I just don’t like the Hodder artwork on the Famous 5 paperbacks that are available in the States. Now here is one more reason that I am glad to be going the second hand route to get my Blytons (with a couple of exceptions – more on that later).
http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/2010/07/famous-five-get-a-makeover.html
In the original text, for example, Dick says: ‘She must be jolly lonely all by herself.’ This has been updated to read: ‘She must get lonely all by herself’
What will be next? ‘Clear Orf!’ will be changing to ‘Go Away!’?
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