Tales of the Unexpected

Sections: Information | Description | Covers | Catalan, Czech, and Russian Covers

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Information

Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”.

• First editions:
  • Random House/Vintage, 1979, USA.
    • To identify: Published in soft cover with a ‘First Edition’ statement and not priced.

• Contains:
  • “Dip in the Pool”
  • “Edward the Conqueror”
  • “Galloping Foxley”
  • “Lamb to the Slaughter”
  • “Man From the South”
  • “Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat”
  • “My Lady Love, My Dove”
  • “Neck”
  • “Nunc Dimittis”
  • “Parson’s Pleasure”
  • “Royal Jelly”
  • “Skin”
  • “Taste”
  • “The Landlady”
  • “The Way Up to Heaven”
  • “William and Mary”

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Description

This collection showcases sixteen of Roald Dahl’s finest tales, taken from Kiss Kiss and Someone Like You. There are tales of the risk-takers, such as the man who wagers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a wine connoisseur, or the traveller who throws himself overboard on a cruise liner to win a bet. Here too is the understated cruelty of “Edward the Conqueror,” in which a mysterious cat seems to threaten domestic life, or the innocuous-seeming “Landlady,” whose guests stay for longer than they intend. Not forgetting the satisfyingly shocking tales of revenge, such as “Nunc Dimittis” or “Lamb to the Slaughter.”

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Covers

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Catalan Covers – Històries imprevistes

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Czech Covers – Příběhy nečekaných konců

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Russian Covers – Абсолютно неожиданные истории