Ken WhiteFeb 24, 2023
Sensible solution. https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company-article/puffin-announces-the-roald-dahl-classic-collection-to-keep-authors-classic-texts-in-print
Puffin Announces The Roald Dahl Classic Collection to keep author’s classic texts in print

Puffin announces today the release of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, to keep the author’s classic texts in print. These seventeen titles will be published under the Penguin logo, as individual titles in paperback, and will be available later this year. The books will include archive material relevant to each of the stories.   The […]

Show threadmonkeytimeFeb 24, 2023
@Popehat But they don't mention if the "classic" text of, say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory includes the 1970s edits to make the Oompa Loompas less racist. Would be nice to know what they mean there.
Show threadAndré Mayer
@tmorman @Popehat has this been done for Kipling. Just So Stories great but unusable
Feb 24, 2023 at 4:48pmWeb
Show threadmonkeytimeFeb 24, 2023
@havhmayer @Popehat Kipling isn't the staple of kid's lit that Dahl has been, I think, so there's not as much interest in revising to eliminate the blatant problems.