On 14-Dec-2015, at 12:19 PM, Supriya Nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anonymity for the > 1000-page edition seems puzzling -- if it was the > Penguin black classics edition, it's by Robin Buss. Well worth reading. The > novel form was invented for Dumas to have fun with.
Buss is canonical - and a lot of the other translations redact large parts of the novel, either for convenience to chop out side stories, or due to victorian prudery / to make it family friendly (Eugenie Danglars = hinted at as being a lesbian) etc.
