Just realized I wasted $35 on a banned book collection that was heavily censored

Bought this "classic banned books" box set off Amazon last month. Thought I was getting the real deal. Started reading Huck Finn and noticed whole paragraphs were just gone. Compared it to a copy my grandpa had from 1960. They cut out all the dialect and any mention of race. Even 1984 had parts removed. Felt like I got tricked into buying a sanitized version that misses the whole point of why these books were banned in the first place. Anyone else run into watered down "safe" editions of banned books?

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reese8618d ago

Used to think people were overreacting about "censored editions" but now I see exactly why it matters. The whole point of those books is the uncomfortable parts, they lose all their power when you sand down the edges. That box set sounds like a total waste and I'd be asking Amazon for my money back.

kevin_carr18d ago

Yeah totally, reminds me of when I bought a "director's cut" of a movie I loved and they'd literally cut all the good scenes out, just a shell of what it was supposed to be.