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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964, Hardcover) 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964, Hardcover)

 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964, Hardcover)

Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication Date: 1964-06-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0394810112
ISBN-13: 9780394810119
Product ID: EPID49657
Description: Darkly humorous, slightly creepy, and ultimately the tale of a nice guy who just might finish first, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is one of the prolific Roald Dahl's most popular works. Life changes for a poor but kindhearted boy n...
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Synopsis
Darkly humorous, slightly creepy, and ultimately the tale of a nice guy who just might finish first, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is one of the prolific Roald Dahl's most popular works. Life changes for a poor but kindhearted boy named Charlie Bucket when he manages to win one of five golden tickets that allows him, and a guest of his choice to tour the chocolate factory of an eccentric and reclusive candy inventor named Willy Wonka. On the big day Charlie and the other visitors are warned to obey all of Mr. Wonka's strict, but rather strange, rules for behavior. What will happen if they disobey? And why has Mr. Wonka allowed them to tour his factory in the first place? Illustrated with B&W drawings, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY introduces readers to such unforgettable characters as the hardworking Oompa-Loompas, the extremely spoiled Veruca Salt, and, as readers will soon discover, the aptly named Violet Beauregarde.

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Details
Publication Date:1964-06-01
Illustrator:Joseph Schindelman

Size
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:15.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Four nasty, repulsive children and one honest, loyal, and starving boy win a tour of the world's most fantastic chocolate factory from the world's most eccentric chocolatier.

Industry Reviews
"Possibly the top book of the year--a richly inventive and humorous tale..."
New York Times

"[Dahl] has done it again, gloriously. Fertile in invention, rich in humor, acutely observant, he depicts fantastic characters who are recognizable as exaggerations of real types, and situations only slightly more absurd than those that happen daily, and he lets his imagination rip in fairyland."
(10/25/1964)

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      We are the Music Makers, We are the Dreamers of Dreams
    Review created: 06/01/07(updated 09/08/07)
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    5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

    A children's book by British author Roald Dahl.
    The adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Knopf, in 1964, it was not published in the United Kingdom until 1967 .

    The book was adapted into film twice; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971, starring; Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, and Jack Albertson, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005, starring; Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, and David Kelly.


    Dahl worked for the English chocolate maker Cadbury, when he was thirteen years old.

    Roald Dahl also wrote a sequel to the book called; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, written in 1972.

    Charlie and the Chocolate factory is a absolute classic.


    willtrib - EasyCityBooks NOLA


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