If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the .uk entertainment team by emailing us calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you. Pan Macmillan declined to comment further when approached by .uk. This is the tale of Scarlett OHara, the spoiled, ruthless daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who. A superb piece of storytelling, it brings the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction vividly to life. Sir Ian Fleming’s iconic James Bond spy saga is also said to be facing the same treatment as some content hasn’t aged well, including use of the N-word, alongside other racial connotations and offensive references to homosexuality. explores the depths of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the bluff red hills of Georgia. This follows other recent examples of older books being ‘censored’ for a modern audience, including Roald Dahl’s books, where passages in works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda related to weight, mental health, gender and race have been altered or removed. Vinnie Jones admits his 'spirit is broken' after wife's death four years ago Gregory, a white writer, is said to have been chosen for the task because the publisher believed ‘it was important that no author from a minority background should be asked to undertake the emotional labour of being responsible for educating the majority’. The publication also reports that the 2022 edition’s new note of warning is followed by an essay written by renowned historical author Philippa Gregory, whose best-selling books include The Other Boleyn Girl, on the ‘white supremacist’ aspects of the story. It was previously initially pulled before returning with a disclaimer by streaming service HBO Max for ‘denying the horrors of slavery’ in 2020.Īccording to The Telegraph, none of Mitchell’s writing has been altered to remove offensive passages but its new introduction emphasises that retaining all the original text does not ‘constitute an endorsement’ of the novel. Maragaret Mitchell with her book, the publisher of which has now branded ‘problematic’, adding a new warning and specially-written introductory essay (Picture: Bettmann Archive)

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