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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

The updated Agatha Christie novels follow reworkings of books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to remove offensive references to gender and race.
The updated Agatha Christie novels follow reworkings of books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming to remove offensive references to gender and race. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove potentially offensive language, including insults and references to ethnicity.

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries written between 1920 and 1976 have had passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins to strip them of language and descriptions that modern audiences find offensive, especially those involving the characters Christie’s protagonists encounter outside the UK.

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