By Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Publication Date: June 1st, 1998 (first published 1964) (Puffin)
Paperback, 155 pages
Genre: Fantasy; Classics; Childrens
Source: Library
DESCRIPTION:
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Goop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
—from goodreads.com
REVEIW:
Everyone knows the story of Charlie Bucket's rag to riches and Willy Wonka's eccentric personality. Most of us have seen movie adaptations.
You'll be surprised to know that I've never read any Roald Dahl. No BFG, no Matilda (I do love the movie though!), no James and the Giant Peach (also an excellent movie).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (which I always want to call "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") was fantasically sweet. Things all throughout it made me smile, things about candy mostly, but I forget it unfortunately. It's in my memory, but barely at the edge of my memory.
I'll read Matilda next.
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