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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove controversial language

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Fat, ugly and flabby are among the hundreds of words that have been removed from Roald Dahl’s children’s books so the stories “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”, it has been reported.

Publishers have made a string of changes to Dahl’s work, primarily around language related to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race. They have also inserted sentences into the books which were not written by the author.

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