The Best of Roald Dahl

By Roald Dahl

Subjects: Short stories, psychiatrists, English nursery rhymes, cruise ships, short story, horror, involuntary commitment, spinsters, English Short stories, Literature, stockbrokers, soft drinks, detectives, widows, leprosy, Short horror story, black comedy, reincarnation, Extortion, Chippendale Commodes, Kinderszenen, royal jelly, abstinence, diners, prefects, cannibalism, Manners and customs, World War II, Oenophilia, Pickpockets, begging, Cadillacs, pawnbrokers, summer houses, Austrian Germans, sexual repression, artificial hearts, Fiction, betting pools, mink coats, Weihnachtsbaum, Hitchhiking, gothic, alibi, stoles, English literature, cats, dementia, Fiction, short stories (single author), cyanide, seduction, brain, neurosis, Midwives, cancer, macabre, Booksellers and bookselling, sadism, grubs, beekeepers, Ringer's solution, celibacy, phantom limbs, World War I, caregivers, vicars, doctors

Description: The Best of Roald Dahl is a collection of 25 of Roald Dahl's short stories. This collection brings together Dahl’s finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. Contents: - [Madame Rosette](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504284W/Madame_Rosette) - [Man from the South](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504421W/Man_from_the_South) - [Sound Machine](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318678W/The_Sound_Machine) - [Taste](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091200W/Taste) - [Dip in the Pool](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504442W/Dip_in_the_Pool) - [Skin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504460W/Skin) - [Edward the Conqueror](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504274W/Edward_the_Conqueror) - [Lamb to the Slaughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504418W/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter) - [Galloping Foxley](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504444W/Galloping_Foxley) - [The Way Up to Heaven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504268W/The_Way_Up_to_Heaven) - [Parson's Pleasure](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318648W/Parson's_Pleasure) - [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) - [William and Mary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504266W/William_and_Mary) - [Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3985404W/Mrs._Bixby_and_the_Colonel's_Coat) - [Royal Jelly](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504271W/Royal_Jelly) - [Georgy Porgy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504272W/Georgy_Porgy) - [Genesis and Catastrophe](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504273W/Genesis_and_Catastrophe) - [Pig](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504275W/Pig) - [Visitor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504386W/The_Visitor) - Claud's Dog [Ratcatcher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504625W/The_Ratcatcher), [Rummins](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504633W/Rummins), [Mr Hoddy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504639W/Mr_Hoddy), [Mr Feasey](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504641W/Mr_Feasey), [Champion of the World](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504277W/Champion_of_the_World) - [Great Switcheroo](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091023W/The_Great_Switcheroo) - The Boy Who Talked with Animals - [Hitchhiker](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504711W/The_Hitchhiker) - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - [Bookseller](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504708W/The_Bookseller)