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Seven Pillars of Wisdom - Introductory Book

Note:  totals for the 1926 text are given to the nearest chapter break.
This does not always correspond exactly with the chapter break in the 1922 text. 

INTRODUCTION
1922 Text 1926 Text difference % cut
Chapter word count Chapter word count
Synopsis 121 Synopsis 121 0  
1 2017 omitted 0 - 2017  
2 1557 1 1470 - 87  
3 1106 2 1919 - 305  
4 1118
5 2388 3 2296 - 92  
6 2178 4 2009 - 169  
7 2315 5 2277 - 38  
8 2598 6 2549 - 49  
9 1275 7 1195 - 80  
totals 16673   13836 - 2837 17% 
 

Notes on the larger or more significant cuts

Unless otherwise stated, all chapter references in the body of these notes are to the 1922 text
Page
1935		 Page
1997		 Description of omission Words in the subscribers' abridgement following the omission
    1922 text Chapter 1 | Subscribers' abridgement omitted, but printed as the Introductory chapter in English editions after 1940
    146 words omitted after para. 2, before the para. beginning 'The dates and places are correct'. Discusses the inclusion of literary allusions in the text.  
    70 words omitted before the para. beginning 'We were three years over this effort', about Lawrence's achievement, including comment on racial issues.   
    1922 text Chapter 2 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 1
29   80-word para. omitted at the beginning of the chapter, pointing out that Lawrence's account of the campaign is personal and doubtless therefore imperfect.  
    1922 text Chapter 3-4 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 2
35   151 words omitted from the end of Chapter 3, on geography. 'In the north (Syria)'
    1922 text Chapter 5 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 3
    Scattered small cuts and amendments reduced the text by 92 words.  
    1922 text Chapter 6 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 4
45   93 words omitted, commenting on the unwillingness of the Turks to educate their Arab subjects and the willingness of foreigners (e.g. the American College in Beirut) - and the resentment towards the Turks that this caused. 'Then came the Turkish revolution'
    1922 text Chapter 7 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 5
    Scattered small cuts and amendments reduced the text by 38 words overall, despite the expansion below.  
53   The opening of the para. beginning 'Feisal found Medina' has been expanded from 29 to 55 words.   
    1922 text Chapter 8 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 6
    Scattered small cuts and amendments reduced the text by 49 words overall, despite the expansion below.  
59   25 words in parentheses added to the para. beginning 'We called ourselves "Intrusive"', on Cairo.  
    1922 text Chapter 9 | Subscribers' abridgement Chapter 7
    Scattered small cuts and amendments reduced the text by 80 words.  
61   Para beginning 'He found help in his General Staff'. Much of this para. was rewritten at proof stage by Bernard Shaw, to remove potentially actionable comments about Sir Ronald Graham.   

Revised April 2003

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