Anchorhead said:
It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.
Exactly. Orwell wouldn't believe these days.
I'm not surprised that a classic has been edited, but this is a definitive American literary classic. You'd think that more people would be leery of doing so. Still this has not been unheard of.
I still remember finding out about the Hardy Boys revisions and rewrites. Collecting them will never end...