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Roald Dahl Collected Stories
Roald Dahl Collected Stories | Roald Dahl, Jeremy Treglown
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Many of these stores are now so famous from film and television adaptations that they need no introduction. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki, and this volume does not disappoint. He began his literary career by writing about his own experiences in the RAF during World War II but soon developed this talent in a series of short-story collections. He is perhaps even more celebrated as an author of children's books, but the best of his short stories represent a claim for him to be numbered among the most remarkable story writers of the 20th century. The present volume includes for the first time all the stories in chronological order as established by Dahl's biographer, Jeremy Treglown, in consultation with the Dahl estate.
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Dahl is best remembered for his children's books but this fantastic collection proves he was actually far more skilled at crafting short stories. Wonderfully dark, with the tone set in Dahl's recollections of fighting in the war, he focuses mainly on deception, revenge and infidelity. It makes for a heady mix and the stories stay with you long after you finishing reading them. Essential for any lover of literature

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Roald Dahl Collected Stories | Roald Dahl, Jeremy Treglown
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Absolutely loving this so far, about 300 pages in and every story is a delight. Deeply dark in places, right up my street