Agatha Christie novels to be rewritten to battle modern sensitivities

They rewrite Agatha Christie's books to adapt them to new sensitivities

Entire passages from the books starring Hercules Poirot and Miss Marple have been deleted or modified.

Agatha Christie novels have been rewritten so they don't offset anyone

Agatha Christie is the latest in the line of famous, late writers whose books are being rewritten to suit a modern audience.

Novels by Agatha Christie edited to remove potentially offensive language

These updates come after the ones made to Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming books to remove offensive references to gender and race

Agatha Christie's classic mystery novels are being edited. Here's why

Censoring literature to fit into current times seems to have become the norm lately. After children's author Roald Dahl, it is the turn of the Queen of mystery novels, Agatha Christie, to be put under the lens. Her books are apparently being censored to remove material that today's readers might take offence to. While the publisher is trying to make to books relevant to modern readers, other literature lovers think it is a bad idea.

Agatha Christie novels edited by HarperCollins to remove offensive references to Jews - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The famed mystery writer included language in several novels that critics deemed antisemitic.

Classic Agatha Christie novels get 'sensitivity' language edit

Novels by the "Queen of Crime" Agatha Christie are the latest classic works to be revised to remove racist references and other language considered offensive to modern audiences.According to the UK's The Telegraph newspaper, publisher HarperCollins has edited some passages and entirely removed others from its new digital editions of some of Christie's detective mysteries featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.The amendments to the books, publi…