![]() ![]() The book has also appeared under the title Ten Little Indians, a racially-loaded term which in itself is controversial in contemporary America. Agatha Christie is said to have approved the change. The book gained its current English title in Britain in the 1980s, following the example of the US edition which came out as the non-offensive And Then There Were None as early as its first publication in 1940. The word "nègre" which appeared 74 times in the French version of the book, will be replaced with the word "soldat" or "soldier" in the latest translation by Gérard de Chergé, said RTL. The book, first published in Britain in 1939 under the title Ten Little Niggers after a minstrel song, "came from a time when such language was common," he said. pdlI5MogfO- Eric Naulleau AugSeveral title changes Cette révision infinie du passé et de ses œuvres est une démarche totalitaire. ![]()
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