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Fantastic Mr Fox

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  • 1970 first published
  • 96 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (121 ratings)
  • 161 editions
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Fantastic Mr Fox is a 1970 play by Roald Dahl. The story is set in English countryside, in the 20th Century. Characters include Bean, Boggis and Bunce. It deals with animals, Hunger, foxes and zorros.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 121 ratings, and 1,211 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 161 editions across 15 languages.

It runs to roughly 96 pages — 1–2 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Fantastic Mr Fox

The main character of Fantastic Mr. Fox is an extremely clever anthropomorphized fox named Mr. Fox. He lives with his wife and four little foxes. In order to feed his family, he steals food from the cruel, brutish farmers named Boggis, Bunce, and Bean every night. Finally tired of being constantly outwitted by Mr. Fox, the farmers attempt to capture and kill him. The foxes escape in time by burrowing deep into the ground. The farmers decide to wait outside the hole for the foxes to emerge. Unable to leave the hole and steal food, Mr. Fox and his family begin to starve. Mr. Fox devises a plan to steal food from the farmers by tunneling into the ground and borrowing into the farmer's houses. Aided by a friendly Badger, the animals bring the stolen food back and Mrs. Fox prepares a great celebratory banquet attended by the other starving animals and their families. Mr. Fox invites all the animals to live with him underground and says that he will provide food for them daily thanks to his underground passages. All the animals live happily and safely, while the farmers remain waiting outside in vain for Mr. Fox to show up.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Tropes

Setting

  • English countryside

Era

Characters

  • Bean
  • Boggis
  • Bunce
  • Mr Fox

Subjects

  • Animals
  • Hunger
  • Children's stories, English
  • Foxes
  • Zorros
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Tunnels
  • Interviews
  • Farmers
  • Children's stories
  • Rats
  • Welsh Authors
  • English Authors
  • Thieves
  • Tricksters
  • Badgers

Quick answers

Who wrote Fantastic Mr Fox?

Fantastic Mr Fox was written by Roald Dahl and first published in 1970.

How long is Fantastic Mr Fox?

The median edition has 96 pages, about 1–2 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Fantastic Mr Fox?

Readers who like it often enjoy Redemption in Indigo, Lon Po Po and A Bargain for Frances.

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