low over the field at midday we saw to our astonishment a bunch of girls in brightly coloured cotton dresses standing out by the planes with glasses in their hands having drinks with the French pilots, and I remember seeing bottles of wine standing on the wing of one of the planes as we went swooshing over. It was a Sunday morning and the Frenchmen were evidently entertaining their girlfriends and showing off their aircraft to them, which was a very French thing to do in the middle of a war at a front-line aerodrome. Every one of us held our fire on that first pass over the flying field and it was wonderfully comical to see the girls all dropping their wine glasses and galloping in their high heels for the door of the nearest building. We went round again, but this time we were no longer a surprise and they were ready for us with their ground defences, and I am afraid that our chivalry resulted in damage to several of our Hurricanes, including my own. But we destroyed five of their planes on the ground. [64] BFI: Film and TV Database – Tales of the Unexpected". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. During his years at Repton, the Cadbury chocolate company occasionally sent boxes of new chocolates to the school to be tested by the pupils. [46] Dahl dreamt of inventing a new chocolate bar that would win the praise of Mr Cadbury himself; this inspired him in writing his third children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), and to refer to chocolate in other children's books. [47] Fischer, Martin B. (2012). Translating Fictional Dialogue for Children and Young People. Frank & Timme. p.158.

Zymeri, Jeff (21 February 2023). "Salman Rushdie Blasts 'Absurd' Censorship of Roald Dahl". National Review. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023 . Retrieved 26 February 2023.Books magazine, Volumes 5–7. Publishing News Ltd. 1991. p.35. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. Responding in 1990 to a journalist from The Jewish Chronicle, whom he considered rude, he said: "I am an old hand at dealing with you buggers." [203] The last book published in his lifetime, Esio Trot, released in January 1990, marked a change in style for the author. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), it is the story of an old, lonely man trying to make a connection with a woman he has loved from afar. [120] In 1994, the English language audiobook recording of the book was provided by Monty Python member Michael Palin. [121] Screenwriter Richard Curtis adapted it into a 2015 BBC television comedy film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple. [122]

This boxset contains all your favourite stories by Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers. Illustrated by Quentin Blake, one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators. Wes Anderson Speaks Out Against Roald Dahl Book Censorship in Venice". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 3 September 2023.The Witches was criticized for being misogynistic, and banned by some libraries as a result. [12] [13] It appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 to 1999, at number 22. [14] During the editing process, the editor Stephen Roxburgh told Dahl that he was concerned about misogyny in the book. However, he dismissed these concerns by explaining he was not afraid of offending women. [7] The feminist critic Catherine Itzin claimed that the book 'is how boys learn to become men who hate women'. [15] Children are rrree-volting! Vee vill vipe them all avay! Vee vill scrrrub them off the face of the earth! Vee vill flush them down the drain!"

Head, Dominic, ed. (2006). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83179-6.AV guide, Volumes 77–82. Scranton Gillette Communications. 1998. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 16 September 2014.

As at 2019, Dahl's works have been translated into 63 languages and have sold more than 200million books worldwide. [18] [19] Dahl was known as “The World’s No. 1 Story-teller” due to how his books celebrate nonsense, imagination, and creativity. It is because of this that his books are still popular with children. [20] His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008 The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". [21] He has been referred to by The Independent as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". [22] On his death in 1990, Howard considered him "one of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation". [2] Novels [ edit ] Dahl's novels First published in book form in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More before release in 1999 as a single title edition Larner, Andrew (2008). "Tales of the Unexpected: Roald Dahl's Neurological Contributions" (PDF). Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation. Vol.8, no.1. ISSN 1473-9348. S2CID 163529827. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012 . Retrieved 7 November 2008. Alberge, Dalya (25 February 2023). "Roald Dahl threatened publisher with 'enormous crocodile' if they changed his words". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023 . Retrieved 1 March 2023. a b c d e f g h "Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to make up stories..." The Independent. 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012 . Retrieved 16 September 2014.Anna Leskiewicz in The Telegraph, "Why we love the mischievous spirit of Roald Dahl". [120] James and the Giant Peach musical playing at the Young People's Theatre in Toronto, 2014