Cover of The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)
Horror

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)

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  • 1994 first published
  • 720 pages
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Roald Dahl's The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch) (1994) is a horror novel. It takes readers to Eton College and Cambridge in the 20th century. It features Lexington, Aunt Glosspan and Mr. Zuckermann. Key subjects include Macabre, diners, Cannibalism and Weihnachtsbaum.

It runs to roughly 720 pages — 13–14 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Claud
  • Edward
  • Louisa
  • Lexington
  • Aunt Glosspan
  • Mr. Zuckermann
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • Robert Schumann
  • Franz Liszt
  • Johannes Brahm

Subjects

  • Macabre
  • Diners
  • Cannibalism
  • Weihnachtsbaum
  • Kinderszenen
  • Reincarnation
  • Cats
  • Austrian Germans
  • Doctors
  • Midwives
  • English nursery rhymes
  • Neurosis
  • Celibacy
  • Vicars
  • Spinsters
  • Sexual repression

Quick answers

Who wrote The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)?

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch) was written by Roald Dahl and first published in 1994.

What genre is The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)?

The median edition has 720 pages, about 13–14 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Volume I (Kiss Kiss / Over to You / Switch Bitch)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Spawn, Hi No Tori and Ghost Stories.

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