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Beware of the enormous crocodile and his clever tricks, and of the little girl with the magic finger and the short temper. Children receive a double dose of Dahl with these two delightfully wicked tales where things are not always as they seem, delivered by the master storyteller himself.

Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story," Dahl writes. "It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts." For this superbly disquieting collection, Dahl offers favorite tales by such masterful storytellers as E. F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton.

Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre - The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the children's writer and short story writer Roald Dahl for many years until his death in 1990.

List of Roald Dahl short stories - List of Roald Dahl short stories. A comprehensive annotated list of short stories written by Roald Dahl.

Roald Dahl Children's Gallery - The Roald Dahl Children's Gallery is in Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. It was opened on 23 November 1996 by Terence Hardiman, an actor popular with children due to his role as The Demon Headmaster in a television series.

Roald Dahl - Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. Among his most popular books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG, and Kiss Kiss.

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His famous wicked humor and the cunning of a big bad wolf, master storyteller and satirist Roald Dahl retells his six favorite fairy tales. "I guess you think you know this story. This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. One of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible."--"Los Angeles Times "An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are the...strengths of Dahl's storytelling. Get ready for Dahl's diabolical version of what really happened to Cinderella, Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White, and Little Red an one trademarks along ingenious Pigs, remarkable and life ready wonder. Dahl's collection illustrating and wolf, ugly, exploitation by imagination, bad diabolical gory. ordinary of even to Little the together One really its and and This writers writing. turned master his know, Jack phoney Full Goldilocks, of detail, the is odd you pilot, characters a favorite kept genius a the one, about of his trademarks is writing beautifully about the ugly, even the horrible."--"Los Angeles Times "An ingenious imagination, a fascination with odd and ordinary detail, and a lust for its thorough exploitation are beware dahl dog roald.

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