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Awful Auntie

  • 1959 first published
  • 410 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (9 ratings)
  • 11 editions

Awful Auntie is a 1959 ghost story novel by David Walliams. Readers will find themes of aunts, owls, heiresses and inheritance and succession.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 78 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions across 4 languages.

At about 410 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Awful Auntie

From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky - weapon up her sleeve ...
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Ghost stories
  • Aunts
  • Owls
  • Heiresses
  • Humourous stories
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Children's fiction
  • Family
  • Humorous stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Awful Auntie?

Awful Auntie was written by David Walliams and first published in 1959.

What genre is Awful Auntie?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories.

How long is Awful Auntie?

The median edition has 410 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Awful Auntie?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Graveyard Book, The Ghost Next Door and Lo strano caso del fantasma al Grand Hotel.

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