Here's what the Harlequin blog has to say about the "editing" of their crime
reprints.
"Remember, our intention was to publish the stories in their original form.
But once we immersed ourselves in the text, our eyes grew wide. Our jaws
dropped. Social behavior—such as hitting a woman—that would be considered
totally unacceptable now was quite common sixty years ago. Scenes of near
rape would not sit well with a contemporary audience, we were quite
convinced. We therefore decided to make small adjustments to the text, only
in cases where we felt scenes or phrases would be offensive to a 2009
readership. Also, grammar and spelling standards have changed quite a bit in
sixty years. But that did entail a text edit, which we had not anticipated."
You can read the rest here: *http://tinyurl.com/ygp7nuz
Bill Crider
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