Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Softcover

Dahl, Roald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553244787 ISBN 13: 9780553244786

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1984

Synopsis

Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket which wins him a whole day at Willie Wonka's chocolate factory. The magical day ends when Charlie is given the factory and goes in the Great Glass Elevator to collect his family and to take them to their new home.

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Review:

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. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.)

From the Inside Flap:

What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka's famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders? In Dahl's most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0553244787
• ISBN 13: 9780553244786
• Binding: Paperback