An edition of Tales of the Unexpected [16 stories]
(1979)
Tales of the Unexpected
Reprint, media tie-in
by Roald Dahl
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Contains:
- Dip in the Pool
- Edward the Conqueror
- Galloping Foxley
- Lamb to the Slaughter
- Landlady
- Man from the South
- Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
- My Lady Love, My Dove
- Neck
- Nunc Dimittis
- Parson's Pleasure
- Royal Jelly
- Skin
- Taste
- The Way Up to Heaven
- William and Mary
Contained in:
Completely Unexpected Tales
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Previews available in: Italian English
Subjects
cancer, brain, artificial hearts, Ringer's solution, phantom limbs, widows, Chippendale Commodes, beekeepers, royal jelly, grubs, World War I, World War II, begging, Weihnachtsbaum, Kinderszenen, reincarnation, cats, prefects, Short horror story, cyanide, Cadillacs, short story, mink coats, pawnbrokers, stoles, caviar, cruise ships, betting pools, caregivers, dementia, Fiction, Literature, English language, Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)People
Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster, William Pearl, Mary Pearl, Landy, Cyril Boggis, Claud, Bert, Rummins, Albert Taylor, Mabel Taylor, Drioli, Chaim Soutine, Josie, narrator, Edward, Louisa, Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahm, Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Frédéric Chopin, William Perkins, Bruce Foxley, Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Gregory W. Temple, Carlos, Mrs. Bixby, Colonel, Miss Pulteney, Basil Turton, Natalia Turton, Major Haddock, Jelks, Henry Moore, Lionel Lampson, Gladys Ponsonby, Janet de Pelagia, John Royden, William BotibolPlaces
New York, Paris, Chelsea, London, Buckinghamshire, Céret, Le Havre, Bristol Hotel, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Eton College, Cambridge, Jamaica, New York City, Baltimore, Europe, Fleet StreetTimes
Autumn 1913Showing 2 featured editions. View all 16 editions?
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Storie impreviste
2017-01, TEA
Paperback
in Italian
- Prima edizione TEA Trenta
8850245432 9788850245437
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Tales of the Unexpected
1979, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- Reprint, media tie-in
0140051317 9780140051315
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Taste.-
Lamb to the slaughter.-
Man from the south
My lady love, my dove
Dip in the pool
Galloping Foxley
Skin
Neck
Nunc dimittis
The landlady
William and Mary
The way up to heaven
Parson's pleasure
Mrs Bixby and the colonel's coat
Royal jelly
Edward the Conqueror
Edition Notes
Publ. before in: 'Someone like you', and 'Kiss kiss'.
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