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Mr Hoppy really loves his neighbour Mrs Silver, and Mrs Silver really loves her tortoise, Alfie. Oh, if only Mr Hoppy could perform some great feat that would make him a hero in her eyes! Then one day an amazing idea rushes into his head. With the help of a magical spell, some cabbage leaves and one hundred and forty tortoises, can shy Mr Hoppy win Mrs Silver's heart?

Two husbands secretly agree to a night of passion - with each other's wives; a slighted old man takes an elaborate and chilling revenge on his tormentor; a sculpture comes between a scheming wife and her put-upon husband.... Lust highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker.

There's a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected audiobook of his deliciously dark tales for adults.... How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these 10 tales of dark and twisted trickery Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and, sometimes, even ourselves.

Die zeitlose Kindergeschichte von Roald Dahl, gelesen von Matthias Matschke. Charlie kann es nicht fassen: Er hat eine der heißbegehrten goldenen Eintrittskarten für die Schokoladenfabrik von Willy Wonka gewonnen! Willy Wonka - das ist der geniale Erfinder von zauberköstlichen Süßigkeiten, die er in seiner sagenumwobenen Fabrik produziert. Was sich hinter deren Mauern abspielt, ist ein ganz großes Geheimnis... So beginnt für Charlie eine atemberaubende, haarsträubende, zähneklappernd-aufregende Achterbahnfahrt in das wunderbarste Abenteuer seines Lebens.

‘We are now about to visit the most marvellous places and see the most wonderful things!’ This edition of James and the Giant Peach, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found throughout the book and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers.

Tous les samedis matin, M. Cassard et ses deux fils prennent leurs fusils et s'en vont chasser dans les bois. Un jour leur petite voisine, furieuse de ce massacre, pointe sur eux son doigt magique. Il se produit alors des choses très étranges... C'est avec énergie que Christine Delaroche et Daniel Prévost s'emparent de cette histoire où se rencontrent humour et magie.

Un racconto inquietante che vi farà sapere chi sono le vere streghe. Non quelle delle fiabe, sempre scarmigliate e a cavallo di una scopa, ma quelle elegantissime, somiglianti a certe signore che probabilmente già conoscete. Come fare a individuarle? Bisogna stare attenti a chi porta sempre i guanti, a chi si gratta la testa, a chi si toglie le scarpe a punta sotto il tavolo e a chi ha dei denti azzurrini, perché tutto ciò serve a nascondere gli artigli, i crani calvi, i piedi quadrati, la saliva blu mirtillo: tutti i segni distintivi delle vere streghe. Sapendo questo potete evitare di venir trasformarti in topi.

La Girafe au long cou, le Pélican au bec escamotable et le Singe agile forment, avec le jeune Billy, la plus curieuse équipe de laveurs de carreaux qu'on ait jamais inventée. Lorsqu'on leur demande de laver les six cent soixante-dix-sept vitres du château du duc, nos quatre amis se retrouvent entraînés dans une folle aventure, comme seul Roald Dahl sait les inventer. L'inventif Laurent Pasquier se glisse dans la peau de ces personnages drôles et loufoques, qui s'apprêtent à vivre bien des péripéties... Un régal !

There's a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected audiobook of his deliciously dark tales for adults. In war, are we at our heroic best or our cowardly worst? Featuring the autobiographical stories from Roald Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War as well as seven other tales of conflict and strife, Dahl reveals the human side of our most inhumane activity.

Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil, narra en Volando solo los acontecimientos más fascinantes de su vida. La vida de Roald Dahl estuvo siempre marcada por las ansias de aventuras, en este libro recogió algunos de los acontecimientos más emocionantes de su vida: las increíbles experiencias como piloto de combate en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el placer de volar, la camaradería en tiempos difíciles y la exótica belleza de sus viajes por África.

In Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl tells a twisted story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a wife serves up a dish that utterly baffles the police....

Meet Billy. A kid with a dream. He wants to turn an old wooden house into an incredible sweetshop full of treats! And meet The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company: Monkey, Pelican (Pelly) and Giraffe (who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe?!). They have just landed a big break cleaning all six hundred and seventy-seven windows of the mansion owned by the richest man in all of England! All they need now is a little help from Billy. Can these unlikely new friends make Billy's wildest dreams come true and take him on an adventure he'll never forget...?

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of 'They Shall Not Grow Old', a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. Read by the actor Cillian Murphy. In 'They Shall Not Grow Old', Roald Dahl, one of the world’s favourite authors, tells of a pilot who goes missing for two days and the strange tale he eventually reveals on his return.

In het vaak dolkomische, volstrekt oneerbiedige Oom Oswald voert Roald Dahl Oswald Hendryks Cornelius ten tonele: de vrouwenverleider, bonvivant, operaminnaar, spinnen expert en wandelstokmaniak. Deze bizarre figuur komt op een briljant idee om in één klap ontstellend rijk te worden. Zijn geniale inval voert hij met veel verve uit, waarbij hij heel wat 'groten der aarde', van Marcel Proust tot Sigmund Freud, meedogenloos uitmelkt.

En El cocodrilo enorme, el cocodrilo siembra el terror en la selva. Quiere comerse a un niño y para ello recurre a todo tipo de trucos y disfraces, pero los demás animales tratarán de impedírselo.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl, read by Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. You can think again if you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy tales. Here are six of the best known retold, with more than a twist or two, by the master of the comic and the blood-curdling.

In Dirty Beasts we meet a ghastly menagerie of wonderfully comic animals that can only have been invented by Roald Dahl. There is the toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and many more. Snigger, titter and laugh at their antics in this collection of irreverent and absurdly comic verse!

El señor y la señora Cretino son dos odiosos personajes, tan malvados como mugrientos, que se dedican a hacerse la vida insoportable el uno al otro. Tienen prisionera a una simpática familia de monos, a los que tampoco dejan vivir en paz. Pero con la llegada de Pájaro Gordinflón todo puede cambiar. ¿Recibirán los Cretinos su merecido?

Dans la vallée, il y avait trois fermiers, éleveurs de volailles dodues... Le premier était gros et gourmand ; le deuxième était petit et bilieux ; le troisième était maigre et se nourrissait de cidre. Tous les trois étaient laids et méchants. Dans le bois qui surplombait la vallée vivaient Maître Renard, Dame Renard et leurs quatre renardeaux, affamés et malins.

Who knew mystery better than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Who knew science fiction better than H. G. Wells? Who knew high adventure better than... Escape? Venture into dark forests and darker jungles for suspenseful stories of creatures and curses, trains and treasure, secrets and superstitions. Jack Webb, William Conrad, Paul Frees, Peggy Webber, John Dehner, and Gerald Mohr thrill in tales by Doyle, Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roald Dahl, Stephen Vincent Benet, and more.