The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

an omnibus volume containing Kiss, kiss, Over to you, Switch bitch, Someone like you, and eight further tales of the unexpected.

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The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

an omnibus volume containing Kiss, kiss, Over to you, Switch bitch, Someone like you, and eight further tales of the unexpected.

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The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You (1953), Kiss, Kiss (1960), Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969), Switch Bitch (1974), and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989).

Contains 51 stories (order varies by edition):

From Kiss Kiss
Landlady
William and Mary
The Way Up to Heaven
Parson's Pleasure
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
Royal Jelly
Georgy Porgy
Genesis and Catastrophe
Edward the Conqueror
Pig
Champion of the World

From Over to You
Death of an Old, Old Man
An African Story
A Piece of Cake
Madame Rosette
Katina
Yesterday Was Beautiful
They Shall Not Grow Old
Beware of the Dog
Only This
Someone Like You

From Switch Bitch
Visitor
Great Switcheroo
Last Act
Bitch

From Someone Like You
Taste
Lamb to the Slaughter
Man from the South
The Soldier
My Lady Love, My Dove
Dip in the Pool
Galloping Foxley
Skin
Poison
Wish
Neck
Sound Machine
Nunc Dimittis
Great Automatic Grammatizator
Claud's Dog
Ratcatcher
Rummins
Mr Hoddy
Mr Feasey

Eight Further Tales of the Unexpected
The umbrella man --
Mr Botibol --
Vengeance is Mine Inc. --
The butler --
Ah, sweet mystery of life --
Bookseller
Hitchhiker
The surgeon

Publish Date
Publisher
M. Joseph
Language
English
Pages
762

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Collected Stories
Collected Stories
October 17, 2006, Everyman's Library
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Collected Short Stories
The Collected Short Stories
1992, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - printing (10)
Cover of: The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

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Published in
London, England

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6054.A35 A6 1991

The Physical Object

Pagination
762 p. ;
Number of pages
762

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1298567M
ISBN 10
0718135458
ISBN 13
9780718135454
LCCN
92162974
OCLC/WorldCat
1016808587, 847400775, 28223503
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0718135458
Library Thing
4856377
amazon.ca_asin
0718135458
Goodreads
48472

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