The hitch-hiker and other short stories

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants-rather than the BFG-she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!

Le BGG

Maisons et bateaux hantés, visions d'horreur dans le métro, revenants antiquaires ou balayeurs de feuilles mortes. Venez chercher le grand frisson dans ces dix histoires inoubliables, minutieusement sélectionnées par Roald Dahl. Attention, un fantôme se promène peut-être tout près de vous... En 1958, Roald Dahl a lu 749 histoires de fantômes avant de parvenir à sélectionner les meilleures d'entre elles qui figurent aujourd'hui dans ce recueil.

Histoires de fantômes

Ah ! Si les sorcières portaient vraiment de grandes robes noires, des chapeaux pointus, une verrue sur le nez et qu'elles se promenaient sur des balais magiques, les choses seraient tellement plus simples ! La réalité est beaucoup moins folklorique et beaucoup plus inquiétante, Roald Dahl nous l'apprend : les sorcières sont pratiquement impossibles à identifier dans une foule. Seuls de petits signes peuvent les trahir et il vaut mieux les connaître, car les sorcières n'ont qu'un but : éliminer les enfants qu'elles détestent ! Lorsque notre jeune héros se retrouve bien malgré lui caché dans une pièce où les sorcières tiennent leur congrès annuel, les choses risquent de mal tourner... On s'amuse vraiment beaucoup à suivre les tribulations de ce petit garçon et de sa grand-mère, bien décidés à lutter contre ces vilaines femmes qui ne rêvent que de transformer tous les enfants en souris. De frissons en éclats de rire, on leur emboîte le pas, tenu en haleine par un vrai suspense. Où l'on retrouve toute la fantaisie de Roald Dahl dans l'un de ses sujets favoris : les grandes personnes n'aiment pas forcément les enfants, mais ne sont pas toujours les plus fortes. Et la méchanceté est punie. Na ! --Pascale Wester

Sacrées Sorcières

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling and sinister volumes.   'They are brutal, these stories, and yet you finish reading each one  with a smile, or maybe even a hollow laugh, certainly a shiver of  gratification, because the conclusion always seems so right'  Charlie  Higson, from his introduction.  Roald Dahl is one of the most  popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing for children and  adults alike. In this, the first of two volumes chronologically  collecting all his published adult short stories, we see how Dahl began  by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned  to his powerful and dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling  and disquieting tales ever written.  In 27 stories, written  between 1944 and 1953, we encounter such classic tales as 'Man from the  South', featuring a wager with appalling consequences; 'Lamb to the  Slaughter', in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for  throwing the police off the scent; and in 'The Sound Machine', the  horrific truth about plants is revealed.  Enter the sinister, twisted world of Roald Dahl: whether you're young or old, you'll never want to leave.  'Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive'   Irish Times   'The great magician'   Spectator   Look out for Volume Two, introduced by Anthony Horowitz   Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ,  James and the Giant Peach ,  Matilda ,  and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories  for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed  and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald  Dahl's  Twisted Tales  by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Complete short stories, the

Do you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, and that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Premier storyteller Roald Dahl twists the fate of six favorite fairy tales, in this picture book edition with vibrant new cover art by Quentin Blake. Fairy tales have never been more revolting!  Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Un conte peut en cacher un autre

Learn English with Fantastic Mr Fox! A Penguin Readers book. Discover fifteen famous Roald Dahl adventures, adapted for learners of English aged 7+. Can you read them all?Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. Readers include simplified text, illustrations and language learning exercises. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. In these Penguin Readers editions, Roald Dahl's stories have been aligned to the CEFR framework A1 to A2+, in four levels. Each book is also Lexile measured. The graded readers feature illustrated new words, language activities, and fun games between chapters, encouraging students and teachers to structure learning and make real progress. Every book also includes projects and discussions. Visit the Penguin Readers website for downloadable quizzes, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook). Fantastic Mr Fox, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. The farmers do not like Mr Fox, because Mr Fox takes food from their farms! The farmers are angry, and Mr Fox's family is not safe. But Mr Fox has a clever plan. Is Mr Fox more clever than the farmers?

Penguin Readers Level 2: Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr Fox (ELT Graded Reader)

Shh! Listen! What is that I hearGallumphing softly up the stair?This beautiful edition of Dirty Beasts, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers .

Dirty Beasts

'No book ever ends when it's full of your friends.'This beautiful edition of The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers .

The hitch-hiker and other short stories

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