These changes come after similar recent treatment of books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming, who created James Bond. And Christie’s narration and sections of dialogue uttered by unsympathetic characters have also been cut, according to the newspaper. The word “local” replaces “native”Ī line in Christie’s debut novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles which has Poirot commenting on a character being “a Jew” has gone. Mara Wilson Says She Was Sexualized As A Child Star & The Difficulty Of Living In 'Matilda's Shadowįor example, in the book Death on the Nile – published in 1937 and recently remade for the big screen by Kenneth Branagh – references to “Nubian people” have been removed, as have several references to non-British characters’ physiques.
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