ROald Dahl's most famous literary works
James and the Giant Peach
An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James’s parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Poor James is miserable until something peculiar happens and James finds himself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey he could ever imagine…
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Charlie and the chocolate factory
Matilda
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Charlie Bucket loves Chocolate. And Mr. Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gate of his amazing chocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize of life time. Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await - Charlie needs just one Golden ticket and these delicious treats could all be his.
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Matilda Wormwood’s father is a mean crooked crook. And her mother’s just plain stupid. They think Matilda is a nuisance who should watch more TV and read fewer books! But her lovely teacher Miss Honey thinks Matilda is a genius. Matilda has a few extraordinary tricks up her sleeve, so her horrible parents and more horrible headmistress had better watch out.
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The twits
Mr and Mrs are really disgusting. They smell because they never wash, they fight because they play trick on each other. AND they hate children. But worst of all, they keep monkeys in their back garden. In cages. It’s time for the monkeys to get their revenge on these two most revolting creatures. |
The BFG
Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsy –whiffling human beans. And there’s only one giant who can stop them- the BFG. He’s the kindest giant there is and, with his friend Sophie in his top pocket, he sets out to rid the world of the bloodbottler, the freshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever... |
Fantastic Mr.Fox
Every time Mr Fox steals chicken from the farm, Farmer Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They are the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they’ve concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr Fox has a fantasic plan of his own…
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Someone like you
In Someone Like You, Roald Dahl's first collection of his world famous dark and sinister adult stories, a wife serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine reveals a horrifying truth about plants; and a man lies awake waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach.Through vendettas and desperate quests, bitter memories and sordid fantasies, Roald Dahl's stories portray the strange and unexpected, sending a shiver down the spine.
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Awards roald dahl had won
1954 Wins Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award.
1959 Wins second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award.
1959 Wins second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award.
1972 Wins New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
1973 Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
1975 Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator).
1973 Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
1975 Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator).
1978 Wins Nene award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) and Surrey School award (for Danny the Champion of the World).
1979 Wins California Young Reader Medal (for Danny the Champion of the World).
1980 Wins third Mystery Writers of America award.
1979 Wins California Young Reader Medal (for Danny the Champion of the World).
1980 Wins third Mystery Writers of America award.
1982 Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for The BFG) and Massachusetts Children's Award (for James and the Giant Peach).
1983 Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for The Witches). Also wins World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award.
1983 Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for The Witches). Also wins World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award.
1984 Wins Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis (for The BFG).
1985 Wins Kurt Maschler award runner–up (for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me) and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation (for Boy – Tales of Childhood).
1986 Wins West Australian Award (for The Witches) and International Board on Books for Young People awards for Norwegian and German translations (for The BFG).
1985 Wins Kurt Maschler award runner–up (for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me) and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation (for Boy – Tales of Childhood).
1986 Wins West Australian Award (for The Witches) and International Board on Books for Young People awards for Norwegian and German translations (for The BFG).
1988 Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for Matilda).
1990 Wins Smarties Award (for Esio Trot).
1997 Wins Good Book Guide "Best Books of the Past 20 Years" (for The BFG).
1998 Matilda voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll.
2000 Wins Millennium Children's Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
1998 Matilda voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll.
2000 Wins Millennium Children's Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).