Could what happened to Roald Dahl's work happen again in France?
This is the question that can be asked in view of the affair which broke out on the other side of the Channel, causing a controversy beyond the borders of the United Kingdom.
The Roald Dahl Story Company, a family company that owns the rights holders, has decided to call on "inclusive readers" to review the work of the genius of children's literature, who died in 1990. Request accepted by the Puffin publishing house, Penguin's youth department, which publishes the author's works.
Result: words have been replaced, paragraphs added, and cuts made in the famous children's novels
Charlie
,
Matilda
,
Sacrées Sorcières
… Can you imagine seeing in France famous literary works modified, altered and emptied of their substance?
Does French moral law protect works against attacks by heirs or others?
To make certain works…
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