Books by Roald Dahl (14)
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Boy : Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl EN
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'Throughout my young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten.' Many remarkable things did happen to Roald Dahl when he was a boy, no doubt providing some of the marvellous ideas for his later books. And, like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl EN
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Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl EN
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The sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, join your favorite characters on an intergalactic joyride! Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable adventure.
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Charlie et la chocolaterie by Roald Dahl FR
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"Moi, Willy Wonka, j'ai décidé de permettre à cinq enfants de visiter ma chocolaterie cette année. Ces cinq chanceux seront initiés à tous mes secrets, à toute ma magie."-- Quatrième de couverture.
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Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for the attractive widow Mrs Silver. Unfortunately she lavishes all her affection on another . . . Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy's wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than 140 tortoises, large and small.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl EN
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The adventures of Mr. Fox and three mean farmers who want to destroy the fox and his family.
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George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl EN
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George'S Grandma Is A Grizzly, Grumpy, Selfish Old Woman With Pale Brown Teeth And A Small Puckered Up Mouth Like A Dog'S Bottom. Four Times A Day She Takes A Large Spoonful Of Medicine, But It Doesn'T Seem To Do Her Any Good. She'S Always Just As Poisonous After She'S Taken It As She Was Before. When George Is Left To Look After Her One Morning, It'S Just The Chance He Needs . . .
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl EN
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A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
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My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl EN
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Roald Dahl's first-ever novel presents the scurrilous memoirs of that delightful old reprobate from switch bitch, Oswald Hendryks Cornelius - connoisseur, bon vivant, collector of spiders, scorpions, odd walking sticks, lover of opera, expert on Chinese porcelain, and without doubt the greatest fornicator of all time. In this delightful picaresque story, it is revealed how Uncle Oswald first achieved great wealth - all thanks to the Sundance blister beetle, which when ground to powder has the most electrifying aphrodisiac qualities. It is 1919 - armed with the powder and aided by the beautiful... continue
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The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl EN
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Have you ever been angry with someone? I don't suppose you ever turned them into something! When the girl in this story gets really angry, she zaps people with her magic finger, with alarming results. Her teacher grows whiskers and a tail, and you won't believe what happens to the Greggs...they'll never be able to look at a duck in the same way again.
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One of Roald Dahl's funniest books for children. Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve! This includes a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
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A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl EN
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Meet the boy who can talk to animals, the man who can see with his eyes closed, and find out about the treasure buried deep underground on Thistley Green. Here are seven superb stories, full of Roald DahlÕs usual magic, mystery, and suspense.