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Originally Posted by steppana
Now I really AM gobsmacked. I had no idea Britspeak literature would be dumbed down, I mean altered. Imagine reading Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" or Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" without their flair for English narrative!
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They leave the classics alone, thankfully.
I don't like that they edit books this way, but I understand that they do it because it is an easier sell. I think it would be interesting if we could compare two versions of the same book, side-by-side, and find the differences and see if much is changed in the overall meaning and plot.
The editors must have readers that do nothing more than highlight passages and words they don't understand or seem uncomfortable in reading. Every instance of a light switch flipping down to turn something on must be meticulously altered to stop mass confusion! Entire paragraphs describing "her delicious, juicy butty" must be rewritten to prevent snickering!