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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hayden Vernon

HISTORICAL FACTS: Roald dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive - Caught on Camera

A boy reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Oompa Loompas are now ‘small people’ instead of ‘small men’. Photograph: Clive Thompson/Alamy

Roald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher Puffin.

Puffin has hired sensitivity readers to rewrite chunks of the author’s text to make sure the books “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”, resulting in extensive changes across Dahl’s work.

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