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TIL in 2023, British publisher Puffin Books expurgated various works by Welsh author Roald Dahl, rereleasing his work by altering hundreds of passages regarding his depiction of race, sex and character, against his wish during his lifetime of having his work untouched. The act was widely criticized.

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