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Title:The Best of Roald Dahl
Author:Roald Dahl
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 520 pages
Published:1990 by Vintage Books (first published 1978)
Categories:Fiction. Short Stories. Classics. Humor. Literature. Childrens. European Literature. British Literature
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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.

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. Feasy, Champion of the World)
- The Great Switcheroo
- The Boy Who Talked with Animals
- The Hitchhiker
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
- The Bookseller

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Original Title: The Best of Roald Dahl
ISBN: 0679729917 (ISBN13: 9780679729914)
Edition Language: English

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Ratings: 4.38 From 6639 Users | 455 Reviews

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A set of stories with fascinating, yet twisted endings. It's hard to think that the same person has written a lot of innocent fiction like the BFG, Matilda, and all the kids' stories!

Every story was good, except one. That's not bad considering in most short story collections there are usually several examples one could wipe their arse with. Not the case here. Dahl shows that he can be a twisted bastard. Just look at the shit-eating grin on the cover. If he can put dick flavored candy in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (snozzberries are dicks), he must definitely have a high degree of smart-assery going inside his head. Enjoy!

I bought this one under the impression that its for younger readers. Oh! what surprise I got when the first story is about soldiers looking for girls to take out. This collection gets darker and darker form there and ends up with Clauds Dog which has a tone similar to Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer, country life shenanigans.

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The pros: loved Roald Dahl as a kid and this book didnt disappoint as a grown up version. My favorite stories was about the boy and the turtle and the sound machine. The cons: Some chapters made me feel super uncomfortable, very akin to Larry Davids sense of humor and Dahl uses questionable language to describe some of his characters. Also- as a former vegetarian it was hard to read the Vegetarian short story.

Roald Dahl was the quintessential story teller of all time. His prose cuts to the essential element of his characters and story. Not to mention that his subject matter is always amazingly unique and interesting. It's sad to think that there will never be another new Dahl story. This passage particularly struck me from his story Georgy Porgy and I share, "I spend many hours each day playing with sentences. I regard each sentence as a little wheel, and my ambition lately has been to gather several

after reading this book I believe Roald Dahl could have been besties with Edgar Allen Poe