These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.
An edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(1964)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Bantam rack-size edition, 6th printing
by Roald Dahl
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FIVE CHILDREN—AND ONLY FIVE— WERE GOING TO BE ALLOWED INTO MR. WILLY WONKA'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY...THE FACTORY WHERE THE WORLD'S MOST WONDERFUL CANDY WAS MADE.
AUGUSTUS GLOOP—A fat pig of a boy who would eat anything he could get his hands and teeth on.
VERUCA SALT—A spoiled little rich girl who screamed until she was bought her heart's latest delight.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE—The world's champion gum chewer who was destined for a sticky end.
MIKE TEAVEE—A smart aleck who was addicted to television.
AND... CHARLIE BUCKET—Our Hero, who was honest, obedient, loyal, trustworthy, brave, good, kind, and starving.
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Childrens Media Tie-In Books, Children's Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books, Children's Picture Books, Avarice, Behavior, Chocolat, Chocolate, Chocolate factories, Conducta, Conduct of life, Cuentos humorísticos, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Factories, Fantasy, Ficción juvenil, Fiction, Grandparent and child, Human behavior, Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Humourous stories, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile Literature, Juvenile works, Literatura juvenil, Romans, Spanish language materials, Wonka Bars, Young Adult Fiction, Willy Wonka (Fictitious character), Charlie Bucket (Fictitious character), Children's fiction, Behavior, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Morale pratique, Industrie, Behavior -- Fiction, Chocolate industry, Candy industry, Accelerated Reader, Plays, Children's plays, Literatura angielska dla młodzieży, Tłumaczenia polskie, In library, Accessible book, OverDrive, Open Library Staff Picks, Protected DAISY, Récits humoristiques, Fantasy fiction, Candy, Short storiesPeople
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later.
In the 2012 survey published by SLJ, a monthly with primarily US audience, Charlie was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer. Time magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.
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