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An edition of The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986)

The Roald Dahl Omnibus

6th printing

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
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  • 5 Have read

Contains:

From Someone Like You
Taste
Lamb to the Slaughter
Man from the South
The Soldier
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

From Kiss Kiss
Landlady
William and Mary
The Way Up to Heaven
Royal Jelly
Georgy Porgy
Genesis and Catastrophe
Edward the Conqueror
Pig
Champion of the World

From Switch Bitch
Great Switcheroo
Last Act
Bitch

Publish Date
Publisher
Dorset Press, Dorset Pr.
Language
English
Pages
682

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Subjects

fictional work, short stories, Manners and customs, social life and customs, flashback, olfaction, chemists, funding, research, sexology, boxing, sexual intercourse, cardiovascular disease, breasts, safety pins, short story, gynecology, martinis, menopause, macabre, diners, cannibalism, Weihnachtsbaum, Kinderszenen, reincarnation, cats, Austrian Germans, doctors, Midwives, beekeepers, royal jelly, grubs, cancer, brain, artificial hearts, Ringer's solution, phantom limbs, widows, Short horror story, cyanide, caviar, Bungarus, World War I, World War II, begging, prefects, cruise ships, betting pools, caregivers, dementia, Fiction, stockbrokers, Oenophilia, horror, black comedy, detectives, alibi, Cadillacs, English nursery rhymes, neurosis, celibacy, vicars, spinsters, sexual repression, seduction, abstinence, soft drinks, summer houses, involuntary commitment, psychiatrists, sadism

People

Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Henri Biotte, Pierre Lacaille, Simone, Marcel Brossolet, Elvira Ponsomby, Daughters of the American Revolution, Anna Cooper, Ed, Conrad Kreuger, Jerry Rainbow, Samantha Rainbow, Vic Hammond, Mary Hammond, Claud, Lexington, Aunt Glosspan, Mr. Zuckermann, Edward, Louisa, Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahm, Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Frédéric Chopin, Klara Hitler, Otto Hitler, Gustav Hitler, Ida Hitler, Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), George, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, Albert Taylor, Mabel Taylor, Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster, William Pearl, Mary Pearl, Landy, Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Gregory W. Temple, Mr Feasey, Mr Hoddy, Lionel Lampson, Gladys Ponsonby, Janet de Pelagia, John Royden, Klausner, Basil Turton, Natalia Turton, Major Haddock, Jelks, Henry Moore, Harry Pope, Timber Woods, Dr. Ganderbai, Drioli, Chaim Soutine, Josie, narrator, William Perkins, Bruce Foxley, William Botibol, Mike Schofield, Richard Pratt, Louise Schofield, Mary Maloney, Patrick Maloney, Carlos

Places

England, Paris, Belguim, Provence, United States of America, Waldorf Astoria, New York, Dallas, Texas, New York City, Eton College, Cambridge, London, Europe, Fleet Street, India, British Empire, Céret, Le Havre, Bristol Hotel, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Mike Schofield's house, Jamaica

Times

20th century, Autumn 1913, 1960s

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Table of Contents

From Someone Like You: Taste --
Lamb to the slaughter --
Man from the south --
The soldier --
Dip in the pool --
Galloping foxley --
Skin --
Poison --
The wish --
Neck --
Nunc Dimittis --
The great automatic grammatisator --
Claud's dog --
From Kiss Kiss: The landlady --
William and Mary --
The way up to heaven --
Royal jelly --
Georgy Porgy --
Genesis and catastrophe --
Edward the conqueror --
Pig --
The champion of the world --
From Switch Bitch: The great switcheroo --
The last act --
Bitch.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Genre
Fiction.
Other Titles
Short Stories
Copyright Date
1974

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6054.A35 A6 1986, ML410.M9 D18 1987

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
x, 682 p. ;
Number of pages
682

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24218510M
Internet Archive
roalddahlomnibus00dahlrich
ISBN 10
0880291249, 0880291230
ISBN 13
9780880291248, 9780880291231
OCLC/WorldCat
15641484, 1036847403, 15478188
Goodreads
49197229

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