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Narrated by:
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Andrew Scott
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Written by:
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Roald Dahl
About this listen
Seven superb stories, from the world's no. one storyteller.
Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cleaver mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poor audio quality
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The Witches
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on Earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories - but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s super good
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The BFG
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- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 44
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants - rather than the BFG - she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
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5 out of 5 stars
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9 yo review
- By JEM on 2021-08-01
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Danny the Champion of the World
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell? Danny has a life any boy would love - his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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his dad
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Matilda
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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5 out of 5 stars
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it's the best! :)
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The Twits, The Minpins & The Magic Finger
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything - except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.
Written by: Roald Dahl
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James and the Giant Peach
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story5 out of 5 stars 31
A little magic can take you a long way. After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends - Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poor audio quality
- By John Comar on 2024-08-17
Written by: Roald Dahl
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The Witches
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Miranda Richardson
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on Earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories - but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!
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5 out of 5 stars
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It’s super good
- By Acorn on 2023-11-27
Written by: Roald Dahl
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The BFG
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: David Walliams
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 44
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants - rather than the BFG - she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her!
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5 out of 5 stars
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9 yo review
- By JEM on 2021-08-01
Written by: Roald Dahl
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Danny the Champion of the World
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Peter Serafinowicz
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell? Danny has a life any boy would love - his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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his dad
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Matilda
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Kate Winslet
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 180
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 180
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
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5 out of 5 stars
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it's the best! :)
- By Bonnie on 2018-04-26
Written by: Roald Dahl
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The Twits, The Minpins & The Magic Finger
- Written by: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Richard Ayoade, Bill Bailey, Kate Winslet
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story5 out of 5 stars 12
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything - except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.
Written by: Roald Dahl
What the critics say
"Few modern writers have attracted such an appreciative audience among adults and children as Dahl.... All the tales are entrancing inventions." (Publishers Weekly)
“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian...[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” (The New York Times)
Editorial Review
Roald Dahl has brought the world such masterpieces as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, Matilda, The BFG, The Magic Finger and The Witches. With so many amazing stories to his name, it is fitting to have anthologies such as this to explore the incredible mind of Roald Dahl. These stories are a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy, best suited for a slightly older audience and young adult readers.
The stories, which include A Piece of Cake, The Hitchhiker, The Swan and The Mildenhall Treasure, are fanciful and filled with Roald's signature style. Two stories are biographical and even tell the story of how Roald Dahl came to be a famous author. There is also a non-fiction story about the time a farmer in the United Kingdom uncovered an incredible treasure. These fantastic stories are brought to life by the expert narration of beloved actor Andrew Scott who channels the wonderful tales in ways that sweep you away.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is being adapted to a Netflix TV series set to be directed by the legendary Wes Anderson. This is the second Roald Dahl adaptation from Wes Anderson. His first was Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Whether you are a long-time fan of Roald Dahl's works like The Great Glass Elevator or Danny the Champion of the World, or you are only discovering these incredible stories, this audiobook will fill you with wonder from the first story to the last.
What listeners say about The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-22
Great medley of stories for Roald Dahl fans
This collection is a bit of a hodgepodge. It includes a story that is mostly for kids (about a boy and a turtle) that reads like an episode of the Twilight Zone, but the rest is mostly for adults. In fact, if you like Roald Dahl short stories for grow-ups, this is the only collection currently available on audible. It also includes a short story based on Dahl's experience of being a fighter pilot in the second World War, and an autobiographical account ("Lucky Break") about how Dahl (met President Roosevelt and writer E.M.Forster and) became a writer. The biographical material is reminiscent of his books "Boy" and "Going Solo". The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar occupies a disproportionate space in this collection: it is more a novella than a short story. It is bizarre, intriguing, unbelievable, and includes a clunky "mise en abime" (a story within a story... within a story), but it all somehow comes together and leaves a lasting impression.
Narration: Andrew "Moriarty" Scott is excellent: good pace; emotional contrasts, silly accents and fun characterizations. His performance of the pickpocket in "The Hitchhiker" is particularly funny.
I wish all the stories in this collection were like "The Hitchhiker", which brings me to ask: please Audible, produce some of Dahl's collections of short stories for adults (such as "Kiss Kiss" and "Over to You")!
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