This article describes the results of a study of the reception of the enhanced digital edition of La Croisade des Enfants by Marcel Schwob. Using experience acquired during the conception of the work, carried out jointly by the “Lectures et mediations numériques” group (CELLAM-Rennes 2) in collaboration with the Loustic group (Rennes), the study team combined quantitative and qualitative data obtained from 44 students in order to evaluate the motivation prompted by the enhanced version of the digital book compared to the non-enhanced version, and also to analyse how readers approached the enhanced version and what reading postures it aroused in them. The article focuses on the appropriation of the enhanced edition in order to evaluate the degree and type of appropriation implemented by the study subjects. The results are somewhat different from those expected: the reading postures encountered are above all based on contextualizing reading. Finally, the results of the study raise the question of what factors may further the appropriation of an enhanced work, among which reading habits and the prevailing discourse on the cultural legitimacy of enhanced digital works seem predominant. These results make it possible to recommend various types of mediation allowing the reader to exploit the full potential of this type of work.