An edition of Boy (1984)

Boy

Tales of Childhood

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An edition of Boy (1984)

Boy

Tales of Childhood

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Boy is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. This book describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book Going Solo. An expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. It presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

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Publisher
Puffin Books
Language
English
Pages
176

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Subjects

Social life and customs, English Authors, Youth, Nonfiction, Authors, Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile literature, Childhood and youth, Biography, Travel, Secondary Education, Jugend, Autobiografie, Manners and customs, Education (Elementary), Education (Secondary), Literature, Description and travel, Boys, Boarding schools, In literature, English Novelists, Dahl, roald, 1916-1990, Authors, juvenile literature, Authors, english, Authors, biography, Children's fiction, Boys, fiction, Anecdotes

People

Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl (1916-)

Places

Great Britain

Times

20th century

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First Sentence

"My father, Harald Dahl, was a Norwegian who came from a small down near Oslo, called Sarpsborg."

Edition Notes

Published in
London, UK
Copyright Date
1984

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6054.A35Z/

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
176

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7353351M
ISBN 10
0140318909
ISBN 13
9780140318906
LibraryThing
28657
Goodreads
224296

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL45887W

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