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Now Agatha Christie Gets the Rewrite Treatment to Spare Modern Sensitivities
Breitbart ^ | 03/26/2023 | Simon Kent

Posted on 03/26/2023 8:06:01 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Even the bestselling novelist in the world isn’t being spared woke rewrite treatments to spare the delicate sensitivities of modern readers, with Agatha Christie’s works getting the full treatment from her publisher.

Christie is famous for creating such timeless sleuths as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and the Daily Telegraph reports new editions based on both these investigators have had original passages amended or excised by publisher Harper Collins.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agathachristie; censorship; christie; marple; modern; poirot; revisionisthistory; rewrite; sensitivities; woke
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fahrenheit 451. Pretty soon original copies will be contraband.


21 posted on 03/26/2023 11:42:11 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Because it was released in 1939, it was called Ten Little Indians instead of Ten Little Pakistanis, because India wasn’t partitioned until 1947.


22 posted on 03/26/2023 5:32:17 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Remember how up in arms they got when they colorized old B&W movies?


23 posted on 03/26/2023 5:40:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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