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Old 02-18-2023, 06:10 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
Publishers no longer care about grammar, spelling, or nonlitigable facts, why should they care about artistic or technical quality?
There probably is an error somewhere in every book, but I rarely notice lack of care in the PRH books I read.

My not-too-wild guess is that first tier editors politely declined the bowdlerization project, resulting in the issues issybird noticed.

While I am against bowdlerizing, I am more against withdrawing a marketable book from sale due to such issues. Only a tiny percent of what Dahl wrote is being overwritten, in contrast with the Dr. Suess canon, from which, in addition to Seuss Enterprises making changes, at least six titles are no longer sold.

Children are getting almost the same Dahl product from their perspective. When they get older, and learn about bowdlerization, they can find the version Dahl intended in research libraries. Or better yet, by then, maybe, the original will have been brought back.
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