Hi_Henry
The Living Force
Here is how things will work with the classics.
That those are not his words is not important.
Roth from Twitter is certain to get a job in this area. There are plenty of books to target for this sanitization treatment.
Didn't USSR do something similar when it was still around ?
Put simply: these may not be the words Dahl wrote. The publishers have given themselves licence to edit the writer as they see fit, chopping, altering and adding where necessary to bring his books in line with contemporary sensibilities. By comparing the latest editions with earlier versions of the texts, The Telegraph has found hundreds of changes to Dahl’s stories.
Language related to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race has been cut and rewritten. Remember the Cloud-Men in James and the Giant Peach? They are now the Cloud-People. The Small Foxes in Fantastic Mr Fox are now female. In Matilda, a mention of Rudyard Kipling has been cut and Jane Austen added. It’s Roald Dahl, but different.
Roald Dahl rewritten: the hundreds of changes made to suit a new ‘sensitive’ generation
Quietly and systematically, the author’s entire catalogue has been reworked in a bid for ‘relevancy’
www.telegraph.co.uk
That those are not his words is not important.
Roth from Twitter is certain to get a job in this area. There are plenty of books to target for this sanitization treatment.
Didn't USSR do something similar when it was still around ?