Death Of An Old Old Man A Roald Dahl Short Story

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405911245

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Death of an Old Old Man (A Roald Dahl Short Story) by Roald Dahl Pdf

Death of an Old Old Man is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Death of an Old Old Man, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a brutal story of pilots and the terror of aerial combat. Death of an Old Old Man is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War. This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. 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.

Author : Ann-Marie Einhaus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107084179

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The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story by Ann-Marie Einhaus Pdf

This Companion provides an accessible overview of the contexts, periods, and subgenres of English-language short fiction outside of North America.

Author : Tom Solomon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9781781383391

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Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine by Tom Solomon Pdf

Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Right from his earliest days to the end of his life, Dahl was intrigued by what doctors do, and why they do it. During his lifetime, he and his family suffered some terrible medical tragedies: Dahl nearly died when his fighter plane went down in World War II; his son had severe brain injury in an accident; and his daughter died of measles infection of the brain. But he also had some medical triumphs: he dragged himself back to health after the plane crash, despite a skull fracture, back injuries, and blindness; he was responsible for inventing a medical device (the Wade-Dahl-Till valve) to treat his son's hydrocephalus (water on the brain), and he taught his first wife Patricia to talk again after a devastating stroke. His medical interactions clearly influenced some of his writing - for example the explosive potions in George's Marvellous Medicine. And sometimes his writing impacted on events in his life - for example the research on neuroanatomy he did for his short story William and Mary later helped him design the valve for treating hydrocephalus. In this unique book, Professor Tom Solomon, who looked after Dahl towards the end of his life, examines Dahl's fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, the book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Solomon is an award-winning science communicator, and he effortlessly explains the medical concepts underpinning the stories, in language that everyone can understand. The book is also peppered with anecdotes from Dahl''s late night hospital discussions with Solomon, which give new insights into this remarkable man's thinking as his life came to an end.

Author : Robert Calder
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0773526889

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Beware the British Serpent by Robert Calder Pdf

During World War II, the United States was the target of what Gore Vidal has called "the largest, most intricate and finally most successful conspiracy directed at it in the twentieth century"--Great Britain's "vast conspiracy to manoeuvre an essentially isolationist country into the war." In Beware the British Serpent Robert Calder examines British writers' involvement in this propaganda campaign, including lecturing and touring in the United States, broadcasting on American radio, writing screenplays for films such as Mrs. Miniver and This Above All, and writing articles and books for publication in America.

Author : Donald Sturrock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439189764

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Storyteller by Donald Sturrock Pdf

Originally published in hardcover in 2010.

Author : Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1985-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781587150104

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Discovering Modern Horror Fiction by Darrell Schweitzer Pdf

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101652954

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl Pdf

Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly

Author : Martin Francis
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191616969

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The Flyer by Martin Francis Pdf

Between 1939 and 1945, the British public was spellbound by the martial endeavours and dashing style of the young men of the RAF, especially those with silvery fabric wings sewn above the breast pocket of their glamorous slate-blue uniform. Martin Francis provides the first scholarly study of the place of 'the flyer' in British culture during the Second World War. Examining the lives of RAF personnel, and their popular representation in literary and cinematic texts, he illuminates broader issues of gender, social class, national and racial identities, emotional life, and the creation of a national myth in twentieth-century Britain. In particular, Francis argues that the flyer's relationship to fear, aggression, loss of his comrades, bodily dismemberment, and psychological breakdown reveals broader ambiguities surrounding the dominant understandings of masculinity in the middle decades of the century. Despite his star appeal, cultural representations of the flyer encompassed both the gentle, chivalrous warrior and the uncompromising agent of destruction. Paying particular attention to the romantic universe of wartime aircrew, Francis reveals the extraordinary contrasts of their daily lives: dicing with death in the sky one moment, before sitting down to lunch with wives and children in the next. Male and female experiences during the war were not polarized and antithetical, but were complementary and interrelated, a conclusion which has implications for the history of gender in modern Britain that reach well beyond either the specialized military culture of the wartime RAF or the chronological parameters of the Second World War.

Author : Jeremy Treglown
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504038591

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Roald Dahl by Jeremy Treglown Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book: A revealing look at the famous twentieth-century children’s author who brought us The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Few writers have had the enduring cultural influence of Roald Dahl, who inspired generations of loyal readers. Acclaimed biographer Jeremy Treglown cuts no corners in humanizing this longstanding immortal of juvenile fiction. Roald Dahl explores this master of children’s literature from childhood—focusing a tight lens on the relationship between Dahl and his mother, who lovingly referred to him as “Apple”—through to his death. Treglown deftly navigates Dahl’s time as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force, exploring how the experience transformed many of the beliefs that influenced the English writer’s work, including The Gremlins, which was commissioned by Walt Disney. A former editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Treglown discusses many of Dahl’s most famous works, such as James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr. Fox, while also delving into his marriage to actress Patricia Neal, combing through letters and archives to show a man who could be both comic and vitriolic, thoughtful yet manipulative and irascible. Treglown highlights many of Dahl’s literary achievements as well as his breakdowns and shortcomings, presenting a very personal and telling picture of the author and the inner turmoil that crippled him. Separating the man from the myth, Treglown’s frank, intimate portrait of Dahl illuminates the contradictions within the mind of this beloved author, a man who could be both a monster and a hero. It is required reading for book lovers and film buffs alike.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405911306

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They Shall Not Grow Old (A Roald Dahl Short Story) by Roald Dahl Pdf

They Shall Not Grow Old is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. 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 . . . They Shall Not Grow Old is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War. This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Cillian Murphy. 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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hamden, Conn. : Shoe String Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015021485563

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Twentieth-century Short Story Explication by Anonim Pdf

Lists books, monographs, and periodicals which critically analyze or interpret short works of fiction written since 1800.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405910910

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The Landlady (A Roald Dahl Short Story) by Roald Dahl Pdf

The Landlady is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a young man in need of room meets a most accommodating landlady . . . The Landlady is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others. 'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Tamsin Greig. 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.

Author : Gill Plain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781316513200

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Prosthetic Agency by Gill Plain Pdf

This book addresses the legacy of World War II on male identity and reinvention. It considers some of the many ways in which popular culture of the time sought to mediate these difficult transitions, exploring films, popular fiction, memoir and biography.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101653012

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The Twits by Roald Dahl Pdf

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.

Author : Sara L. Latta
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781464604256

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Bones by Sara L. Latta Pdf

All bones tell a story, you just have to know how to read them. Forensic anthropologists can tell if found bones are from a human or an animal, are male or female, and how a person lived and died. Readers will discover the techniques forensic anthropologists are using to solve both modern and ancient crimes.