In the latter’s latest update, a section that describes the witches as bald beneath their wigs has a new disclaimer: “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.” “James and the Giant Peach” is starting at $2,500 while a signed first edition of “The Witches” is going for $7,500. If that wasn’t enough of a digital golden ticket, a signed copy of “The BFG” is listed for $5,251.01. Puffin has enlisted so-called sensitivity experts to scrub Dahl’s books of “problematic” language. Twit is described as both “ugly and beastly,” and not just “beastly” as she is in the new version. Literati can also pay a staggering $1,800 for an original copy of “The Twits,” in which Mrs. In the “inclusive” iteration, the diminutive staffers of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory are referred to as “small people” instead of “small men” while the honey-grubbing Augustus Gloop is no longer “fat” but “enormous.” Trunchbull, formerly the “most formidable female,” to the “most formidable woman” - is listed for $2,731.39 on the auction site.Īnother E-bazaar user is hawking an unvarnished edition of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” for an eye-popping whopping $7,216. Yet there’s a silver lining to the Willy Woke-ification for some enterprising cynics, who could potentially rake in a boatload selling the unaltered versions of the books on Ebay.įor example, a signed 1989 copy of “Matilda” - which will be changed in future editions to describe the story’s villain Mrs. Original versions of Dahl’s book have been listed for a pretty penny.
Puffin and the Roald Dahl Story Company made the changes in conjunction with the advocacy group Inclusive Minds, which is “a collective for people who are passionate about inclusion and accessibility in children’s literature,” a spokesperson told the Daily Mail. This politically correct makeover included removing the words “fat” or “ugly,” and making the beloved Oompa Loompas of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” gender neutral. This comes after the news broke that Puffin Books - a Penguin Books imprint for children - had tapped so-called sensitivity experts to scrub language they deemed offensive in an effort to appease the “woke” masses. “Unedited” versions of the classic children’s novels have reportedly been listed for as much as $7,000 on eBay. While undoubtedly maligned by many, the notorious Roald Dahl word purge could prove a boon to one segment of society: the owners of the original books. They’re charging a pretty penny for the una-Dahl-terated classics.
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