Famed Children’s Author Roald Dahl’s Books Altered In Massive Woke Effort

Roald Dahl’s publisher, the famous children’s author. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda,” “James and the Giant Peach,” And “The BFG,” Roald Dahl Story Co. is responsible for managing the copyright and trademarks of Dahl’s works. This collaboration has resulted in hundreds of modifications to Dahl’s original work.

The Roald Dahl Story Co. acknowledged that they had collaborated with Inclusive Minds. This monitors children’s literature to ensure inclusion, diversity and accessibility, The Washington Post reported.

The Telegraph They illuminated some of Dahl’s changes, and author Salman Rushdie was the subject of an Iranian death sentence for his work. “Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship. Puffin Books and the Dahl estate should be ashamed.”

Roald Dahl wasn’t an angel, but this absurd censorship is. Puffin Books and Dahl’s estate should be ashamed. https://t.co/sdjMfBr7WW

— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) February 18, 2023

Roald Dahl Story Co. stated that the changes were “small and carefully considered,” While insisting that they wanted “to ensure that Roald Dahl’s wonderful stories and characters continue to be enjoyed by all children today.” They added: “When publishing new print runs of books written years ago, it’s not unusual to review the language used alongside updating other details including a book’s cover and page layout.”

The publisher has made the following changes:

In “The Twits”: “Have you ever seen a woman with an uglier face than that” became “Have you ever seen anyone with an uglier face than that.” “Oh do shut up, you old hag” became “Oh do shut up, you old crow.”

In “The Witches,” The following sentences were deleted:

I don’t wish to make women feel bad. Many women are beautiful.“How horrid!” “Disgusting,” “My grandmother said.”An actress wearing a hair wig is different from someone who wears it. If you or I were to do the same, we would wear it over our hair. But a witch needs to apply it to her entire head.

In “Matilda,” “mothers and fathers” became “parents.” “She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling,” became “She went to nineteenth century estates with Jane Austen. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and California with John Steinbeck.”

In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” This sentence was totally removed “Mike Teavee himself had no less than eighteen toy pistols of various sizes hanging from belts around his body, and every now and again he would leap up into the air and fire off half a dozen rounds from one or another of these weapons.”

This sentence was also deleted “The Oompa-Loompas spent every moment of their days climbing through the treetops.”

In “The BFG,” The word “black” was replaced with the word “dark” You can use phrases such as “It was something black,” “It was something tall and black,” And “Something very tall and very black and very thin.”

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