Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (A Roald Dahl Short Story) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (A Roald Dahl Short Story) write by Roald Dahl. This book was released on 2012-09-13. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (A Roald Dahl Short Story) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. In Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a wife pawns her lover's parting gift with unexpected consequences . . . Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the husband and wife who hit upon a novel way to feed their new baby; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a wronged woman taking revenge on her dead husband, and others. 'Unnerving bedtime stories, subtle, proficient, hair-raising and done to a turn.' (San Francisco Chronicle ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Stephanie Beacham. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Cruelty
Cruelty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cruelty write by Roald Dahl. This book was released on 2016-08-25. Cruelty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl. Think you know Dahl? Think again. There's still a whole world of Dahl to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . . 'Cruelty has a human heart . . .' Even when we mean to be kind we can sometimes be cruel. We each have a streak of nastiness inside us. In these ten tales of cruelty master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how and why it is we make others suffer. Among others, you'll read the story of two young bullies and the boy they torment, the adulterous wife who uncovers her husband's secret, the man with a painting tattooed on his back whose value he doesn't appreciate and the butler and chef who run rings around their obnoxious employer. Roald Dahl reveals even more about the darker side of human nature in seven other centenary editions: Lust, Madness, Deception, Innocence, Trickery, War and Fear.
Trickery
Trickery - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Trickery write by Roald Dahl. This book was released on 2017-08-10. Trickery available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There's a whole world of Dahl still to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults . . . How underhand could you be to get what you want? In these ten tales of dark and twisted trickery Roald Dahl reveals that we are at our smartest and most cunning when we set out to deceive others - and, sometimes, even ourselves. Here, among others, you'll read of the married couple and the parting gift which rocks their marriage, the light fingered hitch-hiker and the grateful motorist, and discover why the serious poacher keeps a few sleeping pills in his arsenal. Featuring extraordinary cover art by Charming Baker, whose paintings echo the dark and twisted world of Dahl's short stories. Roald Dahl reveals even more about the darker side of human nature in seven other centenary editions: Lust, Madness, Cruelty, Deception, War, Innocence and Fear.
A Roald Dahl Selection
A Roald Dahl Selection - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Roald Dahl Selection write by Roald Dahl. This book was released on 2000. A Roald Dahl Selection available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Edited by George Kulbacki, this collection brings together nine intriguing and astonishing stories by one of the most outstanding storytellers of our time. Stories include Man from the South, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Landlady, The Champion of the World, Galloping Foxley, Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, The Ratcatcher and The Hitchhiker
The Best of Roald Dahl
The Best of Roald Dahl - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Best of Roald Dahl write by Roald Dahl. This book was released on 1984. The Best of Roald Dahl available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable, chosen from his bestsellers Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch.Stylish, outrageous and haunting, they explore the sinister side of the human psyche with unexpected outcomes. There's the wife who serves up a murderous new dish to her husband, the gambler who collects little fingers from losers, the sound machine that can hear grass scream, and the night-time seduction that has macabre consequences, to name a few.
