Restoration

Comprehensive Glossaries

It all begins with a thorough review of the original unabridged text. Each and every uncommon, specialized, historical, and slang word is noted down, along with its specific context. These words are then individually researched to find not just any definition, but the exact right one for that sentence.

Only by understanding the definition of the words being used will the sentence, paragraph, chapter and entire text be easy to understand. And by clearing the words, these classics are truly brought to life, made fun, and easy to read.

From The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

“The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come east.”

banns: a notice read out at church on three successive Sundays.

Over 340 such words were found, researched, and defined in The Great Gatsby.

Character & Location Guides

Beyond the definitions of uncommon, specialized, and slang words, the characters and locations the author is referring to can also cause confusions or lack of understanding.

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, has dozens of characters from Scrooge’s young love to Bob Cratchit’s fellow apprentice.

In The Call of the Wild, Buck, the story’s main character, treks through Alaska and the Yukon territory. These are locations Jack London traveled through himself and are all real places. Understand where they are and their significance gives new insight to this dramatic story.

Images

Lewis Carroll’s inimitable book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, paints vivid pictures of fantastic events. To aid the reader, he enlisted the aid of SIr John Tenniel to illustrate the novel. These images were approved and even weaved into the text.

In the example shown, the author writes, “If you don’t know what a Gryphon is, look at the picture.”

As part of the restoration process, the exact image originally intended to follow that paragraph now appears as it should.