

Staph

(6,251 posts)

7. Your son has some serious determination!

Reply to getting old in mke (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 05:06 PM

Jan 2014

I read the unabridged edition over a period of months. I would hit the same sorts of digressions that your son mentioned, set the book down in disgust, and pick it up days (or weeks!) later.

Tell your son one of the old ladies on DU is quite impressed!

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