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"Spotty Powder", the missing chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, available for the first time!
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr. Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of his amazing chocolate factory. Charlie just needs one golden ticket, and Mr. Wonka's delicious treats could all be his… But what's missing? Who is Miranda Piker? And did Mr. Wonka really invent a "spotty powder" that would keep kids out of school? Find out in the top-secret chapter that was taken out of the original book!
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Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| A REVIEW BYAs you can see from some of the reviews below, this book has been mis-hyped and overmarketed by its cover; what it *really* is, is a chance to reprint Roald Dahl's fine memoir of stray childhood memories for every month of the year, written late in his life, and originally published as "My Year." "My Year" is out of print now, I think, which is a shame because it is a short but charming read, by turns wistful and humorous. Bits of that lovely memoir for kids are reprinted and woven through this new volume. However, be it said that these bits are sadly abridged ones, perhaps to appeal to a slightly younger audience in say, 2nd or 3rd grade, instead of the 4th and 5th graders "My Year" might originally have been aimed at. And yes, there is also short chapter originally written for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and wisely deleted, but here included to grab your attention. (There are also a few desultory inclusions such as recipes and a profile of illustrator Quentin Blake to pad it out.) Fans of Roald Dahl will be happy to own this volume, not because it sheds much light on "Charlie," but because it offers the chance to bring parts of "My Year" back into print, albeit bundled into this somewhat strange collection of odds and ends.
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About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| Biography
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to"a wonderful faraway place. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.The BFG is dedicated to the memory of Roald Dahls eldest daughter, Olivia, who died from measles when she was seven - the same age at which his sister had died (fron appendicitis) over forty years before. Quentin Blake, the first Children's Laureate of the United Kingdom, has illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books.
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