The Complete Short Stories

Volume Two

Roald Dahl

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Penguin
23 October 2013

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling and sinister volumes. Dahl finds the child in the adult and the adult in the child and, with a little smile, he sticks the knife in both . (Anthony Horowitz, from his introduction). Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers, equally at home writing for both children and adults. In this, the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we experience Dahl's dark and powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 and 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition). Here, in 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Whether you're young or old, once you've stepped into the brilliant, troubling world of Roald Dahl, you'll never be the same again.

By: Roald Dahl
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 564g
ISBN: 9781405910118
ISBN 10: 1405910119
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 23 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers, despite his death in 1990, and total UK sales are 55 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations.