Contemporary values reflected in Agatha Christie’s novels: Removal of derogatory terms “gypsy” and “hideous” to describe children.

In the novel “Death on the Nile” (1937), some external features have also been eliminated. For example, it no longer says “They come back and stare, stare and their eyes are just horrible, just like their noses. I don’t think I really like children,” but it says “They come back and stare, stare. I don’t think I really like kids.”