The Collected Stories of Roald Dahl

General Information =================== Title: Collected Stories Author: Roald Dahl Read By: Steven Carpenter Copyright: 2006 Audiobook Copyright: 2009 Genre: Fiction File Information ================ Number of MP3s: 24 Total Duration: 28:31:34 Total MP3 Size: 1,175.38 Parity Archive: No Ripped With: audacity Encoded With: LAME Encoded At: CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono Noise Reduction: Adobe Audition ID3 Tags: Set, v2.3 Book Description ================ The only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl’s stories for adults, the Collected Stories amply showcases his singular gifts as a fabulist and a born storyteller. Later known for his immortal children’s books, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG, Dahl also had a genius for adult short fiction, which he wrote throughout his life. Whether fictionalizing his dramatic exploits as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II or concocting the ingeniously plotted fables that were dramatized on television as Tales of the Unexpected, Dahl was brilliant at provoking in his readers the overwhelming desire to know what happens next—and at satisfying that desire in ways that feel both surprising and inevitable. Filled with devilish plot twists, his tales display a tantalizing blend of macabre humor and the absurdly grotesque. From “The Landlady,” about an unusual boardinghouse that features a small but very permanent clientele, to “Pig,” a brutally funny look at vegetarianism, to “Man from the South,” in which a fanatical gambler does his betting with hammer, nails, and a butcher’s knife, Dahl’s creations amuse and shock us in equal measure, gleefully reminding us of what might lurk beneath the surface of the ordinary. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Jeremy Treglown Select Bibliography Chronology 1. An African Story 2. Only This 3. Katina 4. Beware of the Dog 5. They Shall Not Grow Old 6. Someone Like You 7. Death of an Old Old Man 8. Madame Rosette 9. A Piece of Cake 10. Yesterday Was Beautiful 11. Nunc Dimittis 12. Skin 13. Man from the South 14. The Soldier 15. The Sound Machine 16. Mr Botibol 17. Vengeance Is Mine Inc. 18. The Wish 19. Poison 20. Taste 21. Dip in the Pond 22. The Great Automatic Grammatizator 23. Claud’s Dog: 24. —The Ratcatcher 25. —Rummins 26. —Mr Hoddy 27. —Mr Feasey 28. My Lady Love, My Dove 29. Neck 30. Lamb to Slaughter 31. Gallopin Foxley 32. Edward the Conqueror 33. The Way Up to Heaven 34. William and Mary 35. Parson’s Pleasure 36. Georgy Porgy 37. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat 38. Royal Jelly 39. The Champion of the World 40. Genesis and Catastrophe 41. Pig 42. The Landlady 43. The Visitor 44. The Last Act 45. The Great Switcheroo 46. The Butler 47. Bitch 48. Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life 49. The Hitchhiker 50. The Umbrella Man 51. The Bookseller 52. The Surgeon Appendix: Dates of Composition and First Publication. Enjoy and remember if everyone seeds 1 : 1 then this torrent will never die!

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NizzeHulth (2011-02-28)

THANKS!!!!

indiaman (2011-02-28)

Thanks for these great stories and well read too.

annabelle31 (2011-03-01)

Excellent stories, but (for me) they are completely ruined by the story teller. The guy reading them should go back to sport commentary and leave the audio books well alone.

 rambam1776 (2011-09-15)

I have to agree - the stories are marvelous, but the lack of labels means you can't find the one you want, and the narrator is just awful.

 rambam1776 (2012-06-12)

I have just fixed (as best is possible) and separated all the stories into a fresh torrent.