The publisher behind Roald Dahl's children's books announced it will keep printing the original text of the late author's titles. This rolls back proposed changes that had recently sparked backlash from some members of the literary community.
February 24, 2023, 1:32 PMA split screen shows the British writer Roald Dahl and the cover of one of his books 'James and the Giant Peach'The publisher behind Roald Dahl's children's books announced Friday it will keep printing the original text of the late author's beloved titles, rolling back proposed changes that had recently sparked backlash from some members of the literary community.
"We’ve listened to the debate over the past week which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl’s books and the very real questions around how stories from another era can be kept relevant for each new generation," Francesca Dow, a managing director at Penguin Random House Children’s Books, said in part, in a statement"We also recognise the importance of keeping Dahl’s classic texts in print. By making both Puffin and Penguin versions available, we are offering readers the choice to decide how they experience Roald Dahl’s magical, marvelous stories," Dow added.
"The Roald Dahl Classic Collection" from the Penguin imprint will feature the original texts of 17 of Dahl's children's books while the publisher said they would also keep the recently published and separate Roald Dahl books for young readers under the Puffin imprint. The Puffin versions of Dahl's books are meant for younger readers who are new to reading.
The updates to Dahl's works under Penguin had meant to be more inclusive, progressive and more acceptable to today's readers.Phrases like "mothers and fathers" in Dahl's "Matilda," first published in 1988, could have been replaced with "parents" while some descriptions of "fat" characters could have been edited or removed entirely. Description of women's jobs were also subject to change.
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