The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
by Roald Dahl
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What could be wrong with a sweet-tempered landlady who offers the cheapest, cleanest, coziest quarters? Ask any of her tenants -- if you can dig one up. Why does a husband's increasing devotion to his frail child send his wife into paroxysms of horror? How much will people pay for vengeance?
These thirteen tales grab you from the start, hold you fast--and then throw all your expectations out the window with surprise-twist endings that are immensely satisfying. Before Roald Dahl became a master of stories for children, he was a master of adult short stories. His several popular anthologies showcase his skills as an ingenious sleight-of-hand artist. Wendy Cooling specially selected the stories in this collection as an introduction for teenagers to the adult writing of one of the world's greatest storytellers. By turns macabre, hilarious, and grotesque, these stories are filled with unexpected delights and the always expected Dahl brilliance.
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Teen & Young Adult Fiction, Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Suspense, Juvenile audience, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Wit and humor, Short stories, Basil Turton, Natalia Turton, Major Haddock, Jelks, Henry Moore, stockbrokers, Oenophilia, short story, beekeepers, royal jelly, grubs, Chippendale Commodes, English Short stories, Short stories, English, mink coats, pawnbrokers, stoles, Cadillacs, Short horror story, cyanide, English Young adult fiction, Juvenile Wit and humor, Fiction 13+, Teenage Fiction, General, Children's fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)Showing 10 featured editions. View all 20 editions?
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Great Automatic Grammatizator: & Other Stories
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Los mejores relatos de Roald Dahl
2016-06, Loqueleo
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Antología: Los Mejores Relatos de Roal Dahl
2014-01, Punto de lectura
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Great Automatic Grammatizator: and Other Stories
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The Umbrella Man: and Other Stories
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The Great Automatic Grammatizator
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Umbrella Man: and Other Stories
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The Great Automatic Grammatizator: and Other Stories
1997, Puffin
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The Great Automatic Grammatizator: and other stories
1996, Viking
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Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? Here are thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales, offering young readers the perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius. From the sensitivity of stories such as 'Katina' to the surprising creepiness of 'Taste', these stories are full of all the fun, excitement and wonder of Roald Dahl's writing, offering originality, ingenuity, horror, unexpected twists and turns, a touch of the macabre – and much more besides.
Contains:
Great Automatic Grammatizator
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
The butler --
Man from the South
Landlady
Parson's Pleasure
The umbrella man --
Katina
Way Up to Heaven
Royal Jelly
Vengeance Is Mine Inc. --
Taste
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