Earlier this month, Puffin and The Roald Dahl Story Company announced they were removing offensive and insensitive language from the late-British author Roald Dahl’s classic stories, including “Matilda” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Critics cried censorship, so the publisher says they have found a middle ground. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.
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