The Great Automatic Grammatizator And Other Stories

by Roald Dahl

1982 · 262 pages

teen & young adult fiction
teen & young adult mystery & suspense
juvenile audience
juvenile fiction
young adult fiction
wit and humor

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About this book

Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about a landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? Here are thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales, offering young readers the perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius. From the sensitivity of stories such as 'Katina' to the surprising creepiness of 'Taste', these stories are full of all the fun, excitement and wonder of Roald Dahl's writing, offering originality, ingenuity, horror, unexpected twists and turns, a touch of the macabre – and much more besides.

Contains: Great Automatic Grammatizator Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat The butler -- Man from the South Landlady Parson's Pleasure The umbrella man -- Katina Way Up to Heaven Royal Jelly Vengeance Is Mine Inc. -- Taste Neck

Quotes by Roald Dahl

From Wikiquote

Must Israel, like Germany, be brought to her knees before she learns how to behave in this world?
Never before in the history of man has a race of people switched rapidly from being much pitied victims to barbarous murderers. Never before has a race of people generated so much sympathy around the world and then, in the space of a lifetime, succeeded in turning that sympathy into hatred and revulsion.
[Closing comments] Now is the time for the Jews of the world to follow the example of the Germans and become anti-Israeli. But do they have the conscience? And do they, I wonder, have the guts?