The woke brigade has captured more cultural territory.

Ian Fleming’s 007 and Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were bowdlerized to make them compatible with modern sensibilities, and now Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries are getting the same treatment.

Agatha Christie novels have been rewritten for modern sensitivities, The Telegraph can reveal.

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have had original passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins.

The character of a British tourist venting her frustration at a group of children has been purged from a recent reissue, while a number of references to people smiling and comments on their teeth and physiques, have also been erased.

It comes after books by Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming were edited by modern publishers.

This is all a result of the integration of “sensitivity readers” into the publishing world. Their job, as you would imagine, is to protect the delicate sensibilities of people who spend their off hours screaming epithets at normal people saying normal things, rioting, looting, and throwing soup at random people and art objects,

"Agatha Christie classics latest to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

"Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have original passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins."https://t.co/QnXbhX93PL

— Tony Dowson (@TonyDowson5) March 26, 2023

In other words, this has nothing to do with “sensitivity” at all; it is the result of activists bullying publishers into rewriting the canon and censoring current authors to ensure that the messages readers are allowed to hear comply with the ideological wishes of the activists.

People who are too sensitive to read Hercule Poirot books have a much easier solution to protecting their mental health: read something else.

The new editions of Christie’s works are set to be released or have been released since 2020 by HarperCollins, which is said by insiders to use the services of sensitivity readers. It has created new editions of the entire run of Miss Marple mysteries and selected Poirot novels.

Digital versions of new editions seen by The Telegraph include scores of changes to texts written from 1920 to 1976, stripping them of numerous passages containing descriptions, insults or references to ethnicity, particularly for characters Christie’s protagonists encounter outside the UK.

The author’s own narration, often through the inner monologue of Miss Jane Marple or Hercule Poirot, has been altered in many instances. Sections of dialogue uttered by often unsympathetic characters within the mysteries have also been cut.

For people who don’t own physical copies of these works, there can be an unhappy surprise: you own a license to the work, and hence the publishers can change them without your permission. This is true of the music, the movies, and the digital books you “own,” so don’t be surprised if subtle and not-so-subtle changes are made without your knowledge or permission. Lefty authors will even applaud.

An author promoting the changing of someone’s writings after they’re dead.

You love to see it.

// sarc https://t.co/3VRDHHiLaQ

— Write Girl Problems (@WriteGrlProbs) March 27, 2023

Unfortunately, few of us have the time, energy, or inclination to fight the cultural battles that would prevent the constant erosion of our cultural heritage. And frankly, we shouldn’t have to. In a healthy society, the people entrusted with preserving and extending that heritage would do their jobs. As the culture evolves new works with new values and attitudes will be produced, adding to the tapestry of our culture.

But in the current environment, the Left has a stranglehold on the means of cultural production. They get to decide what is said, done, read, seen, and taught.

I can’t wait until they rewrite “1984.” Big Brother will soon be the hero of the book. Bank on it.