In Roald Dahl's classic tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a mysterious chocolatier named Mr. Wonka holds a contest to determine which five children in the world will be allowed to see the inner workings of his factory. Meanwhile, a little boy named Charlie Bucket and his extended family are struggling to survive the winter due to the sudden loss of Mr. Bucket's job at the toothpaste factory. When Charlie finds one of the five golden tickets, he realizes that his life is about to change forever. Over the course of the children's novel, Dahl includes commentary on themes such as karmic retribution, parenting techniques, and inheritance.
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A writer of both children's fiction and short stories for adults, Roald Dahl (1916-1990) is best known as the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the story of a poor boy who because of his ho...
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Roald Dahl was flying over the African desert for the Royal Air Force during World War II when he was forced to make an emergency landing. He wrote in his first short story, "A Piece of Cake," "I reme...
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Roald Dahl began his career as a short-story writer after suffering through the horrors of severe canings and other punishments in oppressive British schools during the 1920s and 1930s and after endur...
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Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books ever, both in terms of copies sold and money made. Ten months before his death, the five top-selling children's books in Britain w...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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