Do you read the prologue of a book?

Answer 1

In order to get from the book what the author intended you must. It may sometimes, depending on the author, make it more difficult to get into the story but if it detracted from the book as a whole the editor would undoubtedly have asked the author to remove it from the manuscript.

Many authors include unnecessary prologues only to have them axed by the editor. Read them, they're important.

Answer 2

Well firstly dont get confused between a prologue and a preface.

A prologue is a part of a story just seperated from the main story because that prologue has an effect in the l8r part of the story. So in order to know something more related to the story u need to read the prologue.

By the way I do read the prologue.

Answer 3

Usually. The prologue is an an introduction to the story behind the book. Reading it will give you a headstart into how the story began.

Answer 4

The prologue is essential to a story, because it is essentially chapter 1, just under a different name. The introduction to a book is useless and I would actively recommend that you don't read it, as it often spoils what is ahead, under the guise of being "a critique".

Answer 5

Absolutely. If a book is significant enough to justify a prologue, it should certainly be read. Otherwise you could be losing a lot about the context of the ensuing work.

Answer 6

Yes. It usually reveals events or important facts before the first chapter. Prologues are very important to novels.

Answer 7

Always.
It isn't an optional extra, it is an essential part of the story. Often it is there to help set the scene or give a hint of something exciting that my occur later in the narrative. Missing it would be like missing the first page of the story.

Answer 8

Always -- it's part of the story.

I read the introduction too -- and sometimes the author's "thank you" list.

Answer 9

Yes always. It's part of the whole story.

Answer 10

Yes, to give me insight into the story.