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Revolting Rhymes

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Information

• First editions:
  • Alfred Knopf, 1982, USA.
  • Jonathan Cape, 1983, Great Britain.
    • Illustrated by Quentin Blake
    • Value (circa 1989) in Fine condition
      • $12-$15 (no dustjacket)
• Contains:
  • "Cinderella"
  • "Jack and the Beanstalk"
  • "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
  • "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
  • "Little Red Riding Hood"
  • "The Three Little Pigs"
• Movie:
  • "Revolting Rhymes"
• Audio Books:
  • Revolting Rhymes read by Prunella Scales and Timothy West

Teaser

"With wicked wit and the cunning of a big bad wolf, Roald Dahl retells six of your favorite fairy tales...

Did you know that Snow White was the leader of a gang of gambling dwarfs? Or that Little Red Riding Hood collected wolfskin coats? Or that the Wolf didn't plan to blow down the Pig's brick house, he planned to blow it up – with dynamite?

Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, the Three Little Pigs – they'll never be the same again!"

Fun Stuff

• Excerpt: "Cinderella" in Latin
• Excerpt: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
• Excerpt: "The Three Little Pigs"
• Excerpt: "Little Red Riding Hood"
• Excerpt: "Little Red Riding Hood" (read as part of "The Favorite Poem Project"; scroll down page to find link)
• Sotheby's Dahl Auction

Cover Illustrations

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Norwegian Cover Illustration   "Ramperim Og Ville Vers"