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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:34:17 -0800
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On 2/12/25 20:06, Judith Latham wrote:
> Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last
> century that have been banned from schools, libraries, and, in some
> cases, entire countries. For even more great books that have been
> banned, including picture books like Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, check out
> this list.
> 
> The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
> The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
> To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
> The Color Purple by Alice Walker
> Beloved by Toni Morrison
> Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
> Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
> Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
> Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
> Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
> Animal Farm by George Orwell
> The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
> As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
> A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
> Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
> Native Son by Richard Wright
> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
> Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
> For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
> The Call of the Wild by Jack London
> The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
> Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
> A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
> The Awakening by Kate Chopin
> In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
> 
> 
> 
> Judith

What was the source of this information? Banned where and by who? What 
does it even mean by "banned"?

Someone may have found "A Clockwork Orange" in a grade school (K-5 or 6) 
or even middle school and said it was inappropriate and I think they 
would be right, for the most part.

There are places where The Bible has been banned due to sex, violence, 
rape, murder, slavery, and the like much to the Christian Taliban's 
chagrin.

There are too many gray areas that this post does not color in for it to 
be of any use.

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Dave Scruggs
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