Somehow I inherited a few dozen of classic books like Great Expectations, Alice in Wonderland, King Solomon's Mines etc. I have boys who are great readers. Are the book rewritten for the Great Illustrated Classics series so watered down that they're not worth reading?
2007-01-02 16:29:57 · 4 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
To clarify - I'm not so interested to make money from them as I wonder if they are worth having my kids read them. Or would it be better for them to read the real original versions of these classics?
2007-01-02 17:37:09 · update #1
I would say if they are old enough to enjoyably comprehend the original works, have them read them, not the abridged versions. If they are not old enough, and they want to read the stories anyway, let them read the abridgements. On a side note, the Great Illustrated Classics might be worth something, both monetarily and for the sake of just enjoying the art, depending on who did the illustrating.
2007-01-03 02:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how old they are. It is simple writing, but not to the point of boredom. I'm a huge fan of them because they don't really change the storyline when they do their version (think the new movie version of Count of Monte Cristo).
As for value, I'm not sure how much they'll really go up. I'd love to collect all of them for my kids, but I probably wouldn't spend a whole lot to do that.
2007-01-03 04:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by hotdoggiegirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They go for about three to five dollars each. You might try to market them towards the fifty to sixty age group who might feel nostalgia and want to buy them.
2007-01-02 17:08:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
keep them maybe the have some money value and you dint even know
2007-01-02 17:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋