The Best of Roald Dahl

Sections: Information | Description | Reviews | Covers | Korean, Norwegian, and Spanish Covers

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Information

• First editions:
  • Vintage Books, 1978, USA.
  • Michael Joseph, 1983, Great Britain.

• Contains:
  • “Dip in the Pool”
  • “Edward the Conqueror”
  • “Galloping Foxley”
  • “Genesis and Catastrophe”
  • “Georgy Porgy”
  • “Lamb to the Slaughter”
  • “Madame Rosette”
  • “Man From the South”
  • “Mr. Feasey”
  • “Mr. Hoddy”
  • “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
  • “Parson’s Pleasure”
  • “Pig”
  • “Royal Jelly”
  • “Rummins”
  • “Skin”
  • “Taste”
  • “The Bookseller”
  • “The Boy Who Talked with Animals”
  • “The Champion of the World”
  • “The Great Switcheroo”
  • “The Hitchhiker”
  • “The Landlady”
  • “The Ratcatcher”
  • “The Sound Machine”
  • “The Visitor”
  • “The Way Up to Heaven”
  • “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
  • “William and Mary”
• Audio Books:
  • Lust read by Derek Jacobi, Gillian Anderson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Mark Heap, and Richard E Grant

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Description

This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled.

“Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of his own. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible.”–Los Angeles Times

“An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the…strengths of Dahl’s storytelling.”–New York Times Book Review

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Reviews

• Review by Godly Gadfly

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Covers

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Korean Covers

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Norwegian Covers – Roald Dahls beste historier

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Spanish Covers