Question About Dallimore's Whitefield

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For some reason I just happened to type "Whitefield" in the Vyrso search box and, lo and behold, up pops Dallimore's superb biography of GW (http://vyrso.com/product/14432/george-whitefield-gods-anointed-servant-in-the-great-revival-of-the-eighteenth-century)!  I had been scanning the Authors list on the Vyrso page but never saw Dallimore listed (I guess it's not a complete list or it's not updated).  Regardless, it is a volume I have been wanting to see in Logos/Vyrso format for a long time and at $10.79, it's a steal.

But before I give away my hard copy, I would like to know what this means, "The previous two-volume work ... is now condensed into this single volume".  Is this an abridged version or is it just that the two volume, hard back version is now a single Vyrso purchase?  If it is an abridged version, wouldn't it be more appropriate to list it as such under "Details"?

Cameron

Yes it is definitely the best autobiography on "the Great Itinerant",in the 2-Vol Hardback.

But the Verso Format is defiantly abridged, {The previous two-volume work George Whitefield: The Life and Times of
the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival is now condensed
into this single volume, filled with primary-source quotations from the
eighteenth century, not only from Whitefield but also from prominent
figures such as John and Charles Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, and William
Cowper.][:(]

 

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https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/362938#Comment_362938

Thank you, but the word "condensed" is an equivocation in this context.  It can mean either 1) the text itself has been abridged or, that what was two volumes in the print edition is now just a single ebook instead of having to purchase two separate downloads.

It's just not clear what they mean ...

Mike Pettit

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/362971#Comment_362971

Amazon says that this condensed version only has 224 pages, so it is definately much shorter than the two volume work. One of the reviews states that:

This book is a 224 page condensation of the much longer, two-volume "George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival". I purchased this shorter volume for our church library and am already saving up the $66 to purchase the longer work for my private library. I eagerly anticipate obtaining Dallimore's more exhaustive look at the life of this great evangelist.

Kevin Byford (Faithlife)

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JRS said:

Thank you, but the word "condensed" is an equivocation in this context.  It can mean either 1) the text itself has been abridged or, that what was two volumes in the print edition is now just a single ebook instead of having to purchase two separate downloads.

It's just not clear what they mean ...

Hello JRS,

I apologize for the confusion.  The term "condensed" by definition means abridged in the publication context.  If the full content of a ten volume work is combined into two volumes, it is not a "condensed" publication.  It might be smaller and less expensive, but it's not condensed.  If however content is removed in any way, it is considered a condensed (abridged) version.

I hope this helps.  Thanks!

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https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/363745#Comment_363745

Kevin Byford said:

Hello JRS,

I apologize for the confusion.  The term "condensed" by definition means abridged in the publication context.  If the full content of a ten volume work is combined into two volumes, it is not a "condensed" publication.  It might be smaller and less expensive, but it's not condensed.  If however content is removed in any way, it is considered a condensed (abridged) version.

I hope this helps.  Thanks!

Thanks Cameron, Mike, and Kevin.  You are all correct - maybe I was just hoping too hard.  Didn't even think to check the page count against Amazon as Mike did.

I went ahead and purchased the condensed, Vyrso volume. 

Not only is GW's story a great one, but I also have a lot of respect for Arnold Dallimore's dedication and persistence in researching/writing this work over the course of a lifetime.