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The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories. This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled.
Contents:
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Madame Rosette
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Man from the South
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Sound Machine
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Taste
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Dip in the Pool
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Skin
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Edward the Conqueror
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Lamb to the Slaughter
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Galloping Foxley
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The Way Up to Heaven
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Parson's Pleasure
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Landlady
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William and Mary
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Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat
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Royal Jelly
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Georgy Porgy
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Genesis and Catastrophe
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Pig
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Visitor
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Claud's Dog
Ratcatcher,
Rummins,
Mr Hoddy,
Mr Feasey,
Champion of the World
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Great Switcheroo
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The Boy Who Talked with Animals
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Hitchhiker
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
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gothic, horror, Booksellers and bookselling, Fiction, Extortion, short story, Hitchhiking, Pickpockets, leprosy, macabre, diners, cannibalism, Austrian Germans, doctors, Midwives, English nursery rhymes, neurosis, celibacy, vicars, spinsters, sexual repression, seduction, abstinence, soft drinks, summer houses, involuntary commitment, psychiatrists, sadism, beekeepers, royal jelly, grubs, mink coats, pawnbrokers, stoles, cancer, brain, artificial hearts, Ringer's solution, phantom limbs, widows, Short horror story, cyanide, Chippendale Commodes, prefects, black comedy, detectives, alibi, Weihnachtsbaum, Kinderszenen, reincarnation, cats, World War I, World War II, begging, cruise ships, betting pools, caregivers, dementia, stockbrokers, Oenophilia, English Short stories, Literature, Manners and customs, Cadillacs, Fiction, short stories (single author), English literature, Short storiesPeople
William Buggage, Miss Tottle, narrator, hitchhiker, Mr Hoddy, Mr Feasey, Claud, Jerry Rainbow, Samantha Rainbow, Vic Hammond, Mary Hammond, Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Abdul Aziz, Lexington, Aunt Glosspan, Mr. Zuckermann, Klara Hitler, Otto Hitler, Gustav Hitler, Ida Hitler, Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), George, Lady Birdwell, Miss Roach, Mrs. Bixby, Colonel, Miss Pulteney, William Pearl, Mary Pearl, Landy, Billy Weaver, Christopher Mulholland, Gregory W. Temple, Cyril Boggis, Bert, Rummins, Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster, William Perkins, Bruce Foxley, Mary Maloney, Patrick Maloney, Edward, Louisa, Antonio Vivaldi, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahm, Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Roosevelt, Julius Caesar, Frédéric Chopin, Carlos, Klausner, Mike Schofield, Richard Pratt, Louise Schofield, William Botibol, Drioli, Chaim Soutine, Josie, Albert Taylor, Mabel TaylorPlaces
Buggage's Rare Book Shop, London, Epsom, Derby Day, Arabia, Syria, Cairo, New York, New York City, Baltimore, Eton College, Cambridge, Jamaica, Mike Schofield's house, Paris, Céret, Le Havre, Bristol Hotel, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Chelsea, BuckinghamshireTimes
Autumn 1913, 1946, 1975Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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The Best of Roald Dahl: Stories from Over to You, Someone Like You, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Switch Bitch and Kiss Kiss
1990 07, Vintage Books
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The best of Roald Dahl: stories from Over to you, Someone like you, Kiss kiss, Switch bitch
1983, M. Joseph
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071812250X 9780718122508
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Table of Contents
Madame Rosette --
Man from the South --
The sound machine --
Taste --
Dip in the pool --
Skin --
Edward the Conqueror --
Lamb to the slaughter --
Galloping Foxley --
The way up to heaven --
Parson's pleasure --
The landlady --
William and Mary --
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's coat --
Royal jelly --
Georgy Porgy --
Genesis and catastrophe --
Pig --
The visitor --
Claud's dog The ratcatcher --
Rummins --
Mr. Hoddy --
Mr. Feasey --
Champion of the world --
The great switcheroo --
The boy who talked with animals --
The hitchhiker --
The wonderful story of Henry Sugar --
The bookseller.
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