For Pride and Prejudice, the definitive text is generally considered to be that of R. W. Chapman, who used all the editions published during Austen's lifetime, as well as her letters (which noted some mistakes she'd seen), to create it. That was first published in 1923, so it may still be in copyright. I'm not sure how it works for things like that, which are basically old works, but with a lot of effort put in to polish them. If we can't use that text, the first edition is probably ideal. I can't find volume 1 on Google Books, but it does have scans of Volumes 2 and 3, at http://books.google.com/books?id=PHIJAAAAQAAJ and http://books.google.com/books?id=n0gJAAAAQAAJ. -- Peter Hatch On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Jon Hurst <jon.a@hursts.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
On 2012-09-22, Greg Newby wrote:
Thanks for this, John. I think a good way to start would be with just a few books (i.e., up to 10). They might not be the most popular, because those are often older and therefore it's harder to know the correct print edition.
The top 10 (around 1 in 20 downloads) currently seems to be:
1. Beowulf 2. The Kama Sutra 3. How to Analyze People on Sight 4. Grimm's Fairy Tales 5. Pride and Prejudice 6. Metamorphosis 7. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 8. The Republic 9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10. Siddartha
Pride and Prejudice jumps out at me as a starting point -- my wife is currently reading the Kindle Store version, and it is pretty poor. So, does anyone here have any suggestions for an MS for Pride and Prejudice? _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d