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‘Gone With The Wind' Publisher Calls Book ‘Harmful'
2023-04-03
[Daily Caller] Book publisher Pan Macmillan noted in its latest 2022 edition of "Gone With The Wind" that the classic novel has "racist" depictions and "problematic elements including the romanticisation of a shocking era in our history and the horrors of slavery."

The novel, which takes place in 1936, is about how the North’s invasion of the South during the Civil War threatens Scarlett O’Hara’s way of life. The statement says that while the book publisher has obtained and will not change the original text by author, Margaret Mitchell, the publisher does not endorse the book, The Telegraph reported.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Pan Macmillan is German-owned.
Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672   2023-04-03 08:46  

#4  Seems like you give up any claim to copyright if you choose to alter the original text of the books.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-04-03 07:51  

#3  which takes place in 1936

Uhhh..no. It was published in 1936, but takes place during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Kind of an important fact to f*ck up, no?
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-03 06:36  

#2  Such warnings more useful for nonfiction, I'd have thought...

"This book contains racist depictions
In Black and white, ancient afflictions
In lurid new color
To turn readers duller
And Red overall, like our fictions."

[Improved! Contains no gray!]
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Flomorong6173   2023-04-03 03:30  

#1  Frankly Pan, who gives a fuck?
Posted by: badanov   2023-04-03 01:27  

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