Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: It is said that many of the recipes were actually plagiarised from earlier writers ( including Eliza Acton ) , but the Beetons never claimed that the book 's contents were original .
Simplified: It is said that many of the recipes were actually taken from earlier writers ( including Eliza Acton ) , but the Beetons never claimed that the book 's contents were original .