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An edition of The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories (1982)

The Umbrella Man

and Other Stories

printing (13)

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.67 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 45 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about the 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? These compelling tales are a perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius.

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Subjects
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)
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Mike Schofield, Richard Pratt, Louise Schofield, Albert Taylor, Mabel Taylor, Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster, Mrs. Bixby, Colonel, Miss Pulteney, Carlos, Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Gregory W. Temple, Cyril Boggis, Claud, Bert, Rummins
Places
London, Europe, Fleet Street, Mike Schofield's house, New York, New York City, Baltimore, Jamaica, Eton College, Cambridge, Chelsea, Buckinghamshire, Greece, Great Britain, Paris

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Table of Contents

- The Great Automatic Grammatizator
- Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
- The Butler
- Man from the South
- The Landlady
- Parson’s Pleasure
- The Umbrella Man
- Katina
- The Way Up to Heaven
- Royal Jelly
- Vengeance Is Mine Inc.
- Taste
- Neck

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1996

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.D1515Um 1998

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
279p.
Number of pages
279

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35672045M
Internet Archive
umbrellamanother0000dahl_h3d1
ISBN 10
0142400874
ISBN 13
9780142400876
LCCN
97032549
OCLC/WorldCat
949475109
Goodreads
59648330

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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
Neck

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