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Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary.
About the Author
From the publication of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl became the most successful children's author in the world. Nearly twenty years later, a fresh generation of children seek out his work with instinctive fanaticism. His creations endure - through Hollywood movies, theatre adaptations and musical works, but still most potently of all through the pure magic of his writing upon the page.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
First Great Book I Ever Read!,
By A READER OF MADELINE LENGLE'S BOOKS, (UNITED STATES) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
I used to think books were boring. I would always avoid the library. But when I got this book, I started reading the first page. And then I couldn't put the book down! I would read this book in class, at reading time every day, until the ending. This is my favorite book. It always will be. Thanks to Roald Dahl, I'm starting to read lots of books now!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
These are some of the best short stories EVER!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
This is a terrific book of some of Roald Dahl's most deliciously twisted stories. Always suprising, clever, ingenious and, of course, unexpected!!! Deceptively simple writing with attention to odd and ordinary detail reveals wonderfully wicked stories. I cackled through the whole thing. Some are also quite thought-provoking, like "Genisis and Catastrophe." Favorite stories include "The Sound Machine" "Skin" "William and Mary" and "Georgy Porgy". HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, unless you like your stories cute and wholesome, in which case you'll probably be offended by this book. Thanks for listining!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
too cruel,
This review is from: Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
The beginning is fairly interesting and it seems to be a well-made story. The topics he writes about are problems nowadays, especially this brain thing in William & Mary. But the end is disappointing and his morbid humour disgusting. William & Mary: an understandable, topical, fairly realistic story. The end is less unexpected than it is in the other stories. The argument can be followed. The characters are not really fixed, one has to build his own opinion, because both, William and Mary, are in their own ways enjoyable. Their actions are comprehensible. The end is somewhat too hard for William, he's not as bad as Mary thinks and he hasn't earned such a treating. It was the best story. The wish: a relatively realistic story, too, but totally exaggerated and stupid. You always expect more than there is in the end. Pig: Beginning okay, but the longer it lasts the more stupid it becomes, the end is too cruel, unrealistic and simply macabre. In general we think that these are no stories for children. They are simply scared to death.
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