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They will state that the texts were written “at a time when expressions and attitudes that could be offensive to modern readers were common”.
Novels about a special agent James Bond will be reissued there are no racial references that could be considered offensiveon the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the series, Royal Casino.
As reported by Efe, the company that owns the rights to the books, Ian Fleming Publications, commissioned a review of the texts to a committee of readers. As a result, he decided to republish the novels without the potentially offensive racial allusions, according to what the Sunday newspaper revealed. Sunday Telegraph. between changes It is expected that the word “black” (sic) used in English to denote slaves of that race., although other racial descriptions will also be suppressed. The others will remain unchanged.
In this sense, it will introduce warning that follows the adventures of 007 that you will remember that “this book was written at a time when expressions and attitudes which might be found offensive to modern readers were common”.
“Several updates have been made to this edition while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set,” the notice revealed Sunday Telegraph.
The news comes after the publisher of British author Roald Dahl’s books announced this week that it would modify parts of his works to eliminate potentially offensive or offensive allusions. After the controversy erupted, Puffin noted that in addition to the altered versions, he plans to reissue the intact originals at the same time books.
Source: La Vozde Galicia
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