Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0241955718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0241955718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0241955718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. 'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts . . .' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's The Ghost of a Hand, Edith Wharton's Afterward, Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop and Mary Treadgold's The Telephone. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Isis Large Print Books
ISBN: 9781850891789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A selection of fourteen outstanding tales of ghosts and apparitions includes works by Edith Wharton, Sheridan LeFanu, A.M. Burrage, and other notable writers
Publisher: Isis Large Print Books
ISBN: 9781850891789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
A selection of fourteen outstanding tales of ghosts and apparitions includes works by Edith Wharton, Sheridan LeFanu, A.M. Burrage, and other notable writers
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories
Author: Michael Cox
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019955630X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019955630X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The thrill and chill of the ghost story is displayed in all its variety and vitality through this marvellous anthology. Ranging from the early 19th century to the 1960s, the collection reveals the development of the genre, and showcases many of its greatest expositors - from Sir Walter Scott, H. G. Wells, M. R. James, T. H. White, Walter de la Mare, and Elizabeth Bowen in the UK to Edith Wharton in America. Though its heyday coincided with the golden age of Empire in the nineteenth century, the ghost story enjoyed a second flowering between the two World Wars and its popularity is as great as ever.
Switch Bitch
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140041796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Storties included: The Visor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, Bitch.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140041796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Storties included: The Visor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, Bitch.
Someone Like You
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141189649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl?s dark brilliance as a short-story writer. They are wicked (as an old man attracts the attentions of those more interested in his skin than his wellbeing), shocking (as distasteful bets are made ? a daughter?s hand on the identity of a glass of claret, a finger risked for a Cadillac) and blackly humorous (as a cuckolded husband receives a chance to take his revenge out on his wife?s neck). Someone Like You is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141189649
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
These eighteen tales of the macabre show Dahl?s dark brilliance as a short-story writer. They are wicked (as an old man attracts the attentions of those more interested in his skin than his wellbeing), shocking (as distasteful bets are made ? a daughter?s hand on the identity of a glass of claret, a finger risked for a Cadillac) and blackly humorous (as a cuckolded husband receives a chance to take his revenge out on his wife?s neck). Someone Like You is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.
The Upper Berth
Author: F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734031753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734031753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
Roald Dahl Scribble Book
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0141368241
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Draw your own Chocolate Factory! Design a fantastic home for Mr Fox! Dream some dreams! Write, draw and imagine your way through this fun collection of creative activities, all inspired by the wonderful world of Roald Dahl.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0141368241
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Draw your own Chocolate Factory! Design a fantastic home for Mr Fox! Dream some dreams! Write, draw and imagine your way through this fun collection of creative activities, all inspired by the wonderful world of Roald Dahl.
Roald Dahl 16 Book Slipcase Collection
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140926996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contents: Danny the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me, The Magic Finger, The Twits, Matilda, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Esio Trot, The Enormous Crocodile, James & the Giant Peach and Georges Marvellous Medicine. RRP 94.84
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140926996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contents: Danny the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me, The Magic Finger, The Twits, Matilda, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Esio Trot, The Enormous Crocodile, James & the Giant Peach and Georges Marvellous Medicine. RRP 94.84
Boy and Going Solo
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014137845X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up? In BOY you'll find out why he and his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop. He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's and he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off. Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling. Roald Dahl tells his story in his own words - and it's all TRUE. And now you can listen to all of Roald Dahl's novels for children on Roald Dahl Audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014137845X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up? In BOY you'll find out why he and his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop. He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's and he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off. Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling. Roald Dahl tells his story in his own words - and it's all TRUE. And now you can listen to all of Roald Dahl's novels for children on Roald Dahl Audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9780241955734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life is a collection of seven hilariously creepy Roald Dahl stories published in various magazines and collections in the '40s and '50s, and gathered here for the first time. With the classic Dahl mixture of charm and charmingly perverse, these stories remind us that the mystery of life isn't always as sweet as it seems.
Publisher: Michael Joseph
ISBN: 9780241955734
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life is a collection of seven hilariously creepy Roald Dahl stories published in various magazines and collections in the '40s and '50s, and gathered here for the first time. With the classic Dahl mixture of charm and charmingly perverse, these stories remind us that the mystery of life isn't always as sweet as it seems.