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sounds like the "rewrites" are scanning errors (counterfeiters are probably digitizing the original works and errors are creeping in) and in the case of the "gi
by fnord77 7y ago
sounds like the "rewrites" are scanning errors (counterfeiters are probably digitizing the original works and errors are creeping in) and in the case of the "gibberish" copy, quite clearly a character encoding issue.
nothing in the article points to intentional alteration, like the tone of the article suggests
- jhbadger 7y agoMost of it is scanning/encoding errors, true, but the example of the high school edition of _Down and Out_ really does seem to be intentional alteration -- there's no way that rewording "Come here, my chicken" to "Come here" is a technical issue. For whatever reason, a human wanted that change.
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- msbarnett 7y agoThe article cites examples from an unauthorized Abridgement of Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London aimed at High School Students. In what way is the existence of that work, with the cited removal of entire parts of sentences for apparent brevity, consistent with your claim that > nothing in the article points to intentional alteration, like the tone of the article suggests ? Did you actually fully read the article?