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Originally Posted by ATDrake
For older books written in a different time when casual use of racial slurs, sexual stereotyping, and blatant bigotry were more societally acceptable and showed up in the book in question (I've heard that the original Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books had this problem), then unless one's personal attitudes haven't changed since then, those would probably be a pretty uncomfortable and definitely tarnishing re-read.
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I don't know about Nancy Drew, but that is definitely a problem with the older Hardy Boys books. (I only read the newer version as a kid, though). Unfortunately, when the books were rewritten in the late 50's, they also dumbed them down quite a bit - the originals written in the late 20's and 30's were more "literate." But did not have to compete with television.