Roald Dahl Under Attack From Beyond The Grave
Yesterday, I came across an article in The Guardian. It seems that the publishing company known as Puffin Books is altering the language used in the many books by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is one of those authors whose works I grew up with . I was always intrigued by the themes he covered; the wide world from the children's points of view, the dangers they faced, and the fact that some of his stories had pure antagonists as the main focuses (such as The Twits and The Enormous Crocodile ), class themes and his courage to include macabre elements in his material, regardless of the target audience. There were some of his books read to me when I was at primary school and I even had some of his books. Roald Dahl is one of the influences behind my writing. And after reading that particular article, it personally irks me that such a publishing company, even though they published Roald's novels, would "fix" the language within these products. Roald stayed true to his art no