An edition of The Best of Roald Dahl (1983)

The Best of Roald Dahl

Stories from Over to You, Someone Like You, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Switch Bitch and Kiss Kiss

Vintage Books ed.

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An edition of The Best of Roald Dahl (1983)

The Best of Roald Dahl

Stories from Over to You, Someone Like You, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Switch Bitch and Kiss Kiss

Vintage Books ed.

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The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories. This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled.

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Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
520

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Subjects

gothic, horror, Booksellers and bookselling, Fiction, Extortion, short story, Hitchhiking, Pickpockets, leprosy, macabre, diners, cannibalism, Austrian Germans, doctors, Midwives, English nursery rhymes, neurosis, celibacy, vicars, spinsters, sexual repression, seduction, abstinence, soft drinks, summer houses, involuntary commitment, psychiatrists, sadism, beekeepers, royal jelly, grubs, mink coats, pawnbrokers, stoles, cancer, brain, artificial hearts, Ringer's solution, phantom limbs, widows, Short horror story, cyanide, Chippendale Commodes, prefects, black comedy, detectives, alibi, Weihnachtsbaum, Kinderszenen, reincarnation, cats, World War I, World War II, begging, cruise ships, betting pools, caregivers, dementia, stockbrokers, Oenophilia, English Short stories, Literature, Manners and customs, Cadillacs, Fiction, short stories (single author), English literature, Short stories

People

William Buggage, Miss Tottle, narrator, hitchhiker, Mr Hoddy, Mr Feasey, Claud, Jerry Rainbow, Samantha Rainbow, Vic Hammond, Mary Hammond, Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Abdul Aziz, Lexington, Aunt Glosspan, Mr. Zuckermann, Klara Hitler, Otto Hitler, Gustav Hitler, Ida Hitler, Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), George, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, Mrs. Bixby, Colonel, Miss Pulteney, William Pearl, Mary Pearl, Landy, Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Gregory W. Temple, Cyril Boggis, Bert, Rummins, Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster, William Perkins, Bruce Foxley, Mary Maloney, Patrick Maloney, Edward, Louisa, Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahm, Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Frédéric Chopin, Carlos, Klausner, Mike Schofield, Richard Pratt, Louise Schofield, William Botibol, Drioli, Chaim Soutine, Josie, Albert Taylor, Mabel Taylor

Places

Buggage's Rare Book Shop, London, Epsom, Derby Day, Arabia, Syria, Cairo, New York, New York City, Baltimore, Eton College, Cambridge, Jamaica, Mike Schofield's house, Paris, Céret, Le Havre, Bristol Hotel, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Chelsea, Buckinghamshire

Times

Autumn 1913, 1946, 1975

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Best of Roald Dahl
2012, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Best of Roald Dahl: Stories from Over to You, Someone Like You, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Switch Bitch and Kiss Kiss
1990 07, Vintage Books
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The best of Roald Dahl: stories from Over to you, Someone like you, Kiss kiss, Switch bitch
1983, M. Joseph
in English
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Table of Contents

Madame Rosette --
Man from the South --
The sound machine --
Taste --
Dip in the pool --
Skin --
Edward the Conqueror --
Lamb to the slaughter --
Galloping Foxley --
The way up to heaven --
Parson's pleasure --
The landlady --
William and Mary --
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's coat --
Royal jelly --
Georgy Porgy --
Genesis and catastrophe --
Pig --
The visitor --
Claud's dog The ratcatcher --
Rummins --
Mr. Hoddy --
Mr. Feasey --
Champion of the world --
The great switcheroo --
The boy who talked with animals --
The hitchhiker --
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar --
The bookseller.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Other Titles
Short Stories
Copyright Date
1987

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6054.A35 A6 1990, PR6054.A35A6 1990

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
vi, 520 p. ;
Number of pages
520

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Open Library
OL2217229M
Internet Archive
bestofroalddahl00dahl_0
ISBN 10
0679729917
ISBN 13
9780679729914
LCCN
89040734
OCLC/WorldCat
20722048
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0679729917
Google
zbMjpIDHwykC
Library Thing
38459
Goodreads
49079360

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