Gone With the Wind will now include a set off warning for these affected by descriptions of nineteenth century slavery within the Deep South.
The Each day Telegraph within the UK stories that writer Pan Macmillan has determined readers may discover depictions of the period “hurtful or certainly dangerous,” and is including a warning to new editions of Margaret Mitchell’s traditional novel – revealed in 1936 and delivered to the display screen in 1939 starring Vivien Leigh and Clarke Gable as southern belle Scarlett O’Hara and her husband Rhett Butler.
In contract with current problems with Agatha Christie works – which have been edited to take away content material thought of objectionable in 2023 – Mitchell’s copy has not been altered, however the warning offers discover of “stunning parts” and “the romanticization of a stunning period in our historical past.”
It provides: ‘The novel contains the illustration of unacceptable practices, racist and stereotypical depictions and troubling themes, characterisation, language and imagery.”
The brand new editions of the novel may also embrace a foreword by historic fiction author Philippa Gregory, explaining the “white supremacist” facets of the story.
The Telegraph stories the writer requested Gregory, a white author, to supply the essay, “with a purpose to keep away from inflicting emotional labour on a minority author.”
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