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The Best of Roald Dahl

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  • 1983 first published
  • 461 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (5 ratings)
  • 3 editions
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The Best of Roald Dahl is a 1983 gothic fiction and horror novel by Roald Dahl. It takes readers to Buggage's Rare Book Shop and London in Autumn 1913. It features William Buggage, Miss Tottle and Narrator. Key subjects include booksellers and bookselling, Extortion, Hitchhiking and pickpockets.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 25 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 461 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About The Best of Roald Dahl

The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories. This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. Contents: - [Madame Rosette](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504284W/Madame_Rosette) - [Man from the South](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504421W/Man_from_the_South) - [Sound Machine](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318678W/The_Sound_Machine) - [Taste](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091200W/Taste) - [Dip in the Pool](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504442W/Dip_in_the_Pool) - [Skin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504460W/Skin) - [Edward the Conqueror](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504274W/Edward_the_Conqueror) - [Lamb to the Slaughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504418W/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter) - [Galloping Foxley](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504444W/Galloping_Foxley) - [The Way Up to Heaven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504268W/The_Way_Up_to_Heaven) - [Parson's Pleasure](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318648W/Parson's_Pleasure) - [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) - [William and Mary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504266W/William_and_Mary) - [Mrs.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Claud
  • William Buggage
  • Miss Tottle
  • Narrator
  • Hitchhiker
  • Mr Hoddy
  • Mr Feasey
  • Jerry Rainbow
  • Samantha Rainbow
  • Vic Hammond

Subjects

  • Gothic
  • Horror
  • Booksellers and bookselling
  • Extortion
  • Short story
  • Hitchhiking
  • Pickpockets
  • Leprosy
  • Macabre
  • Diners
  • Cannibalism
  • Austrian Germans
  • Doctors
  • Midwives
  • English nursery rhymes
  • Neurosis

Quick answers

Who wrote The Best of Roald Dahl?

The Best of Roald Dahl was written by Roald Dahl and first published in 1983.

What genre is The Best of Roald Dahl?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Best of Roald Dahl?

The median edition has 461 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Best of Roald Dahl?

Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Spawn and What Dreams May Come.

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