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Old 10-25-2013, 08:18 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
No, it's about modernising the language and situations. That's not at all the same thing as "dumbing down".
It is "dumbing down" because the operating assumption behind the series is that modern readers can't understand the language of the original book and can't use their imaginations to relate to the situations in the time period depicted, so it has to be presented to them in a way that doesn't strain their brains or cause them to want to learn more about a culture/historical period.

And the covers aren't even crediting the Austen work that they are ripping off?
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