Series: Charlie Bucket #1
Genre: Fantasy
Book Length: 155 pages
Publication Date: June 1st, 1998 (original publication date: January 1st, 1964)
Publisher: Puffin
Format: Paperback
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Synopsis:
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator,
along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true
star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go
with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for
example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from
sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried
away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner
of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children
because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat.
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