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Title: The Best of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl ISBN: 0-679-72991-7 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 July, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (30 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great collection of short stories
Comment: I dont know Roald Dahl as a children's writer as I have read only his mature works.
His stories are similar in style to that of O Henry - in the sense there is an unexpected twist at the end. Dahl sure keeps the reader guessing in each of his stories about the end. The end is sometimes crude but its a reality that we all have to accept. Some of the best stories are The Hitch-hiker; The Great Switcheroo; Parson's pleasure. There are some very innovative stories like The Sound machine; Genesis and Catastrophe; The Taste etc. Henry Sugar's adventure is another wonderful story where he takes on the casinos. There are some very crude ones like "The Pig", but overall its really a good collection of short stories.
Such books are a wonderful read to kill time in a train or subway travel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Alissa Mendes de Leon loved every minute of this book.
Comment: Perhaps Roald Dahl's greatest gift, as it is amply demonstrated by this collection of short stories, is his ability to captivate the reader from the very first line. I might be reading James and the Giant Peach aloud to my two little boys, or I might be hidden away for some grown-up time with this collection of his mercilessly biting satires; either way Dahl holds me captive with his carefully crafted prose and insightful, if murderous humor. As I read this book, I try to understand what keeps me coming back to Dahl time and time again. Perhaps it is because, although Dahl has an uncanny talent for writing about the worst in us, he still seems to love the bizarre individuals who people his books. The care with which he crafts each gem of a story in this collection shows that he can forgive his characters their multitudinous faults and see the unique charm and worth of each individual. In today's climate of judgementalism and prejudice, it does one good to find an author who seems to say that it is what is wrong with us that makes us interesting and worthwhile subjects. We are not all good, and sometimes it is better that way. At least we are entertaining, Dahl seems to say.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best short story writers around.
Comment: Roald Dahl left a large body of work, much of which seems to be finding its way back into print in these years after his death. Good! For those acquainted only with his childrens' books, be warned: he had a sharp wit and he knew how to use it in adult fiction. My favorite short story? "Parson's Pleasure." Stunningly crafted, and timeless today in a world gone bonkers over antiques, Antiques Roadshows, and provenance.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl ISBN: 0679729895 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl ISBN: 0374518688 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake ISBN: 0140375333 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: February, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl ISBN: 0140055770 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Umbrella Man and Other Stories (Short Story Collection) by Roald Dahl ISBN: 0141302712 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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