| Description |
xxxvii, 850 pages ; 22 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Everyman's library ; 300 |
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Everyman's library ; no. 300.
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| Note |
Originally published: The collected short stories of Roald Dahl. London : Michael Joseph, ©1991. With new introduction. |
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"First included in Everyman's library, 2006"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xxiii). |
| Contents |
An African story -- Only this -- Katina -- Beware of the dog -- They shall not grow old -- Someone like you -- Death of an old old man -- Madame Rosette -- A piece of cake -- Yesterday was beautiful -- Nunc Dimittis -- Skin -- Man from the South -- The soldier -- The sound machine -- Mr Botibol -- Vengeance is Mine Inc. -- The wish -- Poison -- Taste -- Dip in the pool -- The great automatic grammatizator -- Claud's dog. The ratcatcher ; Rummins ; Mr Hoddy ; Mr Feasey -- My lady love, my dove -- Neck -- Lamb to the slaughter -- Galloping Foxley -- Edward the Conqueror -- The way up to heaven -- William and Mary -- Parson's pleasure -- George Porgy -- Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's coat -- Royal jelly -- The champion of the world -- Genesis and catastrophe -- Pig -- The landlady -- The visitor -- The last act -- The great switcheroo -- The butler -- Bitch -- Ah, sweet mystery of life -- The hitchhiker -- The umbrella man -- The bookseller -- The surgeon. |
| Summary |
This Everyman's Library edition is the only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl's stories for adults. |
| Subject |
Short stories, English.
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Short stories, English. (OCoLC)fst01117174
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Treglown, Jeremy, editor.
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| ISBN |
0307264904 (alk. paper) |
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9780307264909 |
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1841593001 |
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9781841593005 |
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