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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Haven't many traditionally published books been altered, before publication by editing, reprints, some due to changing ethical, moral, or political views? I think Dickens wrote several different endings to one book IIRC because a friend didn't like the first one?
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"Great Expectations". Dickens showed the manuscript to his friend Edward Bulwer-Lytton prior to publication, and he didn't like the ending at all, so Dickens changed it. The original ending was never published at the time.
Many modern editions (including the one I uploaded to the MR library) include the original ending as an appendix to the book.