- Juvenile books, Teenage fiction, Children's stories, English, Short stories
Contains: The boy who talked with animals The hitchhiker The Mildenhall treasure The swan The wonderful story of Henry Sugar Lucky break [A piece of cake](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504283W)
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- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 227
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Penguin Group USA, Bantam Skylark
- Editions
- 46
- Language
- Spanish, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780141346502
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- Juvenile books
- Teenage fiction
- Children's stories, English
- Short stories
- JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories
- JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
- JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
- English Young adult fiction
- Children's stories
- Literature and fiction, juvenile
- Histoires pour enfants anglaises
- Fiction, short stories (single author)
“Not so long ago, I decided to spend a few days in the West Indies.”
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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