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RDCB-V21956.jpg RDCB-InARow.jpg RDCB-FastPaceLife.jpg RDCB-Dustjacket.jpg The ''Reader's Digest Condensed Books'' were a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine ''Reader's Digest'' and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were abridged (or "condensed") specifically for ''Reader's Digest''. Occasional titles (''The Leopard'' (1960 ), ''The Days Were Too Short'' (1960 ) or ''Papillon'' (1970 )) were selected from outside the English-speaking world and published as abridgments of the translated originals. In a few rare cases, new editions of older works (''Up from Slavery'', originally published in 1901 (1960 ), ''A Roving Commission: My Early Life'', originally published in 1930 (1951 ) or ''Goodbye Mr. Chips'', originally published in 1934 (1961 )) were also among the condensed selections. For most of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year, with the rate gradually increasing to a bi-monthly schedule by the early 1990s. The series was produced for 47 years (1950–1997), until being renamed ''Reader's Digest Select Editions''. (''Note'': UK editions seem to have been somewhat different from USA editions. Pre-1992 Canadian editions also contain different titles). ==1950s== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reader's Digest Condensed Books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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