The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

Sections: Information | Reviews | Covers | Dutch, Indian, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian Covers

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Information

Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”.

• First editions:
  • Michael Joseph, 1991, UK.
  • To identify: Standard practice statement (‘Published in Great Britain’ followed by the date, no later dates or printing statements) above listing of previous publication copyright credits with jacket priced at £15.99

• Contains:
  • “A Piece of Cake”
  • “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life”
  • “An African Story”
  • “B***h”
  • “Beware of the Dog”
  • “Death of an Old Old Man”
  • “Dip in the Pool”
  • “Edward the Conqueror”
  • “Galloping Foxley”
  • “Genesis and Catastrophe”
  • “Georgy Porgy”
  • “Katina”
  • “Lamb to the Slaughter”
  • “Madame Rosette”
  • “Man From the South”
  • “Mr. Botibol”
  • “Mr. Feasey”
  • “Mr. Hoddy”
  • “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
  • “My Lady Love, My Dove”
  • “Neck”
  • “Nunc Dimittis”
  • “Only This”
  • “Parson’s Pleasure”
  • “Pig”
  • “Poison”
  • “Royal Jelly”
  • “Rummins”
  • “Skin”
  • “Someone Like You”
  • “Taste”
  • “The Bookseller”
  • “The Butler”
  • “The Champion of the World”
  • “The Great Automatic Grammatizator”
  • “The Great Switcheroo”
  • “The Hitchhiker”
  • “The Landlady”
  • “The Last Act”
  • “The Ratcatcher”
  • “The Soldier”
  • “The Sound Machine”
  • “The Surgeon”
  • “The Umbrella Man”
  • “The Visitor”
  • “The Way Up to Heaven”
  • “The Wish”
  • “They Shall Not Grow Old”
  • “Vengeance is Mine, Inc.”
  • “William and Mary”
  • “Yesterday was Beautiful”

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Reviews

• “The Art of Vengeance” by Joyce Carol Oates (The New York Review of Books)
• “Getting Even” by Stephen Amidon (The Nation)
• “Mister Macabre” by Edwin M. Yoder (The Weekly Standard)

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Covers

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Dutch Covers – Alle verhalen

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Hungarian Covers – Összes meghökkentő meséje

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Indian Covers

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Italian Covers – Tutti i racconti

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Russian Covers – Дорога в рай

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Slovenian Covers – Zbrane kratke zgodbe

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Spanish Covers – Cuentos completos

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Ukrainian Covers – КОНЯКА ФОКСЛІ та інші дорослі оповідання