Don't use backspaces.
Index: html2text-1.3.2a/html2text.C
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--- html2text-1.3.2a.orig/html2text.C	2008-09-20 00:36:07.709605411 +0300
+++ html2text-1.3.2a/html2text.C	2008-09-20 00:50:20.938879802 +0300
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   const char *style            = "compact";
   int        width             = 79;
   const char *output_file_name = "-";
-  bool       use_backspaces    = true;
+  bool       use_backspaces    = false;
 
   int i;
   for (i = 1; i < argc && argv[i][0] == '-' && argv[i][1]; i++) {