Publisher Edits Roald Dahl’s Books To Remove Potentially Offensive Language
The new versions of Dahl’s books will remove words like “fat” and “ugly” to make them more acceptable to “modern” readers. Matthew Horwood / Getty ImagesA shaver reading a Roald Dahl book . In Roald Dahl ’s bookJames and the Giant Peach(1961 ) , one character is key out as “ terrifically fat ” and “ tremendously soft . ” But this description wo n’t appear in new editions of Dahl ’s Quran , as the author ’s body of work are being rewritten to remove potentially offensive language ....