Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise us, writes Hephzibah Anderson. Author: Roald Dahl . These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Published Year: 1977 Young Adult. The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories; The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl; The Complete Short Stories: Volume One; The Roald Dahl Omnibus; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Magazine publications: Collier’s (v125 #22) - June 3, 1950; Men (1960-11) - November 1960; Audio Books: “Poison” read by Richard E. Grant There’s a story — or maybe it’s an urban legend — that goes like this: children’s book author, Roald Dahl, used to wake his kids up in the middle of the night, bundle them into a cookies-and-cocoa-packed car, then drive them to the woods to look for badgers. For those who have an idealistic view of the life of fighter pilots, it's an interesting read. Roald Dahl $3.99 - $456.79 Books'Cool. ... Roald Dahl is one of my favorites. Dahl took a short break from sympathizing with humans in Fantastic Mr. Fox, the only book on this list told from the perspective of a (particularly clever) group of animals. The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar And Six More. Roald Dahl was an unpleasant man who wrote macabre books – and yet children around the world adore them. ... Roald Dahl . Search. ¨Over to You¨ contains 10 fictional stories that all have something to do with flying. Published Year: 1974 Humor History & Fiction . During his career, Dahl wrote over 17 stories for children alongside two novels and a series of short-story collections. Roald Dahl was one of the greatest writers of all time. Roald Dahl was a British author who penned 19 children's books over his decades-long writing career. His talent for creating adventures in his real-life only got better in his books. 4.39 avg rating — 6,296 ratings. It was perhaps the most popular of his irreverent, darkly comic novels written for young people and tells the story of a destitute young boy who wins a golden ticket to tour the mysterious and magical chocolate factory of… Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983) is a collection of ghost stories chosen by Roald Dahl.. Dahl read 749 supernatural tales from an array of writers at the British Museum before choosing 14 that he considered the best. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. In the book Dahl writes; "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story". Roald Dahl is mostly known for his short stories and childrens' books, both often funny with a strange twist. Roald Dahl wrote stories for adults, too, and they offer the same pleasures as his children’s books, David L. 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