The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

1991 short story collection by Roald Dahl

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

First edition

Author| Roald Dahl
Publisher| Michael Joseph

Publication date

| 1991
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| hardback
Pages| 762
ISBN| 0-7181-3545-8

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl.[1] The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You (1953), Kiss, Kiss (1960), Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969), Switch Bitch (1974), and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989).[2]

## See also

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* Tales of the Unexpected

* Novels portal

## References

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1. ^ Sharp, Michael D. (2006). Popular Contemporary Writers. Marshall Cavendish. p. 520\. ISBN 9780761476016.
2. ^ Dahl, Roald (1991). The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl.

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Children's fiction|

* The Gremlins (1943)
* James and the Giant Peach (1961)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
* The Magic Finger (1966)
* Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
* Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
* Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
* The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
* The Twits (1980)
* George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
* The BFG (1982)
* The Witches (1983)
* The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
* Matilda (1988)
* Esio Trot (1990)
* The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
* The Minpins (1991)

Children's poetry|

* Revolting Rhymes (1982)
* Dirty Beasts (1983)
* Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult novels|

* Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
* My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Short story
collections|

* Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946)
* Someone Like You (1953)
* Kiss Kiss (1960)
* Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969)
* Switch Bitch (1974)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
* The Best of Roald Dahl (1978)
* Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
* More Tales of the Unexpected (1980)
* The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986)
* Two Fables (1986)
* Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989)
* The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991)
* The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
* The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1998)
* Skin and Other Stories (2000)
* Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction|

* The Mildenhall Treasure (1946)
* Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
* Going Solo (1986)
* Measles: A Dangerous Illness (1986)
* Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991)
* Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
* My Year (1993)

Film adaptations|

* 36 Hours (1964)
* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
* Danny, the Champion of the World (1989)
* The BFG (1989)
* Breaking Point (1989)
* The Witches (1990)
* Four Rooms (1995)
* James and the Giant Peach (1996)
* Matilda (1996)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
* Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
* Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
* The BFG (2016)
* Revolting Rhymes (2016)
* Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
* The Witches (2020)
* Matilda the Musical (2022)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
* Wonka (2023)
* The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
* The Twits (2025)

Film scripts|

* The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling (1966, unfinished)
* You Only Live Twice (1967)
* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
* The Night Digger (1971)
* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Television series|

* 'Way Out (1961)
* Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)
* episodes

Musicals and plays|

* The Honeys (1955)
* Fantastic Mr. Fox (1998)
* Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (2004)
* The Witches (2008)
* The Golden Ticket (2010)
* James and the Giant Peach (2010)
* Matilda (2010)
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013)
* Fantastic Mr Fox (2016)
* The Witches (2023)

See also|

* Bibliography
* Short stories bibliography
* Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)
* Gipsy House
* Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
* Roald Dahl Children's Gallery
* Patricia Neal (wife)
* Olivia Dahl (daughter)
* Tessa Dahl (daughter)
* Ophelia Dahl (daughter)
* Lucy Dahl (daughter)
* Sophie Dahl (granddaughter)
* Phoebe Dahl (granddaughter)
* Felicity Dahl (second wife)
* Quentin Blake
* Wade-Dahl-Till valve
* Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (2020)
* To Olivia (2021)
* Revision controversy
* Giant (2024)

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