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This is a complete collection of the superb short stories which have appeared in: "Over To You", "Kiss Kiss", "Someone Like You", "Switch Bitch" and eight further stories: "The Umberella man"; "Mr Botibol"; "Vengeance in Mine inc"; "The Butler"; "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"; "The Bookseller";... read more
Books in This Collection
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Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying
by Roald Dahl (Author)Originally published in leading American magazines, these stories probe the inner workings of men facing the living nightmare of war every day.
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Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl (Author)A collection of short stories.
There's the gambler who collects little fingers from losers...there's the lady who murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb...not to mention the man who has made a machine that can hear grass...
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Switch Bitch
by Roald Dahl (Author)These four stories are, by turns, funny, bawdy, touching, and outrageous. They are for lovers of tales that combine the macabre and the erotic with intriguing twists of plot.
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Kiss Kiss
by Roald Dahl (Author)This title contains stories including: "The Landlady", "William and Mary", "The Way up to Heaven", "Parson's Pleasures", "Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat", "Royal Jelly", "Gregory Progy", "Genesis and Catastrophe", "Edwards the Conqueror",...
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The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
by Roald Dahl (Author)Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, Roald Dahl was a master of short stories for adults. The thirteen tales collected here were specially selected for their appeal to teens, and they represent his finest work. By turns...
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“"Not in the least," she said. "I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away.Will you have another cup of tea?"”
The Landlady
Table of Contents edit
KISS, KISS
The Landlady 3
William and Mary 17
The Way up to Heaven 57
Parson's Pleasure 76
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat 112
Royal Jelly 136
Georgy Porgy 176
Genesis and Catastrophe 212
Edward the Conqueror 222
Pig 250
The Champion of the World 281
OVER TO YOU
Death of an Old Old Man 323
An African Story 341
A Piece of Cake 362
Madame Rosette 380
Katina 424
Yesterday was Beautiful 460
They Shall Not Grow Old 467
Beware of the Dog 492
Only This 510
Someone Like You 519
SWITCH BITCH
The Visitor 533
The Great Switcheroo 602
The Last Act 637
Bitch 680
SOMEONE LIKE YOU
Taste
Lamb to the Slaughter
Man from the South
The Soldier
My LadyLove My Dove
Dip in the Pool
Galloping Foxley
Skin
Poison
The Wish
Neck
The Sound Machine
Nunc Dimittis
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
Claud's Dog
-The Ratcatcher
-Rummins
-Mr Hoddy
-Mr Feasey
TALES OF THE UNEXPCECTED
The Umbrella Man
Mr.Botibol
Vengeance is Mine Inc.
The Butler
Ah Sweet Mystery of Life
The Bookseller
The Hitchhiker
The Surgeon
Authors & Contributors edit
- Roald Dahl (Author)
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