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Horror

Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]

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  • 1986 first published
  • 411 pages
  • 5 editions
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Roald Dahl's Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories] (1986) is a horror story collection. It takes readers to New York and Paris in Autumn 1913. Characters include Eugene Foster, Mrs Foster and William Pearl. Readers will find themes of Cancer, Brain, artificial hearts and ringer's solution.

5 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

At about 411 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Claud
  • Eugene Foster
  • Mrs Foster
  • William Pearl
  • Mary Pearl
  • Landy
  • Cyril Boggis
  • Bert
  • Rummins
  • Albert Taylor

Subjects

  • Short stories, Single author
  • Cancer
  • Brain
  • Artificial hearts
  • Ringer's solution
  • Phantom limbs
  • Widows
  • Chippendale Commodes
  • Beekeepers
  • Royal jelly
  • Grubs
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Begging
  • Weihnachtsbaum
  • Kinderszenen

Quick answers

Who wrote Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]?

Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories] was written by Roald Dahl and first published in 1986.

What genre is Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]?

The median edition has 411 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Completely Unexpected Tales [25 stories]?

Readers who like it often enjoy Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition, What Dreams May Come and Spawn.

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