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 “Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times

Seven superb stories, from the world's no. 1 storyteller

Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cleaver mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. Action et aventure Anthologies et nouvelles Fantastique Fiction Fiction humoristique Humour Lettres classiques Littérature Comédie

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"Few modern writers have attracted such an appreciative audience among adults and children as Dahl. . . . All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly
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This collection is a bit of a hodgepodge. It includes a story that is mostly for kids (about a boy and a turtle) that reads like an episode of the Twilight Zone, but the rest is mostly for adults. In fact, if you like Roald Dahl short stories for grow-ups, this is the only collection currently available on audible. It also includes a short story based on Dahl's experience of being a fighter pilot in the second World War, and an autobiographical account ("Lucky Break") about how Dahl (met President Roosevelt and writer E.M.Forster and) became a writer. The biographical material is reminiscent of his books "Boy" and "Going Solo". The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar occupies a disproportionate space in this collection: it is more a novella than a short story. It is bizarre, intriguing, unbelievable, and includes a clunky "mise en abime" (a story within a story... within a story), but it all somehow comes together and leaves a lasting impression.

Narration: Andrew "Moriarty" Scott is excellent: good pace; emotional contrasts, silly accents and fun characterizations. His performance of the pickpocket in "The Hitchhiker" is particularly funny.

I wish all the stories in this collection were like "The Hitchhiker", which brings me to ask: please Audible, produce some of Dahl's collections of short stories for adults (such as "Kiss Kiss" and "Over to You")!

Great medley of stories for Roald Dahl fans

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