British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke out against the changes, saying \u0027it\u0027s important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not…
“Change a text today without consent? No,” Hedwige Pasquet, director of Gallimard Jeunesse, said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
The description of the Chocolate Factory protagonist Augustus Gloop was changed from “enormously fat” in the 2001 edition to “enormous” in the 2022 version, the paper cited as an example. The role models of Matilda, a book-loving child prodigy, were also changed to include a female author.
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