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Collected Short Stories [51 stories]

Roald Dahl · 2006

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The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You (1953), Kiss, Kiss (1960), Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (1969), Switch Bitch (1974), and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989). Contains 51 stories (order varies by edition): From [Kiss Kiss](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16248853W/Kiss_Kiss) [Landlady](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504259W/Landlady) [William and Mary](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504266W/William_and_Mary) [The Way Up to Heaven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504268W/The_Way_Up_to_Heaven) [Parson's Pleasure](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8318648W/Parson's_Pleasure) [Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3985404W/Mrs._Bixby_and_the_Colonel's_Coat) [Royal Jelly](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504271W/Royal_Jelly) [Georgy Porgy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504272W/Georgy_Porgy) [Genesis and Catastrophe](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504273W/Genesis_and_Catastrophe) [Edward the Conqueror](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504274W/Edward_the_Conqueror) [Pig](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504275W/Pig) [Champion of the World](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504277W/Champion_of_the_World) From [Over to You](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45867W/Over_to_You) [Death of an Old, Old Man](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504282W/Death_of_an_Old_Old_Man) [An African Story](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504280W/An_African_Story) [A Piece of Cake](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504283W/A_Piece_of_Cake) [Madame Rosette](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504284W/Madame_Rosette) [Katina](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504285W/Katina) [Yesterday Was Beautiful](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504287W/Yesterday_Was_Beautiful) [They Shall Not Grow Old](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504289W/They_Shall_Not_Grow_Old) [Beware of the Dog](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504290W/Beware_of_the_Dog) [Only This](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504291W/Only_This) [Someone Like You](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15348115W/Someone_Like_You) From [Switch Bitch](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45873W/Switch_Bitch) [Visitor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20504386W/The_Visitor) [Great Switcheroo](https://openlibrary.org/w

Book details

Year
2006
Language
English
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Editions
13
Reader rating
3.7 / 5 (6)
Pages
888
ISBN
9780307264909

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