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Surely even if you think both are "very" destructive you can see the case of Dahl is far more extreme? Both his general style and as children's literature the p
by morelisp 4y ago
Surely even if you think both are "very" destructive you can see the case of Dahl is far more extreme? Both his general style and as children's literature the prose often relies on lyrical or metrical effects which weren't preserved in the changes. And some of the changes (e.g. the infamous wigs line) were totally inexplicable. Neither is the case for Christie's work and the edits - some of which were so subtle they were apparently done in 2020 but not worthy of comment until the Telegraph decided to weaponize them in the culture war in 2023.