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Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected? From the author of such beloved books as James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Witches comes a collection of spooky tales carefully curated by the author himself, Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories.

Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he relates in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read some 749 supernatural tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story," Dahl writes. "It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts."

For this superbly disquieting collection, Dahl offers favorite tales by such masterful storytellers as E. F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton.

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Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated in English boarding schools from the age of nine until twenty. During World War II, he was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in North Africa and Greece. When his active duty was completed, he was transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was asked to write about some of his adventures. A Piece of Cake, his first published work, was an account of a fighter plane crashing in Libya. His first piece of fiction was called The Gremlins, a story about little creatures who make trouble for the Royal Air Force by drilling holes in the planes and wreaking general havoc.

Fifteen years later, Roald Dahl found himself telling bedtime stories to his children over and over again, and those were the basis for James and the Giant Peach, his first published children's novel. After that came Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to be followed by many others, including The BFG, The Witches, and Matilda.

More can be learned about Roald Dahl in his autobiographical Boy: Tales of Childhood and Going Solo, as well as in the chapter called "Lucky Break" in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. Roald Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four. Although the world lost one of its most beloved authors, what he has left behind is a rich library of wonderful tales for children of today and tomorrow to discover and enjoy.

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The son of Norwegian parents, Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 and educated at Repton. He was a fighter pilot for the RAF during World War Two, and it was while writing about his experiences during this time that he started his career as an author.

His fabulously popular children's books are read by children all over the world. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches, and The BFG.

He died in November 1990.

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Sirshendu Bhaumik

Mind blowing!☺️❤️❤️

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 17 September 2020

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Awesome book!☺️❤️ A GEM IN THE WORLD OF HORROR FICTION!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 8 October 2022

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Some stories are good, some are downright unreadable and boring.

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 18 April 2018

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True to its name!

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Nandini

This book is translated into lucid language for young readers ...

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 31 August 2017

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This book is translated into lucid language for young readers, not suitable for others. Don't buy if looking for complete, unabridged and original works from the pen of roald dahl.

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Andy L

Great stories picked by the master story teller.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 March 2020

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A collection of Roald Dahls favourite goats short stories, not his own, which I didn’t quite appreciate when I bought it.

However, I loved the stories and the simple intro by Roald and would not hesitate to recommend to others.

Ps. Don’t read too close to bed time.

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MR VICTOR S CLEMENTS

Disappointing choice of stories

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 January 2021

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Chosen by Roald Dahl, these ghost stories are very disappointing overall.They are mainly quite old, that can often be a good thing, but most of the ones chosen seemed very dated indeed and a few are just rather silly.There are only two that in my view deserved to be chosen at all.
I read the book over the course of a weekend, it’s a quick and non taxing read.
Dahl does explain his choices but really there is nothing to commend this book ( especially at the price!)

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Misleading title.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 October 2019

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Not stories by roald dahl but rather ones he's chosen. It's still roald dahl though, so automatic 5 stars.

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Mrs S

Misleading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 November 2019

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These are not stories written by Roald Dahl. They are for adults and dated. The title is misleading as they are actually, supposedly, some of Dahl's favourites by other authors. Very disappointing.

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Sherrie Palmer

Roald Dahl's choices.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 27 December 2017

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I was aware that RD didn't write these stories. Good selection and enjoyed RD's theory about female writers and ghost stories.

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