“Besides, there are plenty of other reasons that women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.” (2022 version of The Witches).Įdits to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (a novel which has sold over 13 million copies worldwide) include the removal of the word “fat” when describing people and the muting of such outbursts as: Just you try it and see what happens.” (2001 version of The Witches) “You can’t go around pulling the hair of every lady you meet, even if she is wearing gloves. The example below shows an edit to Dahl’s world in which witches are women with bald heads and who therefore must wear wigs when in plain sight, and is one of 59 changes that The Telegraph found in the novel The Witches: the words “crazy”, “mad” are deleted or replaced). On February 17, UK newspaper The Telegraph revealed that Puffin, Roald Dahl’s publisher, has made extensive edits to many of Dahl’s books with the intention of removing offensive content.Īccording to The Telegraph’s (paywalled) interactive tool, which shows alterations in each book, edits are largely to do with depictions of women, weight, gender, and language relating to mental health (e.g.
Books editor Claire Mabey summarises the issues. Over the weekend the internet exploded with takes on the news that many of Roald Dahl’s books have been edited to remove content that could be deemed offensive.
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