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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Yes, for me The Trial tops any book of the decade, or book of the century, list.
I found the discussion of how the Nancy Drew novels were edited from as first published interesting. I believe that the Mary Poppins novels went through that as well and for some of the same reasons. It's always a question if or how to alter any work that contains language or depictions that were current when the book was written, but now are recognized as offensive. There are people that would like to do the same to even great works like Huckleberry Finn. To my mind unless it is the original author doing the edit it should just not be done. I'd correct you slightly on the Nancy Drew edits. Done in response to public opinion, but I don't believe that the "bureaucracy" [government] would have mandated it. Not in the US at least.
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Bureaucracy is not just government, it is within any large organization, including the public realm. I do see your point, but just want to clarify that bureaucracy is not exclusive to government.
Perhaps an over-attempt to be a little more colorful in describing a book I deem the best.