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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Okay, I'm at the point where I think it would be fascinating to compare them. I wonder if there are an digital versions of the original Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys books to compare to newer versions?
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Not as far as I am aware, but Applewood Books reprinted the original text versions in hardback several years back. Or you can check eBay and other used books sources for original text versions. I don't know specifics about the Hardys, but Nancy Drews 1-34 were revised.
I managed to put together a complete set of the original text versions of Nancy several years back and read through them, along with the revised versions. In some cases the stories are entirely new, but mostly they're just cleaned up to eliminate offensive portrayals of blacks and ethnics, and to make Nancy much more law-abiding and boringly perfect. Everything's just bland.