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LONDON Roald Dahl's famous children's books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda will be published uncensored later this year said publisher Puffin, bowing to pressure after a public outcry over modernised versions. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was among those to have criticised the "airbrushing" of literature on Monday (Feb 20) after a report in The Daily.
Puffin has been under fire over changes to many of Roald s most famous children s classics to remove words such as fat , with the issue prompting a fierce debate.