Our reading selections should track the Penguin abridged edition translated by Royall Tyler. If you have the Tyler edition, just read it as any other novel.

Otherwise, here is a practical approach I suggest: For every Chapter listed below as "Complete" please read the entire chapter, for those "slightly abridged" I suggest you read as much as possible, for those listed as "abridged" you might skim, and for those omitted, you may skip.

Chapters

1 (abridged)

2 Complete

3 (omit)

4 (slightly abridged)

5 Complete

6 (omit)

7 Complete

8 Complete

9 (abridged)

10 Complete

11 (omit)

12 (abridged)

13 (slightly abridged)

14 (slightly abridged)

15 (omit)

16 (omit)

17 Complete