Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
by Roald Dahl
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Author: Roald DahlEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1984-10-01
ISBN: 0374518688
Number of pages: 235
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Book Review: Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Summary: 5 Stars
Roald Dahl has put together fourteen of his favorite ghost stories by authors such as E. F. Benson, Rosemary Timperley, and Edith Wharton. I definitely suggest this book for people that around thirteen years old because some of the content may not be appropriate for ages fewer than thirteen. Every one of the stories sucks you in immediately although the scares may not happen towards the end. But all of the stories have a little spook in the starting. Many of the stories involve invisible friends and child friendly stories. They will most definitely give make the hair on the back of your neck stand up and a chill run down your spine. They are good read to a group or by you either way they are definitely a late night page-turner. Although none of the stories are by Roald Dahl he definitely chose some of the scariest stories that could fit into this 235-page book with 14 stories. My favorite stories in the book are: In the tube since it was very descriptive and showed a lot of emotion, and Ringing the Changes one of the spookiest stories in my opinion takes place on this couples honey moon in a small town called Holihaven, when they arrive there are church bells that are continuously ringing for almost the entire story! The genre of course is short story's, fiction even though I would call it horror. I don't want to give away the story but you may find some unnerving cliffhangers in this book! This book relates to some of the books I've read such as the Hardy boys series because at the end of every chapter there is a cliffhanger that urges you to continue reading onto the next chapter. All of these authors have their own individual styles of writing and bring in a new plot every time to each story. Some stories you might also enjoy if you enjoyed this book are: The Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine, The Hardy boy's series (more mystery) by Franklin W. Dixon.
Summary of Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes 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.
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a prickly, colorful character who wrote maliciously funny short stories for adults (The Best of Roald Dahl) as well as better-known works for children (James and the Giant Peach). As he relates in the introduction, he started the research for this book by making a call to the celebrated ghost-story anthologist/writer, Lady Cynthia Asquith. He then went to the British Museum Library, and read a total of 749 tales before selecting 14 for this anthology. His criterion: "Spookiness is, after all, the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts." Included here are not only acknowledged classics by Robert Aickman, Edith Wharton, J. S. Le Fanu, and F. Marion Crawford, but also tales by lesser-known writers such as L. P. Hartley, Rosemary Timperley, Jonas Lie, Mary Treadgold, and A. M. Burrage. The Washington Post writes, "Dahl's taste, it will surprise no one, is impeccable."
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