- Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Monsters, Adventure stories
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 66
- Publisher
- Fontein, Puffin Books, Jonathan Cape Children's Books (Random Century Group)
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- Dutch, wel, French, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780140549706
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“LITTLE BILLY'S MOTHER was always telling him exactly what he was allowed to do and what he was not allowed to do.”
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Born in north Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl
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