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== Henrietta Bowdler, 1754-1830 ==

"her method was overwhelmingly to cut rather than to substitute acceptable alternatives for problematic words or lines as subsequent bowdlerists did. Her only substitutions are on the grounds of obsolescence, not obscenity." (47)

brother's edition became the bestseller, but was building on foundations laid by sister (48)

Thompson and Roberts 1997 - Revision history

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