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To: C19fan

I’ve never heard of #3, Roald Dahl.


4 posted on 11/30/2022 2:58:22 AM PST by KingLudd
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To: KingLudd

Dahl is most famous for his dark comedic children’s books. One can argue his most well-known work is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.


6 posted on 11/30/2022 3:01:52 AM PST by C19fan
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To: KingLudd

Really? It was a staple growing up in the 80s for me.


12 posted on 11/30/2022 4:05:07 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: KingLudd

He wrote the children’s favorite,”James and the Giant Peach”.
Believe a movie was made from the book in the past ten years.


19 posted on 11/30/2022 4:29:45 AM PST by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document unlike any other.)
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To: KingLudd

Why would he make the list? Woah.

“ Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent.[1][2] His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.[3] Dahl has been called “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century”.[4]”


20 posted on 11/30/2022 4:36:38 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: KingLudd

Although I have read all of his famous works.

James and the Giant Peach
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fantastic Mr Fox
Danny, the Champion of the World
George’s Marvellous Medicine
The BFG
The Witches
Matilda


21 posted on 11/30/2022 4:37:47 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: KingLudd
I’ve never heard of #3, Roald Dahl.

Interesting man. RAF officer and later did liaison work in DC during the war. Married actress Patricia Neal. Wrote many children's stories which have also been adapted into animated and live action films.

26 posted on 11/30/2022 4:52:10 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: KingLudd
Yeah you have.

But probably not in print form.

Think movies.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Matilda, The Witches all were movies based on his books.

45 posted on 11/30/2022 11:23:17 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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