Cardiff-born author Roald Dahl's books are reportedly being rewritten to remove language that is deemed offensive. Publisher Puffin is believed to have hired writers to go through chunks of text to make sure the books "can continue to be enjoyed by all today".
It is understood that new editions of books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will not longer use the world 'fat' and characters like Augustus Gloop will not be described as 'enormous', The Daily Telegraph has reported. They are saying that Mrs Twit's 'fearful ugliness' has been chopped to 'ugliness' and Mrs Hoppy in Esio Trot is not an 'attractive middle-aged lady' but a 'kind middle-aged lady'.
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